piggy and babs

i tend to agree with you on that trevor to use a rope system on the ferry would i think be quite a bad idea to be able to reach the rope even standing in the boat the rope would have to be quite low and the amount of large barges up and down the river some were high as well as long would have been constantly taking out the rope.in the 50s there were about one big barge every ten mins up and down the river and a lot of big dredgers with small crains on the top digging up the river bed making a much deeper river than it once was.

remember seeing mr trevick when walking my kids down the canal when they were little dave used to fish opposite the boat yard regularly this bit of the canal was known localy as cofin lock

not sure buthaving re read this thread something comes to mind that it was the pride of yare and the tamar bell that went to dunkirkduring the war seem to remember reading it some were or hearing the river cruise men telling us about it on one of our many trips to radcliffe bend certainly remember the pride of yare being one of the boats we went onbut probley the later modle

how the riverbank on stoke has changed over the years used to swimof that landing stage and sit and sunbath on it remember seeing small boats and the sailing clubs boats going down thw slope and sitting on the steps waching them go into the river for races or just to practice. dancing to my brothers portable batery powered record player it was orange and you could fit 12 singles into its lid think it might have been a dancettebut not sure.this would have been in the late 50s early sixties and i carnt remember ever seeing the old ferry ever being used but it was tied up on radcliffe side.

our friend tony barks is waiting for a date to go in for triple bypass after having a heart atack during the christmas new year period , gettiing realy fed up now cuz he just had a new vintage harley davidson delivered from thestates and he cannot ride it or any of his other 9 bikesat the moment.

welcome paul hope you enjoy the site as much as we doand add yoooour own memories of the meders and nottingham in general

carlton lad i read your post late at night and miss understud it sorry sent your details on to john.

not a rule pooh but if you are it helps me ex nottingham city council employeeand i saw and heared of so mant stuppid cockups by senior staff in my time working for them .

CHIPPY OR PETE WOOD AS I CALL HIM TRAVEL QUITE A LOT AT PRESENT IN ANGULIA BUT WILL BE GOING BACK TO CANADA SOON AND THEN POSIBLE ON TO SOMEWERE ELSE WITH HIS WIFE MAGGIES WORK PETE WAS IN THE ARMY FOR A LONG WHILE AND THEN SETTLED IN CYPRUS FOR MANY YEARS RUNNY WOODYS BAR MET UP WITH PETE BRIEFLY JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN HE WAS IN NOTTINGHAM FOR 3 DAYS I SURE WHEN HE HAS GOT MORE TIME HE WILL POP UP AGAIN.

GET WELL SOON MIKE I KNOW THAT ONLY VERY RECENTLY I HAVE HAD TO MAKE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A FEW MISTAKES THAT HAPPENED TO ME WHILE I WAS AT THE CITY HOSTPITAL BUT I THINK IN THE MAIN I WAS JUST ONE OF THE UNLUCK ONESMOST OF MY TREATMENT WAS VERY GOOD FOOD WAS GOOD AND WELL PRESENTED PROPER PLATES NOT HORRIBLE PLASTIC TRAYS ,AND SOME OF THE OTHER PATIENTS WERE QUITE SERIOUSLY ILL ON MY WARD AND THEY ALL APPEARED TO BE RECIEVING VERY GOOD CAREAND SUPPORT.

YES IT WAS ON VICTORIA RD ON THE CORNER OF BOURNS ST OTHER CORNER WAS CORNER HOUSE CAFE AND NEXT TO MARSDENS WAS WALKERS TOBACONIST ALSO MR WALKER WAS A HERBILIST AND MADE ALL KINDS OF MEDISONS AND PILLS HORRIBLE TASTING COUGH LINCTUS BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS TAKING IT YOU WERE MUCH BETTER AT LEAST I WASTHINK IT WAS THE THOUGHT OF TAKING THAT HORRIBLE STUFF AGAIN THAT CURED ME. YES CERTAINLY WAS SOME FUNNY CHARECTORS IN NETHERFIELD. I OFTEN GO IN MARSDENS ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL FOR 3 PENETH BROKEN BISCUITS FOR BREAKTIME.

