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  1. The Danes are lucky they didn't get further up the road to the ladies of Hucknall. We'd have all been talking of them inventing mincemeat.
  2. The main two ways of accessing it, Col, are from Henry Street, turn into there and immediately turn left into Harberton Close. Within a few yards the path begins on the right, tracing up behind the houses on the south side of Henry Street. It takes you past New (Hammonds) Farm and you just keep going straight to Bestwood Village (around 2m). A simpler, more obvious way is to locate Thornton Avenue from Mansfield Road. It lies a couple of hunred yards south of the junction with Redhill Road on the opposite side. Simply walk up there and it takes you straight on to the same path, joining up wit
  3. Here's a few marble names to stir the memories, taken from Wikipedia. 'Alleys was a term I remember, and shooters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_(toy)#Marble_terminology http://www.imarbles.com/kindsofmarbles.php Aggie - made of agate (aggie is short for agate) or glass resembling agate, with various patterns like in the alley Alley or real - made of marble or alabaster (alley is short for alabaster), streaked with wavy or other patterns with exotic names like corkscrew, spiral, snake, ribbon, onyx, swirl, bumblebee, and butterfly Ade - strands of opaque white and color, making lemo
  4. 'Bullies' I think was the term we used for ball bearings.
  5. Sadly, a few of us have lost our marbles since that time, Margie.
  6. That's right, Loppy, any one of us could actually be her - have you thought of that? -- -- Anyway, enough of this...I'm parched, put the kettle on, dear and I'll be talking to you shortly.
  7. That's it, Lizzy. Crestfallen...I may leave. (Trudges off into the distance...)
  8. Let me get this right, you don't think this 6-1 ratio business is a fallacy by any chance do you, K?
  9. All light-hearted on my part. For some reason though I've never been out with a Nottingham girl since teen years. Partners have been Canadian/American/American etc.
  10. Well if one isn't to your personal taste you've always got five more to choose from. Win-win.
  11. Yes and they're all beautiful (apparently).
  12. Okay...is there anyone out there whose folks have not been in their home longer than CT's parents?
  13. That's interesting. A possible North-East of England/East coast Scotland sharing of words - as I've seen many times. My Scottish father would refer to me as a 'bally nuisance' if I was misbehaving when I was a bairn.
  14. Not sure if I've posted this before, apologies if so. A while back I managed a little visit below the Lincolnshire Poacher into the two storeys of caves they use to keep the beer in. I've since learnt that nearly always, these types of caves underneath Nottingham pubs are hand-carved specifically for purpose. An account and some further pics here: Nottinghamshire History: The Lincolnshire Poacher
  15. Good practical suggestions. I guess there's only so much stocking up you want to do for one person though. For the little I care about Christmas my extra shopping amounts to a piece of stilton and six mince pies. Bah humbug!
  16. Not my bag (see what I did there) but you need to shop somewhere else. They've got them on Amazon starting at around a fiver.
  17. Maybe they could supply the purchaser with a small bag of sawdust to fill in any gaps.
  18. This article demonstrates the different ways in which they can be made, Chulla. I've observed die-cut machines at work in the past in my former work in the print trade. Clever stuff. http://www.jigthings.com/manufacturing-jigsaw-puzzles/
  19. So much has been spoiled in Nottingham city centre but glimpses of the past still jump out at me from my teens and early twenties when I was studying at Trent and enjoying the city's nightlife. These bring some very happy memories of good times. The great thing about it for me then, as now, was that you could easily walk around practically all of it on an evening -unlike other cities with a similar population. I still enjoy the fact that it has some seriously old pubs and I think they tend to get taken for granted, or more often ignored these days. There is still something about Slab Square
  20. Regarding supermarket pricing policy, being a person who performs the trudge round the local supermarket on a regular weekly basic, I always find the pricing slightly sickening either side of the Christmas/New Year period. When we buy some similar products every week we get to know the price of goods and it's clear that most food is priced at the top of it's pricing range pre-Christmas - when many people often feel emotionally tied into 'having a good Christmas', providing for their families and not going short of things as they might (have to) at other times of the year. As soon as the hol
  21. I could easily make a list of things that I both love and dislike about it. The first positive that comes to mind personally is the close proximity and easy access to the countryside from the city and its suburbs.
  22. Often still have a smile at the Janet and John stories. Terry at his best.
  23. I'll look out for you, mate! Tuesday is a good time to find me in there. Normally a quieter night in there so if I see somebody who looks like a Hollywood actor I'll pop over.