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Bit disappointed at this show as there were no 'main line' loco's in steam but still plenty to see and 'share' there 'drivers' enthusiasm! "City of Nottingham" was for sale with a price tag of £4,000 whilst the unusual drive No.5 was bought in kit form to build yourself, the 'real' engine was used on 'logging sites'with it's oil fired boiler keeping the sparks down.https://postimg.org/gallery/2sj59y9om/https://postimg.org/gallery/3cymw0juu/ I think the pics. are out of sequence!

At our weekly sequence dance it's usual to provide a glass of sherry or a cake on your birthday. Last Wednesday was a bit special as the lady was 90 years young and she provided a very nice buffet but we hadn't realized just how 'special' until the E.Post reporter arrived to take a photo of not just the 'birthday girl' but also the 10 other 90 year old ladies who grace the dance floor each week. 11 out of a membership of 45 approx. ain't bad so as Bruce would say"Keep Dancing"! The EP man was a bit officious so this is the best I could do:-

I didn't get down low enough to see any legs but as it wriggled along the skin pattern looked like small armor plates slotting back & forth, that barb on the back end would be a bit intimidating to a predator. A large moth is probably the best bet but is there a 'rest of the brood' somewhere?

Thanks Plantfit, just copied the link & Hey Presto!

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The wife spotted 'this' undulating down the side path before disappearing into the front flower bed. Mmm I;ll bet she doesn't go weeding in there again! 'This' is large 80 mm caterpillar, photoed, printed & copied to library But NO Pbucket!. Copy & Paste? NO, size limit of 51.2kb applies. Photo reduced by 25% but still too big! Now what?

Quite right Jill #22, engine crew could claim a '20 minute meal break between the 3rd. & 5th. hours of duty where circumstances permitted?' the railway dray horses were entitled to the same 20 mins to put the nosebags on!. Re. over priced wines we went last year to a hotel on the sea front at Oban (Queen Alexander?) all the wines were priced @ £10.00 per bottle, £3.00 per glass! by the 3rd. evening the 'chiller' couldn't keep pace with the bottle sales of white & rose' !!

I think this comes under the heading 'swinging the lamp'

A bit late replying but I had an appointment at St. Annes, 2.30 pm. March 18th. 1950. Good job I wasn't late, the girl friend ( & her father) arrived a few minutes later!

Only just spotted this topic but when Dad was in the Home Guard 1942-5 he used to go to a site he said " at back of Wilford Hill Cemetery" but it wasn't 'ack-ack guns', he didn't talk a lot but did say they were "rockets"? but never mentioned them being fired! I think he did one night per week "on guard" and as no one had porridge for breakfast he used to fill his haversack with the unused quaker oats so we got some benefit from his night out of bed!

.Mmm as good a place as any for this tit-bit? Till one day i sat in a quiet pub in Tullamore and i noticed a plaque on the wall that read. THE TREE. I am your friend, your needs i meet. I am the floor beneath your feet. I am the beam that takes the strain. I am the door againsed the rain. I am the peg, the post, the tub. I am the oar the bat, the club. I am the stick for summer days. I am the log for winters blaze. I am the alter of the lord. I am the sacramental board. And at the last on earths

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As promised 9 ex -BWC members attended the Eastwood Wine Circle festival on Saturday evening & a good trip it turned out, 5 Firsts & 6 placings between us and, as expected, a very good social 'meet up'! Thanks Eastwood, here's to the next time. Cheers!

part 3 10 days at home then recall, we were on the move again firstly to Aldershot, coincideny to the same barracks where I had been to get my ‘ Xed swords badge’ as a army cadet PTI 3 years before, for 2 weeks with the Army Physical training unit to get us fit for the parachuting! (the commando course didn’t count?) Then on into another ‘Nissan’ hut camp at Middleton Stoney Manor House, 3 miles down the road from the RAF parachute school at Upper Heyford, a nice walk to get you warmed up for the very thorough RAF instructors who soon had us rolling about the floor, jumping out of simula

