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Choked on those a few times. I believe the idea was to bite the ends off the hollow liquorice tube and suck up the sherbet. Problem was it took quite a suck to get it going and when you sucked hard the sherbet would hit the back of your throat before entering your lungs whereupon it would nearly suffocate you lol. Safer just to dip the liquorice stick in methinks. Talking of the safety of sweets my friend managed to get a giant gobstopper stuck in his mouth trapped behind his teeth. I think his mum had to prise his mouth open to flick it out.

Anybody remember a sweet called Chocoos? We used to buy them on Berridge Rd. when I was at school in the early 60s. They were small brown nibs and made from sugar and cocoa. They were sold loose out a jar. I think they were 6d a quarter but were a poor substitute for real chocolate. On reflection they didn't taste great but you seemed to get a lot for your 6d

Bit of a late reply I'm afraid FLY2 but on the subject of Callard & Bowser I remember buying a Callard & Bowser selection box in the mid 60s in the run up to Christmas. It contained a pack of each of their products including liquorice toffee in a black packet and an almond toffee called Plain Jane in a pink packet.

Re: post #99 Hi Keith, I've sent you a message. To read it you need to be signed in and then click on the envelope in the top right corner. Regards Mess (Ian C)

Hi Hobson, I'm still alive and kicking. I don't think you ever "miss the bus" on Nottstalgia. Many of the members, me included, regularly monitor the new posts on this site. I guess I must be the Messy you recall from your days at FFGS. I certainty don't recall anyone else with the nickname. Fame (or is it infamy?) at last. I was there 1961-66 and remember how readily Ollie Barnett and Mr Hancock meted out canings. I didn't know Ollie also used the strap. He'd probably broke his cane on some other poor victim that day. Running and vaulting down those stairs was f

As posted on another thread, I was the science technician at Roland Green 1966-68. Stan Reid was my boss. I thought Sue Best taught maths too. I remember she was a pretty blonde lady fancied by many of the lads. The girls heart throb was Mick Combes another blond who taught PE. He rode a motorbike and was also quite handy on electric guitar. I knew Mick when he was at Forest Fields in the early 60s. He was an outstanding sportsman then.

Great link TBI There's a reference to freshly roasted peanuts on that site but I've not found any pictures yet. I've just remembered another Woolies innovation. The store on Radford Rd Hyson Green were selling soft white bread rolls in the early 60s that were actually called "Softies" They were very popular because most bread rolls at the time were crusty and quite hard.

That's the one Cliff Ton However I can't see the ice cream at the front of the store

I'm thinking of the big one near Carrington St.

I think I remember seeing a pink one late one Saturday night as I staggered out The Flying Horse after a very heavy night

Probably escaped from Wombwell's Menagerie at Goose Fair in the Market Square.

Who remembers the hot roast peanuts that Woolies sold? The lady server wore a white hat and overall with the letter W embroided in red and she used a little metal scoop to transfer the warm nuts from a glass case. The white bag she put them in became transparent with the oil from the nuts. Think there were other nuts available too Near the entrance was an ice cream machine that dispensed soft whippy. This was well before Mr Whippy vans. In front of the machine was a fat tubular chrome barrier that you stood behind whilst being served. Don't think 99s had been thought of then.

No, I agree with loppylugs it's a Tesco shopping trolley IIRC you only had to put a farthing in the slot to release it

Jig toys One of my favourite cereal freebies along with the Sugar Puffs racing cars in the 1950s

I'm very proud and happy to be classed as "old school" these days

Along with Jimmy Carr, Graham Norton, Johnathon Woss, Boy George, Jo Brand and the most obnoxious turd to walk the planet Russell Brand (they've got to be related somehow) Come the revolution these excuses for celebs/stars would be the first against the wall. I'm just an old fart now but went to bed a happy man after watching Tommy Cooper last night. He would surely have had a knighthood by now had he lived.

The Bofors anti-aircraft gun in Beechdale was located at what has now become Foxton Gardens a retirement complex. When it was decommissioned at the end of WWII the site and associated brick building and huts became my first school Beechdale Primary School. Nearly all the under 11 kids from the surrounding prefabs went there until it closed in 1961 CliffTon posted an aerial view of the old school a while back

Yes This was the accessory shop

That looks like the place I guess the guy was a regular customer. He looks a bit of a tosser with his hand in his pocket.

Not sure I am I've got four kids and I was always crap at art

Back in 1963 my friend and I used to go ten pin bowling on Saturday mornings at the newly opened Excel Bowl on Barker Gate. We'd take a 43 trolley bus into town for 3d then walk up Pelham St spending some time in Beecrofts then take a walk down Hockley to the bowling alley. About half way down Hockley on the right was a chemist shop with the whole front window display devoted to Durex Family Planning products. In the early 60s Durex came in maroon and cream paper square envelopes and the whole Durex range was on display. It was rather intimidating for a 13 year old lad like me trying

I think Sara Neville and her brother were also at Forest Fields Grammar School for a while around that time

Interesting and sorry to be contrary but I'm pretty confident Noel St was originally built as a swimming baths The picture on PTP I referred to earlier showing it boarded over might well have been how it was adapted for use as a roller skating rink but I find it hard to believe that was its original use

I was at Forest Fields Grammar School on Stanley Rd 1961-6 and they made great use of Noel St swimming baths as part their PE activities. I lived on Russell Rd and often went there on Saturdays too but the real bonus was that one evening a week Players social club used to use it. I had a school friend called Trevor Clarke who lived at the top of Noel St near the baths and both his parents worked for Players so Trevor and I used to get in for free that evening. It helped Trevor become an excellent swimmer. Remember getting "crinkly" hands and smelling of Domestos like it was yesterday

I think that was the original wash house Ian Or it may have been the public baths like they had at Radford