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Had a lovely special week-end..........Birthday saturday.......quiet day a few cards a couple of pressies........... Then sunday lots of family came for Dinner.....bearing more cards and gifts..... Grandson...who is a corporal in the Army... Niece and husband from Peterborough.. Son and his special lady from Oakham... Youngest son from Bestwood Village....... A real special day....loved em all.........and thanks to Donna for all the dinners.....my special Lady.........

Bulwell home guard WW2 years... Just found this on Turtons Bulwell photo's....And i am certain thats my Dad far right second from bottom with the Moustache ..........I'M so happy at finding it..i could cry.........

Not been feeling to good, too many scans ,cameras , needles and other tests, on the way up now. A few more appointments and then back to my normal self. Hands really soft with washing up and ironing, all ready for the gardening season.

Happy belated birthday Ben!. Today I decided to see if I could get a bit further than the few hundred wobbly legged steps I took yesterday. That Covid certainly can knock you about.. . I decided on a slow but determined assault on the summit of mighty Billinge Hill, taking a newly opened route. Beautiful blue sky and a different perspective from the new route helped me along. Close up, crocus, daffodils and the white flowers of Amelanchier hinted at spring, despite the bitter cold. I made it to the top and took in the panoramic views of North Wales, Derbyshire, Bowland etc, als

Just a small sample (out of 50) of my Players cigarette card collection. all vintage cycles Rog

Used to love a bit of Dave Brubeck....... Sometime back in the 60s was driving along Perry road just near the Prison.....listening to this when i was stopped by the Police....who said i was doing 35 in a 30 mile limit............still had Dave on low...when the Copper said ''Is that Dave Brubeck you got on ?''' Thought he was going to 'DO'' me for that as well.............anyway he liked 'Dave's'' music.......and i got away with a warning.........for the speeding......lol.......Good Copper.......think about that day every time i hear this record.............

Some people would call it freedom of choice, I would say it’s being slovenly. I look at people sometimes and wonder if they look in a mirror before they go out, particularly with hairdos. I have even seen women shopping in their pyjamas and dressing gown. my mother was a tailoress and always looked immaculate. Times have changed I know but I do think it’s gone too far.

Totally agree about the rose garden, Here's another Rose in the rose garden Rog

My daughter has now been designing clothes, among other things since she graduated. These days she doesn't often bother to show us what's hers in the shops, but here's something she has in Matalan at the moment. It seems t be selling very well. https://www.matalan.co.uk/product/detail/s2946533_c211/girls-green-schiffley-co-ord-set-4-13yrs-green Some years ago she was on the Matalan design staff, but found it a bit tame. These days she's Freelance.

Thanks to you all for the birthday greetings x I’m not really 80 - I think there ‘s been a mistake somewhere …. A glitch in time perhaps. Actually, I feel very blessed that I’m still here. God obviously still has more work for me to do! I hope this will be even more listening to people who need to share their problems, rather than hard physical work….. I’d prefer to leave that to the younger ones We’re going round one son’s house for supper this evening and going out for lunch on Saturday with our other son. Also, our daughter is on her way over here as I type.

Must mention Walsall police station...... I caught a bloke nick a 'Jumper'' at Debenhams way back in about 94.........the Police took him away and i had to attend their Station to do a statement...... I inadvertently left the 'jumper' in the Police reception whilst i went to another room to write my statement..........on return ''IT HAD GONE'' apparently another Shoplifter had been in to be interviewed and on leaving took a fancy to the jumper,,,,,,,,,,the Officer on reception saw him leave with it under his arm but didnt realise it wasnt his........i was asked if i wanted him visi

Lovely walk around Retford market and Kings park yesterday, good weather and friendly folk, nice to hear the Hathersage brass band playing in the market square and the Easter Bunny put in an appearance, even the Drake Mallard came over to say hello Rog

This reminds me of an incident many years when I was a driver. A bloke got on our bus on Aspley Lane and asked, "Are you going to town"? My conductor replied with a yes. The bloke said, "Well you've still Strelley estate on the front"! Quick as a flash my mate said, "If you look, we've got Birds Eye fish fingers on the side, but we don't sell 'em". I nearly fell off the seat with laughter.

