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I can offer a few definitive dates and historical details for the Rise Park area. Both Rise Farm and Top Valley farm were up for sale in 1940 but went unsold and were withdrawn from the market. Then in 1948 the city council agreed to a plan to convert Top Valley farm (and Forest Farm) into a golf course, to improve upon and replace the course on Bulwell Forest, this plan however was blocked the following year on the grounds of post-war agricultural needs. The fact that Rise Park was built before Top Valley, leaving a large gap between the expanding city boundary at Bestwood esta

I well remember Dr.Jim McCracken. He and his wife Anne were close friends. Jim was a fellow private pilot and he became an aviation medical examiner. I used to attend his Rise Park surgery for my aviation medical renewal. Being a friend he didn’t charge me but I always felt obliged to drop him a bottle of malt whisky in lieu of payment. It would probably have been cheaper to have paid his fee! He would have been most amused that the road named after him was a dead end!

I've not seen any figures, but I wonder how much the women are paid compared to the men. I'll bet it's nowhere near the stupid money the men get.

I'm not a great football fan but congratulate England women's team, it was a joy to watch. They ran like deer, showed excellent ball skills and no rolling on the ground crying for momma. No spitting, no exaggerated goal celebrations, no unnecessary appeals, no threats of violence and no hogging the ball. Brilliant. Perhaps the men should take notice...

That’s very funny nonnaB. I can remember driving in Cocoa Beach one year in what can only be described as a tropical storm, horrendous. On that coast, Daytona Beach is probably the wackiest place I’ve ever been and St Augustine one of the nicest.

Phil and Ian, I actually didn’t realise that pecker meant that in US until I said “keep your pecker up” to a team of US computer guys who were trying to fob the company off with a system that was useless for what we needed. The lead guy said “I don’t believe you just said that” Bit like fag means a ciggy here but definitely not stateside. We are back in the US in 2 months, have been going for the last 30 years but not since the pandemic kicked in. Anna Maria island on the west coast off Florida, can’t wait!

I should add that Rise Park was still being referred to as "Rise Farm Estate" in 1963 and apparently those living at the top of Brownlow Drive looked out onto what became known as 'black mountain' from their back windows, a large tip of coal waste dumped there by the local colliery which was finally removed in late 1970. Residents were inevitably unhappy with the news that Top Valley would be built upon, with many south facing windows losing their splendid view of the countryside (and what might have been a golf course had those plans gone through instead). Rise Park Road/Langbank Avenue home

Batwing, many thanks for a very informative and interesting post. It tells me a bit more about the area in which I used to live. B.

The Berni Inns in Nottingham were run by Roma Inns. They were owned by some of the younger Berni family who lived locally. There were 7 in Nottingham From memory.....The Black Boy, The Chateau, The Cricket Players, The Britannia, The Grosvenor, The Sawyers and either the White Hart or The Flying Horse. There was also The Hut in Ravenshead and The Irongates In Derby. I was part of their management team for a few years......wonderful days. The Irongates had an Italian restaurant downstairs and the Black Boy had a wild German Beer Keller in their basement and some b

She's not the first to emulate the look of someone they admire. Corbyn, with a 'Shoreditch market' hat, and beard was accused of copying Trotsky's look. And wiggy Fabricant, possibly the greatest lickspittle in modern times... They will deny it of course, and put it down to 'mere coincidence'.

Got a funny sun tan on cocoa beach! Walking along the tide line ( I know theres no tide line there but thats what ive always called nearto the waters edge) my husband had his arm and hand across my shoulder. We walked for ages and when we came into the shade we got strange looks. I had got a hand print across my shoulder, it looked really weird.

Ian, we fell in love with Indian Shores beach, south of Clearwater some 30 years ago and booked the same condo for years until we fell out with the owners who never warned us that Cat bulldozers would be rejuvenating the beach after hurricane Irma 24/7 and it was totally impossible to sleep. Moving south a little to Anna Maria, have visited but never stayed.

Phil and Mrs B thats like knock me up in the morning , UK means wake me up Stateside it means getting pregnant be careful what you say. Mrs B we have been to Anna Marie island when we are in Florida we stay at Regal Palms in Davenport our favourite beach is Cocoa Beach on the Space Coast enjoy.

BK, If I told you what I really think of him I'd get banned for life. I can't believe the number of people on Facebook who seriously cannot see anything wrong with his behaviour, over partygate but also over Owen Patterson, Pinscher etc.al. Such folks also seem oblivious to his previous misdemeanours in other jobs,comments by everyone from former colleagues, school teachers etc, etc..all confirming the same thing. He has absolutely no moral compass, appears to genuinely believe that rules do not apply to him, believes he is entitled to office and is incapable of admitting to wrong

We moved from Nottingham to Surrey when our 2 eldest were 5 and almost 3. They soon picked up that accent and we didn't. 9 years later and a 3rd child speaking 'Surrey' we moved to Arizona. The kids soon picked up this accent to fit in. So we have never really had the same accent as our kids. Admittedly, our Nottingham accent has gone, but it's still very English.

Difficult to find a photo of the place. It was here, with a Dolcis on the left of Lyons and Saxone on its right. In the days when buses stopped on both sides of Long Row. A few years older, but you can see the name behind the bus.