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Hi Tomlinson - re#54 - at the risk of being highly politically incorrect, I believe that quote of Dr Johnson referred to ladies preaching (at a time when the thought of a lady vicar, let alone bishop, was completely unthinkable).

tony1 - re#28 - quite possibly, but if so there'll be an awful lot of people (I didn't say a lot of awful people!) who will gripe from then til doomsday about the disruption of changing the wires and so-on, that it's old defunct technology and will never catch on !

Thank you everyone. This is great - not only confirmed that H.S.H. was indeed the Herbert I was looking for, but also opened up the Co-op angle that I never knew about, and knocked the Victoria station story on the head. I can distinctly remember my mum talking about "Uncle Herbert" having a fatal accident there. Maybe I need to look at the other relatives and see if there was someone else who "Uncle Herbert" might have referred to...

Sheep. Nine hundred and seventy four, nine hundred and seventy five, nine hundred and seventy six...

There was a doctor in Derby, in the days when doctors would visit you at home (even without serving them a writ first). He would come into the house and as he was climbing the stairs he would shout, "Are ye dead yet?!" (I think he only did this in non-life- threatening cases!) Then there was our doctor in Long Eaton. I went to him on one occasion with a painful wrist. After looking at it and feeling and twisting it a bit, he said, "Let me see your other wrist." As I held it out I said, "There's nothing wrong with that one." He replied, "No, I'm aware of that. Don't you know that the good Lord

Probably because they were getting a bit politically correct about the name.

Trick or treating are they ? !

Ah, a picture of the Elbonians from Dilbert !

Ah - interesting. Ann - thanks for the comments and information. With all of these bits of data I am rather wary, understanding that unless names (and combinations of names) are particularly unusual it's best not to jump to conclusions. Anyway, Arthur William Robinson was certainly Mabel's son of the first marriage (born 5 May 1912 according to a note in my grandmother's bible, and one of the few people from that side of the family that I can actually remember). So he lost his dad when he was 5, and Herbert came on the scene when he was 11. I haven't a clue who Albert Ernest Heath was though.

Interesting - this SEEMS to indicate that Herbert married Amy Elizabeth Rayner in 1916 in Sheffield. They then had 5 children by 1922. It appears that Amy died in mid 1923 (i.e. AFTER Herbert had married Mabel Robinson (nee Brown)). BUT then there were another 3 births registered in Sheffield in Dec 1923 - 1926, in the surname of Harding, with the mother's maiden name Rayner - peculiar (in fact impossible). There does not appear to be another Sheffield-related Harding/Rayner marriage (at least, not recorded on FreeBMD, which of course, does not claim to be complete). I have obviously opened a

Carni, I'm pretty sure that is indeed him - the exact date of death is a new snippet of information. I'm hoping to buy a copy of the death certificate. I'd really like to find something about him in the Post. Again, many thanks.

Thanks Bubblewrap. No - the Robinson name was definitely out of the reckoning by this time, following William's death in 1917. Mabel and Herbert lived at Sedgley Avenue at the time of their marriage or just after - i.e. 1923 ish.

In connection with family history research, I am trying to find anything I can about Herbert Harding. The relationship is somewhat distant. In 1917, my grandmother's eldest brother, William Thomas Robinson was killed in action during the third battle of Ypres. His widow Mabel (nee Brown) re-married in 1923 and Herbert Harding was her second husband. At that time they lived at 24 Sedgley Avenue, Sneinton Dale. Mabel died in 1947 at the City Hospital, and Herbert in 1953. I am trying to verify (or otherwise) that he died at Victoria Station. I seem to remember my mum and grandma saying that he h

I should think (and hope) that most of them are listed - preferably Grade 1.

Not necessarily Mick - I meant Nottstalgia people (whoever) with the appropriate computer skills, and the site might be completely independent of Nottstalgia itself. The idea was completely "off the top" - there might even be something of the sort already... Perhaps something to mull over - and eventually either start in a small way, or bury for ever!

Here's a thought - how about Nottstalgia starting an on-line Nottingham museum? What would go in it - apart from pictures?

Well, I certainly won't be joining in a discussion on Ant and Dec (oops - I just have!) - but having said that, they are probably funnier than the present comedians running the country.

...announced as such by bus conductors (remember them?) over many years. Come on, NCT, get the lad who did the automated bus stop announcements to put this one right !

Strange how different people in a thread like this can prove to be related in some way. 1. Philip Boobbyer was married to Watson Fothergill's sister. 2. His predecessor-but-one as MOH (Edward Cox Seaton) apparently carried out a survey of Nottingham jointly with Marriott Ogle Tarbotton, in the early 1870s. Seaton's involvement arose from his responsibility under the Sanitary Act 1866.

On the right hand side of Traffic Street, (going from Queens Drive towards Wilford Road) I think.

Don't forget that the 1945 election result was a surprise to many people - certainly to both Churchill and Attlee. Fortunately it was such a decisive result that there was no room for bickering, argument, and "we wuz robbed" recriminations. From one point of view, it was unfair. But the fact is that it rescued Churchill's reputation permanently, first because many people who actually wanted a complete change still sympathised with him, and thought it was a shabby reward for his leadership during the war; second, because he was spared the humiliation of proving by experience that he was not all

Re #17 - Bubblewrap - I presume Nottingham's renowned and long serving Medical Officer of Health, Philip Boobyer must have been a participant in that BMA convention - possibly a prime mover in it being held in Nottingham?

Nowt wrong wi porridge - I have it most mornings. (And no, I'm not in clink!)

From a quick calculation in my head, 63,360

Darkazana - in a nutshell, so called "British values" (invented by the conservatives a few months ago - and bearing no relation whatsoever to what normal people would recognise as true British values).