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Way back in the early 1970’s I worked as a trainee TV service engineer. The company I worked for had a number of contracts for various sales outlets to repair TV’s and general electrical items, radiograms, hifi etc, that in those days were often bought on hire purchase. I think Rumblows (spelt?) was one company we did a lot of house visits for. You would find that there wasn’t a great deal of skill needed in repairing many tv’s as certain models would have common faults. I did hundreds of home visits most of which are lost in my memory but I well recall one. I went to a house on the Bulwell Ha

Later to become a coop Rog...@plantfit Used to sit up where the 'Projectionist' sat.....watching the ''Lifters'' going about their business......when they had filled their bags with mostly ''Coffee'' and ''Razor blades''....i shot down the fire escape and said ''Ey-up'' as they exited the store.... One very well known lifter once said to me......''come on Ben thats not very fair'''... after i told him where i sat and watched him....lol....... Funny thing is he's pushing sixty now and still at it i often see him and we have a laugh about the old days......sometime ago had a cof

Picked my wife up....literally. I was a conductor on the 16A out of what was Granby Street. She'd missed the 32 and we were the next one along. She had her young sister with her, who I thought was her daughter, but they sat on the long seat at the back so I was able to chat to them from the back platform. Her sister is 12 years her junior and to this day I still say I married the wrong one ! That was back in 1963, the service was 15.02 from town.

Wash day again today, Got most of the chemicals Mrs P need to do the washing just got to get her to stop swinging that ponch around and get on with it Rog

Stuart, 'Hell Drivers', some of the cast were... Sean Connery, Patrick McGoohan, Sid James, Alfie Bass, William Hartnell, Stanley Baker, David McCullum, to name but a few. The real stars were the trucks, carrying gravel, all speeded up on lanes.

Got up this morning to a heavy frost so decided to take Jj to a different park than usual today. The one we usually go to has a fenced in, what used to be, tennis court so I go on there to throw his ball. Once the gate is shut I don’t have to worry about any loose dogs being on my own and can concentrate on the game but thought it might be a bit slippy for him to run on. As usual had to chase him all over the house to get his coat on, once it is on he stands still and looks sorry for himself so it is easier to put the harness on. Got myself wrapped up, had my thermals on, and off we went.

We had a boiling arrangement , it stood outside in the yard and was heated with a gas burner. The gas itself was through some old hosepipe or similar from a take off in the kitchen. It all worked and most of us have survived!!

That's the one, CT. Mum liked it because you could boil things in it and get them really sparkling clean...as Plantfit very nearly found out!

The Highbury picture house top of Albert street, one of my haunts saturday afternoons (not my picture) [/ur Rog

What you really need is a copper! There was one in our kitchen when I was a child. It had originally been coal fired via a chimney but by the time I knew it, was gas fired. No vents. I remember New Basford Lad, bless him, saying how lethal those were due to the fumes. However, my mum loved hers and no washing machine could hold a candle to it. I know Plantfit is someone who knows all about coppers and the risks they posed.

Talking of transport, at this moment, I'm watching a short transport film on Talking Pictures, with lots of coaches as described in this topic.. Noticed one with Mansfield and District livery on it. Going to sit back and watch it...."Days Out".

That reminds me of a children's program in the 60s called Torchy , does anyone remember that along with Fireball XL5 , and the clangers !

I remember all those products, mum used to have a service tub washer with a mangle and my Aunt was the model for Pears soap (the face one) when she was little.

I would love a classic mangle like that - especially one that beekay has pimped up.

I remember Fairy Soap. Mum used the blocks, along with Sunlight, for cleaning. In 1955, just before my sister's fifth birthday and before I was born, mum had a miscarriage and was hospitalized at Peel Street for roughly a week. My father had to look after my sister. When mum came home, she was horrified to see her daughter's face was red and scaly. Dad had been washing it with Fairy Soap instead of the Pears Soap mum always used for her children! Bless him, he wouldn't have known the difference!

Spot on Rog., Mrs P looks quite fetching with that ponch. Does she take in washing? Give her my regards and ask her if she bakes bread too. Cheers to you both.

Radiogram, sideboard and coffee table,Telly with three channels very posh Rog

Well said PP

God's ways are beyond our understanding, please do not mock the Lord's work .

David. Yes Sean and Stanley Baker and McGoohan Hell Drivers, the one with the mirror in the floor. They were all racing to get the highest number of loads from the quarry. The good guys won in the end.

Enjoy Bulwell Siddha.........if you fancy breakfast or even just a coffee....Jerholme's on main street is excellent........no market today but Bulwell is always good........

Funny that Phil., it were the same bloke who sold me a George 3rd record player.

I've got a first edition of the Bible, personally signed by Jesus Christ! I bought it from a book shop in Golder's Green. Hymie the manager assured me it was Kosher.

Sorry to disagree siddha - but it is ABUSE of religion that is a reason for us slaughtering one another. Using religion as a tool for power. Religion itself is a necessary ingredient in life for most. Although I am an agnostic, my Christian upbringing is still an integral part of my being.

Agree with both the above posts. Had some experience with it over the years. I am not and never have been JW. Disfellowshipping is a powerful weapon against any who dare to disagree. Shunning by closest family has to be potentially emotionally devastating. Certainly not Biblical.

Interesting I would have thought it a declining population as children do not always follow the religion of their parents. I think the men and women of the faith can exert great pressure on those who do not follow the path determined for them by the elders. A great film to watch that is about being "disfellowshipped" by the JW's.............. Apostacy. I recommend it as a good but discomforting watch.

There's a joke about that. 2 Jehovah Witnesses rang a door bell, the old fella opens the door to them. "Good morning, we want to talk to you about our religion " one says. Short on visitors, the old man welcomes them inside. He sits them down on the settee, sits opposite them and says, "OK, what do you want to tell me?" They reply, "We don't know. We've never got this far before!"

Do you get a medal at the end of it Terry? Or perhaps an iron lung.

Chuffed with myself this morning . Managed to get into 98th position in the virtual team challenge - a global event run by Concept2, the gym equipment manufacturer. Been grinding out the kilometres every day to get into the first 100. Not bad considering that there are 10,141 entries

Whenever the subject comes up I always wonder if Jehovah's Witnesses have ever converted anyone, anywhere at any time.

Whoops. Forgot it was Saturday. Got nabbed by the Jehovah's Witnesses this morning. I listened politely to their script then gave them a lecture on Buddhist philosophy. As expected, their eyes glazed over as the brainwashing kicked in. Don't listen, don't listen!!! Basically, said I, you're looking at God right now and so am I. If you look at the cat in the window, you're still looking at God and that earthworm on the path is also God. We are all the same. No difference. They scuttled off to bother someone else. One day, they might wake up? Bothering people on a Saturday morning gives them s

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Something on the telly the other day reminded me of a toy I had as a kid. It was called Hocus Pocus, 3 cups, that fitted inside each other. The was a small ball or something between 2 of them and depending how you seperated the cups, depended on seeing the ball or not.

My maternal grandparents always used to buy me a torch for Xmas. The type that had red and green sleeves that could be raised by a small button/lever over the bulb, thus giving a coloured beam of light.