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  1. J T Wakes post got me thinking about the “crazes” of my far distant childhood. I was very good at 2 ball and am sure I could also do 3 ball as well, took loads of practice but gave you bragging rights. Snobs was another (was it also called jacks as well or was that different?). It took me ages to master that, could always pick up one or two but after that struggled a bit. Just when I could do it we had moved onto something else. I loved skipping once I worked out the running in and out without snagging the rope. Mrs Chambers gave us her old washing line and after cutting some off to tie up F
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  2. Dear Hearts, Just a short response today…oh yeah, pull the other one, it’s got bells on... (Hang on, why would the likelihood of someone being somewhat economical with the truth result in the recipient of such a communication feel that not only had one of their lower limbs been subject of a yank – not of course receiving attention from one of our brethren across the broad Atlantic. No, not that sort of Yank, more of a jerk. Although thinking about it, which I try not to do but seldom succeed, in the case of the present incumbent of Maison Blanc you can see why the two might be syn
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  3. I'm sad that if I tried skipping now I wouldn't get to the end of the first line!
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  4. We had a variation but as I said it could get quite complicated. 1. Hold all five in your palm loft and catch as many as you can on the back of your hand. If you caught three keep one, two go the side and are out of play. Now loft the one saved and pick up one of the remaining snobs before you catch the one falling. Keep doing this until you have picked all the snobs. Then all five are back play. Repeat but now we are doing Twoses. You have to pick two snobs per throw...… until Fiveses and you have to catch all five on the back of your hand. Repeat form the beginning but now you
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  5. Snobs were quite complicated after the first couple of rounds. There were Oneses, Twoses, Germans, Frenchies, Overheads etc. You kept going during your turn until you failed. It's quite easy now with adult hands but as a youngster doing 'one down two picks up' was a bit of a challenge.
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  6. Plus it's designed to serve the enormous housing estate currently under construction on the old colliery site.
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  7. More a case of "as well as Arnold Lane". The main reason for it is to stop all the traffic going through Gedling village.
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  8. @JT Wakes the reason no-one responded to your mention of childhood games was possibly because there is already a topic on here somewhere about this (but not necessarily in Bilborough!). Do you ever look at any of the other topics on Nottstalgia? Perhaps a moderator or someone will put a link to where you might find the one about childhood toys and games? Also, why do you have 2 accounts on here? (Trevor Askew is also JT Wakes I presume?). That can certainly cause problems, as it has done in the past!
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  9. I very much enjoyed your Hi-Fi memories DJ360. My Beatles LPs were all bought on the day of release so I assume they’re first pressings. I usually bought them from Boots on Pelham St where as a Boots employee (D10 Beeston 1968-72) I could use my discount card and get 10% off. After Sgt. Pepper I bought Yellow Submarine, The White Album, Abbey Road and The Let it Be boxed set. I'm quite OCDC so they are in outstanding condition although not mint because I've played them all (carefully) a good few times. As I'm sure you know the later Beatles albums in mono are more valuable than their stereo
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  10. Still finding stuff i had forgot about from when we moved last June,,,today it was 3 really old photos........one in black and white of the wife's parents from their '''Courting days'' in Exeter,,,found a nice frame for it and now sits with us in the Lounge,,made Donna happy. Another i dug out again in black and white,,was a Portrait of my Grandad Ben,,,in his navy days of the first world war,,taken on HMS Roxburgh,,,ive just read up about it and it saw action in the North sea off the Norwegian coast and the Atlantic,,where it rammed a German submarine,,Grand
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  11. fogrider i'm sorry but you have got the wrong end of the stick . YES !! we were classed as in poverty but we were also one large family who looked after each other. all mums that went to work would have some one to look after their children, if any one passed away all would gather around to help, and there would always be a collection for flowers, if some one had a baby you could count on all the neighbour's to rally round , i could go on and on. if you are on about the video the the students of Nottingham University made (which I think you are) they made it look a lot worse than it
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  12. Used to think my 'Granville Bike' was a pulling machine Jill,......when i was 15 and working at Marsdens on Bestwood Estate,...i was in love with a girl called 'Dolly' and often gave her a lift in me 'Basket'............sadly it came to an end when her Dad saw me pass a 28 Bus going down Hove road (a very steep sharp hill) with her giggling in the basket...........he was on the Bus..........lol.
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  13. Ah, but in those days most of us had nothing to park (unless it was a bike) !
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