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Hello Brown bowler and welcome. It was me that identified Harold as the bowler wearing grocer. We lived at the top end of Grimston and I was at the shop often usually early before school. I well remember the bowler and often a neckerchief. With his ruddy completion he was a character. Not only were the beetroots good but I remember the soaked 'mushy' peas too. My wife's brother David Flint worked at the shop for a good few years around the early 70's onwards. I know Mr and Mrs Weathall were very fond of him and he of them. Really sorry to hear of Diannes passing. My wife Jane remembers

You live and learn. Never knew there was an older sister but then again we only saw John and Denise who were our age at School. Both always immaculately turned out.

Denise Roper was in Janes class and brother John was in my class. I'm a bit older than Jane and Jill Sparrow. Didn't know the Ropers had older sisters.

I'm with Jane Flint now. The back row l to r is Keith Hudson, Michael Chomyn, Robert Gilman, Steven Eccles, ?, Charles Haskey, Lindsey Webster, Stephen Holbrook,?, JEFFREY Warren? next row. Neil Harrison, ?, Carol Grey, Shirley Wilkinson, Elaine Johnson, Jennifer Dench, Susan Wilkie, Sharon Marlow, ?, Andrew Smith, ? Front Row. ?, ? Jill Sparrow, Jane Flint, Jill Madden, Phylis Lawler, Teresa Jordan, ?, ? Zen a Marshall. In the other photos you mention Martin Jewers. He lived just around the corner from me. Had a sister Jane. Martin used to dress in his mums clothes often and wo

Walking past someone swinging on the chandelier just catches your eye. You can't help it, and I assure you I never watched.

As I have mentioned I lived in Radford/Bobbers Mill. One of my neighbours was a man in his late 50's. I knew nothing of his circumstance and initially he lived alone but he aquired a lady friend and together they obviously enjoyed a very active sex life. They seemed to think that every one else should also enjoy it and could often be seen at it in a variety of positions in the front downstairs room with the light on. Their enthusiasm and athletism was Impressive but neither would win a beauty contest and it was not a pretty sight.

I've recently been posting a fair bit on the Alfreton Road thread and the street I used to live on came up. Member FLY had lived on the same Crescent but in earlier times than me. Anyway I was recalling my neighbours and one rather odd one came to mind. This lady lived with her brother who reminded me of Blakey from 'on the buses'. I think they were foreign, Polish or Eastern European. Both never spoke or had anything to do with any other neighbours. I couldn't tell you their name and if we were referring to her she was always called lipstick due to her very bright lipstick always worn. One da

I've just realised that during my time at Truro Crescent your old place was occupied by Mr and Mrs Baron. We knew them as they previously lived on Glentworth Road a few doors away from my wife's family. Mr Baron passed away last year but his wife is still there. Never knew the name of the woman at number 5 but we always referred to her as 'lipstick' as she always sported bright crimson lips.

I'll get my school photos out when I get chance. I'm really busy at the moment, involved in transcribing all the letters my grandfather wrote home from ww1. I have a deadline as its all part of a larger project but I'll get to it. Technically I'm very good on the computer, I've built many and fix them for everyone round here but just don't bother with photbucket etc. If you pm me an email address I'll send them accross to you. Janes got a few of hers too. You might be on one but as we've only got a few we borrowed from Wilco and scanned so it's not a certainty. I've got every single year from

No, you're spot on. Flints shop was Janes grandparents. It was as you say near the corner with Eric's shoe shop next door. With Players so close it was a gold mine. They originated from Immingham where they had run a B and B or hostel for railway workers, I'm not sure exactly. Jane lived above the shop with her parents until they could afford to get a place of their own on Glentworth Road. Her grandparents chain smoked being In a newsagents and both died within a few days of each other quite young in their early 60's from smoking related problems. I've a couple of pics of the shop but can

I was going to post that I moved away as the area had gone down hill but actually changed my post. I didn't want to offend anyone who may still live there. My father in law still lives on Newquay Avenue. It has sadly declined greatly in the last 20 years or so. I well recall walking to school and seeing woman on their knees scrubbing the front step and the clanking of galvanised buckets. I think we all know what's gone wrong but political correctness prevents me from saying it here. A great shame.

