[What things have 'improved' in Nottingham?]

We now have women train drivers
A womans right to choo choos

[You learn something new everyday]

No:
They made a mistake they were really trying to land in Tibet

 

[You learn something new everyday]

On 12/6/2018 at 10:07 AM, philmayfield said:

Can’t see what the fuss is about sprouts. We had them twice last week. Cooked al dente of course!

Also known as farty balls

 

[Demolished Memories]

Mandalay Street where George Brough was born there's a blue plaque 

 

[The Nottingham Suburban Railway]

There is a facebook page "Nottingham Suburban Railway"

[Things you don't see anymore]

On 10/17/2018 at 8:35 PM, LizzieM said:

Spotted in an hotel lobby in Spain last week.  Not seen one of these machines for a few years over here but remember years ago they were positioned outside newsagents/tobacconists shops.   Now all the cigarettes are hidden away in cupboards behind shop counters.   

You need a bank loan to buy a packet of fags these days

[Things you don't see anymore]

On 9/20/2018 at 8:47 PM, LizzieM said:

Wish I’d looked under the mattress a few years ago ........ these went out of circulation 4 years ago! 

The bank wqill still change them IF they're real

[Things you don't see anymore]

On 9/20/2018 at 9:54 AM, Compo said:

Here's summat as we might have still been seeing if Germany had won the war. Christmas decorations sent to the occupying forces in Norway during WWII:

 

 thought Hitler only had one

 

[From the Castle.....]

7 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:

Vomitoria could be a character from 'Up Pompeii'.

Vimto is an anagram of vomit

[Life's mysteries.]

12 hours ago, Compo said:

It is a well-known fact that all washing machines are connected by invisible worm-holes through space. So I would be grateful if everyone out there could check theirs and let me have my sock back next time we meet. Thank you.

 I have an "odd sock" drawer

[Things you can't stop yourself doing]

Spoons Bulwell I do enjoy the "nine o'clock stampede when I pay a visit

 

[Things you can't stop yourself doing]

5 hours ago, Compo said:

 

 

They are not allowed to start serving in Scotland until 11am, Bubblewrap .

That's OK by me I don't drink before 12 o'clock (usually) anyway

[Pub query]

I always call The Hand & Heart the "TARDIS" pub

 

[This is VERY rude!]

My 70th is rapidly approaching (February next) and I am finding the floor is further down than it used to be
And I almost forgot happy birthday mate

 

[Watson Fothergill's Home on Mapperley Road]

To reside you must be alive
 

[Watson Fothergill's Home on Mapperley Road]

Watson Fothergill was listed in Kelly's directory of 1891 as living at 7 Mapperley Road

[Watson Fothergill's Home on Mapperley Road]

I think all remaining Warson Fothergill buildings are listed

 

[How's your day?]

 

[Farrands, Marsdens, Maypole, Dewhurst, VG, Vernons, etc]

Benjamin's problem is everyone knows him? 

[Lost Railway Stations Around Nottinghsm]

This book is quite useful
British Railways
Pre-Grouping
Atlas & Gazetteer
Published by Ian Allan

[A few random photos - 6]

Proper Shipstones now brewed at the Fox & Crown Church Street Old Basford
There are other beers carrying the Shipstones label too they're quite good & cheap(ish)

[Old Streets of Nottingham]

1985/6 i think Bubble

Thank you Benjamin just down the road from where I now live

 

[Old Streets of Nottingham]

The Northern Baths is now indeed a church
Nice clean living people? 

[Old Streets of Nottingham]

When were the Basford tower blocks demolished?

[Old Streets of Nottingham]

The front of the Northern Baths looks very tidy too