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Poor quality picture of Mickey the Moocher, city of lincoln in another guise Rog

Ah yes the black gowns, does anyone remember the housemaster who's gown always looked like the dog had it? morning assembly as you said all the boy's stood up when the teachers filed through,sometimes if you weren't paying attention a master would point to you and say " You boy,see me in my class at breaktime" made you worry like hell for the next two hours. I was there 65-68 Who said the good old day's? Rog

A few of us used to curl up and look scruffy Rog

I suppose it was designed to wear us all down so that we confirmed to school rules as in the armed forces, eventually you just did as you were told without question, I too had to cover books when at Highbank junior and later at Fairham,some of the wall paper that some kids covered the books with,,,what an embarassment, enough to leave you scarred for life Rog

I remember Wednesday half day at Clifton when I were a lad, used to walk from top of Farnborough road to Gotham (who's half day was Thursday) to buy sweets, by the time we got back to Clifton the papershop at the top of Farnborough road was open for the evening papers,still, passed time on during school holidays during those long warm summers Rog

Beam of a beam engine Rog

Steam winding engine Rog

Nice pics as usual Ian, don't know why the typhoons were'nt there as there was plenty up today Rog

I've mentioned it before on this site I think about a local ex miner who worked at Radford pit all his life and he has written a book, well compiled several A4 sheets all about Radford pit, it's called "The Bread and Herring pit" I believe he came from the Bilborough area and was encouraged to write down his memories of his working life by his son or son in law. unfortunately I can't find my copy but I got it from the Nottingham information place under the council building, It's well worth reading if you can get a copy Rog

Wheel clamp? Rog

Bestwood headstocks as of last year Rog

Rebuilt Brinsley headstocks Rog

At least it's not the big house at Barnby (remember Avocet?) Rog

Either from the top of the South Notts Hussars (now demolished) or the top of the fire station or school just before the Asda Rog

Would that be BOWLING the young men over? Rog

Here you are Compo Harvard as promised, these were used as trainers because the cockpit layout is similar to the Spitfire and Hurricane Rog

Sounds like they are Harvard's, WW11 training aircraft, the one that looks like a Japanese fighter is a Harvard painted to look similar to a Mitsubishi Zero and I believe it belongs to Gary Newman (pop artist) of "our friends electric and Cars fame" to name a few, I have a photo of one of the green ones I'll find it out and post it in a bit Rog

There's a concrete one in Dukes wood Eakring, not sure if there isn't a picture on this site somewhere, if not I'll try and upload one tonight when I get home, some of the old pre-fabs on the Beechdale estate area used to have the tin ones in the gardens later used as garden sheds, not sure if any survived Rog

No ham I'm afraid Mick, chef was ill thats why we went to Chipmunks, no visit to the Petwood, not enough hours in the day, too many fast jets flying, every time you turned your back another one came in or took off, hope Ian posts some pics as the weather was kind to us and the light was near as damn it perfect. (he does love them fast jets) Rog.

Out yesterday with Beefsteak on one of our aviation trips, what a great day we had, started off at RAF Waddington viewing area with a brew and a sandwich and a good old natter to John the owner, then off to RAF Coningsby for Ian's usual fix of fast jets (he loves em) plenty for him to see as well, a trip to the Blue Bell for lunch but the chef was ill so no food there, so back to Coningsby and to the Chipmunks chippy where we caused a bit of a stir, (they're not used to Notts humour) another look at the fast jets then back to Waddington to fid Ian had won the Helicopter photo competition but n

Not a Lambretta but what the heck??? Rog

I used to go fly fishing a lot but all I ever caught was trout Rog

Did he get battered once? Rog

Shame the old village has been spoilt by these new buildings, still got my memories of the place though, thats something the planners can't do away with, Rog

Usual stuff going on in our village combined with the new footpath/cycle path being officially opened today (Saturday), bit of a parade and morris dancers outside the pub,light refreshments and home made cake stalls at the other end of the new footpath in the next village, (they know how to live it up out here) Happy St Georges day everyone Rog