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Make nice toast anawl
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The last time I was in there was the summer of 1980 at my sisters wedding reception, though I have great memories of many Saturdays during the early 1960s twisting and jiving the night away. I remember the long walk home down Westdale lane ( to dark to walk down Arnold Lane) if we missed the bus, or spent our bus fares! Thanks for the picture. Great to see the place again.
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To us our maternal grandma was always mammar, paternal grandma was nannar, that is how mam referred to them. the maternal side were Mansfield and paternal side Carlton. No idea if the differences were regional?
My mam was mum or mam to us, no changes as we grew up?
Here in West Mids, my hubby has always called his mam, mom.?
My son calls me mum or mom and my daughter calls me mum or momma?
The Blackcountry title for grandma is nan, but my daughter was bought up hearing me say, nannar or mammar, hence my Blackcountry granddaughter calls me nannar, whilst all her friends say nan?
I don't mind what they call me, so long as they love me.
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Happy Birthday Phil
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Great picture cliffTon. It is clearest image I have seen pre Memorial Hall.Thanks for posting it, got my imagination going it has.
Paradiddle, we went to many garden fetes on the Rectory field and garden. Lovely memories of my childhood. I know we didn't make it to the Beat Barbecue that you have shown us, because on that date SueB48 , myself and two others went to Skegness for a week. It is the day I met my hubby (holiday romance) and changed the course of my life.
I remember dancing at the garden fetes and also taking a short cut through the side of the Rectory and graveyard onto Arnold Lane. The graveyard always gave me the creeps and I am still the same today.oooer. Lovely memories though. I'm pretty sure the Rectory field garden fetes are on an earlier thread, but can't for the life of me remember the title.
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Thankyou for your kind words Margie. When I read that Paul had a rash I was surprised as well. The doc prescribed Eumovate, a steroid cream, so it may not be connected to his illness. He is up now and his chest is more comfortable. He has been unwell for a week now so if no improvement in next day or so (so long as he doesn't go downhill) we will see someone at hospital.
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Glad to see Mr and Mrs PP are 'Gerrin betta'.
Chris saw the doc this morning, he gave him a thorough checkup. Some steroid cream for the rash on his back. He wants to see him in two weeks, but straight up the hospital if there are any changes. He came through the front door, straight upstairs, into bed and has slept all day. I have got my beady eye on him and I'll have him in the car and up the hospital faster than you can say 'Gerrin Woss'!
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Fly, those symptoms sound the same as my husbands. Looks like it is a pretty wide spread virus.
Waiting and hoping to see Hubbs 'Gerrin betta soon', I can't remember seeing him so poorly for years. He's off to the docs at 8am so we'll see what he has to say. Have to be careful seeing as he has a dicky ticker anawl. It meks yer wonder how two people can get the same virus and one be very poorly and the other not too bad? 'So far, I'm the one not so bad'.
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Can we get back to you on that one LL.
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All together now. I got rhythm ...I got music...I got my guy....Who could ask for anything more.
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Misspell, Margie how could you think that about me. I thought I was being witty! Lol Glad you spotted it.
If you believe that?
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I have just been trying to find the full film on You Tube. It states unavailable? I can only find trailers for the Bette Davies version of the film. I did find a full film from 1929 staring Jeanne Eagels and OP Hoggie, adaptation from the play 'The Letter' by W Somerset Maugham it runs for 59:54.? I think it is a very early version. I will wait to see if I get the chance to watch the film with Bette Davis staring .
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If it comes on again, I will give it ago. I think we missed most of it today so I will have to wait for it to do the rounds again. I'm sure it wont be to long.
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I didn't see the film today because we needed to get out for some fresh air and went 'Deer Spotting' on Cannock Chase. Fabulous. There were so many Deer about, that there was no need to search, they were in abundance. Not many stags spotted though, we only saw two. When we got home we put the tele on and saw Bette Davis with a letter in her hand, so I imagine it was the film.
Thank you Chulla for trying to let us know in time, but I have only just found your post. Sorry you didn't enjoy it Margie, at least you gave it a try. I have got a couple of films on DVD to watch, so I am not to worried about missing this one.
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Because of our health problems, I'm pretty sure that if either of us caught the real flu, it would probably finish us off. At the moment we are just in the throes of some chest virus going around. It is knocking us both about.Chris is sleeping just now and his chest is very bad, he had another heart attack scare a few weeks back, so it is taking its toll on him.
My chest is very sore and just had another sleepless night because of it. My dickey ticker has been really going the game for about four days now, so flu is a really scary prospect for us. We darn't turn the jab down, just in case we leave ourselves open to the dreaded flu. I just hope everyone with or without the jab can manage to avoid contracting the flu. Very difficult if you have to go out among the public.
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I'm pretty sure that if we had a tandem, we wouldn't get far. Chris would be peddling like the clappers while I would secretly have my brake on behind him. Afraid we fall off to often as it is with out the risk of us both on one vehicle.
Looking at the pictures, I can't imagine how the people can even get on and off ne'mind ride them? Looks like the ladies got the front seat on the old pictures.
Much to bumpy on the towpaths for one of them there Tandems. I'm sure we would end up taking a muddy bath pretty quickly.
