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I agree with DaveN about celebrity endorsements. Why a footballer knows more about shampoo than you or I is beyond me. The latest Travelodge TV campaign with those bloody awful muppets is irritating the hell out of me at the moment. The female puppet is seriously deformed and has a mouth that is crying out for a thump. I wouldn't dream of hitting a real woman but that thing really needs it's head ripping off.

Lennon & McCartney

Hi FiftiesBoy, Sorry for he delay. I've only just seen your post. Yes I knew Gerald and Elizabeth Long. They were a couple of years younger than me and had an elder sister Nadeen. I think their dad had his own Electrical business. I lived at number 23 from 1950-61. I think the Longs were at number 35 Did you live on the drive or go to Beechdale Primary perhaps?

That's it exactly. Many thanks Cliff Ton it's an amazing view of my old school. I attended Beechdale Primary School from 1955-61. It closed a year or two later. The site is now a senior citizens complex called Foxton Gardens and is clearly visible on the satellite section of Google Maps. The original single story prefabs that feature in the shot had only just been errected. I lived on Elstree Drive but many of my school pals lived in those prefabs. Thanks again.

Thanks Cliff Ton. I remember the Ambergate Rd shops having metal framed windows just like the Orford Ave ones. Quite Deco really. The aerial shot is excellent. Thanks for posting it. A bit further to the right and you would be able to see my old school Beechdale Primary (mainly wooden huts) which was a former Ack Ack gun enplacement until the end of WWII. Can you weave your magic Cliff Ton?

Cliff Ton, when I first saw this picture I thought it was the shops on Ambergate Rd on the Beechdale Estate. It looks identical. My mum used to shop there in the late 40s and through into the 50s. The Beeroff was run by an elderly bloke called Oliver and my dad used to do a soda syphon swap there at Christmas. There was also a Co-Op around the corner on Ranmere Rd with a Chemist's attached. The Co-op has gone now. The Co-Op used to sell biscuits all neatly stacked in square tins with glass lids. They were weighed out into paper bags. I always wanted the fig rolls but my mum would never buy th

Whilst browsing Google maps the other day I spotted the Left Lion meeting point and on clicking discovered he’s now known as Leo. Now when I were a young lad gallivanting around Nottingham in search of a good time in the late 60s/early 70s, like all Nottingham folk we often used to arrange to meet people by the lion statues in front of The Council House. In those heady days of Shipstones & Home Ales and other brews drunk to the sounds of The Beatles & The Stones and other bands the lions were affectionately known as George & Fred. George was the left lion because he was on the G

Great pic of Lenos Cliff Ton although I remember it with a large canopy over the entrance. Went there a few times when I lived in Forest Fields in the 60s. The locals described it as a flea pit but it provided some good entertainment for a reasonable price for a hard up 13 year old. I remember seeing Morecambe & Wise in The Intelligence Men. I've got it on DVD and it still makes me laugh. I was thrown out once when an usherette was convinced I was about to throw an ice cream carton off the balcony (I wasn't) My mate's doctors was up the cul de sac where the lady with the pushchair is c

In my working life I've learned it's best not to blame anyone. Negotiations are always hindered by "finger pointing" As a school laboratory technician I too was employed and paid a very modest salary by Nottingham Council. I was much better remunerated when I joined Boots but later learned through my mates at college that Boots pay was well behind Raleigh and Players pay rates. Boots lab staff got ASTMS involved to try and get a better pay deal but nothing changed. Incidentally the ASTMS rep was Bill, later Baron Brett who went on to much bigger things. I had an interview with Players in th

These dark January mornings always remind me of the NCT strike in 1968. I was working as a school laboratory technician at Roland Green Bilateral in Wilford and had to get up early (for me anyway) to walk from home in Forest Fields. It wasn't much fun at all. I'd normally catch the 43 into town then walk across slab square to catch the no 40 outside the bank at the top of exchange walk. The walk took me about an hour or longer until I sorted out a lift with one of the teaching staff. I think the strike was over pay but I'm sure there are posters on here who can correct me if I'm wrong. I d

There was a Steeples on Radford Rd where my mum used to get my school shirts from. They had some trendy stuff as well. When the Beatles were just lifting off in 1963 they had a purple collarless "Beatle " jacket in the window which I wanted. When I finally nagged my mum in to buying it for me it had been sold but they also had a brown tweed one which she bought me instead. I only wore it a couple of times before it went out of fashion. In the early 60s I used to get my jeans from Stevensons opposite Lenos cinema. It was a very popular shop with all the young lads in the area. They were one of

As a youngster I was always intrigued by the Windmill Café sign which features in the photo. I posted about it a year or so back: http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12179&hl=windmill I think the little shop with the sun blind next to Singers is Mitsons hand made chocolates. It was also nice to be reminded about the name of the Chinese restaurant The Kong Nam which I used to visit regularly for lunch during my college day release days in the late 60s. They used to offer a great value 3 course meal which usually included a nice curry. I'm sure many other readers of these p

