piggy and babs

yes it was coal fired run by mr and mrs george they had downs syndrom daughter dorothy who helped in the shop she was great at serving and wrapping the chips her mum used to take the money loved my six penny mix with bater bits from there. i lived on debil st during the 50s and knew a lot of the railway men who lived and worked down therespent alot of time round the sheds used to sit on the wall of the railway club top of the st a lot too especialy with my guyfawks on the friday before bonfire night

theres also had lupins in it but they were still quite small when we saw them

we went last week to snibston discovery park fishing ponds there wild flower meadow looked very like your second picture are the little purple ones wild orchids compo yours looks so natural

thanks micheal more shuck up but a bit worrying as i dont even know how it happened

sorry karlton welcome to the mad house

dont think so more likely to be kat she was born kirks buildings1951 at her gramas house her grama may havebeen a straw but i carnt remember kat did write a tread about kirks bildings som time a go.not sure if its on ancestory or carlton. i have a look when i stopped shaking i just nearly fell through the living room ceiling dave sez its crackedjust fell over in the bedroomat the side of my bed dont know how and have not even had a drink for three weeks. pulled my laptop of but its working ok but did break my mouse wiregood job i got a spear mousehidding in my draws.no injuries just a bit shak

i can remember whippy ice cream van comming to deabil st in the 50s but carnt remember whos it was know he was a dog lover usd to give our dog kim an icecream cone every day our dog was always at the bottom of the entry long before he got there and whould not come in untill he had had his ice cream. we used to fetch a bowl full to go with sunday tined fruit. and bread and butter.

we girls were always very light on out feet for dancing mudgie jiving requires a lot of foot workand we wernt all doped out of our heads like the mods

yes they were playing in decembercarnt remember the date though just know it was near our wedding aniversarydec 30th

elsies used to be called they whitches chippy when we were young old lady used to fry in a big black couldren , good chips though 6d mix and batter bits

we always go to andys in stapleford for our fish and chips usually after going to mfn cooks it to order looks for dave comming in and sez cod dave yep sez dave its in for you ready in about 10 mins ok. always fresh and good quality and friendly chat while you wait

thay are a great group we have had them at the whiteheart quite a few times yes we know they a mod band but what a lot of people seem to forget is that we used to dance to a lot of the same music in the 60s just a different style of dancing

i keep looking for him when we go on a wednessday

one pang tang lane yesterday in loughborough

no sorry dave weather so bad not very many bikes there and we went a little later than usual to see malcs band the hot motor cycle club brilliant night despite not a lot there

i know i could not do it know rob. we used to go that way to the pit with my dad on a friday to collect his wages have dinner in the canteen clean side only devided from the dirty side for the men in their work cloths by a metal rail, dad would then go for a game of cards at the dirty duck (grey goose for those who dont know its local name). and i would get on the bus to netherfield and then 26 up to cavendidish rd with mums house keeping money,making sure i did not loose it on the way home. but my paper round could be a killer too buxton cromford and belper avenues all big hills bad enough

same here mick most efective as i said i was at the national arboretum this after noon one of the most efective memorials i saw was a wonderful sculpture of pegasus only wish we had taken the camera with us but as it was a spur of the moment desision when we had started of

came past woolaton park about an hour or so ago notices saying no tommorow music festival tommorow if that helps as i have not heard of it

hi carni i will see if i can get some info for you one of the teaching assistants i worked with now works at the swains ave site so i will see if i can contact her and see if she can get the info for me babs

this afternoon i decided to get dave to take me for a drive to the national arboretum near litchfield as it was such a nice day we have been once befor about 3 years ago on the ride to the wall the weather then was very cold so we said we would go again when it was nice weather had a very pleasent couple of hours and there were quite a few people there it being the 70th aniversary of d day before we came away there was a male voice choir proforming outside the visitor centre the had some realy good voices among them they sang a few wartime songs and church hymms as well as take him home and

i worked for a while on a work placement at sutherland house school the swains avenue school was for 5 to 11 year olds the senior schooll also called sutherland house was at that time on cedar rd mapperley park this has since been moved to a larger building on pelam ave i seem to remember the school was oridgeinaly named after the house it was first stated inbut it was nearly 20 years ago i only recently destroyed the information i had about it.

is it the splendour festival this week end dont know for sure but know its soon big adverts on busses .

instead of keeping quiet ask the dog owners nicely if they would keep there dogs on leads as your wife has a fear of dogs check the park rules many know have rules that dogs be kept on a leadif this is the case poit this out.

well done mick have noticed recently whatever someone says others are belittling whatever they saynot nice and not nessisary .

thats right dave old shipley boat in whent there a few times in the early seventies too when dave was in the raf used to go out there with friends.