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  1. Don't know much about tractors, but I have an abiding memory of Jarve Goddard using one when he was still actively managing the two fields opposite Southglade Road. That would probably be around 1952-4. What sticks in my mind is being fascinated by what I suppose was some sort of 'sight glass' attached to the side of the engine. Right side as seen from the driving seat I think.  In my memory it seemed to be filled with a greenish coloured liquid.  Oil?

    I thought agricultural diesel was red?  Maybe somebody here knows.

  2. And another thing!!  I know that the track wasn't fully removed until sometime around 1968/9, because I tripped over a rail or an old rail 'shoe' one night when rushing over the crossing to get down to the 360 Club for a DJ in session.

  3. Does the link go blue if you hover over it?

     

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/KdkMToFry1jZuipN9

     

     

    Any better?

     

    Anyway, the point is that someone has erected a sign at the former railway crossing near Gala Bingo/Southglade Road. One blue sign points to Southglade Sports Centre, the other to Hucknall.  That's fair enough.  Then below are two brown signs. One says 'The Railway line was dismantled sometime between 1940 and 1960.' , which is rubbish. At least a part of the line was still connecting Rigleys Engineering works to the BR network via Moorbridge until 1966. The other says 'The line ran for 6 miles from Daybrook to Newstead.  Which is also rubbish.

     

    The thing is Nottingham is home to one of the biggest sellers of books on railway history (Book Law Publications.. in Carlton I think.), who could quite possibly provide the correct info 'off the top of their heads'  Additionally, numerous enthusiasts, quite possibly including our own Fly could well recite the details to the exact day, if not the hour.

     

     

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  4. Not sure where to put this... ( Suggestions on a post card not required..)

     

    My Brother sent me this picture, which I assume is either at the former rail crossing by the Gala Bingo at the end of Southglade Rd. .. or at one of the other points where Hucknall Rd passes 'cuts' through the former Leen Valley line.

     

    https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipODaKQ6_xkAEILLSnrWrxdgX4DUYHZ6l5rirhSk

    Now I'm no expert, but even I know that the line closed in the 50s or 60s. But more importantly, this information, down to the exact day, if not the hour, will be known to any number of rail enthusiasts.  Very poor reasearch ( if any) by whoever wasted money on these signs.

  5. Still suffering with 'hives' here.  Going on 7 weeks solid now.

     

    I wake up with them and go to sleep with them.

     

    During the day I can keep them at bay a bit by keeping busy, but they're still there.

     

    I've tried numerous creams, lotions and potions. I've tried at least 4 Antihistamines, including what I'm told are the 'strongest'.

     

    Nothing has helped.

     

    Seen the Doc twice and am seeing him again next Tues, when I expect to be referred for specialist opinion.  Can't take much more of this.

     

    I itch all over, but mostly on arms, chest, hips and thighs.  Despite doing my damnedest not to scratch, I now have little scratches and scabs all over from scratching absent mindedly or in my sleep.  It's almost become normal.

     

    The hives and the itch aren't necessarily in the same place and the hives come and go 'by the minute'.

     

    Although neither me nor the Doc thought it was Scabies, with his agreement I've treated myself for them twice, a week apart, just to be sure.  No change.

     

    The only relief I get is short, cool/cold showers and wearing as little clothing as I can.. which is OK at home, but makes shopping a bit awkward.... :blink:

     

    I'm also getting odd little episodes of chills and joint/muscle pain, but not enough to be sure.

     

    And finally, I'm drinking more than I should because it's about the only way I can get any sleep.

     

    Oh.. also the antihistamines are increasing my appetite and I'm permanently starving..

     

    Blood tests showed no antibodies for pollen, foods, house dust etc.., but showed my Immunoglobulin type E, which is an indicator for allergic response, is raised ten times above normal.

     

    Clearly summat is 'at me', but so far nobody knows what.

     

    It's getting a bit tedious now...

     

     

  6. 3 hours ago, plantfit said:

    Terrible shame about the steel works,bad for Scunny and bad for the country and bad for the employees

     

    Rog

     

    It is indeed, though it doesn't seem like such a bad deal for the shareholders of the owning Co. (Greybull), who bought it for a quid  a couple of years ago and went to Govt. for a loan only last week because they were skint, but managed to invest £40million in a French steel company.

    Funny old world.

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  7. Spent a bit of time lurking around there about 1970/71.  Can't say I was impressed or otherwise by the town centre.  A lot of redevelopment made it a bit too much like a lot of other places I thought.  Not the character that Bulwell still has even now. Didn't have much to do with locals so can't really comment, but they didn't have two heads or owt.

     

    I remember visiting a pub with a disco but no licence for dancing, so this guy did a sort of John Peel, playing lots of rock stuff and giving his opinion on it, while everybody stood about trying not to dance along.  Weird. 

    In my head it was called the Everest, but I can find no reference to it, though all the streets round there are named after Everest type stuff and there was a 'Sherpa' pub at one time, so maybe I got it wrong.

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    Below should be a blurry phone pic of a Clematis.  It appeared as a seedling in an abandoned pot in a corner.  By some stroke of serendipity, it is very close to a large flowered hybrid calld 'John Warren', which I also brought here from Skelmersdale, but lost last year when I had to move it for some drain work. Flower obviously not fully open yet, but about hand sized when it is.  Also just added a couple of pics of the self seeded 'crossed' Aquilegias.

     

     

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  9. Hope you had a good birthday Phil.