The bottom of the Premier League is very tight and all points are precious in the battle to stay up. Goal difference could decide it at the death which has to be a worry because Forest's GD is one of the worst. I thought Steve Cooper was amazing last season but he's not looking so good currently. Not sure about Mansfield. They've been quite inconsistent of late but they may yet scrape into the playoffs. They don't look anywhere near good enough for promotion. Notts continue to push the Hollywood dream team all the way. I hope they can get up as champions although Wrexham certainly ha

Very windy this morning!! Out on the field at the back in the dark wrestling a tarpaulin off of the chicken run. Avian flu has meant they can no longer run free so to keep them in a run is the only answer but this brings problems of shelter; when running free they are adept at finding shelter when it rains or is very windy. In a run you can provide some protection from the elements with a tarpaulin however in very windy weather the whole thing becomes like a box kite and can end up three fields away. Bit like the Gazebos that folk leave out after a BBQ and the next day there they are gone

Took Jj out for a quick walk, he will have a longer walk later. What a lovely morning after the last few days, birds singing, sky blue (at moment), daffodils and snowdrops out. Feels like spring is arriving, might be able to ditch the thermals finally!

Third of a tin of corned beef, semi mashed with a fork, half a small tin of baked beans mixed together add pepper and Worcestershire sauce and zapped in the microwave while the toaster does it job. Plenty of butter on the toast, tip the hash on the toast and brew a good coffee. Top breakfast!

I open the tin by using the can opener both ends, then push the thin end out the thick end. Voila.

Not the greatest photo I've ever taken, but I got this on my phone camera by poking my head out of the window earlier this evening. The moon, and then Venus and Jupiter, just visible as silver dots.

Magic Roundabout was voiced by Eric Thompson and after his death by Nigel Planer of The Young Ones fame. What I remember most was Zebedee always trying to bonk Florence as every show ended with Zebedee saying "It's time for bed" In The Night Garden Oopsie Daisy is a bit of a trollope too as she takes her bed everywhere with her. Which of the two Flowerpot Men bonked Little Weed. Was it Bill or was it Ben, I don't know but I think the little house knew something about it; don't you? Then we had Andy Pandy having a threesome with Looby Loo and a bear in a picnic basket!

Can't believe how low Mens dress sense has become......ok no Tie..but 'T' shirt instead of shirt when wearing a suit.......even dirty 'T' shirt with shorts plus wearing '' flip flops'' or sandals'' showing their hideous feet.all this being normal when just out and about.....and much more.....what do yo think?

Trivia. Nothing to do with Nottingham, but might be interesting nevertheless. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/12-old-words-that-survived-by-getting-fossilized-in-idioms?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

To me this perfectly evokes growing up in the late 50s-early 60s more than just about any other piece of music.

Forest have a difficult game against Newcastle tomorrow evening and they desperately need to get a least a point. A loss would likely see them nearer the relegation zone at the end of the weekend. Steve Cooper has publicly stated that signing Lingard was a mistake. Apparently he's been paid £180,000 a week and contributed very little. That's been a very costly mistake by Mr Cooper and it isn't just the money. The rest of the squad are probably pretty demoralised by what's gone on with “superstar” Lingard and it's showing in the team's performances. I don't imagine Ryan Yates earns a

Just looked at the BBC News home page. Apparently the most important topic in the world right now is that a former top-flight footballer turned freelance pundit is to 'return to air' on the Beeb after resolving an issue about some comments he made on social media that didn't fit with their guidelines on conduct. Over on ITV news, the main story is about some 'showbiz' awards in America. Meanwhile, a war rages on in the Ukraine, there is unrest in Greece after a train crash that killed dozens of people and a large tech bank in Silicon Valley has gone bust.

And while they’re all ranting and raving about Gary Lineker, they’re not saying a word about others who’ve made clear their opposition to the government’s plans. Surprisingly, they’ve not made the Daily Mail’s front page. Here are one or two of them. Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover Paul McAleenan, Roman Catholic Bishop Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg Rabbi Charley Baginsky Paul Parker, Recording Clerk of Quakers in Britain Leaders from the Baptist, Methodist and United R

Having never heard of Jacobys I decided to look it up on t'interweb and learned a lot more about Nottingham that I did not know Jacobys was a lace manufacturer founded by Moritz Jacoby and Louis Berenhart in 1847 of the Broadway Nottingham. It was incorporated as a limited company in 1889 If you wanted to phone them their numbers were Nottm 4567 or 4568, telegraphic address was Jacoby Nottingham. They had premises at Daybrook for bleaching, dyeing and finishing. The Sherwood factory was for plain and fancy nets and Valenciennes laces for which they held a patent/register

Don't really like ''Linekar'' seems a bit up his sen'' but i don't know what all the fuss is about..........Can't see how anything was aimed at the ''Jews'' probs with Germany.........We have floods..Fires...Wars all over the world...and this about 'Linekars'' anti Conservative remarks makes the main Headlines........

I was there during WW2 and remember the air raid sirens and shelters more than anything else. My sister was there 10 years later and our Granddad was the lollipop man on the crossing from the Alma pub.

Hope you had a good one benj. Happy Belated Birthday Miduck.

