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I love Bernard Cribbins. My dad was called Fred so “Right said Fred” was very popular in our house in the 60s. I used to love him in the TV ad for Hornby trains too. BTW did you know that Gossip Calypso was written by Trevor Peacock? Trevor is probably better known as Jim (no,no,no) Trott in The Vicar of Dibley. He also wrote “Mrs Brown you've got a Lovely Daughter” for Herman’s Hermits. Check out his Wiki entry and you'll see he wrote a lot of stuff in the early 60s before turning to acting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Peacock Sadly he's now in a nursing home with a

Doug Hallet arrived to replace John Hancox who had become the new head when Oliver Barnett retired in 1965. He was called Batman because his black gown used to billow behind him like Batman's cape.

Tim, I lived on Russell Rd 1961-72 and the shop you refer to on Berridge Rd was a television repair shop around 1966/7.I'm sorry I don't remember what it was before but it was a proper shop with living accommodation rather than a conversion. I also have a electronic copy of Kelly's Directory of Nottingham and West Bridgford for 1953 and 189 Berridge Rd is listed as a hairdressing business run by your relative Walter Knight. That gets you a bit more up to date. Hope it helps.

For my 14th birthday in August 1964 my older sister Marion took me to The Odeon in Nottingham to see The Beatles in “A Hard Days Night”. I'd started listening to The Fabs when Marion brought home their first LP “Please Please Me” in the autumn of 1963, then in December she went out and bought “With The Beatles” and I was hooked. In August the following year my mum and dad bought me my first electric guitar from Jack Brentnall's. Their shop was next door to the old County Hotel and they had some amazing guitars. Mine was a cheap Japanese import called a Freshman. It cost 14 guineas and I plugge

I think the Radfords will sell up if the next managerial appointment doesn't perform. Sky bet currently has Paul Heckingbottom installed as favourite

Time to ignite (sorry) this thread again as November 5th looms. I guess the big bonfire event on The Forest is cancelled this year due to COVID. I took the family a couple of years back and was thoroughly unimpressed. The traffic was horrendous and it took me ages to find a parking space. I also thought the funfair was tacky so although I've always loved Bonfire Night. I drove back home to Daventry feeling quite fed up. Back in the early 60s when I lived on Russell Rd the scouts used to have a decent bonfire on the Forest. IIRC it was down in the corner where Noel St. meets Gregor

I didn't like him at first either but he did grow on me over time.

Hughton is an excellent manager and if left to it should get Forest on an upward trajectory. Unfortunately Zorba has a track record of interfering. Let’s hope he's learned that keeping a low profile is the best thing for the owner of a football club.

Happy days Oztalgian. Yes Johnny Morris was the Hot Chestnut Man. He was on BBC Children’s TV in the early 60s. I tried very hard to make a “winter warmer” using an empty, perforated Lyles Golden Syrup tin using fence wire as you described but failed miserably. I think I even went and pinched some glowing coals off the open fire in our lounge but still couldn't get it to work. Shame. I loved the fires my dad and I used to have in our garden in the 50s. He used to get sawn logs from work which we would burn in the house and garden. A very nostalgic smell which contributes to my enjoym

I got the fire pit going this afternoon and roasted some chestnuts in the brass gizmo my dear wife bought me last year. It's made totally of brass and consists of a hinged and perforated container fixed to an arm about about two foot long. Looking at its construction makes me think it could be Victorian. Whatever, it’s a big improvement on the biscuit tin and bent coat hanger I used to use. The results were brilliant. After a few minutes the charred outer of the nuts cracked off easily to reveal the dark yellow roasted nut within. Delicious. Who else enjoys roasted chestnuts? Remember Johnny M

Phil, my wife is a very competent dancer having attended a performing arts academy in Coventry called Pattison College. She didn’t pursue it as a career becoming a teacher instead. I for that matter can't dance to save my life which has caused much debate and argument during our 31 years of marriage. I will only venture onto the dance floor if I'm very well oiled and have lost all my inhibitions. When I'm stone cold sober I'm extremely conscious that I look a complete pillock when I attempt to dance. I'm a competent musician so I don't or shouldn’t have a problem with rhythm but dancing and me

Phil and Beekay do you remember the Cavaliers and Roundheads we used to joke about in the boy's changing rooms at school? Sorry Jill someone else will need to explain if you’re confused.

