Cliff Ton

How it looked in the 1970s.

I think I vaguely remember it, although I might not be old enough. It was a "club" run by the Evening Post to get youngsters involved in the community by doing good deeds, such as helping old people, collecting unwanted items to donate to charity, or just being generally useful to those less fortunate than themselves. There obviously wasn't really anyone called Tinkerbell; a different journalist - whoever drew the short straw - would have written the column every day. If you haven't already done it, Google "Tinkerbell Nottingham Evening Post" and you will get several pages of results which e

When you look at the image in your Photobucket Library you should be seeing something like this, with four boxes down the right side. You click on the "IMG" line. Having clicked on that line, I go to the Nottstalgia page and right-click in the reply box. I then get something like this. There's no image visible, but the second line is the text copied from the Photobucket yellow box. When I click "Post" in the lower right corner, the image will appear in the post. Which of those stages isn't happening for you?

The pub in the photo at post #21 is the Earl Manvers. Is that what we are talking about? The thread is over 3 years old. The scene today has changed a bit. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.949946,-1.123949,3a,75y,116.83h,93.21t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sLsJcxejn_KyRp9QbH-P_rA!2e0?hl=en

See posts #87, 97 and 99. Then see if you can spot the difference. They've shuffled the concrete seating around a bit. I can't believe they are turning it into a major event.

In all my time as a kid, the strongest words I ever heard from any family or relatives were "flipping" and "blooming". That was their idea of really strong language. In those days it certainly seemed to be other people who did the swearing, not us.

Scary for the first few seconds; then you realise it's actually quite easy.

Swearing has always existed, presumably since language was invented; the only difference now is that it is more widely heard and known. A good example is old war films made in the 1940s and 50s. Nobody ever swears in those films, everybody speaks in polite Queen's english, grammatically correct with no lower-class accents….but does anybody believe that's how military personnel really spoke in WW2, with no swearing or dodgy language?!? That's one of the origins of the idea that swearing is worse now than it was in the past. It existed on the streets and in public places back then,

Although the place had closed down, you can still see some of the names on the building. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM002781&prevUrl= http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM002784&prevUrl=

People who swear a lot might think they sound angry or 'hard', but it actually comes out comical and stupid. We've all been walking through the city centre when you've overheard this type of conversation. I was f***ing walking down the f***ing street and this f***ing car came down the f***ing road and the f***ing idiot who was f***ing driving it nearly f***ing ran me over, so I f***ing yelled at him to f***ing look where he was f***ing going, and he just f***ing ignored me and f***ing carried on and f***ing nearly hit another f***ing car coming the other f***ing way. And his friend just loo

And if anyone doesn't understand that comment ..... http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9939&hl=pownall

I've just followed what you've said, and it works for me! When you right click on "Paste" you should see the the http identity appear in the Reply box. (You won't actually see the image at that stage, just the line of text).

Don't buy a car and then look for insurance. Look at insurance prices, then buy a car.

I hate to put my anorak on here.........but the 67 was a Clifton route, so I don't think that was your number

There are now several generations of people who have never known the concept of somebody serving you at petrol pumps.

Ford Street St Mary has cropped up a few times before. There are references to it here http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4404&page=3&hl=%2Bford+%2Bstreet+%2Bmary#entry249915 And here's a map of the area which I put in that thread.

Breck Hill Road in the 1950s. And Stephen Ford will tell us what the bus is.

Well done, rexyrex I've don't think I've ever seen one post answer so many questions and solve so many mysteries in one go !

I know where Freda is, but where is George? And possibly answering the original question..............see post #8 here http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11066&hl=%2Bdonkey+%2Bhill

True. Here's another which Pic the Past say is 1967. You can match these two blocks with the layout on the rear photo in #18. And on the extreme right of this picture, you can see the entrance steps which are shown on the earlier illustration.

And a few photos of it. This is a rear view from Windmill Lane And from the 1830s, looking at the front from Carlton Road.

Surprising how many of those places have survived. Nobody goes up those alleys because they don't lead anywhere; you have to turn round and come back out the same way. So people see you coming out of the alley and wonder what you've been up to in a dead-end.

50 years ago I was sitting on the floor at Greencroft Junior School, Clifton. I think most of us are in a school photo where everyone looks like this.

I think (not certain) this is what went up when the Mechanics came down. But it didn't last very long.

Here's a couple of photos, allegedly when it was a hotel. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM006562&prevUrl= http://images.francisfrith.com/c10/450/33/W437008.jpg As you cansee, it looks remarkably similar to the way it is now. Externally, there is almost no difference between the building as a hotel and the building as Rushcliffe offices.