EileenH
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Is that big building to the west of the zebra crossing the Bridgeway Hall?
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I`ve only seen adverts for them. Are they worth a look?
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The Nottingham University student magazine was called 'Chickerah' and sometimes just, 'Chick'.
#14 Must have been that thievin' lot from Nottingham Trent (my alma mater).
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#9 Oh yes, Lizzie, Lilley and Stone. That was the one. Thank you.
Isn`t it interesting the amount of influence the village school Head would have with parents who relied on them for info in those days.
I can clearly remember Miss W telling my mam, 'Put her down for Brincliffe. Most of my 11+ gels go there.'
I think that modern parents would have a wider knowledge of schools etc.
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#7 Hi Lizzie. My parents knew nothing about grammar schools and put me down for the one the Primary School Headmistress advised them to.
(told them to!!)
. I know that all but a couple of girls around my age or a bit older went to Brincliffe and the exceptions went to a Newark school. I don`t know anybody of my age who went to Carlton-le-Willows. How strange!
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Your sister was a couple of years below me so I probably knew her but she wasn`t in my form. As you know, it was a one-form entry school. Only one 30 girl form in each year so people knew each other.
My name was Eileen Goodall and I was in Nicholson house. Miss Smedley was our fifth form teacher.
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I was a Brincliffian as well. It was strange in a way as it was a County school in the City so we all had to come to school by bus. Don`t think anybody was driven into school in those days and there were no school buses.
I had to get the 8.10 bus from Calverton to get to school and if I missed it I didn`t get in until after break! If it was foggy or snowy the journey was slow and nightmarish.
Going home we walked down Mansfield Road to Huntingdon Street or waited, often in the dark, by the entrance to the Forest.
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SCRAP!
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If at first you don`t succeed - don`t try skydiving.
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Don`t think I was in a gang as such but the 'activities' bring a warm glow of nostalgia.
Little jumble sales - putting on shows - making dens! <sigh>
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#3111 This brought back memories! Mam coming back downstairs at night in nightie and curlers saying, 'Forgot to soak me peas!'
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You don`t get carol singers any more - or I haven`t had any at the door anyway. The last one was a few years ago. A little girl about 7 or 8 knocked on the door. When I opened it she said, 'I`m carol singing.' and just stood there.
I said something like, 'Go on then, sing us a carol.'
She looked nervous and just repeated, 'I`m carol singing.'
I saw that there was a group of older children knocking on doors along the street but there was no singing.
I didn`t know what to do so I just gave her a few coins and she ran off down the drive.
Weird.
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Oh yes, The Navy Lark! When they were on the point of colliding with something he`d say, 'Bags of left hand down a bit!'
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New pair of scissors in a pack consisting of a stiff plastic 'bubble' on a card base that I needed a pair of scissors to open!
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Re #70 - Kenneth Williams eh? Thanks folks - now I can see him as well as hear him!
Beyond our Ken and Round the Horne were great..
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'I think the answer lies in the soil.'
Early 60s - some kind of spoof panel game I think. Can hear him say it but can`t remember who or what.
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Never a fan of puddings. My friend and I would smuggle lumps of pud on to the Arboretum in our hankies and feed it to the ducks.
We weren`t allowed to refuse puddings and we weren`t allowed to leave any.
Poor ducks!
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'As the art mistress said to the gardener.' Marlene - or was it Monica? It was prolly Monica. Both the wonderful Beryl Reid.
(I often use this myself.)
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Getting your neighbours washing in when it rains. It`s pouring down here and Mrs Next door has got a lineful out. But in those days we didn`t tend to have six foot back gates with sturdy bolts. Pity though!
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Oh yes - some of them boasted that they contained 10% butter didn`t they?
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Wallflowers - oh yes! My mother used to call them gillivers. A wonderful scent.
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Katyjay - I`d have been standing well back - whimpering.
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Crikey! Some bold Nottstalgians here! I get dizzy on a thick carpet. What a wimp!
Years ago I went up the Arc de Triomph to the museum in the cross piece. I suddenly became conscious that I was up in the air and, although there are no windows and no way of seeing how high it was I had to sit down and grip the edge of the bench.
More recently I took a school party to Matlock and a ride on the cable car was part of the trip. The kids could tell I was apprehensive (terrified) and two of the big lads took me in hand. They said, 'Come on, we`ll sit on either side of you and you keep your eyes shut. We`ll tell you when we get to the top.'
They each held one of my hands and talked to me all the way. And - to their everlasting credit - they never mentioned it again. It would have made great ammunition to some of my miscreants ( I mean challenging students).
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Thank you Cliff Ton and others. That`s fascinating and turns an old family story into reality.
TBI #9 - that`s a coincidence. My aunt moved to the Medders when her home was demolished. She used to say that the back room of her house was actually hollowed out of the rock. We thought she was making it up at the time, or at least exaggerating.
Perhaps it was true. Too late to apologise.
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Things our parents used to say
in Nottingham Lingo
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When Mam had a new outfit she`d say she had a new 'rig out'. Is this Nottinghamese?