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Between Castle gate and Middle gate there is a small alleyway and at the entrance off Castle gate are these unusual bricks set into the wall about twelve to fifteen inches from the ground, the story is when the alleyway was constructed 17th/18th century men would urinate against the wall to help combat this practice these angled bricks (some with fluted tops) was set into the wall therefore directing any urine from the culprit back towards his trousers and boots, I don't know whether it did stop the practice but I think we could do with something like these against some of the walls in some ci

(Waterproof skin Phil) and yes I have waterproof jacket and trousers but with only being twelve minutes bike ride from home is it worth taking waterproofs with me? Rog

Looks like Tuesday will be my best chance of a spot of fishing then Phil Rog

The river level has started to drop now so if the weather stays dry for a few days I might be able to have a couple of hours fishing next mid week, fingers crossed Rog

No Jill still got four left, might leave them for boxing day Rog

"Christmas is coming"? but I didn't think it would be this early, got these this morning from the asda Hykeham, sell by date 28 Feb 2024, aarrgg [/ur Rog

Starting next Monday evening at 18.30 (and every following Monday) on Talking pictures, Jack Hargreaves "Out of town", well worth watching if you like the old ways things were done Rog

You'll get a detention if you don't reply quick enough Jill or even made to stand in the dreaded quadrant alone Rog

Packham the pigeon lover, a few years ago he got a bill passed banning the shooting of wood pigeons for that year, now we are over run with them and they are destroying food crops at an enormous rate, thankyou mr packham for that Rog

Went for the usual medical checkup a few years ago and the "rotund" practice nurse told me I should consider going on a diet, I said If she let me have the details I could go on the same diet as she was on, didn't go down too well to be honest, Lincolnshire folk don't have the same sense of humour as us Notts folk Rog

Some years ago Dr David Bellamy was giving talks and presentations at the Attenborough nature reserve (before the visitor center was there) and because I was working at that quarry I volunteered to help him set up his stage and props for his talk, we got on well together and had a great discussion about the nature reserve there and he was really interested (or he showed he was) in the fact that I started my interest in ornithology at the reserve some thirty years before through an after hours club at school and that I had carried on the interest into my later life and what an ideal job I had t

De hydrate ha ha nice one Brew Rog

winter sunshine on the tree at the end of my garden Rog

Any thing as long as you don't mix up Anusol with Autosol Rog

Still use old faithful though Rog

Not had chance to try this one yet but it seems to do everything from making yoghurt to baking and roasting Rog

Pure talent mate, transformed an ordinary object into something beautiful Rog

Mouse trap Rog

Getting Mrs BK to tuck you in could be the answer to that problem B Rog

Been accumulating it since the 1950's mate Rog

Poor management yet again letsavagoo just like it was in the late 90's early 2000's, buying frames and forks in from the far east at stupid cheap prices but never passed the savings onto the customer, just pure greed and poor management Rog

Looks good in there though Barrie I thought it was some hidden reference to canals being taken over by railways, (I must stop thinking) Rog

Picture taken this morning (Saturday 06.01.24) of the Newark barge floating pub on the river Trent near Trent bridge Newark Still a bit dark at 08.00 Rog

Is that a bit of railway influence I can see through the hand hole? Rog

I have had many cats in the past and have all been trained to use a litter tray and mainly stayed in their own garden but the things we have roaming around the place at the moment are fast becoming a pest, the owners or whatever you call them are not at all interested in what they get upto, the cats leave their house via an upstairs window and return the same way, for what it's worth I agree with every thing you say, I know this might upset a lot of members on here but when the grandchildren come in from playing in the garden covered in cat muck and I see clumps of feathers from dead birds und