Slightly off topic but I loved Al Jolson. My mum took me to see Larry Parks in The Jolson story when I were a kid. She also told me she saw Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer at The Apollo on Berridge Road. I think it was the first “Talkie”. Wiki says it was released in 1927 so she was 9.

IIRC back in the 50s I was given a shilling by an uncle when he visited and I spent it all on 48 Black Jacks. This PC nonsense does my head in and a dare say quite a few black people think it's gone too far too. Wasn't there a dance in the 20s called the Black Bottom? Perhaps the creator should have called it the white arse. Back to Black Jacks. The packaging was redesigned a few years back to remove the golliwog images. Am I even allowed to say that these days?

Back to sweets of old. I bought some Black Jacks last week and find the product development people have been dabbling with the recipe again. The aniseed flavouring is hardly discernible any more. Whatever test/trial methodology they used to validate the change, it's failed miserably. The current product is light years away from the original I enjoyed as a school kid in the 50s and 60s. Almost certainly the recipe change is driven by the need to cut costs but sorry to say the product is now screwed. I fully expect it to disappear off the shelves as older consumers at least will be less tha

A quick update for interested parties. I've recently acquired a CD of Kelly's Directory of Nottingham and West Bridgford 1953 and what a delightful read it is. I've found so many old relatives, friends, acquaintances and shops from my youth in the 50s and 60s. Copies are still on sale on eBay for £6.99. I thoroughly recommend it and no, I'm not on commission lol.

Yes mary1947 it was a very popular tv ad here in the early seventies. The New Seekers also recorded a version. https://youtu.be/ib-Qiyklq-Q https://youtu.be/ZWKznrEjJK4

Katyjay, Strange drink. They used to sell it in McDonalds in the UK but it never caught on so they dropped it. I know exactly what you mean about Germoline. It never appealed to me I have to say.

Nonna, cleaning bronze coins in Coca Cola is usually accompanied by the phrase “ just imagine what it does to your stomach”. The cleaning properties of Coke are down to the inclusion of phosphoric acid in the drink. However the acidity in the stomach is much higher due to the presence of hydrochloric acid. Incidentally phosphoric acid is also used as a palatant in the coating of dry cat food.

I've always loved Coca Cola ever since I first tasted it in 1963 as 13 year old on holiday. I've come across lots of people who are very anti Coke either because it contains loads of sugar or caffeine or phosphoric acid all of which contribute to it's unique and IMHO delicious taste.Then there are those who dislike it because it's manufactured by an American based multinational company (these people usually hate McDonalds too which I by the way think is also delicious). I expect lots of foodies to come on here and tell us how awful it tastes and how bad it is for you but again IMHO I

Fantastic film. As Beekay spotted it was Goose Fair 1965. The Lord Mayor was William Derbyshire with his distinctive handlebar moustache. The Flying Horse, The Newton building, The Old Salutation, Burtons.So many memories of my teenage years in Nottingham. Just needed The Grosvenor to complete the list. Checkout https://www.macearchive.org/nottingham-film-1920-1980 Christmas is coming and this would make a wonderful gift.

Back in 2018 TBI wrote: Since the advent of nouvelle cuisine and celebrity chefs we've a cultivated a breed of pretentious foodies. I think a lot of it is just like the "Emperors New Clothes". At one time you used to go out to a decent restaurant and have a quality meal - preferably something which would be more elaborate than you would cook at home without all the faff that went with that. Now we've got 10 course "tasting menus". Can you really satisfy a hearty appetite with microscopic portions of God knows what on the plate? I used to eat out a lot, especially when I was in busi

I thought both Forest and Derby were going to do well this season but they've both started very badly. It's still early doors I know but worrying times nonetheless.

You've got a '64 Strat? Wow. Where did you pick that up? I hope you're well insured.

Serious answer is price/wood/ number of frets. But I guess there's a joke coming up which I haven't heard so please put me out my misery and hit me with the punchline.