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Well I'm back home and we've had a crackin' night over at our little community centre, with a turnout of 30 people, which at £2 entry netted 60 quid, half to the winners and half to our social fund. Better still though, the winners gave back their winnings to the social fund, so the residents benefit all round. I did a mixture of verbal questions, visual idententification and musical intros. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and because they bring their own refreshments and nibbles, nobody wentv without. Got back home at 22.45, knackered and just wanting a cup of tea. It's a lovely fee

Thats sad about Worksop Rog...........used to enjoy the place many Moons ago........they had quite a large Savemore supermarket which i helped set up mid to late 60s.it was on the main street near a river if i remember correctly) ....lovely lass from 'Wombwell' (sp ) worked there ...her being my main memory of the place..... I had breakfast in Bulwell this morning......Bulwell market not what it was but reasonably busy......oddly apart from the staff in all the retail places didnt see any old friends.....seems by the look of half the people shopping today...many immigrant

Went to Worksop this morning for the market and a walk about, big disappointment, about eight market stalls there mainly clothes with one fruit stall and one plant stall and a couple of dvd/cd's sellers, the "shopping centre" is almost devoid of shops now with most of them closed down, the car parks were practically empty, even the pound shop had closed, just got to feel sorry for the good people of Worksop they have been badly let down by their council, when we first went there the market ran full length of the main street in two or three rows now just about empty, the Queens pub the main one

I remember The Golden Cage. It was there for years. Also Pennyfeathers on Goldsmith Street, in an old Victorian house that probably isn't there any longer. They were ideal places for finding theatrical costumes. When I was a child, we lived next door to an elderly couple whose only daughter, Muriel, had been one of my mother's best friends from early childhood. After attending Berridge and the dreaded Manning Grammar, Muriel went to Millers Business College and then found employment as a secretary to one of the directors of Player's. Muriel's mum, according to my mum, was determ

The proposed site appears to be land on Occupation Road, off Cinderhill Road. Former colliery land, possibly? The locals are considerably less than keen but, apparently, have been advised they have no chance of stopping it.

Time for a selfie, Ben........

We shall have to get planning permission to move the Palais over to Bulwell ben that will liven up Saturday nights with the golden oldies.

Tell you what Siddha, I don't want you to feel left out. Next time I do a quiz night, I let you know. Consider it an open invitation to join us. I might even send you some of the questions for you to answer, while you are sitting on your garden seat with a cup of tea/coffee. I feel sad when one posts on here or locally, yet does'nt get any response. It makes you wonder if it's worth bothering. ( I love to get interaction or indulge in friendly banter on here with fellow N.S.s.

It is a good thing to contribute to your home community , it sounded a great bash Beekay. Where I live nowt happens and folk hardly acknowledge one another, maybe its only me they don't acknowledge.......Who knows and who cares. Not me! Looks nice out so getting the wooden outside furniture out to see if it will continue to hold old bones and mugs of tea. I think the table will need sanding and coating in stuff.

Talking of Foot Tapper

Jill Sparrow, Jill Sparrow, we have a hedgehog! Just spotted it and have put some food out. Whoop whoop. Will keep you updated.

Thats something you dont do to often Beekay have a great evening.

I've been trying to remember the name of the shop I was referring to and the name Peter Barrie has suddenly sprung to mind. I'm not sure whether it's the right one. Does anyone else remember it? It was there for many years. The premises are still there but occupied by someone else these days. I remember another very high class shop on Long Row, I think, where Muriel's clothes came from but, again, the name escapes me. Just remember mum pointing out the place when I was a child and saying that all the taffeta ball gowns and velvet skirts In my dressing up box originally came from th

Park Row / Derby Rd junction, past and present. And they'll about the scrap the island and make it a junction, or may have already started.

Just read an article in "The Grid Iron" saying that many Notts farmers have been refused compensation for flooding as their farms are "Too far from a major river". Nottinghamshire is one of the worst affected counties. The DEFRA guidelines say that farms more than 150 metres from a major river are not eligible for a grant of between 500 and 25,000 pounds to return their land to the condition it was in before the major storm event, Storm Henk, in January. The farming minister Mark Spencer is from a farming background in Nottighamshire. He should be sinking a size twelve toe-capped wellie into t