Michael Booth

Stu, I was interested to read your comment about my Mother's face being clear on your laptop. I wonder if it's possible that it would download as a clear photo. If it did then It would be really great if you'd send it to me by e-mail. My address is on my Profile page. I know that people can do anything with photos but I don't have the knowledge to do it myself. Beefsteak, no apology required as I took your comments in the good spirit that I'm sure you meant them to be.in.

Hello piggy and babs. To put all your photos onto your computer takes a really long time but once it's done it's really worth while. I've just been speaking to one of my brothers to wish him a happy birthday and our conversation got round to an incident that occured when he was a young lad. Within seconds I'd found the photo of the incident and we had a laugh as I described it to him. The alternative is to go and find the photo boxes and search through a million photos to find the one you want. Also you can edit them to improve the photo. Once everything is finished it's possible to make copie

OLDACE, you must be very proud to have such a famous relative.

WHEN the call of progress was heard in The Meadows, St Ann's and Sneinton, streets, terraces, pubs, cinemas and shops had to be sacrificed. Flicking through the pages of Douglas Whitworth's new book Lost Buildings of Nottingham it is difficult to comprehend the near-total social upheaval that changed these old suburbs for ever. Little was left untouched. And as the buildings came down, so the community fragmented. The names remained, but nothing was ever the same again in The Meadows, St Ann's and Sneinton. The office block where we put together the Bygones pages was once the site of pubs a

Thanks for the nice comment, jimmy87notts. The money you stated for your Grandma's dress was a lot of money in those days. It would be interesting to see what the Antiques Roadshow has to say. It's monetary value doesn't matter but because it was your Nan's makes it priceless.

Come the next election David Bagshaw will be voted back into office by the people who are complaining about him. How many times do you hear people say "I've voted ??? all my life. My parents and grandparents voted for them and so will I" They vote for them irrespective of how they perform so they deserve what they get. If people voted these people out for being poor Councillor's then the incoming one's may think twice about smashing Nottingham's historic buildings down to make a new car park.

I agree with everything you say, Braddy. Politicion's have a lot to answer for. Well said, piggy and babs.

I think it is wrong to trash talk the City of Nottingham. This is the place of my birth, where I live and is the place I love. I have travelled all over the world and people in every country know of Nottingham. Whether it is Nottingham Forest, Robin Hood or something else people will speak of Nottingham with affection. If you aren't happy with the way the City Council is running Nottingham then vote them out. Despite the Nottingham Post often reporting the corruption and scandals of the present Labour Council people will still vote them back in. If a different Party get in and they don't impro

Great photos once again, RGR.

The Billy Cotton Band Show was a good programme, mudgie49. Can you remember Jack Jackson, he was so funny.

jackson, it didn't matter what you wore in those days, nobody cared..lol. Reports of up to half a million people attended the concert. As we were all travelling down to London the radio station kept giving regular updates on the attendance and getting more and more excited as it kept shooting up. The Stones had just released 'Honky Tonk Women' and it was on the radio every five minutes or so. All those people and I never saw any trouble at all. We were all there to see the Stones and pay our respects to Brian Jones. A fantastic day in my life.

Nice one mick2me, nostalgia at it's best. 'Play With Fire' is a great song by the Rolling Stones. I've seen the Stones at the Marquee Club, In Nottingham and I was also at the 'Stones In The Park' concert after Brian Jones died. The Radio Luxembourg vid you put on shows the energy and buzz that was generated through the radio. Also, I should add, like Fynger says, lots of adverts.

Thanks jackson and piggy and babs. The three ladies, with their Nottingham lace dresses, are indeed sisters. They all lived well into their eighties except my Dad who died of a brain hemorrhage. Unfortunately the photo has marks around my Mums face and my Dads coat but bearing in mind the photo was taken in 1936 I don't think it's done bad. The photo could be restored but it doesn't belong to me. I decided one day to start putting all my photos onto my computer and after I'd finished mine I asked all my family to lend me all their old family photos to download.. The wedding photo was a surpri

The class photo above that Fynger sorted out for me is Trent Bridge Senior Boys from 1958. I'm on the back row, 5th from the left, wearing the white shirt.

Looking at his hat I think the photo must have been taken around Goose Fair time. Either that or he had some cowboys on his bus..lol

The cooler weather has certainly calmed the toads and frogs in my pond down.They've been so noisy while they've been 'at it'...lol

Thanks Cliff Ton, I loved hearing the music again, I could remember my Mum sat on the backdoor step, with the sun shining, shelling the peas for our Sunday dinner. I'd be sat next to her and would try to sneak one into my mouth but she'd see me and give me a playful clip round the ear. While we were doing this Family Favourites would be on the radio.

Thanks jackson, he was always up for a laugh and good company to be with.

The 'Breedon On The Hill' cafe brought back memories. I sometimes called in there for a snack. There was a small company opposite and I used to park in their car park but nobody ever said anything. I remember there used to be an eldish chap who ran it, I think his name was Arthur. The Salt Box was a nice cafe, always clean and tidy and the food was well cooked. It's the same with Clifton Bridge Cafe, clean and tidy, always well cooked food. One of my brother's lives near Bobbers Mill Cafe and the food has always been the same. You can have a normal sandwich or you can have a doorstep which rea

My brother and I would always listen to Radio Luxembourg, especially on a Sunday evening. There was the 'Top Twenty Show' and also Horace Batchelor's 'Infra Draw Method' which was his way of winning the football pools. there was also the American Forces Network (AFN) from which I first started to hear the Blues and Rock & Roll music. I have a photo of my sister and I sitting next to the radiogramme listening to Radio Luxembourg. It was so stage managed by my Dad as we sat there looking so angelic, so funny. When my brother and I get together for a drink and we reminisce, Radio Luxembourg w

I took the name George Baines from the side and searched Wikipedia and found this article above. It seems to clear up the doubt for me.

Royston Albert Fransen (born January 4, 1916 in Tottenham, north London, England) was a British High Diver and Stuntman. He was best known for his public displays of high and acrobatic diving, usually into shallow depth tanks and pools. These high dives were often performed with both diver and water surface being set ablaze with burning petrol. Roy Fransen's professional high and fire diving career lasted over 40 years - until his accident and death in 1985 during a performance, when aged 69. His 1948 record high-dive, from a height of 110 feet into a depth of 8 feet, remained unbroken Worldw

Living on Grainger St. Meadow Lane, the Pleasure Park was only five minutes away. Along Daleside Rd. turn right at Trent Lane, go to the end and there it was. It was like denshaw and lupo described it as. There was always an ice cream van near the entrance and if she'd got enough money my Mum would treat us. The chap that used to take you over the Trent on a rowing boat only had one leg. There was also a steamboat that would take you to Trent Bridge and back. There was also one that would take you towards Colwick on a sightseeing cruise. An area into the river Trent had been cleared to make it

Photos further down the thread.