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I seem to remember counting all the cinemas listed in the Evenimg Post columns in the 1950'2 / 60's - the total being around 44 at that time.
But what about the system of entry? For a popular film, one would join a choice of two or more queues - one for the cheaper stall seats or another for the more expensive balcony. These were suprvised by a uniformed doorman - gold braid and all - (at such places as the Odeon or ABC), who would come along to announce that there were "two singles" or "one double" available.
You were then showed to the available seat/s by an usherrette - usually somewhere in the middle of the main feature film. Or sometimes right at the end!!
If you opted for the two singles, you would be separated from your partner and then spent time looking round to see whether two adjacent seats became available, so that you could then make a dash for them before someone else did.
And then there was the matter of deciding "is this where we came in"? Oh the joy of knowing the ending before you had seen the beginning!! (Though you could always sit through what you had already seen)
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I remember seeing a stripper in there once called Bubbles,
Rog
They had some lovely looking girls on stage (at least, that's how they looked to me at the time). Used to call in to see the show (Clinton Arms) after an evenings' swim at the old Victoria Baths.
But it was a 'very orderly house', and no nonsense tolerated. Remember one chap tried to show his appreciation by plonking a bottle of wine he purchased from the bar on the front of the small stage as a present for 'artiste'.
And what thanks did he get? He was immediately grabbed by the scruff of the neck, the gift handed back to him - and he was put out on the pavement. Never did understand that - but perhaps he'd been a problem in the past?
Paid a small sum to get in, but believe thay also passed a beer mug round afterwards for a collection.
Never seemed to be anything 'seedy' about the place at all and never saw any bad behaviour or trouble.
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mick2me's last comment (better not 'Quote' it) seems to suggest that Admin / Moderators feel that some rules are needed, and that they already have a pretty good idea what they should be.
Might it therefore be a good idea for them post their ideas and then have them voted on?
I'm new to this site, so hardly qualified to comment, but do use the 'Quote' facility now and again - (hope I'm not one of the 'offenders') though have always tried to edit this to just a few words or single sentence. Would not want to see it removed.
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BiP,
In a hundred years time people won't be able to open an old tin trunk and look at the photos. All there will be is a pile of CDs and memory sticks for which there is no suitable playback equipment or software.
That time has probably already arrived. My first digital camera (a Fuji state of the art 1.3Mp ! ) used Smart Media Cards. Still have several full cards of photos. But last time I tried to purchase another one (needed for a Yamaha keyboard) I found that they're no longer stocked by any of the main dealers. They're obsolete already, and my card reader does'nt accept them.
And a word of warning for anyone using SD cards in their cameras, and thinking of buying one of the new high capacity SD (SDHC)cards. Check carefully first - they are not the same format.
I purchased one which works perfectly in my camera, but then found that the reader in my (2 year old) computer was incapable of reading this new format and downloading the pictures!!
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As for Wossy, he is a very talented man, his swift repartee and wit can be very funny sometimes, the problem is, he gets carried away too often, he can be a nightmare sometimes,
Impossible to argue with that - he's one of the best - but certainly not £18m worth.
And he certainly got carried away this time. (Did watch the video of this incident and had to wonder whether the two of them had taken too much caffeinne (or something) that might have affected JR's judgement.
As for the other one - least said the better.
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sack em and let them live in the real world
Rog
Agreed, but don't let the fools who dish out our licence fees in this way off the hook. What were they thinking of? Is it just that they're all part of a cosy club (they're certainly not living in 'the real world') - you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. You come on my show to plug your new album or book, and I'll come on yours to do the same for mine?
OK, they'll say that JR is good for the viewing and listening figures - but does that really matter to the BBC. It's not quite the same as for the Commercial Channels where the higher the audience, the higher the advertising revenue is it?
What difference does it make to the BBC if a show attracts an audience of 2m or 8m? (Apart from massaging the egos of the producers and the Corporation)
Probably all been swept under the carpet now, and things to continue as before.
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No they don't need it. Doubt whether most folk on this forum could even spend the interest on £18m. Even at 4%, you'd be getting nearly three quarters of a million a year. Reckon I'd run out of ideas after the first twelve months.
As for standing up for our rights (what rights?), and refusing to pay the BBC licence fee - not sure about that. Soon have the detector van outside your door and be hammered with a £1,000 fine - or 30 days at Her Majesty's pleasure!
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My reading of the reports was that he's likely to earn £100m in the next 12 months...even worse!
Must agree with all your observations on this crazy world of overpaid stardom - but sorry you were mulling it over such circumstances - trust you are on the mend
Cheers
Robt P.
Yes Rob, thanks, was well enough next day to type it up and "get it off my chest" - always makes you feel better!
£100m in next twelve months would be obscene - and I also read that he intends to continue to live in Switzerland. Not paying us much tax over here then??
Also wonder whether 'Wossy' pays much more than I contribute from my own small pension - have no doubt that he employs a top firm of accountants to see that it's invested in the right places to ensure that his tax bills are nominal. All legal and above board of course.
(Oh no, my blood pressures just shot up again!)
