Cliff Ton

This is the site of the Locarno/Victoria now - Student accommodation. The Generating Station on the left has survived.

If it's you, why were you in a hanging basket with strangers ?

This is an interesting variation on the theme. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67777814

I'll bet quite a few of the Nottstalgia attendees are older than many of the people in that photo !

5-10 years ago there seemed to be a lot more wandering scrap collectors driving around in battered lorries; they've become a disappearing breed in recent times. For example, Currys charge £25 to take away your old fridge/washing machine.

It's been mentioned in several old threads....including this one - https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/11443-old-broadmarsh-bus-station/?tab=comments#comment-185743

The Tower in Broad Marsh. https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/NTGM017282/posterid/NTGM017282.html

Nearly. You walked down Lister Gate and turned left past C & A into Broad Marsh.

There was a cafe, which is the long white building in the centre of this photo.

I walked up and down Drury Hill many times when I was a kid. It was one of the several possible exit routes out of Broad Marsh bus station.

Same here; around 11.30 the rain against the windows was like someone aiming a very powerful hosepipe. I don't think I've ever heard/seen such an intense downpour, even if it was only for a few minutes.

Nobody saw this one coming. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67757165

Maybe we could start a new thread titled 'Brief Encounters I have known' but I suspect it would be monopolised by Ben and no-one else would be able to get a word in.

Nice to see you still looking in carni ! A real blast from the past

In the car this afternoon, the outside temperature gauge on the dashboard was saying 15c.

I remember that. Memories of the Light Programme in the early 60s.

Several websites today have mentioned a feature which was visible in the sky yesterday evening. I took this looking out of the window. Apparently they're known as Nacreous/Rainbow Clouds and are quite rare.

Looks like it will be ok for a long time. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=jam+use+by+date

I always think that as well. I don't mind the colder days this time of the year, but I hate the early darkness.

I only ever went to a few Forest matches in the mid-60s, and it's interesting to see the players who were in the team in those days. And it's almost comical to see that Frank Wignall was signed in 1963 for £20,000. There are players now who earn that in a few minutes.

I've increasingly found that happening to me in recent years.

According to a Portugese newspaper....... https://www.abola.pt/futebol/noticias/nuno-espirito-santo-perto-do-nottingham-forest-2023121819244660199

I never realised Marsden's had an off licence section.

Very easy....not that I've done it. It depends entirely on the passenger's honesty; you have to buy a ticket from a machine on the platform before you start your journey (unless you are very old). I suspect that a large number of younger passengers never buy a ticket; they assume/hope they won't get caught.....and probably have a 90+% success rate. I've seen people hop on and off within a couple of stops using it as an alternative to walking; I'll bet they don't have a ticket. The percentage who don't pay must be well into double figures.

I'm fascinated and slightly confused by the way the Forest fans are apparently still fully supporting Cooper, even though he's almost certainly going to take them back down again.