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Pleanty of people take there dogs there apparently- I guess they live on top of the air con. Not sure on the bitter but I read guinness is out there.... but alcohol is heavily taxed along with pork [sin] and if you are a resident you need a licence to buy it from a liquor store, or buy as normal in hotels. As for greenery I have seen pictures that there are very green parks etc [ not plastic] with man made lakes etc. My husband will be involved with a man made canal way which is being put in just for the hell of it [nothing to do with transporting things] It really is La La land!! And then of

Yep its 50 degrees centigrade in july and august but falls to a nice mid 20s in the winter!!!

Anyone been to Dubai?

To all you who have moved abroad- what do you miss the most and do you have any regrets?

Cheek - I'll have you know its good stuff, but with all the hastle maybe a good idea!!!!

Sorry folks, since decided to get rid of all furniture and take only persoal stuff -due to company providing fully furnished villa. Problem was would've had to store it somewhere over there indefinately!!!

According to quote from Bonner s 800 cubic feet... I have been brutal on a 4 bed house - only taking what I really want -practically given away husbands garage load of tools tee hee. Have yet to start on daughters junk.. Dearly love to get rid of tons of cuddly toys, shes having none of it.... Seriously are you a removals company or what?

Can anyone reccommend any good removals for abroad - not pickfords thankyou. Also had a quote from Bonners..

Whatever happened to this gym? It was down hockley in late 80s. It was full of muscle building men [before gyms became popular. I worked upstairs for a while in the barbers in maybe 1986. If memory serves me well I think it was on Broadway. I left Nottingham early 90s for a few years and it must have gone in that time. Me and my friend used to laugh at these guys who spent there whole day in the place and we used to say 'give me a skinny man anyday' this they really hated.

Last seen in Clinton cards vic centre with a terrible smell coming from her God I hope she s not reading this!!!! I think she lived in Sneinton...

Can't remember newspaper squares [before my time] but I do remember the loo paper that was kind of gloosy - this was found in the market square toilets right up until the end of them.. We never had it but my gran did at one tim. That and big pink veined slabs of soap at school... its all coming back to me

I remember the name but cannot picture it. Did it move to down Hockley? And was it expensive -couldn't have afforded it when I was poorly paid hairdresser...

Good for you... I gave them up 3 years ago and apart from one drunken slip up [which I failed to remember -friend reminded me] haven't touched one since. It wasn't easy at first but if you REALLY want to stop you can. O nly trouble is from being a little size 10 I am now in a 14 and hate it. So I guess smoking has its good points! To be honest I feel no fitter [praps due to weight gain] . But my dad died at 61, smoked all his life and died from a brain bleed which they say is possibly from hardened arteries due to smoking - I have no intention of dying in my 60s!!!!

Although the new floorign is some sort of vinyl it was still sticky - probably due to throwing your plaggy glass somewhere on the floor with some dregs in it!!!!

Yes, I remember the greek chippy it was ther for 25 years!!!! The resteraunt upstairs The Greek Taverna was owned by one chap and if I remember rightly the chef bought it and then moved to further in the lace market , he bought this as long as he could keep the name. He still runs the resteraunt with his son.

Also I remember coaches coming from different cities on a Saturday night -Barnsley lot. It really was a great alternative place.

Does anyone remember this shop? It was 'alternative' clothing and was situated along form Clarkes on Market square and up the alley at the side of the now travel agency? This in about 86/87 was my favourite shop. Does anyone remember it? That and Jade shoes where I bought loads of really pointed shoes...

If this is the same one we used to call him 'Santa' don't ask why. He had a massive pot belly and was REALLY dirty

I frequented rock city EVERY sATURDAY night from 1985-1989... Do you remember the floor refurb? The disgusting carpet [from heart of midlands days] you used to stick to it... The then dj was a guy called Jonathon.. I went to see quite a lot of bands, my hero at the time was gene loves jezebel and managed to sneak back stage to them once. I also remember seeing Hawkwind, the place was like a fog that night and I'm not talking about the dry ice!!!When I first went down there it was very Sisters of mercy then became very glam rock [my fav. time] In about 1987 we would alternate between rock ci

Spoke to someone today and it was called Martannes

Just looking through a Nottingham in the 80s book and there is a fish and chip shop called the Snackeryon Wollaton Street. This was a multi-roomed fried fish place formely owned by Harry Lomax. The building hardly chaged right up till demolition in early 80s

Yep the one with the bob sounds right as I lived in Vic flats many years ago and used to see 'him' at clock entrance-he always looked as though he was going somewhere and not just loafing around.

Can anyoe remember the girl who hd a huge lump of a wig on her head? She had it for years and frequented Rock city a lot. She had heavy black make- up round her eyes, an actual masterpiece in artistry. I used to see her fully made up at 7.30 in the morning. This thing on her head started out as a hairpiece that got gluey and gluey and was on her head for years. I did see her again perhaps 5 years ago and it has now gone nd been replace with pink pieces that looked like rabbits ears BIZZARRE!!! Anyhow I think her name is Nicola and she spoke very posh.....

Does anyone remember the tramps of this time? There was one who had a long 'white' beard , a huge pot belly [always exposed] And the other clearly wanted to be a woman, quite tall and slim with straggly long hair. I used to see the 'santa' one all the time over a long period and then he just dissappeared.

Can anyone remember a hair salon that was on Wheeler gate? This salon was upstairs and from what I remember was next to where the large book shop [waterstones] was. I worked here for a brief time [and hated it] and cannot for the life of me remember its name.This was in mid 80s