David sheridan

And talking of cats , in st anns we found a little kitten in the gutter , us four little urchins from the slums of st anns well decided to take it to the police station , not sure where but ransom road rings a bell, We walked up to the station desk and said " mister this little kittens lost it's mummy and daddy " he looked at us and told us to pee off and not waste his time ( he was reading a newspaper and a drinking tea ) and take the scrawny kitten with you !!!!

The Philippines was claimed by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 for Spain , that's was the local here tell me , i wasn't around leaning on a coconut tree to witness it mind !

Talking of apples , we used to sneak into a lady's garden on hungerhill road in st anns well , who had about 20 cats , we used to call her cats eye kelly , people said she was a witch , but when you're nipper you believe owt , anyway we were up her tree putting apples in our jumper , and she chased us off with a big walking stick , which i mistook for a stick to put spells on naughty little boys !

@benjamin1945 in the Philippines if you can't speak the foreign lingo you're boggered ,but alas i can get BBC World news , and also Aljazeera ,but to get your old favourites like Last of the summer wine , Dad's army, or open all hours , you have to rely on Youtube , not complaining much though my wife still cooks me Egg'nChips , and the beers ice cold , the suntan though must improve on that i want to look like a bronze adonis ( an aged one ) rather than a half baked prawn !!!!

First book i remember reading or rather read to us by mr eddie (alderman.w.derbyshire secondary school) it was the last lesson in english class on a friday afternoon, which was perfect ! The book in question was called THE SILVER SWORD by IAN SERRAILLIER , It revolve around 1940s poland and how a family was torn apart by the advancing German army , only to be reunited in Switzerland, the main theme of the book was kindness, generosity, and durability .

The pimply biscuits , were they called lincolns ? Or something similar ?

Remember chants of you'll never take the trent end !

@Brew yeah it could of been belsen , he also called us cloth ears an all !!!!

Isit true they form a team there years ago that became nottingham Forest ? I think the sat in the Clinton arms and got their heads together and laid down the basics

I see that the goose fair racecourse site end in 1893, and the racecourse moved to it's present site at colwick park

Wow that's interesting as i am a keen horseracing fan, will have to google see if i can find more info !

Yeah went there once put the old gas mask on yer face and felt like i was curling up like a rubber ball and dreamt of soldiers with busbies on their heads stabbing my tongue with bayonets , then a woman with an high pitched voice , slapping my face and saying come on wake up !!

Left Grindon crescent in 1974, used to attend Alderman.w.derbyshire secondary school, drank in the horse and jockey had a scrap or two an all, worked in marshalls casemaking factory until one day a bully foreman told me to get cracking, i just grabbed an handful of 6 inch nails threw em in the air and said make me ! Walked out the very same day !

Queens i was put in there 1957 after being born and contracting pneumonia, the Doctor says to my Dad , "he's very weak , i don't think he will last out the night" here i am 65 years later still alive , and annoyi g you lot !!!!

I'm here !!!

Welcome back @carni get well soon !

On the brighter side my two little dogs have had a bath and are looking all fluffy and cuddly !!!!!

Adding anniversary wishes to mr & mrs trogg, have a good one folks !

Cheers Cliff ton , that's amazing didn't know it survived the demolitions !

@MRS B its just a phrase that my dad used , and another he'd used was when didnt comb your hair is you look like a wild man from Borneo , or you look like you've been dragged through an hedge backwards !

Does any one know where church drive was in carrington ? Could of been south church drive , maybe near forest fields , or maps of that area would be great !

Also the phrases alright me old , thas right serri, and less frequently me old mukka !

My dear old mam used to say i had a double crown whilst combing my hair using lots of water to dampen the hair , which would always run in your eyes , but i still felt like twice a king with a double crown !!

I thought the dunked em in tar !!!

90 pesos in the Philippines, that about £1.50 in blighty !!