BAZZER

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  1. Hi all, I didn't realise I was missed. MICK2: I got a bit fed up with one of our members and kept away for a while,,,, then just fell out of the habit. Obviously I'm not Barry St Ives (unless I'm dead), but Barry in St Ives as Beefy knows. I've been quite ill, and a lot of convalescing,,,,, but still here. BEEFY: No more darts i'm afraid, due to bad health. No pool either, so buggered for entertainment in my old age ?!?! BANJO: Yep - that sounds like Kluck. His name is Mick Klutko - his father is, or was, a white russian. They used to live at the top of Freda
  2. I also lived on Linden Grove - about 1968/9, just after getting married. It was there that I took my pet bear home. My new missus wouldn't let me in !!!
  3. I'd be surprised if we don't know each other. We used to play in the exact same places - although the tunnel under the train lines at rails through it, and we rode a 'bogie' truck through it, to the pits. As to scrambling through the bridge, if you look at the first stantion, you can see a piece of it missing. I was standing on that very corner, when it just fell away into the river. Don't know why - I wasn't that heavy. If the granite was faulty, it would have gone by now. Happy happy memories. Baz
  4. We also spent many, many hours outside the Ferry Boat. Usually my Dad was so strict about where we played, but down there, we were left to our own devices for an hour or so. Obviously very dangerous,,,, railway lines,,,, River Trent,,,, Main Road etc etc. There was a kids park on the corner of the main road, with conker trees. Great great times
  5. We also used to play in the gravel pits - usually building rafts etc. also, there was an old 'bogie' truck, that we rode through the tunnel, from the works, to the pits. When I last visited Nottingham, I took my Son to see where I played. Alas the tunnel can't be accessed now,,,, but the maggot factory is still there !! and still stinks !!
  6. Hi, Its been a long, long time. I'm trying to think of a butchers shop down the Meadows, where I worked about 1964. It was a one-man band (along with his missus), but they used to supply to hotels, shops etc. My job, as a 15/6 year old, was boning bacon, making pies and my famous sausages. Wednesday, was dripping day. We had a commercial boiler type thing. I used to fill it up with pork fat, or beef fat, and render it down to dripping. I then poured it into waxed tapered packets. The whole area stunk terribly on Wednesdays, but the end product was worth waiting
  7. As a young girl, she lived at the bottom of Sherwood Rise in 1964 with her family. I can't quite recall the name of the street, though I did ask about it on here some years ago. If I can find it, i'll update this - quite possibly Clumber Avenue. I moved into the same street, & we hit it off. She didn't like the name Carolyn, nor Wysall. She preferred Caroline. I think she may be in Basford now.
  8. a bit late on this post,,,,,, I knew Martin Lacey very loosely, as i used to visit his 'zoo' in the 60's. In those days he was more interested in the animals, than the public, or their perception of his animal - as was John Aspinal at the time. The reason I'm looking into the name is that I saw the opening episode of OUR ZOO. Mottishead got his bears from a guy called 'Mr Lacey', which reminded me of Martin. After looking it up, apparantly that one was called Ted Lacey. But the Bears reminded me of,,,,, well my owing Humbug the Bear when I still lived in Nottingham. I went in a pub for
  9. ,,,,, is it part of a Gyro Gun Sight recorder,,,,, possibly from around 1944/5 ?
  10. Our sorting offices close at 1:00p.m. My post arrives between 12:00 & 2:00. If they have a package for me/us & I'm not in, I get a card pushed through the door saying "leave it at least an hour before you call the office or call in for your package". To those of you that can do sums,,,, if I get the card after 12 noon, I/we have no way of getting said package. Sometimes, posties don't actually bring a package, merely say that they tried to deliver it, but couldn't !!! Idleness is one thing,,,, but lying is a complete no-no. If the business is too big for them to handle, they shou
  11. ,,,, am not sure which commodore model his was. I was thinking of upgrading my kit,,,, but to be truthful, I can't see that anything newer will be much faster than what I have. I thought about changing the M.B & psu,,, but then I'd have to get new RAM, maybe a psu & as all my gear is IDE,,,, it wouldn't be compatible. I'd love more RAM, but my M.B won't take it. I also have P.Shop as well as Quark Xpress, the Mercedes Workshop stuff and I did have a massive Flight Simulator (I didn't realise just how big until I started to load it). It was supposed to help me with my flying lesso
  12. must have been a similar time,,,, My mate had a Commodore, but was basically a Game machine. Games came on cassettes then ! I so wanted a computer. In the end I went for the Atari XL, as was a real computer,,,,, that did actual computing - plugged into the TV in those days. I still have it in the wardrobe,,, along with a few games and a couple of computer programs - still on cassette,,,, tho' Atari did bring out a floppy drive later on (not that I got one). My same mate bought a Hyundai kit through me. That was also 8086 I think. It consisted of a computer that we know today, with monitor
