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the bit re the luftwaffe crew is far as I know (on internet) true, as is the road block (2 x 45 gall oil drums filled with concrete) Western Boulevard and Church Street have parallel bridges crossing Leen and Railway the 4 lane dual carriage way WB had no road block, the narrow Church St did, the barrier was on wheels and only out in the day, After Dunkirk my mother had troops billeted with her, they laughed at such

No it didn't, he could quite happily have lived out the war at Swanick Camp just like those U boat crew members who later went to work at Stanton as fettlers mates and shunters banksmen, They had been captured when the U47 sank in the River Leen, It had been there on a special mission however after avoiding the minefield at Lenton and the anti sub nets at Bobbers Mill it came to grief on the gasworks shallows, The original intention had been to meet up with Paratroopers who had landed by rubber dingy on the south coast and had made their way (changing trains at Swindon and Birmingham Snow H

His name wasn't Franz Von Werra by any chance? For those famililar

ye who worship false idols!

You may think a bit early for chat re such? but last night saw a proper 10ft high one! whether it makes it till Nov 5th is another matter! In 1950/60's I don't think it would as burning down rival "gang's" bonfire before the night was regular thing, (still it beats today's shooting of members!) I well remember a large stock of rubbish going up in flames leaned against house wall off Egypt Road, and ours went up once. This was in the days of street bonfires, unthinkable these days esp like when the Chard Street Gang built theres around a gas lamp for support, proper dresden job that was! fire

fancy that! You'd think BBC Mastermind would get it right as Flowers in the rain was the answer that was given as correct in last weeks show

Can't recall the bands thing on radio 1 ? know "Flowers in the rain" by The Move was first record played though, when was Joe Loss Show on radio friday dinners? was that radio 1? not what the teenagers wanted! except when The Who did guest spot c/w with Moon and wrecked everything!

yea Dave Mann's, sort of folky type guy c/w beard as I recall, used to hire out amps etc, often wondered how he kept going! but still is doing so

Re Brentnalls, yes sold records, prob about 1960, as first record I ever bought was Cathy's Clown (first WB release, recall number was WB1 or maybe WB00000001, something like that) think at one time he had a shop on Market Street? his widow about 15years ago had new/secondhand music instruments shop on Alfreton Rd just down and other side from Music Inn, About 1970 am pretty sure Carlsboro Sound had shop in Basford flats complex, as I recall sold only drums? if not them then similar, didn't last long! Can anyone remember when Woolworths sold their own brand of records! You'd get a 1950/60's

re "Car journey data stored" that's nothing, I've heard they are sending murderers to prison!

yes I saw testpilots thingy, think I mentioned this before but someone I knew worked at RR hucknall and says it was very sad day the monday after the vulcan crash and seeing all the crews cars still there got to him, I once went to White hart at grantham around 1969 was told lots of old motorbikes in their stables, a few as it happened, all belonging to shop on same street my mate bought one a 500cc Triumph Tiger 90, turned out an RAF member took it there in war and never collected it, had had a rebore and still had grease in the barrel

Re the lancastrian, any idea where crash site was? heard it cartwheeled etc but at time of crash, until recent in fact, knew nothing of it? around same era there was another flying test bed, an "elizabethan"? (might have got name wrong) and some years later saw a Lightening that had overshot runway and was in bushes covered with sheeting. The flying bedstead was great too, (oops talking of pub in 1973)

Off with his head! or ten years in the tower!

(about the same connection as hooleys on derby road) haven't heard this one mentioned yet Jack Brentnall's, used to be on a corner on Radford Road, next to Leno's cinema

just that somebody said they'd seen jimi in one, guy I know saw the band in an old van broken down in nottingham, (later recalled by noel redding when said mate did a "hendrix tribute" number in front of him and jimi's dad)

I recall itoms my mate dick slater had one, forever fitting new pistons! Andy Bone's on Awkright St was dealer/agent

Re MOT for the itom, a bike would pass an MOT with no lights, (trails bikes for example) same with brake lights? only if fitted need they work correctly , surprisingly the horn was not subject to mot test, 50cc bikes as in raliegh runabout etc didn't need speedo either, different matter now but late 1960's that was the case, depends on the shop? some would pass a pram so long as they got the fee! After seeing Easy Rider I built a chopper, knew I'd get stopped on it so made sure dead legal, (I'd say 90% of all motorbike exhaust systems are illegal these days) in the event I never did! only w

Local (for years anyway) guitarist Andy Keeley ex Andy Boris and Kieth plus Tristram Shandy and Dawn Trader played lead guitar in Noel Redding's (Jimi Hendrix's bass player) Band

last mentioned name, he doesn't like that! Alan Justice was real name and his wife Diane, had a beer off on Oakdale Road for years, yes Shirley didn't like Sambo! (and vice versa) I remember we went to Skeggy one bank hol, camped on Ingolmels football pitch next day coppers en masse evicted us and sambo's bike 650 ajay/matchless wouldn't start, he had haversack full of bits, unbelievable, pistons, carb, con rods even a crank I think! remember he got this young thick copper to hold bare ht whilst he turned kickstarter! think he jumped higher than byard! we finished up at gibralter point in old

Yea, The sheds, Robin's cafe, (wasn't his surname Whiteman?) and El toreador (Burton Street?) in town, heres a couple of more names, "Daddy" Vic, if still with us, as recall he had heart transplant or something, and PC Shirley, remember him at university gates, a right barsteward! managed to get myself banned (honest officer, the throttle stuck wide open) and by the time back on the road with a T120 scene had switched to White Hart at Lenton

re Byards Leap, the story was some horse of that name was frightened by a witch and jumped some fantastic distance, there was mud and and normal footprints were seen, sort of : : : : :then : : : : : : : lol, the gap being some impossible distance. there are/were horseshoes set in the ground at start and finish of jump, said to be cursed and not to be touched, and theres our lot trying to prize them out of the ground! anyway we heard this creaking and out of the dark came some bloke in a wheelchair that we'd woken, finally he'd had enough of the row and called copper

Pat, Do you remember the trip to byards leap, Mick Marriott had been on about legend re a witch and we all went from university gates about midnight and went god knows where to some closed cafe, finally coppers came and we got warned off and home freezing cold about 5am

not pat wheel by any chance? her of the long nails,lol

the aces brings back memories, ace perry, cranson, big mick. dick,sambo, paddy pass, jack's cafe, white hart etc

thanks for replies, maybe "S" bend was wrong description? if you know where I mean you'll know there are old houses on to nottingham side of the road and former school, garage, cottage etc on to newark side but further towards newark, if you imagine the road where the houses are (to the west lane) as being the site of the original 2 way road and outside the old school (to east lane) as position of old road there there would I think have been a double curve between those points? ie the dual carrige way was created by adding extra lane first to left, then to the right and maybe inbetween th