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Well 3rd. try seems to have worked but as the saying goes "wine cannot be appreciated whilst the cork is in the bottle" I'd better see if it's true screen shot windows 7 Yes it's true so if it's not to late here's to a Happy &

How about these for a combined birthday/Christmas present

But what happened to those concrete warehouses, obviously demolished but why leave the basin?. I don't think it's been used since the barges stopped coming.

Good advice Oz but in these times of 'on line' shopping there has to be an element of trust, obviously with this product it's been abused. Garden Shop on FB, Garden fields Aix le Provence72 on my CC account were the culprits. I'm pleased to say both the £29.99 & the 'extra item' @ £19.99 have been credited to my account

Re battery powered tools, in the past 6 weeks or so over 30 different 'firms' have advertised on FB a " hand held, battery powered chain saw", all ( but one, Stihl!) used the same demo video which made it look so easy! As I have some heavy pruning to do I fell for the first one I saw, my order was acknowledged twice but I noticed the second Email had a different number so after 9 days I emailed again asking "why the delay", the reply blamed the virus problem but said the order was 'on it's way' it also pointed out "No refund due on discounted items" . A check on my credit card account showed

Harry & Andrew were they missed? The occasion was minimal but just as emotive as was the Beebs offering last night some of the tributes were very moving. One item will stick in my mind when this poem was read out. Written by a Canadian Pilot Officer shortly before he was killed in the Battle of Britain I photographed it some years ago at Fenny Bentley, Fighter Command HQ, I have posted it before but I think it's worth repeating>

Started to post my answers but got bogged down with a mini blog to q8, see members blogs! 6 right & a guess too.

On seeing q.8 in Marys pub quiz my mind went all the way back to a Monday early in March 1948, I was on demob leave after my 2 years Nat. Service and needed to go to the National Insurance Office on Derby Rd. to become a civilian again. First surprise of the day came when my father said he would take the day off work to ‘show’ me where it was? So off we walked along Meadow lane. to catch the 43 trolley bus along Arkwright St., Carrington St. Lister Gate Albert St. Wheeler Gate then the ‘dog leg round’ Queen Victoria’s statue then on up Chapel Bar onto Derby Rd. and our stop at the RC Cat

Well done Denshaw, 2 right anyway, anyone get a full house? 11 WOLLATON 12 EDWALTON 13 LOWDHAM 14 BINGHAM 15 NEWARK 16 EDWINSTOW 17THE MEADOWS 18SANDIACRE 19 EASTWOOD 20 MANSFIELD

The previous time I used this quiz was at the 1/2 yearly wine/beer competition when in the 40-45 minutes the Judges needed for the 30 odd bottles entered a quiz gave them a bit of quiet, very rarely did we get a full house in the time allowed but it was only a bit of fun. But I was a little surprised when 10 correct answers were posted within 2 hours or so of being posted! Anyway for what it's worth here's the other 10;- Nottinghamshire Quiz (2) allpoint atm

Time for another quiz? let's see how good you are with local geography, one or two clues may be a bit dated but it's only for fun innit?

a lot out of practice so I hope this is right!

Quite a few years back I was taking a stroll across Beachy Head, the path had worn away the turf through to the chalk beneath, I had taken several paces before i realised that one of the chalk fragments was too round to be natural. Retracing my steps I picked it up and on feeling the weight I almost went on my knees 50 yds. in both directions but only found the one. On visiting the castle Museum I was told it was a Roman Penny and collected by the bucketful on most Roman sites, it would be a very heavy bucket if they're this weight !

After watching a rather farcial Formula 1 advert ridden replay I looked for something 'lighter & even humerous', out on freeveiw 81 I spotted "Sunday night at the Palladium" with Jimmy Tarbuck. OMG The show (date not shown) had already started and on stage was Michael Bentine doing exactly the same act that we saw him do umpteen years ago at the Empire, even at the end of his act when using a 'plumbers plunger' as a prop he did a (now aday) non pc impersonation of Paul Robesion singing 'Old Man River' and then leaving the stage with the plunger on his head a a trolley bus, at the Empire it

Whoever 'Smudger' was he had an unusual tribute this morning when a light 'plane flew over Hempshill Vale towing a banner showing "RIP Smudger Loved you Dad XXX"

Hello Bk Yes still 'present & correct' but a bit jealous of Margie able to go out walking, on an uneven path too! The furthest we've been is across the fields as far as the M1, the path is tarmaced and quite overgrown but it's amusing to see the "passing points" that have been trodden down at the pathside. Several outside jobs are on hold waitng till the grandson can come round, i told him on the phone the other day that I'd bought him a new 'toy', a cordless hedge cutter, as my side of the neighbours lleylandi hedge is due for it's annual cutback. That reminds me ,I'll be glad when Barbe

Just had a ‘mental blip’ whilst practising on a newly acquired IPad, my Grandson set it up and included the NS icon, so clicking on I scrolled down to ‘Pete’s Transport Forum’. For some reason it opened at page 8 and the bottom topic was headed “Mansfield Junction”, dated August 2011. 12 replies included 3 Photos from “Ashley”, one showing a Midland Compound with a nice background. So I decided to go to my computer and print off this photo only to find it was “No longer available”, back to the IPad which now confirms the computer “n l a” post. If I had seen this topic back in 2011 I would cer

Nice photo RR and Yes I was there, quite early so when we saw the hugs & kisses the 'uniforms' were getting we dashed home to put our Army Cadet uniforms on and enjoyed the rewards! It was all very sociable and I don't recollect any drunkenness, probably due to the shortage of beer with lots of pubs closing mid evening. Back then there were two flag poles in front of the lions this Canadian Pilot officer climbed the right hand one and sat on the 'button' to a tremendous cheer and then climbed the council house wall onto the balcony to shake hands with the Lord Mayor to another cheer.Any

Ok, Ok and now for something completely different!!!!.....

Oooh you're too kind Cliff ton, here's a more up to date one from last year, I'd use it for my avotar if I knew how! and Yes Margie it was hand coloured, I once compared notes with Chulla over this as we both still have the Kodak tints in book form.

Ooooh Shhhugar managed to get Photoimage working, even if it is too big! Thank You everyone for your Good Wishes

Would you credit it? It's 70 years ago today when this photo was taken and this b----y virus wont let us celebrate. Commiserations to Burntstump Pub who've also missed out! Damn, Photo's too big and I don't know how to resize it, oh yes photoimage has also packed up ? not my day!

Oops, I thought I'd copied a picture of a "Nightingale ward" at the General Hospital. I still think they were better than the 6 bed bays of 'better' & later hospitals.