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Ayup gang,
Does anyone remember which secondary school served the Dunkirk area, please?
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Thinking of losing great people to that scyth carrying horseman, DEATH, one really great man, who died a couple of years ago, was David Bellamy. I met him twice and found him approachable and a joy to talk to.The first time I met him I had been on a conservation tree planting fortnight on the Inner Hebrides island of Rhum. It was late winter and I had driven down from the ferry without stopping in order to get to his talk in the Lake District that same evening. My girlfriend of the time and myself sat in his audience looking like a pair of tramps when his talk turned to "Armchair conservationists". He was quite scathing of those able bodied folk who claim to be eco warriors but never leave the comfort of their armchairs. He then pointed at us and asked us to stand. He knew from our brief chat before the talk that we had just come off the ferry and pointed us out to the entire audience of a couple of hundred people. He told them that this is what a conservationist looks like - not all suit and tie. He then went on to ask everyone to make an effort to be more active. The amazing thing is that he did it in such a way that everyone applauded him, enthhusiastically. What a man he was!The second occasion was when he came all the way up to Caithness to address a meeting to speak against the exploitation of peat bogs for the prupose of laying tens of thousands of tons of concrete foundations for industrial wind farms. He made a really good case and since then the idea of preserving northen blanket bogs has been put to UNESCO and is in the process of becoming world heritage staus, which hopefully will protect what is left of the bogs.
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Does anyone remember the bus stop at the Market Square (Trolley bus I think), adjacent to Queen Victoria's statue, being called "Queen Victoria"? I seem to rememebr, as a child, asking for a ticket to Victoria and being asked by the conductor "Station or Statue?", although the statue had gone by then.
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Does anyone remember or have information about a crisp factory in Daybrook. It was still operating in the 1950s as far as I remember. It was on a lane , possibly Morley Street. My mother used to refer to the crisp factory as "Crookie Crisps".
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1. When in the Cubs I attended an annual Nottinghamshire Cub meet at Bestwood Hall army camp. I Forget whether it was 1959 or 1960 but at that meet we were told to bring a sleeping bag for camping in Scout tents. Mine was made from ex-army blankets pinned into a bag shape with safety pins. At the breakfast table (A trestle affair), a lad called the marmalade "Lady Marma" and ever since that day I have known marmalade as Lady Marma. Funny how easily we are impressed when young. I was so popular that when I hid in a tree for the hide-and-seek competition, I was there for ages and ages. When I finally gave up waiting to be found they had started another game; no-one noticed that I was missing.
2. Anyone remember the 2nd Woodthorpe Wolf Cub pack from the 1950s/60s? Used to meet in the wooden teaching huts behind the Good Shepherd Church, Thackeray's Lane, Daybrook.
3. I still have my cubs jumper.
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On 1/1/2023 at 5:14 PM, siddha said:
I am impressed what a good thing to do. I would like to live in Scotland seems to me to be a good place to be.
Even when the weather is like this? Winter North Atlantic storm approaching Dunnet Head on the North coast of Scotland.
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On 1/1/2023 at 5:38 PM, philmayfield said:
I remember a crab salad in the fishing port of Campbelltown where the crab was out of a tin!
Nothing surprises me about Campbelltown!
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On 1/1/2023 at 5:29 PM, Beekay said:
They do some lovely fish n chips up there. !
You almost need a second mortgage to buy them though! One portion of "Regular" fish and chips to take away in Golspie: £9.30!
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It has been my custom, for more years than I care to remember, to camp out by my well on Hogmanay to get away from it all here in the far north of Scotland, where the event is a big thing. It snowed steadily all day yesterday and when the sun went down it froze. I managed to get my tent up before dark and retired for the evening at around 2200hrs. I survived the snow and freezing temperatures (-4°C). This morning at 0530 I got up and the tent was frozen solid above me! I took my mountain bike out and went for my usual New Year's Day bike ride. It was quite scary with yesterday's snow all frozen and the ice on the roads where it had partially thawed before freezing again overnight, into ridges and sheets of frozen slush. By 0630 I was back indoors, having covered the allotted four miles of country lanes. My tent was laid out in the loft to dry before packing away and my porridge was cooking nicely by 0700. It's now 1118hrts and I'm just about warmed up! Not bad for a 72yr old - even though I do say it myself.
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I seem to recall the co-op (and possibly other stores)selling loose sugar in blue paper bags. I was told that the reason for the bags being blue was that no other foodstuffs were sold in blue, so it was easy to recognise. Can anyone tell me the real reason for the loose sugar being sold exclusively in blue bags, please?
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I completely forgot about the Arkwright street one, Dennis.
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Anyone remember the fishing tackle shop on Hyson Green that got hold of a milk vending machine and filled the cartons with maggots so that anglers could buy their bait out-of-hours? Can't recall the shop's name but it was on the left near the top on the way into town from Gregory Boulevard.
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Just received this from my brother:
According to someone who lived near the Arboretum for a long time: "The arboretum had a Capuchin monkey, it had white fur round it`s neck and sat on a bird table near the cockatoo.
They also had Toucans which would break the legs of pigeons if they got into the Aviary.
Do not know when the monkey was there or when it died.
Lord Snowdon designed the new Wire Aviary later."
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I remember the aviaries in the Arboretum but did any of the cages ever house monkeys?
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Concentrate and answer the following 4 questions:
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, 'Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?' Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend... except one ... Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. Okay even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is inhabited by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four year old.
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Thanks, Phil!
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These two prints were found in my mother's collection when she died. It is possible that they were in her mother's before she had them. they were stapled together. The castle is obviously Nottingham but the other photo is marked "Prospect of County Hall as it appear'd in the year 1750." Question is: Is this Nottingham's County Hall?
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Be honest now.....Who can look at this picture without singing the signature tune?
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RR: That reminds me on one fine morning back in 1973. I was wandering around the cattle market when I spotted huge piles of ex-school dinner-ware. There were glasses, water jugs, dinner and side plates. I bought a set of dinner and side plates for a few pence each and to this day still have two of each dinner and side plates. Turned out they were translucent Pyrex and tough as old boots. My four remaining plates are still used regularly for baking, freezing and even eatinng off. Wonderful, old English-made crockery. They don't make 'em like that anymore!
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They make such a racket though! You should hear the cars up here in Scotland: rattle-rattle-rattle as they pass.
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I always like to go out for too much to drink to mark the beginning of the weekend - that's about all I miss since lockdown began (Only kidding about "Too much"). The Scottish government were the first to close the pubs and they are intent of being the last to re-open them. There has always been a strong religious element up here that opposes any form of pleasure (The Wee Frees). Sadly, although not in a majority, they seem to have a disproportionate influence on government.
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The Midget sounds like a worthwhile project, Phil. Must be worth a few bob nowadays too.
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Nothing is wasted in nature. Dead animals are soon despatched by carrion eaters. the only renmants we see in our patch are feathers and the odd stripped ribcage.
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School help, Please.
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Thanks Barrie.