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Not having known about the new Pigole, I assumed that it was the Drury Hill one. The story I got a few weeks ago went along the lines that he with the sheepskin suggested to the barman that it was time they went back to London because something was 'going to happen'. He must have been clairvoyant because the place burnt down a few days' later.

If that was in '68, it must have been Drury Hill first and then Hockley.

Am I the only Nottingum expat.in Thailand? I know it's hard to leave the home town but at least on other native must have turned up here.

William sharp kids use to push us into privet hedges and throw our caps into gardens on our way home. Good to hear that the teachers gave them a thrashing from time to time.

Thank you. I suspect that some of my memories predate the births of some members here.

Thank you! I might have to find a different on though!

The market town near to us and the main city 20 minutes away are flooded. The rainy season had a late and heavy splurge and, on top of the rainwater, the government is treating everyone to discharges from the dam. I remember the floods in Matlock in the '50's when the Ladybower was given an anaema. Nothing compared with what is going on here. The local town has no mains water or electricity, as you might expect with up to two metres of water flowing through. We've now been treated in our village with a lack of fresh water because the pumping station is flooded. Our tank was half empty before w

Not the one I knew. I worked around the corner and walked past the door most days when Broad Marsh was a car park and my Moggie Minor was left there. Across the road was a secondhand book shop and a few doors away was a chromium plate works. The Pigole burned down according to the ex-barman so it may have moved. The impression I got, though, was that the owner returned to London after the fire.

It was either 1964 or 1965. Probably '64 because by '65 is was into The Boat, Brit and Albion.

Anyone remember Bruce Wells' Pigole Club in Drury Hill? I never went in but tried once. I was out on the town with my drinking and prowling buddy when another friend of his spotted us. He suggested that we went to the Pigole, saying that he helped Bruce out when there was some trouble and was given a free meal. So, off we trotted full of hope. As we stood down the step from the door a lady in a fur coat turned up. 'Hello Judy, said the new guy. She gave him a dirty look and said nothing. The door opened and a guy in a smart suit wedged his shoulders between the door posts, asked Judy who we w

I saw Long John Baldry at the Dancing Slipper on Bread & Lard Island once. He was in the crowd, towering obove it in fact, watching a jazz band. The girls were all over him. Little did they know his interests lay elsewhere.

14320. Funny what you remembers when so many things are forgotten.

'He's got the cheek of Lambley Jack' was said frequently in our house. I've never heard of Spring-heeled Jack. For some reason the Lambley jack saying always brings to mind another one: 'She's gorra mairth like a parish uvven'.

My mother had several subtle ways to tell me that I was annoying her. 'Yud mek a saint swear.' 'One day I'll swing fer yer.' 'I'll end up in Mapperley' And a few others that I'm too tired to recall at the moment.

I already went to Change Avatar and there's no entry to change! I've got to sort that out. The pic. might give the wrong idea! Admin., please dig into by profile and help. Ta! I'll start to post some memories of good old Nottingum tomorrow. Our local town is up to two metres in flood water because the rainy season has gone into extra time with a vengeance and some joker opens the dam in the mountains every night. My wife's home village is cut off too. We've spent some hours today oggling the flood, taking pics. and floating around in army boats checking on friends and family. I'm too cream cr

Help! How did that avatar image get there? It's an image of someone modelling my wife's silk and it's in a folder in my computer. Geez, it's the last thing I'd select for my avatar!!! How do I get rid of it? I can't find it in my profile settings.

Hi from a Nottingham born and bred expat. I've only just found this board and, having read some of the posts, just had to apply to join. The memories, humour and reminders of a unique accent that I sometimes struggle to recapture have drawn me in. How did I stumble across this little gem? Sometimes I Google names from past and present to see what comes up. With a little embarrassment, I confess that I Googled 'Amber Vandella'. Why should I be embarrassed, though, when you guys actually posted about her? When I was a nipper we drove often by that junction of Alfreton Road and Gregory Boulevar