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Bulwell just gets better........had Breakfast at ''Jerome's'..........sat outside people watching and all human life was there...people of all colours and languages...but all mixing well with smiling faces..........the place was very busy bathed in Sunshine and some 20 or so flea market stalls selling all sorts of Bric-a-bat.........to say nothing of a chap singing 70s Reggae'' (sp) who was excellent.....made you feel like Dancing.......served in 'Jerome's' by my fav waitress 'Chelsea'''.....obviously i call her 'Arsenal'........

I have been a member of this site a lot longer than you have and we have always had trivial fallouts over politics but nothing on the scale that you've brought to it. As far as I can remember we never needed a politics thread. Sorry to say this but in my opinion you have spoilt this site.

Was messing about with me paints this am., only had my e-reader cover available. So splashed some paint on. 1hr & 35mins.

Thanks Col, Lizzie, I've spent the last few hours reading through, catching up, and gnashing my teeth, before I finally cracked. Lets and his post were tempting but it seemed as though it was getting a little testy.

How lovely to see Brew back on the forum!

Howdo and welcome back Brew. I've missed yer pal.

It seems not only has woke and the cancel culture taken hold of NS we facilitating bullying and not a little hypocrisy. Robt, he of the 17yr tenure and less than two posts a month (way to go to keep NS fresh and relevant rob), has managed to astonish and amaze me in less than eight lines with his attack on DJ360. “I stay online to read the topic, but think it has spoilt the site” Oxymorons are alive and well I see. Then continues to engage by asking a puerile question.

Ah. Dolly mixtures brings back memories of my very early childhood. Every Thursday, my maternal grandfather went to collect his pension from Hyson Green Post Office and from being in my pushchair (he never pushed my coachbuilt pram) he took me with him. A few doors along from the Post Office was a bakery. They also sold confectionery. If I'd been a good girl, grandad would buy me some Dolly mixtures in a little conical paper bag. Sometimes, he would buy me an orange instead. All that stopped when I started school at 4 years old. My childhood would have been even better than it was had it not

So there'll be no point in buying you a box of All sorts or Dolly mixtures then, for Christmas . How about a 'Smokers set' Jill? Or do you fancy a bag of 'Jelly Babies', my Diabetic care nurse advised me to always keep a bag with me. In case of a 'Hypo', I should eat a family, 1 dad, 1 mum and 2 kids.

Whilst that bait is still wrigging in my mouth just out of interest how many Labour M.P.'s currently standing in Parliament live in social housing? After all they represent the working man. There's one for you to research.

Most of you will have noticed that I stay on line, the reason for that is so that I can read the politics thread. After all this time of the bait hanging on the end of the line I've bit. I'm a tory voter although I wouldn't vote for the present P.M. does that make me a crook,liar and everything else you call Tory's DJ360. If we all followed your line of politics we wouldn't be living in a democracy because there would be only one way to vote and that's your way.

Now you've pointed it out, I can see that on the photo. It all adds up with the map

Here's the architects drawing for the old Home Brewery buildings

Home Ales is there - it's just the older brewery buildings, not the more modern one now along the main road.

Air rifle

Bulwell a great place, I must try to go there more often, Jeromes is also my favourite place for a decent coffee and something to eat and as Ben stated the best place to people watch.

A photo from the early 1920s showing the absence of Home Ales. St Paul's church at the top, and Daybrook Square with the Morley factory at the bottom. The Home Ales building would be roughly in the two square fields (?) below the church and almshouses.

There was a Shipstones beer off on the corner of Glentworth Road Radford very near where I lived. I’d occasionally be sent for a bottle of IPA if one of my Aunts was visiting. When you entered there was a mirror positioned in the doorway to the back room and you’d see the shop keepers face glance at you who would be seated in the back room with the tv on. She was very elderly and quite frail. You would have to wait until the adverts came on before she’d shuffle into the shop and serve you. The Shipstones horses used to deliver the beer on their horse drawn drays. A source of excitement and com

My mistake. It is indeed St Paul’s. I’m giving a talk later this year on the history of convalescent homes in Nottinghamshire and Col Seeley features heavily and this church get a mention. I have for some reason got this Church in mind incorrectly as St Mary’s. I don’t know why that is, possibly as it’s in St Mary’s Parrish. I should know as my parents were married there in 1947. My dad would always raise his hat as we drove past. I visited the interior for the first time last year as it’s rarely open (other than Sundays I assume) and was astonished at the magnificence of it.

Both designed by Cecil Howitt....the man also responsible for the Council House and the Newton Building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cecil_Howitt Fothergill Watson gets the publicity, but Howitt is easily up there with him for leaving his mark on Nottingham.

It is fair to say that cricket was the winner in the first tests thriller near the Villa. After waking at 1:30am I put the radio on just to check the score, fully expecting a draw and heard that Australia needed some 60 runs to win and England 2 wickets. Enthralled I listened to the end where either team could have won and the Aussies scraped home to win by 2 wickets. I wonder if Ben Stokes is ruing his decision to declare? I hope not as it prepared the path for a wonderful game of cricket. Now looking forward to the 2nd test at Lords, hope the weather remains kind. Anyone going to s