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During my family research I found a whole lot of FWKs in Ruddington my mothers family were involved, there is also a FWK museum there http://www.rfkm.org/ Also have the parish records on CD if anyone needs to consult them. Alot of families moved from there to the meadows.

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Can't not mention "Donkey Rides"

Yes Mick more than likely, I still remember Ale being delivered to "The Dog and Pheasant" on Bloomsgrove St back in the fifties still with a dray and osses

Yeah! thats the one. We used to have the same van for years running "Jenny Dean" on Malkinsons field, They used to sing "Nelly Dean" on the way back from "The Ship Inn". In the early years we used to get there on the back of a lorry with a canvas top (two families) later of course it was "skills"

Adult Entertainment The Ship Inn Ingoldmells village 1952

I remember at Ingoldmells there was an "Amfibious Duck" they took folks out on, Dad would never let me go on that, Mam once told me it reminded him too much of the "beach heads" during the war. Nobody deserved those holidays more than them.

Nice to see the Turf Tavern being supplied by the old dray, Wonder what the "Ale" was like then, Cheaper than now thats for sure.

Ingoldmells 1952

Some great footage there! We have every right to be nostalgic. There were thousands of them and it makes you wonder where they all went to be dismantled and scraped. How many bits are in some enthusiasts collection somewhere. How many were sold off to other countries.

Not all the redevelopment is bad! a few years ago we went down to the area of the canal at the back of the old Sherwood rooms trendy wine bars and a cleaned up canal, I thought it was quite smart especialy remembering what it was like down there when I was a kid.

Limey is right about bikes back then, we went riding far and wide, Wysall woods, Fishing to Radcliffe on Soar, wouldn't like to try it now though down the A453. If I still had young kids I would probably not allow it, too much traffic and too many creeps.

"dobby" was another playground game that kept us fit. One two and a jolly good three is right, I'm racking my brain now to remember which game "out goes you" came from

Great picture! shows the times i'm thinking about. "leg and a wing" we used to chant "A leg and a wing to see the King and out goes you" anyone know if this had any meaning as in other rhymes like "ring a ring a roses"

Thanks for the map Cliff although at the moment the only memory coming up is Toby's on Friar Lane, Mam used to take me round the toy fairs close to Christmas, just to look! Toby's was one of my favourites because of the revolving doors, you would not believe how many clouts I got for pushing them round to fast.

Carrot top! could have been but doesn't ring a bell, I remember the windowbreaker was the flat toped one with the narrow base like an old sock darning thingy but the other was just a solid piece of wood curving to a point, we used to chalk pattens on them in coloured chalk, either one would have broke a window. Conkers wasn't just about playing! it was the finding and collecting, I remember gangs of kids on wollaton park throwing sticks up at ancient trees to knock down conkers and chestnuts (roasted on fire on the dustpan) Kids should be allowed to grow up and look after themselves, a few so

Same as Ashley I don't remember either the building of M M way or that area of Nottingham before it was built. I remember mam use to take us to a warehouse called "Larkins" I think which was a good way up Hounds Gate but recall nothing else. Does anyone have a map of the old layout, might jog a few memories!.

With regard to whip and top, I remember one type of top was called a "window breaker" but cant remember the name of the other type. Also can't believe nobody has mentioned "conkers"

Just by way of an appology for just coming back on to this website without a "by your leave" and begin posting again. I have never lost interest in this web site but have been doing geneology for almost the past two years, although it's an incredible journey it is very time consuming and does tend to take over your life. I have learned a lot over that time and am always willing to share that knoledge should anyone require help although part of the fun is in the learning. If you do embark on this journey be prepaired to shed a few tears, you will discover people who achieved the highest social

Although we look now at the modern buildings with distaste, back when we were young we didn't give a monkeys, I worked on the Albany hotel at the top of Maid Marian Way as I have already mentioned in another thread. To coin a phrase from "saturday night and sunday morning" "I was out for a good time and all the rest was propa ganda"

Sorry I was wrong the wife remembers the Crusader was below the Imperial and we didn't go into either untill after we were married in the seventies

I thought the Imperial was the old "Crusader" steak bar, ate there a few times when the wife and me were courting. Also didn't "Hounds Gate" use to run right up to the castle before it was cut by "Maid Marrian Way". Can't believe I don't remember exact anymore.

The wife knows the house but nothing about it, from your description she thought it was the school clinic but having seen the picture knows she is mistaken. she lived close to it on Redland Grove.

Yes with a matchstick for the gun barrel and Yes again only the 10 packs cut into three and pushed inside each other for the turret the inner folded for the base. Simpler games for simpler times!, there just wasn't the money we had to make our own entertainment.