The Engineer

Colin, Might not appear in Post. Have you considered contacting the local funeral directors? Lymn's, Baguley Brothers, Terry's, Coop (can't think of any others). Shouldn't be any issue with Data Protection as you have his name and address. If you also have date of death that should help.

As this thread is about points on yer licence, it might be worth noting that you can't get points for no MOT, just a financial penalty. Of course your insurance might be invalidated; that's another matter.

There are three basic settings that control the taking of a photograph: Film speed (ISO - higher number = faster but may be more grainy, even in digital cameras). Aperture (F number - higher number = smaller aperture and greater depth of field). Shutter speed (several seconds to fractions of a second - faster reduces movement/blur but lets less light in). Moving upmarket from 'instant' point-and-shoot cameras, manufacturers allowed user control over shutter speed and aperture. Film speed was controlled by film selection (ISO 100, 200 or 400 typically). That gave a fully manual c

Voltage is still around 240V. When we harmonised with Europe (much of which uses 220V), we agreed to say it's 230V with a tolerance of +10% and -6%. This means that we (UK) can still generate at 240V. The actual voltage will vary with overall network demands and the load on your 'leg' of the distribution system. On the other hand, the national grid voltage may have changed in your lifetime. It was 132kV to start with in 1933, was upgraded to 275kV in 1950 and then to 400kV in 1965.

It is common knowledge that Nottingham's red light 'hot spot' used to be Forest Road but according to a FOI request by eSure to DVLA, it is now Nuttall Road roundabout and Valley Road. Both made national top ten for 2015.

Nice thing about driving around Nottingham is how there's very little congestion since the visionary Council introduced the Workplace Parking Levy and installed a tram system. Marvellous!

It was Nottingham Auto Park, not Millennium. That place changes hands on a regular basis. Anyway, the gov site and totalcarcheck.co.uk show incremental steps in mileage since 2011 (though 2 test in 2012 only 300 miles apart - maybe that was when they re-did it on sale to son, I will ask). The worry is that it puts people off. Might be harder to sell and annoying if it is down to a typo somewhere. 16/3/11 20430 14/3/12 26743 10/4/12 27067 22/3/13 33828 21/3/14 38692 20/3/15 43082 28/3/16 49103

My son bought a new(er) car and decided to sell the old one privately. That was three months ago. Dropped price a few times so getting a bit desperate to sell it now. Chap turns up yesterday evening and likes the car, makes an offer (below the asking price); son reluctantly agrees. Chummie says before agreeing the deal, is it OK to run an HPI check? (I know what that is though have never done it myself). He's struggling with data on phone so son even invites him in and gives him router password (that's an aside but just demonstrating son being open and honest; he will change the password

Simple. Mattress life depends on: Type of construction Quality of materials used How heavy you are Whether you turn it often enough to even out the wear ...and probably a few other factors. Out of sight, out of mind; you probably change it when you are bored with the bed frame or when you move house or when it gets really uncomfortable or when a broken spring pokes you in the ribs. For most mattresses that's probably 20+ years So, on the agenda of the annual meeting of the Society of Mattress Manufacturers: How do we get people to buy more mattresses? Answer: Pluck an arbitrary 'pr

Just for info, building work has started: Mapperley Top (formerly World of Mowers and Pidcocks before that) to be new KFC with drive through. Steel shell is up. The Wells Road (formerly The Gardeners) to be five semi-detached houses. They've recently done the pile-driving (I read that someone thinks the original 'well' is down there, but it was built over for the suburban railway). Anyway, the surveyors decided that it needed pile-driving. The Wells Road (formerly the primary school then a community type of use) plans for several houses, they've just started groundwork (site was razed la

I don't think we can take Hunter Street as new. See Nottingham Post 11 May 2010: THERE used to a place called Hunter Street in the old Meadows. It linked Fraser Road with Wilford Crescent but, sometime in the early part of the last century, it disappeared, its back-to-back terraced homes bulldozed in the name of progress. It wasn't the only name to disappear when the city council developed the nearby recreation ground and school. Long forgotten, it is now just small print on century-old maps. But that is about to change. Hunter Street is making a comeback. The name is to be revived by th

When we leave the EU, what will happen to all the cul-de-sacs? We'll probably have to call them 'Bag Ends'.

Nothing against streets, born in one, moved to a road, then a street, then a rise, but when did they go out of favour with Town Planners? On thoroughfares, is Highbury a Road or a Vale or a bit of both? Of course Latimer, Deptford, Northcote, Oxford, etc. lost their 'Street' status when redeveloped (and moved here and there) during the redevelopment of the late 1960s / early 1970s or whenever it was. While we're in that area, what sort of thoroughfare is Piccadilly? Was there not enough space to put street, road, etc. on the nameplate?

I was musing on the fact there are no thoroughfares called "... Street" in West Bridgford and started looking at Clifton - can't see any there either (open to correction). If it came to pass at some point in history that newly created thoroughfares would no longer be called 'Street' (perhaps due to connotations of Victorian over-crowding), when do you suppose the last (i.e. newest) Street was created in Nottingham?

Just be aware that whilst you can play your 78s on a modern deck, you'll need a stylus that is designed for 78s. The stylus for 33/45 has a different profile (more pointy to be technical) and would scrape the bottom of the groove on a 78, causing wear/damage and not reproducing the sound particularly well. Dependent on type of cartridge, you may be able to get a suitable 78 stylus. The alternative is to get a complete cartridge with 78 stylus. Some years back there were double sided styli, one side for 78, t'other for 33/45. Of course your deck needs to be able to rotate at 78RPM. That s

I'd forgotten Merrimans until I read this thread. We lived on Grundy Street and walked past Merrimans on the way to school (Berridge Road). Mam used to get stuff 'on tick' and settle up on Friday (pay day).

Right, just said "Pitt" and got a couple of responses "Yes, that's it!" Nora and John suggested as the N & J.

Don't think so, I'd have thought I would remember and Pitt means nothing to me; not ruling it out though. I've got Mace and Spar floating around but again, not sure. If it bugs me too much I'll be down the Archives looking at old phone directories. EDIT: N & J Pitt are a taximeter service company in Basford (taxitronic.co.uk)

My sis worked there so when someone remembers I'll no doubt say: "Yes, that's it!" Will it be the one that is Londis now?

Anyone know what the convenience store on Beech Avenue was called around 1976?

Important enough not to split infinitives?

Think that's an eggcorn. See http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/34/reign/ After eggcorns, try mondegreens. No, not items for your salad; just misused words and phrases.

Free Wi-fi in pubs, cafes, Costa, Starbucks, on buses, in the Vic centre and Broad Marsh, at Butlins, in hotels, in libraries, the list goes on; pretty much everywhere in the public domain EXCEPT if you're laid up in QMC or City, it's another costly overhead to rub salt into the car parking wounds. To quote their website: We've teamed up with WiFi SPARK to provide you with a way to access the internet during your stay using your own laptop or tablet computer. Prices for the pay-as-you-go Wi-Fi service are: £3.20 for three hours £6.00 for one day £12.00 for a week £17.50 for a month £70.00

Only mentioned it because I met one of them recently. Cliff Ton, delete this thread if it's not adding value.

Anyone remember a Mansfield-based rock group formed in 1967 called Limelight? Included two brothers, Glen Scrimshaw (guitar) and Mike Scrimshaw (bass). They re-invented themselves more recently as Mercury, a Queen tribute band, currently gigging all over the UK.