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Ah yes I remember it well. The last time I saw Reg 'live' was at the Grey Goose Gedling. Not long after, he went on one of the TV talent shows and completely ruined his chances of winning by singing a stupid song about: " May the elephant of ???? fly up your nose" Why he would do that seems beyong all reason! He had a superb voice.

Cortina mk II ?

I can remember Mrs Redgate of Redgates waters & fruit squashes in the advert. I believe their family owned a few properties about Nottingham, including one on Hyson Green.

Rob, you are as cynical as me! Those were precislely my sentiments when I originally heard this on the news. To quote the wise proverb: "Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see"

Thanks for all the help. I think, it just happens to be the case that sometimes these creatures are about without anyone finding the need to "put it on record" or tell the world. Occasionally an expert appears, a great fuss is made of it all and it goes on record again. (To be fair, had I been down there and seen this owl now... I would not have thought of broadcasting the fact any more than I have in the past... it has been anecdotal holiday talk, with locals and friends and no more). One sad thing that I recall from a vist to the Penzance area, about 5 years ago, was the great number of o

Ah yes, and TRElew is in Argentina but there are always exceptions, otherwise MAChine would be a Scotsman. !rotfl!

No... Tregony is in S. Cornwall. (clue is in the "Tre" bit) That is why I have brought this up. Is there another white owl similar? ... if not then WE ASSURE you this is what we have seen for the past umpteen years. Near Trgony... South coast Cornwall, Roseland peninsular. Particularly frequently in the 80's and 90's .. right up to 2 years ago and going back to the 1940,s The sighting of the bird has always been a huge bonus to a visit down there. ... and since one has swooped several times over our car bonnet, we have certainly had superb close-up views. Cars coming the opposite way hav

I am so glad this has arisen, because one of you twitchers can perhaps clear up something that we have experienced for as long as I can remember. I am no bird expert, but EVERY YEAR without fail for more years than I can remember, have we seen a bird appearing to be identical to this, on the Ruan High Lanes near Tregony. We have even had the fantastic pleasure of it swooping across the car bonnet, on many occasions, when driving through in an evening. The locals, including our relatives at Tregony, have always told us that it is a Snowy Owl, and obviously we have had no reason to disbelieve

The Scala (renamed the Classic) was quite definitely on Market Street. Roughly opposite where the original Kardomah used to be (which was just below where the Jessops camera shop is now. The Jessops camera shop was a menswear shop). The Scala/Classic was a cinema renowned for attracting men in dirty macs going to see erotic French films. (but, I believe, only on certain nights). The Moulin Rouge was on Milton Street, opposite the Victoria Station and just a couple of doors away from the Mechanics Institute (cinema) which was on the corner; (a big white building with steps up the entrance.)

http://www.longdale.co.uk/shop.htm Try here. Near Ravenshead...You should get a super meal and the benefit of a free museum and arts and crafts shop. We have not been since the new cok took over, but her predecessor (who was EXCELLENT) says the new lady is just as good. The owner / sculptor is called Gordon Brown... but try to ignore that !

Oh yes, an old disease that spreading again. It absolutley infuriates me on Eggheads with that moron Dermot Murnaghan. Every answer is treated with the same inane pregnant pause. I could scream at the tw*t. I could do a lot worse actually) It's not clever and it doesn't add anything to the program. The new guy Jeremy Vine doesn't do it... and it is soooo.... much better.

I am impressed... This is (almost) exactly the way I have always made it. (and I have been called the greatest gravy-maker in the world) Try mixing Sainsbury sauce flour with the gravy powder (which MUST be Bisto), when doing gravy for white meats (only). It never goes lumpy, does not distract from the taste.. and has a slightly more aesthetic colour for lighter meats. It is important to make sure it simmers for approx 8 minutes. There are a few more tricks to enhance the taste, but they are staying my secret... There is never ANY left !!!

Oh yes Ashley! Absolutely! I thought I was the only one to detest this. It seemed that doing that was a ticket to fame... and it went on for so many years. You could see Simon Cowels eyes light up when any fool did it. I remember one of the extremely rare occasions that I watched the program when a girl came on with an absolutely fabulous natural voice.. unstrained, untortured, no face grimmacing ... She was out the door in seconds. That was the last time I watched that stupid program.

I certainly remember those boilers at Weldon & Wilkinsons. I stoked them for a month and gave up a weeks holidays to service them. I crawled into a lot of holes I could never get through now. I also stood up to my knees in hot ashes on the roof, shovelling the ashes onto a lorry for disposal. I must have been mad. What was also memorable was the plethora of different smells in the area as you walked from place to place. The hops at Shipstones, the bleaches and softeners at Weldons, the soaps at Gerards factory on Wilkinson Street (remember the 'INO soapflakes wash the best', sign)? and of

I remember watching the Blacksmith shoeing horses and the Northgate Dairy. Also the big acid carbouys on that site. There was Pete's Hardware at the junction of Mount Street. I used to carry gallons of paraffin for the Paula Warmer. Marsdens shop... and always the white tracks of the Shipstones drays on the road. My first ever pint, in the Star.

Wasn't this the site of the old Locarno dance hall ?

Try this Fynger. They seem to kmow everything. http://www.filmfinder.com/filmfinderQ&A/Default.asp