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Dear Fiends - sorry, Friends Well another bright, shiny day in paradise! And Happy Valentines Day! Thank you for all the cards, many of which would make a Bishop blush. Do Bishops blush? Or do they merely glow with a kind of celestial radiance? We need to know these things. Here I am again, looking out over the rain sodden, gale blown vista of Lyme Bay (actually I can’t see it unless I stand up – not something to be attempted lightly at my age – but I know it’s there. Unless the latest amber-warning gusts have swept it away) and tapping away o

Nipped into Morrison's at King's Mill this morning. Just inside the entrance were 50 buckets containing bunches of red roses. Benjamin1945 obviously hadn't been in at that point. February 14th must cost him a fortune every year!

Just come in for a warm after doing my 'monkey climber' act in a giant cherry tree. Always done my own felling and arbourist work but may have to start using a pro. Cut a few major branches down but the tree needs serious work. A bit windy up there though. Looking forwards to this evenings dinner at the local with my valentine

On our way home from Skeg. Apart from strong winds on Tuesday the weather has been good.

Actually happened,, car park Bulwell coop,,the lad then jumped in river Leen,,ruined all the battery's he'd nicked,,

Happy valentine to you all. All mine are working so at home with some home made soup. I did have a bouquet though.

Manning was indeed the female equivalent of High Pavement. For those unwary souls who passed their 11 plus in my day, the choice was Mundella, Bluecoat (church attendance was mandatory) or Manning (girls)/ High Pavement (boys). By 1969, FFGS was no longer an option. Manning opened around 1931 and was always a single sex school. At sixth form level, there were joint productions each year of Gilbert and Sullivan with High Pavement but, other than that, no young males were ever seen on our premises. Male teachers were very few. Girls were encouraged by many of the staff in a condesce

View from living room window.

Well done PP, I’ve said it before but you put a lot of younger folk to shame. I hope you both enjoy your evening, we’re having a Cods Scallops takeaway and a cosy night in.

We now have two brilliant wordsmiths on this forum, any chance you are related to the other the young Jill Sparrow , the younger sister of Beekay. Please keep posting .

CF you'll get home just in time for the next storm tthis weekend!

Thought this was novel! Has @benjamin1945benjamin1945 been on holiday in the USA recently? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-51498230/quick-thinking-customer-knocks-shoplifter-off-his-feet

Am I correct in assuming that Manning was created as a sort of Female version of High Pavement? HP was of course a Co-Ed school at some point, around the 1930s I think. I know we had some strong associations, and useter occasionally draft in Manning Girls to play female parts in school plays, but I don't know the full story. I recall one afternoon leaving the changing rooms at the HP Bestwood site. That was next to the Gym and the showers... and it had the unmistakeable smell of male sweat, rarely washed sports kit..etc. I was only a first year, so I wasn't yet fully 'engaged' with t

The wifes cousin John Parkin batted opposite Gary Sobers when he hit six sixes i think it was against Glamorgan he lives in Kimberley and played for Kimberley Institute Cricket Club in the 60s before playing for Notts.He still takes care of the cricket field today at 76 years old. He is mentioned in the book Six Of The Best, he is also president of KICC.

Now you mention it CT, I can see a woodpecker, with 3 legs

Anyone else seeing a bird with a very long beak in this image ?

At my brother's funeral it was Johnny Cash ring of fire & Charriots of fire. Not my cup of tea for a solemn occasion.

It's becoming fashionable.

All too often nowadays. I pity his wife & children.

And the council tax is going up again soon.

Has schoolchildren's toilet habits been discussed yet ? There is a cryptic clue in there for you BK !

I smell a rat .

Mrs C cuts my hair for nowt.!

This thread "A Road That Had Everything "Mansfield Road" was originally started by Ian123, NOT Stu. Stu had a few personal problems in his life at the time & that is why he backed out from NS. Nothing to do with Scotish independance at all.

If I remember correctly iandawson123 posted an article ..'Called Reg At The Royal a while ago.

REMAIN.

Some interesting stuff here. I have worked for three haulage company's in Nottingham, James Gamble and Son at Carlton, Brickyard Road, I think, I used to cycle up from Snienton to Bakersfield and cut through somewhere near St. Johns church. I was just turned fifteen and worked as a grease monkey, cleaning and maintaining the trucks, Atkinson's, AEC's, Leyland's etc. Jimmy had a contract with British Gypsum at Gotham, I learned to reverse trailers down there. Back at base drivers used to come into the yard eager for a cuppa in the on site café, I use to drive the trucks to the diesel pump and