     

    Went out today and bought three 'Outdoor Girl' Tomato plants.  She might well be an outdoor girl but she's going to need her fur coat the way the weather is shaping here.  I'm using grow bags made from two bags of B&Q compost I got for 20p each late last year. Stacked one atop 'tuther, obviously with a hole in top of the bottom one and the bottom of the top one.,  Tricky flipping the top one but worked OK.   Have looped strings underneath the bags and tied them to a horizontal pipe up on the wall, so I can grow them like vines if they live long enough.

     

    Also bought three or four Dahlias, an Achillea, a Geum, Erigeron, Penstemon, Sidalcea and Delphinium. all for filling up a perennial border.

     

    In 1972, I bought long spurred Aquilegia seeds and grew a dozen or so plants.  Brought some from Skelmersdale to Billinge and managed to keep them going until the last one died last year.  Not bad.. 47 years.  Meanwhile Mrs Col bought some of the blue  'common' Aquilegias, which have been going rampant despite my best efforts.  (Any that grow in the wrong place are quickly and silently 'despatched') They seem to have crossed with my large flowered ones so I've also now got assorted pink and white 'intermediate' plants, but I've bought some classy  Large Flowered Aquilegia seeds and will start them tomorrow. Also bought some Echinacea seeds.  Every plant I've bought had died, so I thought I'd try seeds and spread them around the garden to see where they are happiest.

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  10. Of course he isn't.  He's certainly on the left of the party and he's a socialist idealist, but he's working within a democratic pluralist system and not planning on overthrowing it. 

     

    All the ones making noises about overthrowing the system are on the far right.  That's what is so worrying.  We all know what happened that last time anybody succeeded with that in Europe.

     

    And to cap that we've got people here and throughout the country, who, when faced with facts about the far right plotters pushing for a no deal Brexit, are just sticking their fingers in their ears and going 'lalalalalala'.  Ask those same people to quote you one single verifiable benefit of leaving and they can't.

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  11. There is no British Communist party in the elections as far as I know.  The Greens will make a good showing, though I accept that may not translate in seats.  I'm voting Green because they are clearly pro Remain and their other policies are basically left of centre.

     

    I'm not voting Labour because the Labour leadership has ignored the party majority membership, who want at least a vote on any agreed deal, or anything up to and including a cancellation of Brexit.

     

    The whole point of this election from a UK and a Brexit point of view is that all parties will take messages from the results and the voter share. The best outcome for me would be a massive showing for any and all Remain parties.

  12. Yebbut.. we don't usually do that 'for a living', and we don't usually dig up our host's flower beds, c**p on them and kill their garden birds.  If we did, we'd soon be getting more than a splash from a water pistol! :aggressive:

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  13. OK. I'll try again.

     

    Cats are basically selfish animals.  Their only interest in humans is for the food and shelter provided.  In return for this they are willing to sit about looking pretty so long as they are in the mood.  If they aren't they'll soon let you know.   If you are lucky they will let you think they are showing affection, but what they are really doing is using you for warmth.

     

    There is a reason why we do not have Guide Cats, Rescue Cats, Police Cats, etc.  Because cats couldn't give a toss about us and have no emotional connection with us.  Only with the food and shelter.

     

    Now, I'm not blaming Cats for being the way they are.  They are basically wild animals that know a good thing when they see it and will accept the freebies, but on their terms.  It's a one way deal. It's no different to the way that Pigeons (formerly 'Rock Doves') assorted Gulls and other species, including Cockroaches and Fleas, have spotted an opportunity in our company.  And of course we've made this more likely by depleting or destroying their natural habitat.

     

    So.  We set out knowing full well that Cats are 'taking us for a ride'. Well that would be ok, and our choice, if it only affected us.  But we also know that our cats, unless strictly 'house cats', are going to spend much of their time wandering about being a bloody nuisance to the neighbours, digging up flower beds, leaving excrement that is definitely not 'fertiliser',  killing garden birds and constantly risking causing a fatal accident to human drivers by darting into the road.

     

    In other words, it's not just the cats that are being selfish.

     

    If I was to go into the wilds of Madagascar or somesuch and discover a previously unknown animal which behaved exactly like a cat, but looked like this:

     

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSI-SxwA4mm1T8e2wZ3DeF

     

    ..how long do you think it would be before letting it roam was banned?

     

     

     

     

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  14. 4 hours ago, PeverilPeril said:

    I really am getting distressed about our cats. Two sparrows in two days. I feel like a bird killer. We used to have a garden full of birds and loved watching them. Now the only birds I see here are dead ones. It is not an issue for discussion with Mrs PP - cats come first :(

     

    I'm afraid I don't share Mrs PPs view.  There was some discussion recently about making it a requirement that anyone running down a cat on the roads should be legally required to take all reasonable measures to find the cat and ensure it is cared for, or at least the owner informed.

     

    Now, I wouldn't deliberately harm any cat, dog or anything else other than recognised vermin, but I'll consider the above idea when cat owners take responsibility for the millions of birds killed annually by cats, and the damage and filth their cats cause on other people's proprerty.  Dog owners and no doubt the owners of all 'pets' with the exception of cats, are censured for allowing them to roam free and cause damage.  It seems cat owners are required to take no such responsibility.

     

    I see no reason why I should go to any expense whatever to prevent my neighbour's cats spoiling my garden.  The cat owner should take responsibility.

     

    I've had a discussion about the 'downsides' of both cat and dog ownership in the past and have only commented above due to the proposed new law on cats.  I'm not getting into further discussion on this topic.

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