Cliff Ton

A few days ago I went to a gathering of half a dozen ex-Fairham pupils, who I knew to various degrees. It's the first time I’ve been to any old school gathering since I finally left in 1973 and it was interesting to see and speak to people after a gap of 50 years - some more recognisable than others.

Were you trying to use the internal system within Nottstalgia for posting the photo (the one which says 'Max total size 50kb' ) ? That is a useless feature and nobody uses it. All photos here are posted using one of the free, online image-hosting sites such as Postimage or Imgur. If you want to post any more I recommend you use one of them.

That's something I've come across that I never previously realised; some people don't recognise themselves in very old photos if they'd never seen that photo before.

I think the problem may be the fact that you're using a phone. I've just looked on my (Android) phone and I reckon I'm seeing what you see - with slight variation. Try this......when you go to Nottstalgia on your phone, tap on the three black dots at top right.......then scroll down to 'Desktop Site'.

That's why. Google and the NS software developers think they know what's best for you and what you want to see. You need to set a bookmark specifically, and then go from that.

It depends - amongst other things - on what device you are using to view NS; and on what you've bookmarked. When I click on my NS bookmark on the Mac, this is what I first see. It gives me everything in chronological order, whether I've previously read it or not. Are you going to NS from a bookmark, or from something else ?

The offenders don’t always throw their rubbish out of the car whilst on the move. You often see a pile of rubbish (eg takeaway trays and drinks cans) all piled together at the side of the road, especially in side roads or lay-bys. That’s because the occupants have bought a takeaway, parked their car to eat the food, and when they’ve finished eating they just open the car door slightly and drop all their leftovers into the gutter, and drive off. I've seen it done many times, even in pub car parks.

Nottstalgia is good because it's more low-key and personal. Unfortunately that is also its weakness because it will never have the reach and scope of FB, so the chances of finding an old friend are much less on NS than on FB. As an example......only a few days ago on the Clifton School Photos Group someone has posted a class photo showing my first teacher at infants school. I've been waiting for years for such a photo to turn up, and it's the first time I've seen her since the early 1960s, although she's probably changed a bit since then. That's what FB is good at, and

I know what you mean about photos of meals, but you need to dig a bit deeper. There are a lot of Facebook Groups dedicated to specific subjects, in which you’ll only find posts on that topic; and they’re moderated, which hopefully cuts out the moron element. I’m in a number of Groups on various subjects, and you can learn a lot there, without having to scroll through idiot posts. In your quest to find ‘old mates’ there are several Clifton-based FB Groups where you would definitely find familiar names. One is dedicated to old Clifton School Photos, and the other is spec

I was around Clifton a couple of weeks ago and noticed how many large mature trees there are now; far more than when I was living there in the 1960s. It's become a surprisingly green place. Everything that was planted in the 50s and 60s has grown and become established.

It's now 3 years ago (late March) since the first lockdown started, and we all wondered if we'd ever go anywhere again. It all seems like a bit of a dream now.

Are you on Facebook ?

And Brian Epstein - in his plan for world domination - initially got the Beatles out of leather and into suits. At least for a few years. It worked.

Combining this subject of solo male singers with another thread........when you see these singers on television in the 1950s/60s they all wear suits and ties, looking like they've been for a job interview. Not a hint of shorts, t-shirts or denim.

As well as clothing, I'm not impressed by a lot of current hairstyles on men - with footballers demonstrating the point perfectly. I spent my early days having a forced short-back-and-sides because there was no choice; it seems I was 50 years ahead of my time. Men now go out of their way to have the style-less asymmetric slash with strange floppy bits, bizarre colours, extremely cropped or very long....all on the same head.

Dr Lavelle gets mentioned a lot in this old thread. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/14920-ailments-aches-pains-lets-hear-them-here/?page=98&tab=comments#comment-673361

That is something which never ceases to amaze me. Do those people never look at themselves in the mirror; and if so what do they see ? Nose and ear hair can be difficult to see unless you are very friendly with the person, but exploding eyebrows stand out a mile and can make you look like a circus clown.

I personally find that look comical and bizarre..........but everyone is entitled to their opinions. We should be grateful that anyone can wear whatever they choose, regardless of the reaction it may generate. The alternative is something like China back in the 60s with everyone wearing a Chairman Mao grey suit.

As they get older, many people tend to dress in the style (casual or formal) which was popular when they were in their teens & 20s. i wonder if today's teens & 20s will continue to dress like this when they get to 60 - 70.

Trivia. Nothing to do with Nottingham, but might be interesting nevertheless. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/12-old-words-that-survived-by-getting-fossilized-in-idioms?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

Some people can carry off the casual look - but many can't. The problem is that those who can't are the majority who walk around like that. They think they look cool...but they don't.

A Youtube video of a guy walking round the former Porterhouse.

For anyone who wants to see the source (and many other Bulwell photos)..... https://www.facebook.com/BulwellBygones/photos/a.168005006732208/618904438308927/

Just seen your reaction to where you found it on FB

I'm not seeing any cut-off. All the words are there with complete sentences. It doesn't help that it's a bit of a rant, which might make it appear something's missing.