hippo girl

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  1. Any gardeners here ......from Barrow on soar ?
  2. Not sure but believe she became a PE teacher like myself and went down south .....
  3. I stand corrected Shirley......she did go to Clifton hall.....knew she had a Bilborough connection, her papa was Bert Littlewood.
  4. I was a member of Notts Ac with Lorraine Soar.......think she went to Bilborough grammar along with Angela Littlewood who went to the Olympics ( shot put )
  5. Hi Sam, Ru still in park view ?
  6. Geno Washington at the Brit was amazing, saw him again 40 years later......still as good ... Isn't it funny that as members recall their standout memories, others are reminded of them too ? I think that many of us were at the same gigs and the same places , unaware that years later we would link up by these said times.
  7. Nottingham ice stadium 1964 fly ...... " cool spot ".........Stevie would have been still at school....think the dancing slipper was the following year ?
  8. Stand out memories of Nottingham ........the night Burton and Taylor gave a poetry reading at the playhouse, the eclectic mix of people who frequented the old market square, Burtons arcade at Xmas, skating on the university lake in the winter of 63, Paul Smith opening his first shop on Byard lane, and Roxy Rob in Hockley, the changing music scene that has always played a big part in my life from the carpetbaggers to Cisco , tindersticks to Harleyblu, the swines to Natalie Duncan and not forgetting Tristram Shandy who rocked the Palais back in the day and are still going strong ....... We
  9. Certain cars are deffo female, and others are deffo male........over the years I have had some lovely cars and some not so, but I know straight away if they are male or female without looking underneath
  10. EAL401J my first car.....called him Jason....my current car is Vivienne cus it's got a V at the end but can't remember the rest !!!!!!!
  11. Elvis Costello in the middle.....or maybe Freddie Garrity or even Catfan ?
  12. Roger Lloyd - Pack next to Andrew Lincoln.....not sure who the girl in the middle is !!!!????? Shirley Ann Field maybe
  13. They all probably down the lime kiln now, Which one is Catfan ?
  14. April 1 st son number 3 s birthday........couple of April foolists Catfan !!!????? All the best Melissa xx
  15. You are deffo still rockin fly......
  16. Great post Bryan.....went to plenty of parties around forest road, Waterloo promenade and hyson green flats.....
  17. Thanks Ian, Paul Fownes is in a local band " on the brink ".......could be related, unusual surname
  18. FFS don't get me started , have to start applying the red Lippy and gerrin ready for me nite out !!!! Some things never change, different venues different people , different time but still the same me, doing what I do best .....LIVING !!!!
  19. The Beaujolais was great Fly, now Le Mistral ?
  20. The belvedere club pilchar gate ( now buried under a block of flats ) The dungeon club ( now a second rate law firm ) The ad lib / beachcomber ( now a student haunt ) El Toreador coffee bar ( now buried under the royal centre ) Pennyfeathers and L shaped room( now gone to make way for Trent university buildings ) Birdcage boutique ( now a branch of coast ) Campus boutique ( now Jigsaw ) Bus stop boutique ( now aspecto ) But the HIPPO club is alive and kicking but under the exotic name of Coco Tang ......funny old town we all live or have lived in ......
  21. Was woolpack lane at the back of the Nottingham pram company on Goosegate ? can remember parking in their private spot at the back because of all the prams I bought !!!!!!!!
  22. BHF, I have loads of faults, many frailties, some idiosyncrasies but i am exceptionally quirkie !!!!!!
  23. Can't say at the mo Fly ..........legal reasons !!!!LOL