  13. Click on MY COMPUTER & you will see a list of Drives,,,, Hard Drives, Floppy Drives, DVD drives and even drive numbers for your cards / sticks etc. It also shows how big your HDD is/are, & how much is left to play with,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  14. ,,, we can't all be good at everything,,,, I suspect that I've been using a computer for longer than most,,,, but that was my down-fall. I was 'using' it instead of 'learning' it. I was far too busy to learn computing, and used the machine about my business. I wish I'd found a bit of time to learn them,,,, I'd be a wizard by now. There is a pie chart somewhere in the system, but I can't recall where. There area couple of great FREE program that will tell you every nook'n'cranny about your machine. Can be a bit technical tho'. SANDRA and EVEREST seem to be the best ones. To see what HD
  15. Follow the above,,,,,,, you can delete Cookies, Temp files & HISTORY. You can adjust your History deletions/schedule there also. For some reason I have mine set to 4 days. If you delete ALL Cookies, you will need to re-set your log-in details when visiting regular sites next time. I think a small price to pay, to get back the space,,,, and get rid of 'previous' visitations. ALL TEMPS need to be got rid of tho'. From the same place (Temp Internet Folders) you can VIEW FILES. When you see the list of temp files (& Cookies) that your machine is holding,,,,, will make you jump,,,, &a
  16. Talking of Africa, Amir Khan phoned me the other day asking what I wanted for my suzuki supercarry, when I told him he said too dear as he "flat packed" them to africa, when I asked whar he meant he said they angle grinded the roof off then folded sides front and rear in etc after further angle grinds! then piled them one on top of another 4 high in a container and shipped them off! Once there and unloaded they bent everything back up, and a few welds later on the road! true story but not THE Amir Khan Yep,,, it's a well know practice of Car Thieves as well,,,, it seems such a shame,,,,,, th
  17. Hi Ash, Sorry if this sounds nasty, but if you need to ask how to get rid of cookies and crap means that you are not deleting them often enough - this applies to all computer owners. They NEED clearing out regularly, cos they just take up space (memory) on your system. Go to Control Panel > Internet options. The middle item says Temporary Internet Files, & lets you delete Temp Files & Cookies. Temp files are put on there every time you visit a site,,,, and never used again. You all need to get rid of these - regularly. Similarly Cookies. The difference with Cookies is that the
  18. Talking of longevity, my car before last (Mercedes 230 Estate) I ran for 21 years. It was still going strong when I sold it, and it went out to Africa, where the "Super-mechanics" are known to keep things running for 20/30/40 years. I'd love to think it was still running,,,, and there's no reason why it shouldn't be.
  19. ,,,,,ahhh yes,,,,, good old phone tapping,,,, yes it certainly did work. I know someone that never ever paid for a call. I'd (sorry 'he') would go to the phone box with a list and spend hours there. Great for chatting up birds. Never got the operator though. You could still tap out the numnber on the next version of phones,,,, but alas, it didn't by-pass the paying mechanism. Also, in those days, you could call the operater & tell them the machine had swallowed ya 4d,,,, & they'd just put you through !? As you say, it was always 4d (for a basic call). This was in the shape of
  20. What I remember is that 'back then' prices seemed to last a lot, lot longer. 99% of sweets were 4d a quarter,,,, for years,,, Crisps were always 4d (until G.Wonder came along at 3d )! Spark plugs were 4 bob,,,, for years,,, even when we had our shop, I can recall that sugar, mushrooms, bananas etc, were all 1/4,,, for years. Even Beer. You could go out with a certain amount of money in your pocket, month after month, & knew what you could buy with it. These days (poor old sod !?) every time you go to the shop, pub, garage, things have gone up - again.
  21. mine was very nearly a Standard Vanguard,,,, but my Dad talked me out of it (thanks dad). It ended up being a Riley Pathfinder ! A hell of a car for 25 quid,,,, & a hell of a car for a 17 year old ! ,,,, and as if to prove it,,,, they don't mix too well with lamp posts on Westdale Lane,,,,,,,,,
  22. .I never did know when the farthing was phased out, but when I started work as an apprentice plumber (1963), my wages were 1/5¾ per hour. I knew there was no such thing as farthings now - so nearly caused uproar when asked why 'they' don't make it up to 1/6 per hour ?!?! Obviously knew now't about union rates etc.
  23. ,,,, IMHO you didn't get the best of Chitterlings (of course - personal taste dependent). The ones that we had were definitely Crispy,,, or I don't think we'd have liked 'em so much. They are (or were) made from the pigs intestines. I don't know if they get boiled or not, but definitely deep fried,,,, As kids, we'd buy a bag of 'em and eat in the street like a bag of sweets (or todays scratchin's). I remember giving a couple to a small dog (poss J.Russell) who also loved 'em,,, so much, that when they'd gone - it bit me !
  24. coo, there's another fave,,, we used to get them from Vickerstaffs (just near Beefies old place). Wern't they a fore-runner to Scratchin's - though a different part of the pigs anatomy.
  25. rollocks,,,, I was so pleased to see the facade of the Flyin' 'orse was still intact on my recent visit. I took a couple of phone piccy's, that I was about to put on here,,,,, but they seem to be hiding rather too well in my phone, cos I can't find 'em ! Am not sure just when it finished, but it was still goin' strong in '76, when I was up there with a mate. We used it most nights even then. My drinking years in the City were from about 62, till I moved away in 1970. Some great great memories from those years,,,, helped along by this friendly & informative forum. Come on guys & g