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I still have some 3D books and posters tucked away. Every so often, I will go through them. As Jill says, don't try too hard, just let your eyes go out of focus and keep staring at the picture, eventually the inner pictures will (should) appear. I will never part with them. I find them fascinating. Does't take much to keep me entertained.
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When I worked at City Uniform on Woolpack Lane in 1965/6, which was my last employment in Nottingham, I used to work what was referred to in the factory as the special machines. We were tucked up in a corner surrounded by......Bar Tack, Felling, Overlock, Buttoner, Buttonholer, Lockstich etc, After all these years I can still remember them.Aaaah memories.
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Good News MD. Hope you are reunited quickly, and safely.
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12 hours ago, Beekay said:
Do people actually still go to Winthorpe to holiday Carni?
12 hours ago, denshaw said:Someone told me that a caravan on the east coast can cost up to £1,000 per weeks rental.
Yes BK, Lots of people including us still holiday at Winthorpe. We go for two weeks in Spring and again in Autumn. Without getting all our receipts out to check, the estimated combined total rental is approximately £1, 500, depending on the actual weeks we book.( This includes our 10% discount for being regulars). Never book for the weeks of school half terms. The site we use is a family run one and they have some new caravans to rent out every new season, so we are sometimes among the first occupants of the Spring.
Den, Definitely can pay £1000 especially on Butlins. We go out of season for peace and quiet so Butlins is a No No for us.
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That's what I thought RR.
. Flummoxed me now Miduck?
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Similar for us.
May for two weeks at Winthorpe, cancelled, it was booked before the Virus. Refund yesterday. A week at Deal in Kent for a week in July, cancelled, refunded approx 4wks ago. October, for two weeks at Winthorpe again cancelled, no deposit paid, so no worry there. Only disappointment, but we decided that we didn't want to take the risk.
Sorry, just realised, our cancelled hols are not abroad,
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2 hours ago, Beekay said:
Didn't they do the little trays of toffee that came with a little hammer
In the 1970s, in our 'Beer Off' we used to sell the 'Walkers' trays of toffees with the little hammer BK. One of my regular customers bought one of the trays from us and brought it back to me. She had found a metal nail inside one of the bars of toffee.
I returned it to Walkers, who sent two trays for my customer and reimbursed me my money, which I had already given to her anyway. I bet there would be a lot more fuss today, as it really was a danger and a big payout would no doubt be appropriate. Oh Well. My customer didn't want the fuss!
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CliffTon. You can't remember Nibbits because you're only a kid.
Brew, Now calm down. We are all of a certain age and some with dicky tickers to consider.
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Mmmm mmmmm. I loved Nibbits. A big part of my foody memories. Sunday afternoon, round the back of the Chesterfield Arms. A bottle of pop and either a bag of plain or cheese crisps to last about two hours, then home, just across the road to Hardys Drive, to Sunday Lunch.
I discovered Pom- Bears a few years ago and thought they were brilliant. There are about five different arm positions in a pack. Best replacement for Nibbits that I had found.
Sadly in an attempt to make more profit, the texture of the Pom-bears has got thinner and thinner, until it is difficult to find an intact bear in a pack now. Usually at least one arm or head missing on most bears. The last part of the bag is usually the heads and arms Bless.It has had an affect on the taste as well. Still love them. There is always a six bag pack in my tuck box.
PS BK will give the Tesco and Aldi ones a try. Thanks for the tip.
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benj, Trunch Lane is at Chapel, or at least it was in the 60s. I couldn't tell you where it starts and ends though, and no idea what the site was called that we stayed in. I know it got a bit cramped trying to sleep 12/14 in a four birth.
That holiday was taken the year after hubbs and I met in Skeggy, so we had been together twelve months by then. Old courting couple and pals.
We had some great laughs, My sister and our boyfriends booked for the four of us. Chrises mates and girlfriends were camping down the road, but we all ended up in the caravan for the night when it started raining. Lots of fun, and would you believe, all quite innocent.
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Nonna, I am really sorry to read your news. Our condolences to you all.
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Home Bargains on the Stafford Road yesterday. Only one staff wearing mask or gloves.
Apart from us ode codgers wearing ours you'd have had a job spotting a customer in a mask. I don't know if they offer protection, but until you have been coughed in the face by someone it may not seem necessary? the conversation at the till was by the customer to the assistant, that they are waiting until they have to wear one?
Any thing that might help is worth a try?
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No idea about myself but......
I know my son was definitely conceived in a seaside caravan at Chapel?????
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Had a phone call from Cardiologists secretary on Friday asking me if I would take a cancelled appointment today at 1.50pm to have my 72hour Halter heart moniter fitted. No problem. Getting signs that need checking.
