MELTONSTILTON

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  1. Philip Woodhead, rings a distant bell, but I cannot remember his dad Frank......The only Frank I remember was Frank Peterson, who worked for BBC radio Nottingham, as a sound engineer.....
  2. For those interested in the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre redevelopment, here is a forum that has an interesting thread on the redevelopment ... And other articles about Nottingham, an architect friend sent me the link... http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=506432
  3. In the early 1980's Radcliffe on Trent golf club had an open day, both me and my father went to visit and were instructed on how to play the game, well my father liked golf a lot and took it up, but as for me, despite going several times to try to learn to play? I never was any good, and lost more balls than could afford, so I gave up and just enjoyed the offerings in the clubhouse bar, until my subscription ran out.
  4. Welcome to Nottstalgia Mick, I hope you'll enjoy it here
  5. Here's an interesting flikr page, about Barton's Buses, http://www.flickr.com/groups/1759402@N25/pool/
  6. My condolences, to you and your family. and to everyone who knew him..
  7. Am I odd ? I like snow, well you have to where I now live, halfway up a mountain and a short drive from a skiing centre, we have 5 months of it every year...
  8. In every religion there are those who are more fanatical than others, my wife describes herself as a devout catholic, and goes to church when ever she can, but she married me a nonbeliever, who was divorced and with her being younger than me, she uses contraception,
  9. Happy birthday, I hope you both enjoyed your day
  10. They are not pointless, Compo, I and others got some enjoyment from them, so they served for something
  11. I wonder what happened to the figure, above the door of the Old General on Radford Road, can anyone enlighten me?
  12. About getting to sleep again, mainly, but if that does not work, anything, and it can be anything....
  13. Congratulations, Lizzie? Keep up the good work..
  14. First marriage lasted 9 years, it ended when I want home a day early after being sent on a course, I arrived home early in the morning, and made my wife a pot of tea and took it upstairs, I found her in bed with another man, I said nothing, all I did was pour the hot tea over his genitalia and left the house...... Broad Marsh Second 25 years last September, and still going strong, to a French woman 15 years younger than me, I could not speak or understand French, ( I now speak and wright in French ) its good job she spoke fluent English, and I can honestly say never a crossed word, and we
  15. In the late 70s I liked Broad Marsh, but the last time I was in there, last May, I found it a bit rundown and it seemed almost abandoned, especially the first floor........
  16. MELTONSTILTON

    Ayup

    Welcome to Nottstalgia TBI,
  17. I was chucked out of that pub for throwing peanuts at a barmaid to attract her attention, not that I wanted a pint, it was because we were at school together and I just wanted to say hello,
  18. The only thing I find under our carpets, is dust...
  19. With over 100 online the other day, the forum must still be popular, I would prefer 1 good post to 30 that are just rubbish or that just repeats, of old ones.....
  20. I think one is also said in Lincolnshire, that's Watter for Water my parents both from lincs, pronounced water like that and also, my grandparents when I visited them