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Marsdens way back in the 50s stood here.......there are lots of photos of Bulwell showing the Marsdens sign on the big wall ....i worked there as relief when i was 16 or 17..........I had learned how to bone and roll and then display the bacon whilst at the Andover road shop........learnt the till operation and how to ring in 1/10pence halfpenny using many fingers and my mental arithmetic was excellent....so i was well thought of....and being willing to travel was just what the company wanted........... The Manager in 1961-62 was Jack Pinder a lovely Bulwell chap who took me under his win

Took these pic's the other day.........relief Managed this store when i was 17. for about a month.....it was a Vernons self service in 1962.......it was converted from being a Marsdens ....very small and didnt last long...on Derbyshire lane Hucknall..

AS ABOVE.......Think 1950s

Ah, I think I've spotted a problem there, you don't play golf with marbles they're too small! No wonder you keep losing them...

Have fun colly. Hubbs and I belonged to a Ballroom and Latin Dance School for a few years. Sadly due to knee problems we had to call it a day. During our time dancing with them we attended 3/4 tea dances in the Beautiful Blackpool Ballroom with the springy floor. It really takes you back in time . Such an ornate room and we loved every minute dancing to the live Organ. Enjoy your Line Dancing, keep the memories forever.

Just taken up golf, well it's a nice walk, mainly in the long wet grass for me so I've just spent over £30 on a pair of waterproof socks (Sealskin) - I think I've lost me marbles !!!!

Welcome Stuart. I'm looking forward to your contributions. Apart from a fondness for Nottm., we don't seem to have much in common, as I'm older, lived at the scruffy end and left in 1971, but if you ever fancy a polite, gentlemanly and respectful discussion of political issues, pop into the Politics thread... ..

Wishing all the best Nonna.... Was talking to a youngish woman in her early 30's yesterday who is needle phobic & got covid, (she insists she's not an anti-vaxer though) she'd had no jabs. She was very ill saying it was like the worst flu ever & in bed for several days, she was worse than old fart me who'd had 3 jabs & was recovering from the after effects of last months radiotherapy & ongoing ADT. , glad I had the jabs.... Got my vaccine passport all sorted for my line dancing extravaganza at Blackpool this weekend...

Quite right DJ, some underhanded jiggery pokery going on with these quoted posts, must be a Tory thing

I gave DJ a like, not because I agree to what he is saying but simply because he explains his political beliefs and makes his cases quite clearly. No one liners or 'worrabahts'. I've said this before - the Brew and DJ debates are interesting, educational and enjoyable to read.... and a good example of how arguments can be conducted respectfully. Wish I had their level of acumen to join in

Surely somebody here must remember the great nights at the 360 in the late 60s/early 70s? I was one of the DJs with the Magic Roundabout Disc Show. We did weekends and a couple of week nights at the upstairs room at the 360. Dave Cartwright also DJd and Dave Pickering was our 'Business Manager' . Dave ran a few 360 reunions at Bestwood Miner's Welfare in the late 90s. We also used to book in lots of local bands like The Clockwork Toys, Sons and Lovers, Nerve, Carl's Fables, Whichwhat and many more, including the curiously named 'Lambs of the World' who included Mick Vaughan, later famous in

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360 Club now sold and being converted to flats. Mal Redman who was one of the old stalwarts and now does his own soul nights posted some pics of the interior just before the builders got stuck in. I'll try to post them too. As I understand it, Steve Austin ran 'Pulse Discotheque', which was active around Nottm (including 360 I think) but after I left for pastures new. I met Steve at one of Dave Pickering's 360 Club re-unions sometime around 1997. Held at Bestwood Miner's Welfare. Dave now regularly comes up to Liverpool which is handy for me. We meet up at Lime Street. Go for a feed an

we played at the 360 club in 1969 billy campbells mighty sparrows sam and dave type soul band