Hairdresser on Saturday 1st August. YAY. In my mams words.....I look like 'The wild woman of Borneo'?
Specsavers Tuesday 4th August.
Just waiting now for new appointment for Colonoscopy that was cancelled in March.
Really pleased because I was worried in case I had been forgotten. Still worried about going to hospital because of the Virus. From what I have seen in the shops lately, people are not wearing masks, keeping a distance, using the wipes and hand sanitisers, picking things up and putting them back down. Crazy world!
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BK. We have been in there ONCE. Never to be repeated. I agree with every thing you have written.
Ask Catfan, he will point you in the direction of a good Chippy in Skeggy. Our favourite at the moment is right up the end of the promenade, turn left at
Seaview pub and a few yards down is 'The proper little chippy' used by the locals. Gotta be good.
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Skegness, as most of you know, is where I met my future husband in July 1964. A holiday romance followed by two and a half years courtship via train and coach, back and forth Nottingham/Wolverhampton (Kept us skint, all our meagre wages went on fares). .Until we wed in Dec 1966
We both loved Skeggy, and in later years had a Static caravan on Skegness Sands, on the grounds of the old 'Derbyshire Miners Camp'. It got to be more than we could afford as it was owners and close family members only, so reluctantly had to let it go.
Skeggy is still the place we choose to visit in Spring and late Autumn, when it is quieter and we can cycle the lanes and prom in peace.
There is no doubt about it, the place has changed and not for the better. I believe that has happened everywhere, Skegness architecture over the years has disappeared and has been replaced with the ugly buildings, that are in so many of our towns and cities now. The holiday makers seem to have changed as well (Not all though). There does seem to be a lack of respect for each other, Swearing and Shouting, in front of children and elderly does seem to be the normality for a few people.
Lastly. 'The Brown Sea.' Yes it would be good to see our feet when paddling, but it is clay not muck, (Or so we were told? )To get to the sea, we mustn't forget the beautiful 'Golden Sand' which goes on for miles and miles. We just love the place and until someone or something upsets us, we will go to 'Good Old Skeggy' for as long as we can.
Skeggy For Ever.
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Brew, That one was one of my mams favourites, we still say it. Probably means you had been a naughty boy. Was it followed with a bat round the tab?
I must explain. We googled Wassack and panicked for a moment. It seems it can be rude, depending on which description you read. Glad to say, our use of it is a Northern slang for idiot.
Edited to say, Twerp. OOps Hope Twerp int swearing.
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I do BK. I left Nottingham 53/54 ago ,but still say Mardy and Leery. Hope to still be saying them for many more years. In fact , husband has just been acting leery as we speak. Wassak,springs to mind.
I say Wassak often, but no idea how to spell it?
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Sorry to read the sad news benj.Your Mum in law sounds to have been a lovely lady. Take care and our condolences to you, D, and all your family.xx
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2 hours ago, loppylugs said:
Carni to send me a few cream cakes.
Now come on LL, asking me to share my cakes, that is going a bit too far!
Talking about cameras and operating tables. Reminded me, I'm overdue for a Colonoscopy which was cancelled in March, due to the Virus. I can't quite bring myself to phone and make sure I haven't been forgotten. Back to the camera. I have had 3 Colonoscopys in the last three years, and from the minute I get on that table....my eyes stay firmly closed, I have seen the screen for me to watch the action, but I would rather not look thank you very much.
I have been on Thyroxine for under active thyroid for many years. I blame that for my cuddliness. Nothing to do with cream cakes. Honestly.
Best wishes to LL and benj, and to all NS who are going through health and other worries.
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All the best LL. Hope you get comfortable and recover quickly.x
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Happy Birthday SG
Hope You Have A Good Day.
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I used to visit my Aunts for tea in around 1963/4 on Green Lane, and I can't remember the style of the house at that time, After I married in 1966, we didn't visit Nottingham very often for a few years. As the children grew up and we had a car we would visit quite often up until she passed away in 2010 and I mainly remember the downstairs toilet from those years. It was very handy have two. Very Posh.
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My Aunt, who lived in an end house on Green Lane Clifton, didn't have an outside toilet, but she had a downstairs toilet, to the left as you entered the front door(which was on the side of the house, probably due to being an end house)? She also had one upstairs as part of the bathroom. I don't know if it was built like that or added later. I don't remember it being any different, I only remember it from the 1960s.
How's your day?
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Sorry to read of your heart Attack BK. Take it easy and I hope you have speedy recovery. All the Nottstalgians will be rootin' for you.xx