i too remember watching the speed boat at stoke ferry during the fifties and earlie sixties

netherfield also had a marsdens opposit st georges church my sister worked there seventies. welcome benjamin

wecome mr bump my hubby piggy is a big fishing fan and once the weather if ever picks up again he will be seen once a fornight taking his old fishing club mate age 93 of somewere fishing for a few hours they are the last members of the oldest fishingclub in nottingham king of the french the club if i remember right was founded 1906 and why ever arthur is alive they intend keeping the club name goingi ve met frank a couple of times too when we have been down the embankment to whatch matches

HI CARLTON LAD I THINK YOU MIGHT BE GETTING MY BROTHER JOHN MIXED UP WITH MY BROTHER RAY JOHN WAS THE YOUNGEST IN OUR FAMILY AND IS NOW 61 RAY WOULD HAVE BEEN NEARLY 75 NOW WAS THE OLDEST IF THAT THE ONE YOU KNEW AND IM SURE IT WOULD BE I AM SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT RAY DIED AT 59 AFTER A SECOND BRAIN EMORIDGE LEAVING 2 CHILREN WHO WERE AR THE TIME NEARLY 21 AND 18. HIS FIRST BRAIN EMORIDGE 10 YEARS BEFORE HE DIED WAS THE RESULT OF HIM BEING MUGGED ON MAPPERLEY TOP ON HIS WAY HOME FROM THE PUB ONE NIGHT. ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM HIS HOUSE, MY BROTHER JOHN WAS FRIENDS WITH YOUR TONY WHEN T

WELCOME BACK EILEEN

please do carlton lad im sure many of us will be interested in your experiences while out there as i said in another post i know some of your family can you remember a family called mccarthy who lived near you had a daughter i think her name was annette a little older than your sister dianne

thanks dave the main thing is im ok so cart moan to much and i got to say in the main was really good servis for all my tests and once they had realized there might be a mistake drs could not be more apoligetic but a bit late the only thing i was really anoyed about was some one along the line had put down that i refused to have a cathiter fitted which was compleatly oppisit to what i said in fact i told them if it needs to be done get on and do it, so i would like to know who put it in my notes but they would not tell me who it was who sighned it so that went in my official complaint.now its

of course so far this winter has been very mild indeed but so far 2014 has been very wet as most of us will agree but spring is certainly on its way been out for a bit of a drive today saw a few lambs in the fields ,snowdrops, catkins. and pussy willow/ and even a few crocus just showing there heads. all these things i associate with the comming of spring, hodstock priory near blyth now open for the snowdrops as is hopton gardens near cromford both well worth a visit if you looking for something to doin the next couple of week or so. im sur you can find details and prices on line.

bilbraborn i too suffer from night leg cramps or irritable leg syndrome and my dr gave me quinine and it has certainly helped and they are now less often and less pain ful worth asking your dr if you havent tried them. clifton i certainly would have pesterd then to let me out for that looking forward to it, one night was enough for me i wouldhave ended up going mad if i had to stay in for 2 weeks or more on the bay i was on the other patients were a lot older and a lot sicker than me 2 of them were regular dialisis patients and the other one had had 2 resent strokes pluss alzimers i think

went to clovelly a few years back lovely little village when i came to get in the backof landrover and it was extra to come back up in it when i was there, i could not climb in the back so sat in the front with the driverhe was a very nice young man.

some great stuff on there micheal i have not been to a good live rock and roll night in ages the local ones i want to see always seem to be clashing with birthday parties. but hopeing i can get to see the bobmers at the strelly club on 22nd of feb and then the following week its rocking ray at the boat priory st lenton i do enjoy rocking rays nights some great traditional rock and roll and great people a mixture of the r/r crowd and local people.

bilbraborn good luck we will think of you know that feeling i have had it done myself twice,the test its self was nott too bad as you say it was the drinking all that stuff beforehand as you say i was fine for the first two glasses then it was backwards and forwards to the loo some time a very fast pace for me anyway if you got an ensuite say in your bedroom and read a book we only have one loo and its upstairs. so i stayed in my bedroom and tryed to watch telly.

thanks every body just want to make sure it dose not happen again surley 3 blood test is cheaper and less invasive than all the other tests they did and takes less time if its done as urgent could be going home in 3 or four hours. they were looking into doing a kidney biopsy mudgie but it did not get as far as that thank goodness. and i was not showing any of the symptoms of kidney desease it should have rang bells straight away and they should have given me another bloodtest just to be on the safe side .

i should also say i had none of the expected symptoms of liver desease and felt well . no yellow skin or eyes whites no sickness .