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I'm in bed at 9.30 most nights too colly. Saves on the heating bill !!
Glad all going well for you.
Best wishes to you.
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49 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
It’s not always the men who are the ‘guilty’ parties on these occasions. I’ve heard horrendous stories from a chap who worked as a sewing machine mechanic in a predominately female environment. A male hairdresser I once knew used to do home visits to style ladies hair. Some of the tales he told were hair raising! I’ve been compromised on a couple of occasions by married women but, as they used to say in the News of the World, ‘I made an excuse and left’.
This story is not complete without more details.
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1 hour ago, philmayfield said:
I agree. Life has become completely silly. People are afraid to speak for fear of saying the wrong thing, even accidentally, and being accused of a hate crime. Why would someone drag up a bottom slapping incident from 2003 unless they wanted to discredit someone? Surely she must bring corroborated evidence before making such a statement. Show us the hand mark on your backside dear.
I got the cane in 1962.
Surely that's worth a claim for a bit of compo ?
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The story I was told was that a you g lad named Billy Eyres was swimming with his mates in the canal.
Some older lads nearby were messing about with the lock gates, Billy was trapped under water when the lock gates were closed trapping him.
I received a good hiding from my mam when she found out me & my mates swam in there regularly, many years after Billy's death.
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Two men ? On the bus this morning wearing white poppies.
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6 hours ago, MargieH said:
CF. I have some yellow stickers with big black letters on my laptop keys. They make it a lot easier to use!
Tried everything Margie. Bigger keyboard, backlit keyboard now settled with a magnifier which works well for me.
Most of the time.
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4 hours ago, Alpha said:
Can anyone recall Les Anderson a trolley bus driver with NCT up to the early to mid sixties?
I believe one of his runs was from Trent Bridge to Hucknall Road teminus and back. He mentioned that it took only two runs to complete his shift.
I worked with a Les Anderson. The 44 route from Colwick Road to Hucknall Lane was a two hour round trip.
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On 1967 I worked on the dodgems. Hard graft but good pay for a fifteen year old.
Fairground man said you do a man's job so you get a man's wage.
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No Lizzie, no new keyboard. Got mesen a new magnifier tho.!!!
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That name is vaguely familiar. I joined NCT in 1974 & trying to 0ut a face to 5hat name.
One German 8 knew was called Herman a captured ww2 paratrooper ???
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Good job it's nowt serious then BK
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It's all getting out of hand these days.
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1 hour ago, Jill Sparrow said:
To which question is Bulwell the answer, Ben?
Which district of Nottm has the highest crime rate ?
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1 hour ago, Newarker said:
A letter in the current issue of Classic Bus refers to NCT's 1963 batch of Fleetlines (64-94) which were registered 64 RTO to 94 RTO except for 73 which had a 1964 B suffix - ATO 73B. l have checked my 1965 edition of Ian Allan ABC British Bus Fleets and that's quite correct. I haven't seen any reference to this before. Was the bus delivered late perhaps due to an accident and had to be registered in 1964? Had 73 RTO already been reserved by somebody?
My Ian Allan book lists the NCT depots as Parliament St, Trent Bridge, Sherwood, Bilborough and Bulwell but notes that Bulwell was to be replaced by a new depot at Western Boulevard. That never happened and it seems odd that NCT planned to replace Bulwell with a depot so close to Bilborough.
I drove all those bus numbers you mentioned. Also I remember the talk of a new depot near Basford Gas Works. Funny thing is nearby they built the tram depot later.
Another snippet of useless information is Bilborough Bus Depot was the only purpose built bus depot, all the other depots were originally tram sheds.
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I see that vile Labour MP Claudia Webb was extremely lucky not to get a custodial prison sentence for her threat to throw acid over a love rival.
Mind you playing the race card worked for her after her comment about being tried in a white court.
To think such an odious woman is a Labour MP.
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31 minutes ago, LizzieM said:
We still miss our little Jack so much, even after over a year, but it’s so much easier to listen to all the fireworks being let off for Halloween, Diwali, Bonfire Night and now on random occasions up until some time in early January 2022. I have a confession though ….. friends were here earlier this evening and I’d found a small box of fireworks that we’d had in a cupboard for many years so we all went into the garden and let them off. Nothing special and rather disappointing but they brought back memories of being kids, before fireworks were ridiculously spectacular and noisy. Wish we’d had some bonfire toffee as well
It was you then
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Not intentionally BK.
Honest.
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As a 13 year old that area was my paper round.
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The bus stop previous to the church Melbourne Road was where the bus conductor jumped off & time stamped his card . ,(Timing Point).
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I once stood on the top of that tower, when I was about 12 years old. Never liked heights after that.
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Boots I Vic Centre doing boosters
, Pfizer or Moderna with no appointment just walk in.
Went there today & in & out in 1t minutes.
Jobs a gud un.
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Colly, my neighbour went there & had 30 sessions of RT, now no sign of cancer whatsoever, keep yer chin up youth.
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I don't normally surface til after half ten at the earliest colly.
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I spoilt mine with s new steam iron.
50th anniversary - end of NCT trolleybuses
in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum
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My mother always referred to the trolly bus as trackless.