Ashley

I remember 3 Baz's from bike days Big Baz,about 6'6 and 20 stone, now sadly deceased, Middle Baz (still big) and Little Baz (still big!) Any Paper Lace Fans should listen to a rare Hendrix Track called 3 Little Bears (not Baz's!) bit too much of a coincidence! Late 70's/early 80's I was involved with a band called Soveriegn, had great guitarist, think related to an aborigine as he went walkabouts playing solo's with about 100 yd long lead! have great photos of him still playing in a phone box middle of bulwell market whilst rest of band blasting away in the horse and jockey! this was era of "

hopefully just sent a piv of wycliffe mills, then again????????????

Haywood on perry rd near the nick later edwards lane

I'm convinced all this skin cancer etc caused by clean air act, as kids we played in sun all day never any sun cream etc, BUT 2 weeks at mablethorpe or less you got really suntanned or burnt, they said it was the sea, the wind, allsorts, truth known there was that much **** in the sky over nottm the sun got filtered but east coast was clean

Shippo's had it's own smell, very nice, then there was school milk, esp where all the empties were stored, and if I go into a pet shop these days am whisked back to the not unpleasant smell of keeping pet mice in my attic bedroom, that was overtaken for ages though after sisson and parkers school wharehouse on I think Palm Street? burnt down and there was a mountain of smoke tainted but otherwise undamaged books outside remains which found their way to the gang's bedrooms

We used to be able to get on roof of VC, great view all round, but good also when foggy as like flying above the clouds, Top (26th) Floor had totally obscured glass near the lift where someone jumped out from 1976 onward, over the years this window replacment got progressively lower! first 25th then 24th etc, remember a "fuss" one day and on 4th floor roof garden a body was covered with a sheet, a WPC had part of his leg,(knocked off when he hit a window sill part way down) in a plastic bag!

Re The District Heating, the actual heating plant is off meadow lane, end of the road that Anchor Surplus is on, here the household rubbish is burnt along with shop waste inc once around 1,000 pairs of "out of date" scholl sandals (well 1,000 went in, a guess how many burnt!) this heated water to steam which was then sent to the old Boots power station corner of london rd and canal street, where coal was also burnt "in heat season" here as well as generating electricity for the national grid it was also direct injected into "hot wells" which heated to around 95c and pumped at around 100psi

The Watnall Bunker is still there, actually it was 12 Group HQ in Battle of Britain for the defence of the midlands, when the tide turned in that battle and it became obvious the germans could not attack there it's squadrons were diverted to the south in the "big wing" idea led by Douglas Bader the cutting it's built in was the midland railway line from bulwell to kimberley, you can get to the bunker off common lane or a road towards the bakery

Re the canberra crash, it was june 13th 1951, I remember it coming over claremont primary school with smoke coming from it, the pilot R.H.B Peach a Rolls Royce test pilot actually made it to hucknall with port engine out however trying to land the aircraft stalled he tried to gain height to go round again but after clipping roof of house on st albans road (repaired damage to roof still visable) he crashed into the sidings and was killed

Not keen on indian ever since I had a burning bum curry with extra iron filings but love chinese ones

the area where the inland revenue offices are and the new houseing, superstores etc between there and castle marina

Re tying doors together, we'd do such but leave a bit of slack then knock on one door then as late as we dare the other, first one door would open a few inches, then slam shut as next door pulled his open then opposite effect etc! lol, another one was tying front to back door so no one could get out or completly filling entry with cardboard boxes, best ever though was when we got a tailors dummy in bonfire rubbish, we dressed it up and hung it, proper hangman's noose, from tree's in several gas lit locations, at first "albert" would not be seen, till we made a noise, a wonder we didn't cause h

tried photo buckey put pics on their but still just says too large here

Although I cannot recall the firm being called that (my dad worked making pipeline valves so think I'd remember) this has to be the firm I worked for in 1964, there were 2 partners and the workshop was the top floor of the still there wycliffe mill on corner of wycliffe street and gawthorn street off north gate new basford, at that time it was still experimental but I think they had some out on display etc, seem to recall the brains of the outfit lived radcliffe on trent way? was not there long (one of many jobs!) but read feature about such in revellie magazine later at a barbers, also heard

[someone I know's Dad was last driver of that bus, a Mr Farnsworth, I think it was a no.36) (King/Queen St to and from Nottingham Road/Valley Road junction where it turned around an island that used to be there, in earlier years it crossed Valley Rd and turned just before junction with Vernon Road, Anyone remember "the low bridge buses"? I think route no. 40, and a trolley bus swop when a I think Glasgow single decker worked the 36 route, it was bright orange and white I recall

Prior to High Pavement he went to Whitemoor Primary, Spike Island was also the name of the railway sidings of the Nottingham (Midland Railway) Goods Shed (a mine of useless information!

a million housewives every day pick up a can of beans and say beans meanz ?

A few Basford (roughly) quiz questions 1) where was Basford's first tram depot 2) What Trolley Buses ran down Radford Rd 3) What stood in centre reservation of Melbourne Rd 4) Where was New Basford's Fire Station 5) What happened to St Leo's church in july 1976 6) What stood where skillet & sixpence (ex Haven) pub now is 7) Where was New Basford's Mushroom Farm 8) What trolley bus turned round at valley rd 9) What stood opposite The White Swan where later "union" building was 10) Why was Babbington Pit so named 11) What was the "Newcastle" connection with Basford, ie pubs and co

Any Pink Floyd fan will know the song Brain Damage but did anyone hear of roitous party at Mapperley Hosp Nurses Home in 1967 when illegal substances were present, fights broke out and fire alarms set off, the paitients were all led out onto the lawns, hence the first line of the song?

Their "office" in later series was in British Waterways Yard off Meadow Lane, also filmed at Commodore and perry road nick

No idea, did she ever appear in Dan Dare?

me great granny wer landlady there, went in horse and jockey once and barman said "you carrying any offensive weapons?" I said no and he gave me a pool cue and said "here use this"

not queen's rd nor awkwright st (no shops) either! was going to send pics but all mine "too large" how do I reduce etc?

no.1 def not canal street, that was a lattice type girder bridge but certainly GCR over meadows area, heading south from victoria first proper bridge was canal street, then bridges over station st, queen.s rd, crocus st, arkwright st, kirk white st west,and then over victoris embankment so take your pick! The only Midland bridge in the meadows was over meadow lane (leading to what is now LadyBay road bridge) and The GNR and LNWR ones over meadow lane west of the level crossing were nothing like that nor The Nottingham Suburban ones Trent Lane area

oops! was going to say was that shelter under the factory the one on Dakeyne St? was told it ran under park there and they never made any recovery attempt, just filled it in, the two "new" council houses next door to library further up carlton rd replace a direct hit one, maybe a vicarage?