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Hello All, My hubbie took our daughter to Ilkeston fair last year and was well impressed. They had a lovely time. Certaintly will plan to come back on eyear at that time so i can go.

Highfields park great day out, nice and quite,boating lake mini golf and park for the kids, even a little coffee shop and ice cream van. I have been going there since a small child.

sorry to be typically blonde, but how do i attach pics that are on my computer in images.? Yes very slow on thee old uptke. xxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello all, Back in France and finally moved into new place. have unpacked last box. Forgot how much junk we had packed away. First box was packed over 10 months ago!!! Anyway weather still great here not too mention wine. Just need to do something about the french. Joke!!! Their not that bad. How did your meet up go? anyone take pictures? Tracey

Thanks Guys, We have been very lucky to have at least experience this and have a choice, and even better, we have the support of all our family. They will miss our daughter, but all said that we were "bloody mad" for even thinking we would live here. Bless em. Anyway thanks again, and will keep on here as we always have a fair old giggle when reading the posts. Really would like to join the BIP and Ilkoad fan club. Ta chucks Tracey

Hello Everyone, Just to say that even though i dont post very often i love coming on this forum. As some of you know my hubbie and I moved back 3 weeks ago after living in France for 13 years ago. But unfortunately we arent staying . Hubbie has had a great job offer back in France !tanning! and we just havent been able to settle here. we have loved visting places, but dont think we could live here for good. I think that Nottingham has changed and more importantly we have. But thanks guys for all your advice and help. B) Tracey

We are just up the road from Cavalaire. About 10 minutes. Finding it very hard to think about leaving. x

Some very beautiful coastal drives down that way. Did you manage to get to the Grand Prix!!! We are further down the coast Grimaud, near St tropez. We do have some gorgeous beaches, ones away from the tourists. Let me know if you plan to come again. How do i add a link with some pics?

Hello Mick Glad you enjoyed your hols. Where were you staying. It really is a beautiful time of the year at the moment. Looks like we are coming back to uk for 2 months and then returning!! Hubbie has a hard time distancing himself from the wine yards!!!!

Hubbie has just had excellent job offer in france the equiv of £1700 net each month along with accomadation. Due we still risk coming back to Nottingham to no jobs and no home, staying with family until we can get ourselves sorted. Think we may come back for 2 months and see. Hubbie can start 01/08/05. Is Nottingham that bad as the media claim. We have a very quiet but safe kind of life !faint! Oh well, realyy have got the wibblies, only 5 weeks to go. thanks for anyone who took the time to read this. xxx

Sick as a parrot (but not with bird flu) Hubbie rang me last night, he had just got back from Ilkeston Fair with my little girl. Had great pleasure in telling me how good it was especially the mushy peas and Brandy snap.UMMM! Told him he doesn't have home to come back to unless he brings me some mushy peas and dumplings!!!!! !jumping! Sad i know, but it's the little things that you miss.

Sign me up, shall stock up on the old vino!!! Cheers me duck!!!!

Thanks a million all. We will try. We are young enough i hope to at least try, our daughter is only 4 and also at a good age, that if we decide not to stay and return to France it wont upset too much her schooling. i agree with both of you, life is short and we should try and make the best of it. As long as we are happy, what does it matter where we live. At least we have the choice, sadly there are people stuck in places that have no choice and incredibly unhappy. Here we come England!!!!!!! B) bighug

Sorry caz but we in France dont get supplements, any meat of any kind is ridicously expensive. Sliced bread that they add sugar too!!!!!! Only the wine!!!!!

Just getting the supplement would be great We get english papers but never the magazines that come with them, and yet still pay twice the price. Looking forward to weekends already. B)

I spent a load of money in the 80s on these games. B)

Well fed up of friends telling us that we are mad to be moving back to England, really would like some true but positive feed back. B) People are quick to complain and rant on about weather, violence and immigrants, but pllleeeaaaassse tell me somethings that you do like about Notts. Crikey this a Nottingham Forum after all. Would really like some positive info. There must be some good things too. "Always look on the bright side of Life"

Pleeeaaassseee give me the recipe for a good stew n dumplings. Something i haven't had for years. Hubbie is back in Nottingham for a week in October and keeps telling me how is going to eat my favorites everyday!!! Git!!!! crazy

We saw Decon Blue back in the late 80's at the Royal Concert Hall. it was our first concert together as a couple, sadly i was towed along to see David Essex as a child, still have nightmares to this day!!!!!! But Decon Blue were well worth the show. One of the things we are really looking forward to doing when we get back. :D

Well this is all new to me. We dont have such service or lack of it here in the south of France. Can you give me an address email so that i can look through. Seems rather strange but convenient way to shop. No queying, no parking, maddning crowds. Ok they seem to get it wrong, but hey there seem to be many advantages too. Would love to give it a go.. Is this expensive, the delivery fee? Also the delay from placing order, to receiving items! Please tell me more. Feels like i have been stuck in the dark ages!!!!!!

Me dad remembers piggeys way and the Newcastle pub & the barly mo pub on whitemoor estate, his sister got caught stealing flowers from the old police station,just a slaped hand in them days.

Why can't people be more open go on tell us more. No one seems to want others to know where they are from or their age. Go on fill in those profiles, don't worry about age, as my father in law says, you feel as old as the woman your holding. Boy he should know he is on his fifth wife!!!!!! tease

Hoping to move to Hucknall/Annesley! But will be staying with Friends/family in Top Valley for a few weeks. Not sure on whether i can enrole her at a school straight wawy in Hucknall, or maybe in Top Valley. Have read some Ofsted reports on a couple of schools in Top Valley and they seem ok. Not easy when we aren't on place. Thanks for the info. Friends

Can any one tell me what the hours of schooling are for children going to Infant school. Trying to sort out our move back to Notts next year. Our little girl currently goes to french school 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday except Wednesdays. Would be grateful for any info. Ta chucks.

Well I was born on Gunthorpe Drive, Sherwood 1972. Met my husband to be at 16, married at 21 and are still together. We moved to France 12 years ago, as my hubbie had changed jobs, he used to work for "Funeral Services" and was looking for livelier company. Had our beautiful little girl 4 years ago. Didn' move much, just to South Normanton derbyshire, about two years before leaving for France. By the way here in the south of france it's bucketing down, oh well at least it's preparing me for the move back to Notts. :D Would love to attach a pic, but not sure how. Anyway not very excit