poohbear

You're right...it was Kinder....'Alfie' or 'Rubberneck' as we called him...strict bugger he was...

Nibbits....made by Crooky Crisps in Nottingham and invented by Jim Crookshanks' common law wife Bertha Power, a life long friend of my Mother.

Goose fair in the Grosvenor......Now Bongo a well known P***head always hit the bar just before closing with an order for three pints of bitter....for himself of course! On being informed after being served one night that the pub was open for an extra half hour 'cos of the fair...he downed all three one after the other and proceeded to order three more....That man could sup!

.....Didn't see 'em having a crap either

Jogged a memory of Dad driving the family back in the dark from Kegworth to Nottingham...the stretch past Gotham where moths by the thousand flashed by in the headlights with the occasional 'SPLAT!' as one of the bigger ones hit the windscreen.

. The brazil nut in the purple foil in Q Street was replaced by a hazlenut 50 years ago.....they kept the brazil shape though...and failed to advertise the fact.

I use these now... https://imgbb.com/

Made me laugh out loud years back when a Mars spokesman declared that they had reduced bar weight to help the public reduce their consumption of sugar for a healthier life. If that bloke convinced anyone they should put him in charge of cladding sales for high rise flats!

100%?....and the rest.

Looks like a young un...still got down on back of head...

All present...if wet

Those early series kept a lot of small time actors in work...remember Sam Kydd?...Peter Sallis was always the hotel clerk,and John le Mesurier the bank manager.

In a local pub queueing at the bar a small bloke in front of me was being ignored...the landlord looked at me and said..."Yes sir" I said..."I think this chap was before me"...his reply..."Look mate I'll do the serving, you do the drinking,alright!" My reply in a loud voice..."You can stuff your drinks and your pub right up your ****never went in again.

This refers to their shop in the Exchange not Exchange Walk...See Cliff tons picture on post 16.

I couldn't open the cameras last week...So I binned the shortcut on my desktop...googled the site,and saved the site to favourites...everything ok now.

Yes Compo....Morley Street. And Crookshank also aquired the land to your left on the Ollerton Road up to the Burntstump junction.... to grow his own potatoes.

It says administrator has disabled messenger...I never use it and have no idea what thats all about....I won't lose sleep though..............

Invented by a Nottingham lass....Bertha Power and made by Jim Crookshanks 'Crooky Crisps'

Can't get on the cam at all today..................

I remember after a heavy snowfall driving in the ruts from the previous vehicle as you do rather than take on the virgin snow either side. I remember standing in admiration of a bloke following the same tactic but unfortunately in a three wheeler....a bow wave from the front wheel that would put a destroyer to shame....Wonder if he made it home?

Same date 4 years ago....Ouch!

That sad little man with his droopy moustache....just couldn't understand why there were peals of laughter when he tried to get 45 testosterone riddled teenagers to stop calling them bollocks.

In the old days places like Alfreton,Belper,Ripley and the like had a great choice of real grocers...Maypole,Meadow Dairy and Home and Colonial etc.... The coming of the supermarkets and the motor car sealed their fate.Housewives no longer had to struggle with heavy shopping bags three or four times a week...Progress?....sometimes I wonder.

Those racing cars and my Mums unmade bed kept me quiet for hours.