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Welcome to Nottstalgia Jonab. Always interesting to read posts from new members. I hope you find plenty of information on NS, and also enjoy the banter.
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Hubbys family are builders and when they worked at one of the farms in the area, the owners would give them fresh milk from the cow. My husband says it was very fatty, but he didn't mind it.
When he was young (Before I met him), the area around here was more countryfied and the A449 Stafford road was just a one lane road. The farmer used to deliver the milk by cart, it was carried in churns and he would measure it in a one pint ladle, leaving it in the pans my future mother in law left out front on the wall.
There is a farm quite close to us at Water Eaton that advertises in the lane 'Raw Milk for sale', but we haven't tried it yet. Not sure if we have to get it ourselves?
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38 minutes ago, Oztalgian said:
Don't know why it is such a problem to introduce a deposit scheme. In South Australia we have had a 10c (6p) deposit on all beverage containers for many years. At home we have another bin to put them in until it is full and then off to the recycling centre to get our money back. You seldom see these as litter as they have a worth
It wouldn't hurt to bring back some form of refundable deposit on returnable or reusable bottles etc. It was when the end of deposits on bottles came in that most of the throw away containers were developed, causing all of the discarded debris everywhere. We have noticed that there has been a definite improvement since the free carrier bags were fazed out., so I am sure bottle deposits would have a similar improvement.
When we were younger and all bottles had deposits on them, we just accepted it as a way of life. We didn't groan about it, we just got on with it and took them back to the shop. How many of you didn't enjoy trading them in for sweets or refunds. I know I did. We had a 'Beer Off' in the 70s and the bottle deposits were still in force then. It didn't cause us or our customers a problem, and the local kids would come in and buy their sweets with their refunds.
If it helps tidy this Earth of ours up, and helps the wild life that quite often suffer because of casual dumping of plastic non refundable junk, then I am all for it.
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Brilliant CliffTon, I have had a quick look through and it looks very interesting. looking forward to putting my feet up and going through the site and links after tea.
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So long as I can keep saying Miduck, I will be happy. I hope I never offend anyone if I say Miduck to them! I love it when I am out and I hear an unexpected Miduck, I go all sentimental and Nottinghamish.
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Happy New Year to all my Nottstalgia Cyba Buddies. Thank's to you all for your friendship and here's hoping you all have a Happy and Healthy 2018. Looking forward to seeing you in the new year.
Many thanks to Mick2me again for keeping the site going for us and to CliffTon and the Mods for sorting all our queries for us. Not forgetting our Chulla for getting us organised with the meet ups, very much appreciated to you all Miducks.
Time to get ready to go out and Party...................Not! Slippers, Jimjams, Tea, Cadburys, Icecream, that's all I need these days. Can't take it anymore, party pooper these days I am! Oh benj, how many New years days have I woken around 5pmish, crawled of the sofa. and wondered the same thing, and sometimes never finding the shoe? Happy New Year All xx
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Good attitude plantfit, If only we met more people like you whilst on our bike rides. We would never stop smiling.
When the councils or whoever design the Pedestrian/ Cyclist routes, they don't seem to consider the hard of hearing, partially sighted or people with disabilities. They must all assume we will watch out for each other. Mmm, Wouldn't that be wonderful. But as Fly says 'We don't live in a perfect environment.
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Being cyclists ourselves we have observed over the years that there are so many situations arise where by they are made worse by peoples personal attitudes, be it the walker who hates the cyclist, the cyclist who hates the dog walker who lets the dog roam free stating he wont hurt you as the dog runs snapping at the ankles. The owner who calls the loose dog to their side saying 'sit' and the first cycle gets by at which the dog casually gets up and walks in front of me (no fault of the dog)and I have to stop abruptly, nearly falling off.
Cyclists riding on pavements. Cars parked half on half off pavements, so no chance of a pushchair being able to pass. Walkers with earplugs in whilst walking on designated Pedestrian/cyclist routes, no chance of hearing the bell we ring as we approach, only to jump out of their skin as we slowly pass by. Then there are the ones who you know have heard your bell, but take on the attitude of 'Who do they think they are ringing a bell at me'.
So, in all situations in life, there will always be someone who upsets someone else with deliberate or accidental reactions to other peoples opinions, and doing things differently. I expect some will find my words, not to their liking, but that is life. If only we could all get on, obey rules, try not to be deliberately awkward just for the sake of it etc, we have so much to be grateful for in this country, but some people will never be happy unless they are being awkward. Sometime causing dangerous and unhappy situations for other people. That's life!
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Rail travel card
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whats it all about ?.......................................Alfie.
Is it just for the moment we live.
I spent so many weekends travelling on the old Chuff Chuffs backwards and forwards to Nottm/Wton for nearly three years as you know. Not always comfortable, very often cold and late also a bit scary if the train was one of those where once the door was closed and the train moving, you were pretty much confined in the compartment, hoping you weren't with a murderer or summat!
Today I had to spread my germs and travel to B-ham. Neither of us was up to driving so we travelled by rail. I have decided I like trains now. The journey both ways was so comfortable, warm and clean, exactly on time and remarkably quiet. I think we are going to try a few train trips this summer. Can't wait.