I married Jane Flint when she was 17 and we've been together now 42 years. Not sure who deserves the medal. Probably her. Thinking about it yes, definitely her. She doesn't recognise your name. Is JS a forum name. Perhaps you could pm me with your name she would know if you prefer to not post here. I was 2 years above Jane and still have the program for the Berridge Christmas play, Aladdin which has both mine and Jane's names although I didn't know her then. I think it's 1964 or 5. I'll dig it out. Fly. I was at 7 Truro from 82 to 2000. It was lovely with a big garden with badgers at the

You're right Jill. Not a typical ladies hairdresser. It was a good flat. Quite big but very cold in winter. I recall a strange incident there. I happened to be outside the shop stood at the edge of the road waiting to cross. A lorry pulled up and as it waited to move off the engine was really loud and the big plate glass window in Hutchings stated rattling as they sometime do. The frequency of the lorry engine must have been in tune with the window as it started to really rattle. I remember wondering what the hell was happening and looked back at the shop window and it was vibrating, leaping i

Just had a nostalgic 20 minutes reading through this thread. This area was my home ground as I was born just off Churchfield Lane in the mid 1950's. Lived there until early 1970's when we moved to a new house at Lenton but I moved back to a flat above Hutchins hairdressers on Radford Boulevard next door to Wealthalls green grocers mid 70's. Work took me away for a few years but I bought a house a Truro Crescent in 81 where I remained until 2000. Jill sparrow mention Margaret Beardsall who was in my class at Berridge right through. Sue Freeston lived on Truro a few doors away. I think she's sti

Another vote here for Libre Office which is probably the best free office suite out there. It is more or less the standard office program for Linux. It will open all your Microsoft word files, no problem. You can also save any new documents you write as MS word or any a variety of popular document formats. It is actually quite sophisticated but you can use it as a simple word processor too. Layout similar to MS word so you should be able to find your way around it fine. One feature I use quite a bit is it will save a document as a PDF which can be very handy. If you do try it and get stu

My mum had a bit of a fling with a GI. There was a post on this subject a while back. Her guy survived the war but she never saw him again. The posts are here

I have a lot of walking pictures of my parents and grandparents taken like this too Jill. I think the present generation who can take selfies, photos and even high quality video on their phone find it difficult to relate to a time, not that long ago when a simple photo was not an everyday occurrence nor an instant result obtainable. Oh the joy and sometimes disappointment when you got your photos back from the chemist.

A friend recently posted a picture of himself on Facebook and he's wearing a brightly coloured striped blazer. I commented he looked like a seaside photographer. It appears that several people didn't know what I meant or I meant he looked like a paedophile. Perhaps a reminder I'm getting on but surely you can remember visiting Skeggy and getting snapped by a photographer and going later to look at your picture displayed in a booth which you could buy if you wanted. They often wore a snazzy jacket.

I don't mean the stuff you clean your brass with. Let me explain. I have a large box of letters that were written by my Grandfather to his wife in WW1. I am in the process of transcribing these. One dated in late 1916 he talks of his son, my dad who was apparently a bit of a terror. My grandfather makes the comment perhaps we should rename him, Brasso the second. I think that 'Brasso' may have been some character of the day, maybe a comic strip or similar. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks.

I am no expert on this but the metal trim may be a type that pushes into a groove in the rubber and tighten it. It's absence may be the problem. Do you still have the metal trim. Why was it left off. As the post above I think you need to contact an owners group for your car who will no doubt have someone who has a answer. Good luck.

They flew directly over Fiskerton and Morton. Lovely.

Jill Sparrow. The cobbler was Mr Mills who was on the corner of Wordsworth Road with Churchfield. I lived very near to him at the top of Grimston Road so we were back to back. We didn't take our shoes there as my parents thought he was too expensive. Pianoman. My wife recalls a Mrs Smedley. She lived on Glentworth from 1959-74. Just recalls the name that's all.

I don't think anyone has actually answered Jims question yet. Is Christening in decline. Yes Jim. The practice is in decline. Although christenings were already in decline, one in three infants was still baptised into the Church of England in 1980. By 2011 that had fallen to just over one in 10. The overall number of baptisms - of people of all ages - witnessed a similar decline, from 266,000 in 1980 to 140,000 in 2011. It's a similar story in the Catholic Church, although the major drop-off in baptisms happened between 1964 and 1977, when the number halved. There's been a far gentler downw

Point taken firbeck but I did say in many cases not all cases. If there was a suitable engine at a convenient location then it's just laziness and/or poor research.

One of my interests is vintage radio and tv. The sets that is, not the content. I am on a forum and they have a section dedicated to bloopers where film and tv have the wrong technology in a production. For example using a radio released in 1958 in WW2 films. My own feeling is that if it doesn't spoil the story so what. In many cases it would be impossible, impractical or prohibitively expensive to get the correct period item although for those in the know it's fun to spot.