Trickymicky

Signage used immediately prior to that one shown used to say Bicycles Mopeds Tricycles.

http://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1964/index.htm

Raleigh made little tricycles for kids and miniature bicycles, i would imagine this is what the toys reference is.

Does anyone remember Widdowsons Garage on Wollaton Road near Raleigh Island ?. They had a restored motorbike in the front window for years. I bought it. It was a BSA A7SS, 500cc. It was a lovely bike,in metalic green, but the sunlight had faded the side in the window so it looked a bit odd.

PP It seems that Greenwood and Notman ( Manton ) were the same company at one time. http://fetha-lite.co.uk/history

A bit further up on Radford Road, just below the junction where radford road and southey street meet was Reddishes' Butchers. Think they had other shops as well.

A Dentist with a practice in Southwell had the registration number 6 GOB on his car.

Sorry for that post at #21. I tried to remove it shortly after without success.

"Emerging evidence indicates that the 28 year old copilot who crashed a Germanwings flight this week had converted to Islam, and had stayed at the same mosque which radicalized Mohammed Atta from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center"

The icing on the cake would be if the BBC were to sue Clarkson for the huge losses of income they will incur due to his misbehavior.

The Pulman at Widmerpool is up for sale. It was originally called The Schooner. I had some great times there back in the '70's and 80's.I Mind you, i saw one or two nasty accidents just after closing time just up the road at the junction with the Melton Road. Sad to see what was a thriving pub closed though.

I wonder if he was connected to Cottee and Edwards, another Nottingham garage, although i believe the owner was John Cottee, who lived at Wysall. A friend of mine in Newark has had a Ford Anglia since new, which was supplied by Hooleys. The registration plates always had a distinctive letter H in the middle,,between the numbers and letters.

Sos sandwiches at the mill were lovely. Used to go in the NCT staff canteens in town and the meadows. They were cheap, probably subsidised, likely meant for staff only,but nobody ever said owt.

The Syerston crash has always interested me. The most surprising thing for me though, is that despite the deaths and carnage, apparently, the show was not abandoned and carried on.

There's enough misery out there without being force fed it. I stopped my kids watching East enders when they were growing up because i didn't think it appropriate. Didn't go down well, too bad. I'm sure it has influenced the easily led without them realising it.

#149 We used to have an Austin A30 with those indicator arms. Think they were called semaphores. Sometimes they would jam and someone inside the car had to thump the back of it from inside to get it to work.

# 209 Yes, The minimum age went up from 16 to 17 during December 1971. Pretty sure Peter bottomley had something to do with it.

#205 I was a little less fortunate. I had a Triumph Tiger Cub and all the gear ready for my 16th birthday. Had even sent for and got my driving licence 2 months before my birthday, like you could in those days. Then 2 days before my 16th, the lousy government raised the age to 17 and made my licence invalid. Mind you, i'd already been going out on it after dark since i was 15. I'd nip out on it round the villages straight after school and get back before mum got in from Players where she worked. She could never understand why i always looked so cold.

#13 THE SCOUT CAMP . The Scout Camp, July 25-August 2, was spent at Lady Carnarvon's Scout Cottage, Kneeton, Nottingham, situated in a pleasant spot near the Trent. Two officers and twentytwo scouts formed a fairly satisfactory number to attend camp, and the week was, on the whole, a great success. That was 1916

#180 There was a blue star garage on trent bridge at the start of London Road. Later it became a Texaco filling station, i think. I remember buying a batttery for my mini there in the '70's. It seemed a big deal then, saving up for a new battery. Blue star ones had a good reputation. I managed to get a higher capacity one intended for a Rover 2000 to fit. It outlived the car.

The garage just across the traffic lights on Hucknall road that usually had a selection of trials bikes was John Ward Garages. John died a couple of years ago. He was the brother of Mike Ward, who owned another garage- Wards of Daybrook, until relocating to Minster Garage at Southwell quite a few years ago now. Another place that used to sell off road motorbikes when we were kids was Ken Pritchard Motors, on a little side street just off Arkwright Street, near Brearley Smith;s shop. Ken relocated to the MG centre on Daleside road when the area was developed.

My step dad had a long stay at Harlow Wood. Apparently every evening without fail every patient was given a bottle of beer (Mackeson) to aid their recovery.

Peter Taylor used to live in the next village to me and we regularly passed,going in opposite directions. He had a top of the range Ford, if i remember correctly. What i do remember though is his facial expression, always very grim indeed.

Perhaps some of these closures will be filled by the discounters, Aldi and LIDL in due course. Its worth remembering that the big supermarkets are having a bad time because they have been "found out" and are now having to offer good value to survive. As soon as they regain their market share, they will, no doubt increase prices again.

Thats him. He was a nice chap from memory, and didnt play any of those cruel tricks on us apprentices, like sending us to the stores for a bucket of sparks, or some sky hooks..