katyjay
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As a kid, everytime a plane from Rolls Royce came over our house we'd go outside and watch it. We were an aircraft family and would go to airshows at Hucknall, Langar (Canadian) and the U.S bases too. Old habits die hard, hubby, myself and kids moved to Surrey in 77, now we are on the flight path for LHR, again I would go out and watch the planes come over the house, including Concord twice daily. Nowadays I live near Luke AFB and watch the F16 and F35's come over.
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Flattery gets you everywhere BK!
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49 years ago today, I was trying to push a bowling ball through the eye of a needle! Well, that's what it felt like giving birth, haha. This is the last year coming up when I've still got all 3 in their 40's. Getting old? Moi? Nooooo.
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Could it have been from those aerial photos, Britain from above? it was obviously taken before the streets were full of cars.
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Beekay, thanks for the Aspley video. Very interesting.
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Was one of the shoe shops in town called Bally? I used to love their shoes but they always seemed a bit more expensive than other shops.
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I found your Norman 'Spider' Sullivan on Facebook.
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The original Peoples College Technical Grammar was on College St. Hubby went there 58-63. I don't know what the name of the old school in Broadmarsh was called, but I do remember single storey buildings painted white. I took my typing exam in one of them.
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That's a new one for me.
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Picked up a book from our book exchange, the title caught my eye. I am almost finished with it and just ordered the 2nd in the series. Present book is the first of 8. It is Danish and has been translated into English but some of the place names take a bit of pronouncing. Author is Jussi Adler-Olsen and the title is The Keeper of Lost Causes. It's a good 'un.
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I had a sore arm with both my Pfizer shots, but just for the first day. Hubby had nothing. I guess it effects different folks, different ways.
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When we lived in N. Arizona we saw cowboys all the time. Ranches in the surrounding area had working cowboys on them. They would come into town, horse trailer in tow, complete with 2 or 3 saddled-up horses. The men would be dressed exactly how you see them in Westerns, complete with chaps and spurs. I did wonder if the horses in back were like having a spare wheel. If you broke down you rode your horse home!. Also during summer months there is a nightly shoot out in the middle of town. A bunch of retirees put on a show, dressed as cowboys. The tourists love it.
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Usually several folks! And usually in the first few minutes.
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Oi! It's Canadian tripe!
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You learn something new everyday! I did not know that, and now I do. Ta ever so, BK.
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I was there Jan 62 to July 67.
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I walked down Triumph Rd to the Gradual Payments office of Raleigh.
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BK, if I remember rightly I would get off the trolley outside the front of the Bonded Warehouses. I think the return journey bus stop was about opposite the morning one? Outside a row of shops. There was a bollarded 'island' middle of the road so we could at least get halfway across Ilkeston Rd to get the trolley.
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What years did you do the 39 route BK? I used it early 62 to mid 67. Triumph Rd to Canning Circus.
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I still have my first book. A Day in Fairyland. It has come with me with every house/country move and the spine is looking worse for wear. But the inside is as pristine as when I was given it. Inside the cover my mum's sister wrote. To Kathleen on her 3rd birthday. Love from Aunty Con and Uncle Fred. So I was given it Dec 1949. It is a large book which I thought gigantic as a toddler.
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1 hour ago, radfordred said:
Not sure this is the right place, I think you need a Nottingham nostalgia history type site? This is more word games & bad jokes.
And don't forget What Are You Listening To Now. I do believe you post in that?
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I think our version was slightly less bloody Loppy, If I catch you bending, I'll turn you upside down.
A bit better than having yer legs chopped off!
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The first 6 years of marriage, we lived in Langar. It was fine being that far out when we were both working. But once I had to be home with babies, the isolation was terrible. Nowhere to walk to except round the village and back, (1 shop) no pavement on a lot of it. Couldn't wait to move. Maybe now it wouldn't bother me with having a car.
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They'd be better off training a dog to chase the birds, quieter, and exercise for the dog! The joys of country living, eh?
Dancing at the Locarno
in St Anns, Sneinton & Colwick
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Colmans's was my alternative Tuesdays to the Locarno. I remember where it was, but remember nothing else about the place. Obviously it didn't make an impression!