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My attention has been drawn to the fact that I have been mentioned several times on this site, and that there have been disagreements concerning my date of birth. First of all, I would like to say that I am Tony Whelpton, christened Robert Anthony Whelpton, and that I was born at 2 Goodliffe St, Hyson Green on 27 January 1933. I shall be 90 next January then. Until I began National Service in the RAF in September 1951 I lived at 418 Berridge Road Central with my parents Francis Clare William Whelpton and Alice Beatrice Whelpton née Cresswell and my two sisters Margaret and Joan. I ta

Today I sat outside as the weather was a bit cooler and after some time I felt something tickling my knee. I kept touching and scratching but it kept on irritating. So indoors I went and examined my leg and trousers, nothing was there so back outside and it started again this time on my shin. Rolling the trouser leg up I saw something sticking out of the seam . It was a baby lizard. We have loads of them at the moment and they get in everywhere….but not up trouser legs.

At Christmas 1953 I did a holiday job at Shipstone’s - it was part of my education! One year I worked at Player’s, which put me off smoking for life, that year I worked at Shippo’s, and it put for off drinking Shipstone’s beer for life, one year I worked in the City Treasurer’s Rates Office, and I was put off paying tax for all my life!!!

Thank you, Jill, I’m sure there’s no harm done! Another member alerted me to the age difference, and seemed to think that I should set it right. I used to know someone who lived towards the top of Bobbers Mill Road when I was little. Their name was Kennedy, and their daughter Moira married a chap called Gough, who was killed in the early years of the war, serving in the RAF. Later I discovered that one of my students at Clifton was their son, Sean Gough, and we had many conversations about his mum and dad! I went to St Mary’s RC School at the top of Beaconsfield St - in those days I was a

Ah, Eisenach! I visited there many years ago. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Paid my respects at the 'grave' of the Master in Leipzig. Grave in quotes as no one is certain who is buried there. Bach was interred in a communal grave due, no doubt, to lack of money. My childhood piano teacher lived at 92 Bobbers Mill Road and I later sang in the choir at St Stephen's as well as playing the organ. I attended Sunday school there from an early age but am now closer to being a Buddhist than anything else. Once the Book of Common Prayer was thrown out and guitars, drums and amplifiers

You may already be aware of this, but despite much demolition in the Hyson Green area, 2 Goodliffe Street has survived and looks in better condition than many other surrounding properties. https://goo.gl/maps/y3VZtjDesoYqojTaA

Mea culpa, Tony. I am responsible for the confusion! I did find you later, under the guise of Robert A. Welcome to Nottstalgia. I was born in Bobbers Mill Road and a pupil of Berridge until the age of eleven. Many of our teachers at Berridge were former Clifton College students and all our students came from there. I see you are a Bach enthusiast. That makes two of us...or three, including our stateside member @loppylugs Apologies once again for causing such confusion. I shall look out my flagellum and quietly punish myself!

Forest - First win against the Hammers at home and almost a capacity crowd. I'd be well satisfied if they consolidate a mid table spot by the end of the season. Next is away at Everton and then a home game against Spurs that will certainly be a measure of their future. County - Top of the table with a solid goal difference. I would dearly like to see them there at the end of the season. Next is an away game at Gateshead and then a rather interesting "local" home derby against Chesterfield. Stags - Certainly not the start they had hoped for but two home games to come should see them i

Just for you Lizzie Well Done in this heat..............

'The Gas Man Cometh!' At the time British Gas were doing a big installation job for us at the factory, replacing all the oil heaters for gas fired ones. I discussed the work at our home with the chief engineer and I think my bill might have been swept under the carpet!

I'm all excited! I'm actually going out! Hope the knee hold up. Going into Liverpool on the train to meet three old work colleagues. Only one, pretty erratic bus service through the village at the moment so I was struggling with how to get into St Helens to the rail station and on a local Facebook group asking for recommendations for Taxi firms. My neighbour spotted my post and has offered to drop me off at the station. People can be so good.

Bike ride finished

Well Done Pevril !!

I have a Parkray boiler in the living room. I use solid fuel and I also burn wood on it though perhaps I shouldn't. I still consider it the best form of heating. I have no gas in the house.

August, like it is here, is when everyone and his relations are going somewhere but never get anywhere . Yesterday as practically every Sunday we meet up with family and have breakfast at the bar. We have 5 bars in the centre of the village and only one was open. It was the one that we had years ago but it’s mainly a man’s bar. The men meet there while the wives are at home ironing or cooking. But we ended up there having a quick coffee and started to go home. On the way through the old part of the village where It’s been renovated there’s a little bar with just a few tables outside, as we pas

Just read that Phil spent 7 hours driving today, I assume that’s there and back from wherever he went. On Friday I had a horrible hot day in my car on the M1. I set off to go from Nottingham to a Garden Party at Milton Bryan near Woburn. An event we attend every year but this year I was going alone. I left home at 9.30 for a 90 mile journey to friends house for 11.30 to then go with them to the ‘do’ at 12.15. As soon as I got on the M1 at J25 the overhead signs were telling me that J14 to J13 were closed. I thought Ok I’ll get off at 14. Then a sign telling me 7 mile queues from j15 to 14.

Twenty Three Years

Our whole village has had water tuned off fo almost 12 hours because of various weter leaks. Apparently the heat causes the ground to shrink and move which causes stress on the underground pipes. It’s on again now but very low pressure - our shower will only operate on ‘low’ now. Anglian water has huge lorries in the centre of th village and are giving out free packs of bottled water, one pack for each person in the household. Also they are delivering packs to the old and vulnerable and those with babies and young children. They are doing all the can to alleviate the problem as well as r

I've seen that picture before and it's a great one - sums the place up really well. What always fascinated me is the upstairs window in the building on the left....there's someone looking out from behind bars!! It wasn't a prison, and I wouldn't think you'd need bars for security up there. Locking up the mad relative in the spare room?