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I've heard the local yobs talking about 'popping'. Any ideas please? By the way, I started life with nothing - and I still have most of it left!

carni: Thanks for the reply gal. I also find reading of old times in Nottingham engrossing. There are many books of old Nottingham available at the Council Info office for sale - I think you might e tempted when you see them - I was. TTFN midduck!

I peruse a book titled simply - Nottingham 'Trolleybuses' which I bought from the Nottingham Information Centre in the Council House. It cost over £30 years ago, don't know what it costs today - but it is excellent. Over 300 large pages, thousands of photos of Nottingham Trolleybuses, and so much hisorical detail about them! Anyone interested in Nottingham Trolleybuses, I can recommend it. Cheers.

My sister and brother-in-law lived in Aussie for several years - then returned to Nottingham. Apparently they tried to speak over there with an Australian accent to fit it. When they returned they insisted they had not got an Aussie accent - but they had. Over the years they have lost it again.

​Quiet right Sir, that's me motto Plantfit, loosely translated. I took it from me RAOB GLE days. Gave a good day - TTFN

As wot Lional Bart wrote in 1960: Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be

Just finishing 'Stalingrad' by Antony Beevor, again. Next one ready to read is 'Sir David Jason My Story' All this reading started with the 'Hotspur' yer know!

I recall an 'Elmo' supermarket on Radford Road. It was bought out by Tesco, and I worked there for a week or so. And many many years earlier, I worked at the J Farrands grocery store further up towards Bentinct Road on the same side. This was part of the Marsdens Stores empire. Ah memories - ain't they good! TTFN

Curried baked beans, potato pancakes, beetroot and two bbq chicken legs - with a string cuppa tea, followed by a lemon yoghurt. Then me medications. Aurevoir... arevuar,,, aere... TTFN.

I lived in Brookfield Place off Derwent Street as a lad. The terraced railway owned house was 6ft from the railway viaduct carrying trains to Victoria station - with Arkwright Street station just above my bedroom window. When the loco's stopped at the platform, they spat out burning ashes and soot, down into the yard, toilets and coal-houses. Many a time a neighbour would rush up to me clouting me over the head - I had to wait until they finished to find out if the engines hot ashes had again set me hair on fire, or if I'd done something wrong! At night, as the London expresses belted pass

Responding to #9&10: Tobys was a little too expensive for for me to do any shopping there I'm afraid. I shared the feeling of nervousness with all the crockey, china and delicate ornaments within reach of me, as I often wandered around the store, fascinated by displays, and failing to get up the nerve to ask a gal with Juliet on her name tag for a date. Ah well,,,

That's him thanks! Well remembered Colly. He was a deadly shot with the blackboard rubber wont he?

Any of our clan remember the Co-op staff canteen on Meadow Lane? By gum it wer good un cheap and massive portions too! I did a few stints of working there in the 60's, in the mobile shops. Started work about 0500hrs loading groceries/greengrocery into the mobile shop. Never had I worked so fast, to get it all done - and get in the canteen for 0700hrs for me massive bacon and tomato cob (more like a loaf really) and big mug of good strong tea! Mmmm... Great!

Brought some memories back this post did. Mr Chalkley (Science), Webb (Tech drawing), Baines (Headmaster), Spencer (History), Williams (RI & Music), Curry (RI), Medley or Smedley (English?), Simons (Art), Piggy Roberts (Woodwork), Marmaniac (Metalwork), the tall teacher who took maths and gave the cane in front of the school? 1959 to 1962. Anyone help with names of the other teachers.... oh yes, the suitable named Mr Atlas (physical jerks).

Re #25: I recall the old NCS reopening the small closed down food shops under the name of KrazyKuts (or something similar). I worked for a few days on relief at the one on Hartley Road. Almost opposite the cinema. It was hard not to ask the customers for their divi-number when serving them. The range of foods was cheaper, but much more limited. The manager at the time, found a first world war German helmet in the loft... after the roof fell in. Rough and ready there. I had to go down in the cellar to stoke the boiler for heating. They still sold the Wheatsheaf bread, Pelaw soaps etc, a l

You're right methinks. Nottingham Trolleybus system opened on 10 April 1927! An error no doubt, sorry about that. Perhaps it should have been 1929?

GIGA, you are not alone! My first car was a brown Robin Reliant. I got it cause I could drive it with my motorbike licence. Loved it to bits, and drove it for several years, unitl a young lassie caught me attention, and felt the need to upgrade to a bigger car, to allow for youthful activities that were developing within me. Don't laugh - I swapped it for a Skoda Estelle (A right load of crap). After I'd had it for a few weeks, I was driving (stuttering really) along Edwards Lane and it dawned on me that I had not got a full licence! Oh deary me. Booked in for a test, got one quickly luck

Cheers GIGA NOTTSALGIAN midduck. Getting into it a bit now, perusing fings yer know. cheers.

A photo gallery of the same Nottingham areas from different years. I hope it is alright to put this link to my Facebook on here? https://www.facebook.com/gerry.chambers1/media_set?set=a.169636861

By gum more memories prompted here. I one played (as late substitute/replacement) in an NCS Butchery footy-match against 'Wigfalls' (Radio & Electrical) on one of those pitches. We lost 3-0, I broke an ankle, and had me wallet stolen that day. Indeed my happiest period at the Co-op, was at the Greengrocery and Wet Fish store on the corner of Nuthall Road. A rare sucess for me, as I got the sales up 40% - then got demoted to the Food Hall in Co-op House when they opened the Bulwell superstore, and sales forced the closure of all the three stores on that site. Huh! All th

Mega Nottstalgian: I finished my career with the GNCS at the Food Hall in Co-op House, having had a few stints there in the 60's. The trade fallen off so much, and it was hard work making the place pay. Thanks very much for the welcome Sir - I hope to contribute regularly, time and the arthritis allowing of course. I love reading and hearing of others experiences of Nottingham. Take care all.

Ah, the good old Co-op! I worked for them for years, 23 of 'em from about 1962. I still (as will so any others) remember me 'Dividend Number'. When they went from Nottingham Cooperative Society to Greater Nottingham Cooperative society, they started to build the food superstores - and yet they had still not paid off their loan to the CWS for financing Bracebridge Drive and Coop house - but they loaned even more for the new stores. I worked as errand lad, working up to store manager, and remember the old counter stores where we had to wrap 28lb blocks of lard, 60lb tubs of Danish butter, ch