Cliff Ton
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I've put a 'Like' on your post, but I don't really like it....if you see what I mean.
It perfectly demonstrates how some people in admin jobs don't have the ability (or power) to think and act intelligently.
They just read their words from a prepared script without any understanding of what they're actually talking about.
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1 hour ago, nonnaB said:
Thankyou everyone for your messages.
And always bear in mind that if you're still able to post on Nottstalgia you can't be suffering all that badly
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1 hour ago, Marrowman said:
pubs I remember enjoying included The County Tavern on High Pavement, Loggerheads on Cliff Road, Town Arms at Plumptre Square, the Old Angel on Stoney Street and the Cross Keys on Byards Lane. Happy days!
3 out of 5 are still there. Loggerheads and Town Arms have gone. (County Tavern is still there but under another name).
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On 6/10/2019 at 10:58 PM, Will2017 said:
Regards,
Will2017
I'd forgotten about Will2017. He made a number of interesting posts but, like many others, he's disappeared and dropped off the radar.
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I'm not sure how busy and vibrant the Lace Market is at the moment; maybe it's just going through a quiet phase.
I wandered through the area a couple of weeks ago and there are quite a few closed/empty buildings which used to be bars and clubs. I know that business has its ups and downs, and it certainly looks a bit down at the moment.
The Adams Building and a few others are obviously still there and thriving so at least it's better than it was in the 60s and 70s.
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Death seems to be an expanding business.
At Clifton, Lymns are having a new office built on the site of a former petrol station, which is quite nostalgic for me. I knew that site as a petrol station for as long as I can remember - I filled up there when I had my first car back in the 70s.
It also shows how the Clifton demographic has changed; fewer kids and more oldies.
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Looking at FFGS on Streetview, using the controls to zoom around and change angles, you can see walls which fit the old photo, and how it all relates to the surrounding buildings.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JEZvgqBe1j9ZWUT16
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I assume the comment about Charlie Bright/Pepper is referring to these two posts from 13+ years ago.
On 8/27/2010 at 10:59 PM, loppylugs said:Remember an old feller by the name of Charley Pepper. He used to keep pigs down near the second crossing, near Deabill Streat. Used to ride a bike pulling a trailer of Pig swill. Always seemed to have a shout and wave to everybody.
Also remember a tiny grocery shop on the corner of Deabill Street and Norman / Hodgkinson street. Owner's name was key. That store was so small he used to peer out of a small hole made through all the cans of stuff to serve a customer. Not sure how they shoehorned him in there.
On 8/28/2010 at 9:50 AM, piggy and babs said:REMEMBER KEYS WELL DAVE AND CHARLIE PEPPER.CAN YOU REMEMBER TOM TULLY ALSO KEPT PIGS UP ON THESE ALOTMENTS COLLECTED THE SWILL FROM OUR END OF NETHERFIELD.
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Newark and its history goes back even further than expected.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67225452
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The photo is rather small, so this might help things a bit.
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I always liked that and still do. Had it as a 7 inch single.
Written by Cat Stevens.
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That particular song often features in those lists of "misheard lyrics" - She's a muscular boy.
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What's the thing with noise levels on heat source pumps ?
I knew about them being expensive, but hand't heard anything about noise.
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8 minutes ago, trogg said:
I will never drive into Nottingham again and I can see no sane reason for shopping there
I agree, and I've hardly ever driven into the city since I got a bus pass.
And you're right there's no sane reason for shopping there ...........because there are very few shops left to visit.
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That's one of my first ever posts - and this is probably the first time I've seen it for more than 10 years.
The good old days of Nottstalgia.
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I don't normally listen to RN, but I tested out of curiosity and it wasn't there on DAB; I got a message saying "Off Air".
However I could get Radio Leicester who are next along the wavelength.
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My mother died in a nursing home and on the day she passed away I was asked to go there and deal with a few formalities.
One unexpected thing which cropped up when I arrived was being asked 'Do you want to look at the body ?'. It took me by surprise because I hadn't expected it, but I said 'No'. Not because I was worried or freaked out or emotional, but simply because I couldn't think what I 'd do there.
I'd just look and nod and mumble around, and then say 'Ok, that's that then.'
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2 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:
Photos from that era do show enormous class sizes.
My infants school photos from the late 50s-early 60s shows many classes of 40 - 42 - 44 pupils. Nobody batted an eyelid at those numbers.
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I'm fascinated by the fact that people have a setup like that in their shed.
I wouldn't know where to start or what to do with it, but I'm impressed.
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I didn't watch it at the time, but I'll have a look on iPlayer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001s7r1/stacey-dooley-inside-the-undertakers
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4 hours ago, benjamin1945 said:
1960......What a year...left school...started Marsdens...bought all Cliff's records..(still got some)......Tuesday nights down Locarno...some great dancing as the floor undulated........other nights on George/Broad street? Coop club and more Dancing...Football on Thursdays and Sundays..Notts Corinthians (Redmayne and Todd) Thursday league and Coop Pathfinders Sunday league...plenty of dates..with girls in their 'Flat shoes'' and 'Flared skirts''.....lovely times...we thought they'd never end....we'd sing and Dance foreever and a day'' who sang that?..lol...
Something else from Cliff in the late 50s - a film from 1959 titled 'Serious Charge' which features Cliff's acting debut (before Summer Holiday & The Young Ones etc). It's been on Talking Pictures a couple of times and is a typical serious, meaningful film with a message for young people of the time. (i.e. it looks really dated now).
Its other claim to fame is that Cliff sings "Livin Doll' in it.
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Even Nadine Dorries has commented against Braverman.
I never dreamed I'd be in agreement with something she said.
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I suspect the introduction of Lineker into this thread may be connected with his comments on the Israeli-Palestine situation.
Mich Stevenson and the Lace Market
in Nottingham City Centre
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And next door to what was the County Tavern is the former Judge's Lodgings (and later County Archives). It's been abandoned and neglected for many years; not a good advert for the Lace Market.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XEZSj5quVCrsdjGN6