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Wash & wipers me thinks Rog.

If I had to pick one item of tech to keep it would be sat nav. I worked in the 70's as a tv service engineer covering all Notts, Derby and Leicester. Loved the job but trying to find a specific address in an area you didn't know drove me mental. My car has sat nav but the best I've found without doubt is the 'Waze' app on a smart phone. Spots jams and routes you around. Brilliant.

I think Ray Pettit made a lot of bodies for Austin 7's and other vintage cars. Didn't he have one himself. An all alloy sports Austin 7. I had the primary chaincase of a Triumph TR6 motor cycle welded by a guy in Bulwell. Right next to the 3 Horseshoes pub. Can't recall his name but he did a good job. Ray was a supurbe craftsman but could be difficult to deal with I heard. Personally I always got on fine with him.

I had a friend who had a Norton Commando, 750 fastback. I love Nortons and had an ES2 for years but didn't like the Commando. Tried to make them compete with the big jap 4 cylinders and the crankshafts flexed so much they had to have what they called 'blend' big ends to allow for the flex. A real bodge. i remember Dave Needham the boxer who I knew well had a Dunstall Commando. I think it did about 60 in first.

I was on holiday in Dorset years ago and snorkeling. I saw a seagul outboard on the seabed not too far out with some weed growing on it. Obviously been there a little while. I managed with some difficulty to get it out and bought it home. I found it had a small crack in the crank case and got Ray Pettit to weld it. Without too much difficulty I got it to run well. It was a short shaft and water cooled 2 stroke pulling water up the shaft. It was an old model with a simple choke, just a blade closing the air intake. Sold it.

Thanks Phil. It seems all the council want to do is refer you to the on line pay per view site. I went to Wilford Hill (see my opening post)

I think part of the problem is that the General aka Canning Circus cemetery is unused and has been so for a long time. It's in a terrible state, overgrown and with homeless sleeping in tents and needles and booze bottles lying around. I don't think it's had any attention for years. Wilford Hill is used and therefore frequently maintained. I don't think I've ever been without seeing someone working in the grounds. I asked at the library re a map and they claim not to have one. Re the grave being in date order Jill. Fair point although my relative is in a plot above 2 strangers and then he

We always used to use the same plumber, an old boy. You'd get your bill on an old betting slip or back of a fag packet. I asked him once 'Don't you use a computer Barry' in a flash he snapped 'pencil dont crash'

I have posted about this same issue some time ago but got no further. I would like to trace the grave of my Great Aunt, Gertrude Jordon who died in 1917 and was buried in the General cemetery, Canning Circus. Her husband Arthur Jordon (who remarried but was buried with her when he died in 1935). I have the all the plot details and approached the Council dept based at Wilford Hill a couple of years ago who were no help whatsoever. However yesterday I had another go at them as I happened to be passing. In a nutshell they said they had a plan but it was rubbish but I could look at

One of the first business computers was developed for Lyons. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)

I'm 100% with you on this Col. I lived in Radford and my dad would occasionally drive with me in the car going somewhere or other along Lenton Boulevard, past here. I well remember even when I was very young being impressed by it. The road being wide here with its 'avenue' of trees. It always reminded me of a picture I had in a book of foreign embassy building. As children we rarely strayed far from home on our own and probably St Peters park was as far as we went but when I got my first bike, a Raleigh naturally, the first place I rode was down Radford Boulevard and accross onto Lenton Boul

I was in Southwell this afternoon and the red arrows were overhead for a while. Close formation then over in pairs. One came over very low. Rattled the Windows for sure.

Although I lived quite close I rarely went in the Wheat Sheaf. I went the other way, Pheasant, Dover Castle and Marqoise of Lourne or down the green, Radford Arms etc. I do recall the last time I went in the Wheat Sheaf. Christmas Eve a few years back the motor in the fan oven packed up. I knew what it was as it had been playing up for a while and I had bodged a repair which had lasted a while. Not a good time for the oven to give up. So I rang Greys Electrical (excellent) and they had one in stock. Problem was they were closing lunch time for Christmas holiday in 5 minutes and I'm an hour aw

The chap in the middle of the group in the black hat and coat looks a foot taller than anyone else there. There's a man at the front (extreme right) closest camera with the cap has his medals on but he looks too old to have served in a recent war. A few seem to have a medal on.

First new car my dad owned was DAU 71C. Green Morris Minor estate, the type with the wooden frame on the back. Went all round France in it. Part x'd for a Hillman. The Morris was bought by Mr Skilbeck, a teacher at Peveril.

Hope I dont cause offence to members (no pun intended) on here but I originally typed 'could that be the bell end resting on his stomach' but realised this wasnt wise. Sorry. Couldnt resist. Yes I see the lanyard and even the mouthpiece I beleive.

Could it be a bugle Col? If you look it could be the bell tucked towards his stomach and the thin smaller tube coiled along side the thicker object. Not sure one would be used by then but could be traditional on an official photo.

The 21st March 1918 when my grandfather was killed has just passed its centenary yet been completely ignored by the press and authorities which is rather surprising as not only were many thousands on both sides killed, it also marks an important event towards the ending of the war. Following the Russian Revolution in October 1917 Germany and Russia agreed to stop fighting (*1) so Germany was able to move thousands of expierienced troops from the Russian front over to France and Belgium. Germany knew that with the Americans now in the war and getting properly established in numbers they wo

DJ360. I note the photograph of your grandfather has the photographers details pressed into the print 'E P Short'. I have a very similar photograph of my grandfather at the side of my bed. It doesn't have the embossed mark but the mount is inscribed ' E. P Short. 35 Derby Rd. (Above Cathedral). Nottingham. It looks like they may have sat in the same studio. Sadly my grandfather did not survive and was killed on 21st March 1918. I have all the letters he wrote home. The letters were subject of a lottery funded project the last year where together with local historian Chris Weir we gav

DJ360 I do enjoy reading your posts which are inteligent and well reasoned and even if I don't always agree they have encouraged me look at some of my political beliefs from a different perspective and actually review my previous opinion. I respect you greatly for that. However I have to say that making a post with links to Wikipedia and asking us to 'google it' in the manner you did above extremely patronising. Your clearly a bright chap. No need to rub it in. I'm sure Hitler wouldn't have done such a thing.

I did post an update Compo and then thought it wasn't of any real interest to anyone on this forum as I'm not a regular poster and hence not really known. However as you've mentioned it the problem I was having with my neck following an MRI scan has been diagnosed as severe arthritis with an osteophyte (bone spur) on one of my vertebra.

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Me too. Saturday afternoons I used to go to dancing lessons with my sister, then central market and catch the 7 or 22 home to Radford. I used to sit on the top deck looking over into the electricity sub station with its dials and coils like a scene from a Frankenstein film.

Smart tills happened which give the amount of change to be given. Recently I bought something 52 pence. Gave a pound but then said I've got the 2 and handed 2p over. Total confusion for the assistant who gave the 2p back and then 48p. Hadn't a clue.

Are we to suppose that Corbyns well documented support for the ira is all an establishment plot to discredit him as are his 'alleged' anti Semitic views.