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I spent the whole of Monday in the Patient Investigation / Day Surgery units of the QMC.
The attention and treatment I received was absolutely fabulous, from reception through to the two hours in theatre (wide awake for the whole procedure, while the radiologist and neurosurgeon did their work). Followed by several hours in the recovery ward.
I must have passed through he hands of at least a dozen people during my stay - all of them doing a proper job, a skilled job, a life – enhancing job, and a sometimes difficult job.
But lying in Recovery gave me time to contemplate.
Twelve worthwhile individuals being paid an average of £30,000 per annum (for the sake of argument) equals total annual earnings of £360,000.
If that team works together for the next thirty years they will be paid a total of just under eleven million pounds.
Then we have the likes of Jonathon Ross, who pops into a recording studio for a few hours a week, plays a few CD's, chats to the occasional boy or girl band, babbles on to a string of overpaid and self opinionated "one and only's" (who usually delight in telling us 'how difficult it is being an actor'). No idea what he does for the remaining five days of the week.
Doesn't even sound like a proper job to me, never mind useful etc.
And supposedly being paid £18,000,000 over the next few years?
That's enough to keep 'my team' of twelve useful people going for exactly fifty years!!!
Never mind about sacking him. How about getting rid of the mindless morons who valued his services so highly in the first place??
(Someone check my arithmetic please, I must have got it wrong!)
P.S. And now I read that a certain racing car driver is likely to pocket £100,000,000 over the next few years – but that's another story, and now I do really feel sick! Think I'd better book another appointment.
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If it makes you feel happier Mable - T, heres another one of my / your feathered friends enjoying a spot of lunch with me on a trip to one of our local ponds.
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We have an overfriendly Robin, he's just been sitting on a garden chair outside the patio door waiting for some meal worms, he's so brazen that he'll fly in and sit on a dining room chair,
I too had a very friendly Robin visitor to our garden in Sherwood, but going back twenty years or more. Would readily take food from our hand and also used to come into the kitchen to see what was on offer. It even got so tame that it would fly up and take titbits from my lips. (Maggots - I used to do a bit of fishing then).
Did get a picture of this published in newspaper at the time, but have ben unable to track down the original photo.
But did find the attached in an old album, though the colour and quality have deteriorated over the years.
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Think I've now got the definitive answer, courtesy Andy Hall - a local birdwatcher. The birds are certainly not gulls, and Poohbear seems to have come very close with his ideas. I believe that I am now reliably informed that:
"they are going to Wollaton Park to roost. There are about 10,000 Rooks and 5,000 Jackdaws. They go off in all directions at the crack of dawn and come back just before dusk. From now til February is the peak time. If you could provide a count of both species it would be good".
Have had to decline the suggestion of a count as would not know where to start, but think that there must be a good proportion of the 15,000 birds mentioned on a "good night". They seem to come in 'waves' - sometimes a flock of 10 or 20 that could be closely followed by a flock of 100 or more. Possibly then with a short break before the next group appears - but always following the same narrowly defined track.
Thanks to all
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Just a passing interest, though do like to take the binocularss out, especially when we have a week in Norfolk and visit the reserves there.
I have just e mailed someone on the Nottingham Birdwatchers site, to see if I can get info from him as he seems to live close by.
Don't recollect any raucous sounds from these birds, and they certainly do not fly in a recognised formation as do geese. They also seem in no particular hurry to get where they're going - sometimes seem to be dawdling along.
I agree that the starlings are a spectacular sight, probably the most spectacular wildlife sight I've seen - when shown on the TV. But have never had the good fortune to catch this spectacle live.
Will let you know if I learn anything more
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They're definitely not starlings. Large black birds that I'm inclined to think are rooks heading for a nightime rookery. Not possible to spot any markings. They seem to come in large 'drifts' and will often appear to stop for a while and then fly round in a lazy kind of circle for a few minutes before resuming their track. Have always wondered if they're perhaps on their way to Attenborough Reserve for the night.
Did post a question on one of the local birdwatchers sites some time last year and have also asked a few birdwatchers seen in the Country Park, but no one responded or seems to know - which surprises me, as they're a fascinating sight and impossible to miss on account of their huge numbers and regular flight path.
Was hoping that a few folk to the south of me might have noticed them and could then perhaps plot the route!
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Can any of you birders answer this mystery for me please? None of the birdwatchers I have asked in the past seem to know the answer.
Every evening, towards dusk, I see a steady stream of birds (crows or rooks, I'm not sure) passing over my bungalow in Rise Park. They always follow the same very narrow track in the sky - perhaps a couple of hundred yards wide - and seem to be coming from the direction of the Bestwood Country Park and then heading in a South Westerly distance for as far as the eye can see.
There are literally thousands of them every evening, flock after flock. Can be observed for half an hour or an hour in what seems a never ending stream. Presumably on their way to a roost.
Have never seen them making the return journey (maybe they do it while I'm still abed).
Question : Where are they coming from and where do they end up??