Part 2(of 3) Field training was entirely different, if we weren’t taking Bren Guns, grenades mortars etc. to pieces we were marched up on to Woodbury common crawling about in the heather & gorse learning to live (& fight?) in the open. Also on the range firing every type of infantry weapon used during the war from Browning pistols to a PIAT anti tank weapon that really needed a firm hold when fired! I achieved ‘Marksman’ with the rifle and followed it up several years later being in the County small bore rifle team nearly 200 times. Exercise got rid of the extra calories we were b

We all know April 23rd. is St Georges Day (or should do!) but I have another reason to remember this date. Going back to the autumn of 1945 I had been virtually made redundant for the best of reasons, servicemen returning after the war wanted their jobs back! I was one of the victims and with no trade training another job was hardly an option with 2 years compulsory National Service coming up. So being a keen Army Cadet I decided to try the Army for a career so on my 17th. birthday, a Monday, I called at the recruiting office at London Rd. School @ 5.05.pm. to find it closed 25 minutes Early!

The wine circle may have finished but 15 of us have just had a nice social evening at the 'Magpie', Stapleford 'playing' long alley skittles (more like king size marbles!) followed by an excellent meal off the '2 for a tenner' menu. Long may friendships continue!

I thought this was a " Bulwell" topic Fly2 but I hope you feel better now! Yes Lizzie the the council is spending/wasting more cash on so called improvements to the town centre, Two obvious ones are the removal of the taxi rank near the bogs, thats really wee-weed Central Cars off!,& the removing of the red brick wall on the market being replaced with a blue brick one to reduce the size of the market! WHY? Having always being a PAYE person I'm not into Costa's, anywhere else put me down, be nice to see you again Melissa.

Thanks nonnaB it would be a great trip 'if only', unfortunately our passports expired years ago and the cost for travel insurance at our age would probably exceed the travel & hotel costs! We'll have to look out for a Barbera wine and think of what we've missed. To any other 'NEW Seniors reading this topic take note of that word 'missed' don't wait, DO IT.

Sorry about the errors last night, 2 shots of 'chivas regal' didn't help! any way here's pt.3 & the sad bit Social contacts weren’t confined to the monthly meetings as we were soon invited to BBQs & suppers where 10-12 depending on the lounge size & chairs available would meet up then send out for an Indian, Chinese, Pizzas or even ‘’fishnchips’ and, of course, wine talk & a glass or 2. A social life so crowded sometimes, our children would phone for an appointment to come and visit! These memories are, of course, spread over the

Back home, ‘Home brewed wines & beers’ was the hobby and we were soon persuaded to have the demijohns bubbling away on the kitchen worktop, ‘experts’ were on hand to correct early mistakes so that within a year or so we were able to hold our own in annual competitions at other circles where we took our entries in on a Saturday morning, had them judged during the afternoon & then returned in the evening for the results at a very pleasant social dance. Even better, of course, was to be placed in the top 4 and get a ‘mention’ or th

I’ve recently been reminded that it’s nearly 25 years since we retired (a bit early in my case) and were faced with the usual problem of what to do in the empty days & evenings ahead to maintain a degree of fitness, both physical & mental! Basford Hall Further Education provided the first answer, Dance lessons, Sequence dancing as it turned out and very social as we tried various groups to practice what we had learned. At one group the couple usually behind us in the sequence circle were missing one week and a friendly enquiry “Did you enjoy your holiday”? gave the unexpected answer

and a 'new' bit of Bulwell going up! The site of the Lord Nelson has been cleared once again with 17 bungalows planned for Nottm City Council?

Ssshhh. I was on the roof of Boots Print, Station St. Practica 35mm, not v. good, turned towards the 'castle' and the shutter stuck commercial D & P. Boots shut down shortly after & when Capitol One took over the arches soon came down for extra car parking!