I also loved Johnny Morris as The Hot Chestnut Man Suggest you check out this brilliant website: http://www.turnipnet.com/whirligig/ Lots of the previously mentioned programmes (and some theme tunes) are detailed here including Shirley Abicair the previously mentioned Australian lady who played a zither. BTW it was Frankie Howerd who recorded Three Little Fishes )I was born in 1950 and loved Annette Mills and Muffin the Mule. I also enjoyed the TV dramas The Railway Children and The Silver Sword. I used to think Tim who drew Bengo was brilliant along with Spotty Dog in The Wooden T

The Golden Age of Children's Television by Geoff Tibballs I bought this book a few years back and absolutely love it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1852864079?keywords=golden%20age%20childrens&qid=1451258937&ref_=sr_1_2&s=books&sr=1-2 For 1p plus £2.80 postage it's a steal. It's one of the best books I've ever bought. Also available here: http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=golden+children%27s+television

I didn't warm to his political/peace stuff or a lot of his later music that was based on this ideology but when he was part of the Beatles he made a massive impact on me.

I have to assume the negative comments about John Lennon come from younger members of Nottstalgia. Anyone who grew up with the Beatles was completely gutted that day. A part of me died when I heard the news.

Tomorrow Never Knows was Lennon's baby. He'd been reading Timothy Leary et al's book about psychedelic experiences which was based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead. He was getting into LSD around this time and apparently read the book whilst tripping and came up with the lyrics. For the music Lennon wanted to reproduce the sound of a hundred Tibetan monks chanting and in the end George Martin finished up using tape loops and a Leslie speaker. The result was a quantum leap from anything The Beatles had done before. Love it or loathe it, it was certainly the start of Lennon's avant garde conv

I'm with you re the modern boy bands Firbeck. The Beatles performance of Hey Jude on The David Frost Show was outstanding. The audience participation at the end particularly. My wife has bought me 1+ for Christmas which has all the No1's remastered plus the cleaned up videos on Blu -ray. The Hey Jude performance is on there so I'm looking forward to seeing the restored version. Rubber Soul was an amazing album and was the start of their studio period. Revolver which followed in the summer of 1966 was also brilliant. George Harrison said in an interview that he viewed Rubber Soul and Revolv

There's an ad on Gold radio at the moment where a bloke strums his guitar and sings about Hive which is a system to control your central heating remotely using your mobile phone. I reckon he made the words up in about 5 minutes whilst sat on the toilet. There's a "rhyme" where he sings about being at the rugby whilst your house is nice and snuggly. Does my head in. Think it's started up on the TV now. Completely banal.

I worked in the Standards (later Quality Control) Labs in D10 Beeston from 1968-72. It was my second job after leaving school (Forest Fields) in 1966. All the management had to be addressed as Mr, Mrs or Dr by junior staff such as I. There was a holiday student who addressed my boss as Ken rather than Mr Rodgers and that caused a bit of a stir. I think the canteen /staff shop building at Beeston had an executive restaurant upstairs but I never visited. I think you had to have special permission if you were non management. When I started in 1968 I was introduced to a nice man called Mr Pegg w

My mum and dad used to buy quite a few bits of furniture from Baker & Plum on Derby Rd. My dad favoured the unpainted drawer units and cupboards because they were reasonably priced and you could paint them up to match your colour scheme.

Rubber Soul, The Beatles (in case you didn't know)

My first wife's parents had a caravan on Golden Sands Mablethorpe and I stayed there a few times in the early 70s. It was grim and nowhere near as lively as Skeggy. I haven't been to Skeg since 2010 but it was an enjoyable visit. The fish & chips near the beach were excellent. Some of Britain's run down seaside towns should take a leaf out of Illfracombe's book. That was crumbling away when I visited in 1990 but you should see it now (apart from the statue of the pregnant woman, Verity) With the increased threat of terrorism a lot more people will start to holiday in the UK again rather

I'm bet you glad you did. Issue No 1 changes hands for around £75 now. The Eagle was designed to have an "educational" content. I was given the first three Eagle annuals by my mum's friend. They belonged to her son who went to Nottingham High School and he was quite "brainy". A bit like you Chulla lol I enjoyed the annuals they certainly help to educate me. The cutaway drawings in the centre pages were brilliant. I'm sure many successful engineers began with The Eagle.

There were four titles in the "Told in Pictures" series. Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Oliver Twist and Robinson Crusoe all beautifully illustrated by Dudley Watkins. See: http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/auction-catalogues/keys-aylsham-salerooms/catalogue-id-srkey10075/lot-1d34d7ac-0247-49ed-950a-a49e00fbe68f All highly collectable especially with their dust wrappers.