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Bumped into Fred once or twice when I spent a year working in the office right next to where his tent was, when I used to go into a small Polish deli just round the corner. They used to give him food every day. He was a bit of a cantankerous old bugger, and the story goes that he refused any help from the Social to re home, as he didn't want to be surrounded by walls - a result of his being imprisoned by the Nazis during the war.

Costs nothing to pick-up or drop-off at Glasgow airport. Except that unless you have an accredited taxi, it's about 100yds away from the terminal thanks to the terrorists who tried to drive into the terminal. One positive about Manchester Airport, though. In these rip-off times, I had a sausage & bacon cob (2 sausages and 2 rashers) with free sauce, and a large coffee in Greggs in Arrivals, while waiting for visitors from Canada. Cost me all of £2.

Just ordered some tickets. From what Harry, the organiser, tells me, it will be a good evening. They've got people coming from all over Europe to see him - Sweden, Germany, Holland, as well as from all parts of the UK (and now Arnold!). He reckons that It will be the biggest event they've had at Mapperley Social Club (Gedling Miners Welfare as-was). And apparently, PJ still does the pants-splitting, although now it's a pair of shorts worn over his trousers (thankfully!).

Mick Summers is alive and well, and living in Mapperley (opposite my dad's old house), and is an active member of Mapperley Golf Club. After his football career ended, he moved into plastering and did quite well for himself.

This popped up on Facebook. The preview is interesting.

I think it was mentioned in the programme that was only due to the mortgage company refusing to lend on anywhere uninhabitable. As soon as he was able to move in, they will probably have released the funds to pay for the renovation.

The owner was interviewed on Radio Nottm yesterday. Apparently, he's only spent £130k so far, which is well under the budget he set aside. (Perhaps some of the work was done at cost to get some free advertising, e.g. for the drilling company?) Two of the guest rooms will be 'themed', with one done out as it would have been if Winston Churchill had visited during the war. Copious quantities of alcohol and a great big ashtray?

I see someone has started a petition to reopen the railway from Exeter to Plymouth, via Okehampton & Tavistock. "With the ever more severe weather conditions that the UK, and especially the South West of England now experience, it is time to consider reopening the section of railway between Okehampton & Bere Alston in Devon. " http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/60320

Used to see the Trent Powerboat and Sailing Club perform quite regularly near Stoke Bardolph and Gunthorpe, but haven't seen them out and about for a long time. Perhaps the H&S brigade have clamped down on them having a bit of fun.

Agree about BBC4 being about the only channel worth watching, but if you do need to watch any ITV programmes I'd suggest using their online catch-up as it tends not to carry adverts except right at the beginning. As said, an hour programme only lasts 46mins.

Quite accurate, Michael. When me and my BMW had an interface with a car outside Inn for a Penny, my first thought as I lay in the road was how the bike was. Unfortunately, its offside cylinder and rear subframe didn't survive bouncing up the kerb and was a write-off. All I got was a few bruises thanks to wearing the right gear.

End of the day, they'll take the cheapest option and rebuild the sea wall just enough to get the current line working again, while saying this was a "once in a lifetime" event.

Because his ex stinked? (Sorry!)

Four Mars bars for a quid at Asda at the moment. But they're nowhere near as big as they used to be.....

In terms of finding out who lived there after 1917, your best bet is the Electoral Register. You can view this at the Archives or at Central Library's Local Studies section. Once you have the names of the occupants, you can track family births, marriages and deaths through Ancestry.com, etc., up to fairly recent times.

Bubblewrap, you're quite right. Serves me right for trying to multi-task. I should know that blokes can't do that!

Close enough to Yates's. The box was on the corner of Market Street and Angel Row.

If Gove wants state schools to be more like public schools, will he be increasing the money spent on them to £30k a year per pupil, give them back the playing fields that were sold off for housing, and grant them charitable status? No, didn't think he would.

Michael, it's now outside Sherwood Lodge police headquarters. Or gone back to planet Gallifrey...

Ashley, have a look at http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12022&hl=%2Bmapperley+%2Btunnel and you'll see recent (as in taken on the day they were posted) photos of what is now termed the "nature walk". Gets a bit confusing when two threads cover the same topic!

Sad to see that Tony Hateley passed away today.

Ashley, this is the original image... http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw020940?search=Daybrook&ref=1&quicktabs_image=2#quicktabs-image

Amazing just how much that area has changed in such a short time. I've also noticed that when I'm walking the dog round there, bricks and hardcore are slowly starting to emerge from the made-up banking as it weathers.

Went to the Baseball ground in, I think, 1979, for a Forest/Derby match soon after Denis Thatcher's company had relaid the pitch. There was that much sand on it, all the Forest fans were singing "We do like to be beside the seaside". That was the game that one particular Forest "fan", Paul Scarrott, got thrown out of the ground three times for hooliganism.

Looks safe enough from this video.