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Having qualified as an ink monitor, and obtained a few GCSE’s (in the days before they gave them to everyone who entered, in case anyone felt ‘left out’), I started work.
This was with a Company whose “call centre” was spread across over 80 UK offices in places such as Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln and Boston. All of the staff spoke very good English, though with a range of regional accents.
On my desk, apart from my new fangled Biro, was a thing called a telephone. When it rang I, or one of my staff, picked it up and spoke to the caller. We listened to his/her requirements or problem and then dealt with it – usually there and then. Sometimes we might even arrange to meet (their place or ours) to discuss the matter.
But our days were numbered as we failed to keep pace with new technology, and the Company was taken over by a large conglomerate.
The fault lay with our aged telephone system you see.
a) There was no built in games console – callers could not press button 1 for one thing, button 2 for something else or button 3 to get cut off
b) There was no entertainment centre – it was unable to play the William Tell overture or the complete works of Beethoven to keep the callers happy
c) It never told the customer how important their call was and that one of our advisors would be with them shortly
d) It never provided the excitement of knowing whether the advisor would arrive in the next millisecond, or whether it might be worth the gamble of “hanging up and trying again later”
e) It never gave the caller the opportunity of continuing to spend up to £1.50 per minute for the privilege of hanging on
f) It never gave the thrill of knowing that the caller was speaking to a specialist advisor in some far distant sub continent, and in a language that was alien to them. (Though ‘Ay up me duck’, would not have thrown the system into turmoil)
g) It never provided the caller with the sense of fun that occurred when, after pressing every button on the keyboard, he/she was returned to square one and had to start the process all over again. Or, if they really hit the jackpot, got cut off completely!
So, can I belatedly apologise to all ex customers of the Provincial Insurance Company for not being able to provide what they really wanted all along – a modern telephone service. We deserved to go!
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One of my tasks at school was to go round all the desks to see that the ink wells were all topped up at the start of lessons. Not much call for that job now that the Biro has just arrived, I suspect!
(Believe that someone more skilled had the task of sharpening the quill pens).
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Here's one of my photo's of Tornado. Taken at Quorn last weekend
(First time I've tried to post a photo. Hope I've got it right!!)
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Went to Quorn too. Absolutely packed and awful problems parking the car. But a fabulous day out with a full programme of steam trains running throughout the day.
Got a short trip behind Tornado to Loughborough and back. Standing room only in spite of a full train of coaches.
A magnificent piece of machinery - built from scratch. Brought a lump to the throat to stand alongside and admire!
Dont miss tonights telly programmes if interested. Not sure which one - but BBC4 between 8.30pm and 10.00pm.
Apparently one of them covers the story of the 'build' from beginning to end
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Now that the tone of this thread has already been lowered a bit, perhaps I can now add that we kids were sometimes told to soak our feet in the guzzunder, po, poe, pot or whatever . Not filled with water either!!
Supposedly a good old country remedy for the chilblains on our feet caused by the lack of heating in our cottage (was probably frostbite if truth were known).
Yes, there were days when frost had to be chipped off the inside of the bedroom windows, and there was also no water available from the tap (single) for the same reason.
But we did have some bedtime comfort in the form of the cast iron oven shelves, hot from the kitchen range, wrapped in a towel and placed at the bottom of the bed. Or a housebrick that had been heated the same way.
(Should this be in a new thread - drifted off the topic a bit ??)
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Are you sure we aren't related? All those sound very familiar except in our house it was "up wooden 'ill to blanket fair"!
Always hoped I'd got a rich relative somewhere.
Blankets ??? Don't think we had those. Just an old eiderdown with our coats piled on top.
And no central heating or double glazing -- or even gas & electricity.
(And had to be careful where you put your feet when you got out of bed. Especially if the guzzunder hadn't been pushed fully under under the bed!
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Our Mum, whenever asked about her age, was always "as old as me tongue but a litle bit older than me teeth".
And whenever she put on her coat to go out, she always seeme to be "off to see a man about a dog" - though she never came back with one!
Even if she had, it would have cost "money and fair words", as did almost everything else she acquired.
(Not very forthcoming sometimes, was our Mum).
And bedtime always meant we were "off up wood hill" - (staircase - no carpets either). !sleeping!
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"Off to the Fivvies" usually meant that you could be found in the Five Ways at corner of Valley Road and Edwards Lane, Sherwood.
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Only received my free raffle ticket at 5 pm last night, and had already won a prize by this morning.
Really is my lucky week. Not only won a prize in Thursdays draw, but have struck lucky in todays' draw as well !!
Yes, it's a free Carpet clean - when I agree to let them call to demonstrate their 'Complete Homecare system'. (Surely not carpet cleaners?)
If my luck continues at this rate, I reckon I'm bound to win the car - so I've asked them to call me back when the keys are ready for collection.
(But wonder if I 'blew my chances' when I told them that my carpets are all oak laminate, and asked them to pass my win to the next in line?)
P.S. Just noticed that the back of ticket states "if the car advertised is not available at the time of the draw then an alternative (prize) will be offered.
Perhaps a free carpet clean?
Would appreciate some help...
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