They used to love this one in Bulwell..... 1/6 circa 1962

Best corned beef receipe. Gently fry chopped onion untIl soft, add tin of chopped tomatoes and simmer gently. Cut a tin of corned beef into cubes, add to pan and “mosh” the corned beef down into the sauce. Simmer until hot. Great with pasta or chips etc.

Talking of fray bentos, as kids in bulwell someone spread the rumor that there was a ghost train at midnight that ran along bulwell disused rail embankment, as you enter bulwell hall park from I think Springfield road ? So we dared each other to camp out and see which was the bravest to face the phantom ghost train , we said bring a fray bentos pie , and we will cook it on our camp fire, as the fire got going some one said who brought a tin opener ? We all looked at each other gormless, no tin opener so we starved that night and there was no ghost train, someone must of been tell

Soldiers in the trenches of the Great War used bayonets to open theirs. I suppose a few corned beef tin cuts were the least of their worries.

I'm not here to defend Matt Hancock, but I'm once again amazed by the arrogance and poisonous rhetoric of Isabel Oakshott. The woman masquerades as a 'journalist' and couches her arguments in a sort of 'populist' cum 'public interest' framework, when in reality she is just a self promoting bigot. It is high time that the BBC stopped platforming her and similar self interested 'commentators'.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a tin of corned beef and when we decided to use it, to my dismay the key was missing. 'Er indoors went into panic mode like it was Armageddon. Me , I just got me long nosed pliers and used them. Came off quite easily, however, I couldn't get the strip of me pliers so had to use another pair to unroll it off the jaws. Life is so complicated.

I love corned beef but really dislike opening corned beef tins - the key sometimes goes a bit ‘wrong’ and its easy to cut yourself as the edges are very sharp. Then it’s the prising it out of the tin!

Another one to do with the Bogs for you @davidsheridan '...about 1946....

I guess the guy lingered, Ben. because he never expected to see Alf Garnett in a police lineup.

Maybe that's what happens to people who stop posting on Nottstalgia. They are actually still there, but posting in a parallel universe. I wonder who reads their stuff.

The Rupert Davies version of Maigret is always on Talking Pictures TV (which I realise may not be visible in Oz). I've watched a few because I never saw it first time round. It's stood the test of time pretty well. It's also possible to see two more recent versions of Maigret. There's one with Michael Gambon from the early 90s which isn't too bad. But for me the pick of the Maigrets is Rowan Atkinson......yes, that one. If you haven't come across it, watch for them. Once you've got over the expectation of him pulling funny faces and making silly noises - which he doesn

Once again the night sky displays its spectacular sights. Venus and Jupiter chasing the setting sun into the evening twilight below the horizon, followed by the perfect crescent moon. For me it really is something to wonder at, it being another very clear night. It was a night sky like this 40 years ago my brother borrowed a refracting telescope, probly a 5" object lens. We set up in our dark backyard and focused on Jupiter and there in all its glory we saw the faint clouds on the planet but more important to us at the time we saw the 4 largest moons of Jupiter; Europa, Gannymede, Io and Call

I was once told my an appliance engineer, never, ever, leave a dishwasher, washing machine or dryer on, when you are in bed or gone out. A lot can go wrong in your absence.

My father was 81 and in hospital prior to his passing. He had secondary brain lesions and was struggling to speak but I'll never forget his joy at one of the female doctors enthusing over what wonderful feet he had! It wasn't the first time, either. Some years prior to that, he had an attack of gout and his GP, also female, had endless compliments for his tootsies. Dad was very particular about shoes. He didn't wear fashionable styles and, when we were children, he always supervised the buying of our shoes. Despite my sister complaining about being made to wear 'clodhoppers ' and

Here you go Barrie, different coloured horses but one I re-branded some time ago Rog Rog

After my success with ''Self Assembly'' the other day......the wife has treated me to a pair of ''Pliers''..today......never had any before...and once i find out how to use them will Attempt more ''Self Assembly''.......life gets more exciting by the day.......might invest in a Screw-Driver next...

Then, tea in the shed with the budgie, eh Ben? Come on! Ya gotta tell us that tale. I look for it every day.

Tom cats will travel miles when they're on the scent!!

Beekay corned beef hash is so easy to make! We like to use new potatoes cut in half but you can use ordinary ones. Boil off the potatoes with white onion chopped and carrots sliced with only enough water to cover and when done add cubed corned beef from a can with the fat taken off (put corned beef in fridge the night before, easier to cut) Add two crumbled oxo cubes and leave the lid off and keep simmering to thicken. We call it “scouse” My husband takes it to work quite often. This is a recipe handed down from his family. Great with crusts of bread and loads of proper butter.

I won a raffle yesterday. A lifetime's supply of Marmite. One whole jar!