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Spent 23 years working at a brickyard/clay quarry, Bradley and Craven semi plastic brick presses, Craven Fawcett brick press, Hoffman kilns, (one kept burning from the 1930's until mid 90's) and giant crushing mills with 4 1/2 ton crushing rollers, we made common bricks, red rustic, pin hole rustic, sand faced, as well as clay cable covers (patented) Oh happy days I'll go and get my anorak now Rog

I seem to remember there being a residential home about opposite the djanogly center or just a bit further down the hill towards the city, the main entrance was on Nottingham road and there was also a side entrance on one of the side roads leading off Nottm road but can't quite remember what that was called, I think the home may have been called the Gables though, this would be in the mid to late 90's Rog

I remember the Clifton car company, When my dad bought a new (to him) car from them they asked if they could have his old Hillman Minx to use as an advert for their body shop, of course my dad agreed and they sprayed one half (down the length) a pale blue and left the original black down the other half and displayed it on their forecourt, can anyone remember seeing it? reg number 796 CNN Rog

Golden Gordon, Hide the mantle clock mam! (young Barnstoneworth) eight bloody none, (Gordon Ottershaw) Ooh I love scrap (Arthur Foggen Rog

Lovely bird the Sparrow Hawk, you're lucky to see one so close, we have one in our back field and I'm caught in the middle here because I feed the birds like everyone else but when the Sparrow Hawk is hungry he just flies down from the tree and helps himself to either a blue tit, great tit, robin, chaffinch or whatever takes his fancy, still that's nature I suppose and small birds are the Hawks staple, Don't forget to feed the birds and give them fresh water daily Rog

Got about two feet on the ground now with more to follow later, been snowing on and off most of the day and now the wind has picked up it's starting to drift, oh well a nice warm hospital waiting room tomorrow for a couple of hours Rog

None as yet Pete, although I have to go back to A&E tomorrow to have this one cut off and a new full cast put on so I should get a few then, (must look round for a Greene King sticker to put on it !rotfl! ) sorry Pete, thanks for your concern though. Cheers mate Rog

Quite right about that temp bridge Ashley, it spanned the river Erewash, i think the river was being diverted at the time as part of the then new flood defences, the river ends in the lakes of the Attenborough nature reserve (old gravel workings) and eventually into the river Trent via a small overflow?levelling weir, as per the original post I was told it was some culvert that ran through the site of the old Barton bus depot Rog

I can remember seeing him too Ashley, used to wear a big overcoat and carry a bag, every time he swung one of his feet forwards he had a terribly pained look on his face, by gum that were a long time ago Rog

Christmas break I like, !rotfl! On limping into the A&E dept this morning the nurse and receptionist were trying to guess what my problem was the first one asked "is it your shin?" no say's I, second one asked "is it your foot?" no say's I they both asked "what is it then?" I said it was my wrist we had a good laugh and I was seen to straight away, must have thought I had damaged my head as well Cheers Rog

Bottom of right leg, off to Scotland for Christmas so should be no problem wearing a kilt Rog ps Thanks for your kind thoughts

Plenty of snow in Lincolnshire now, fell over in it yesterday, spent this morning in A&E spend the next 6 weeks in plaster, oh bother!!! Rog

Up a ladder flashing? really Pete, Good to see you're back here mate Rog

Hi Mick, Went to college with Paul Brooks (of scrap yard family) late 60's early 70's we were both training to be motor vehicle technicians, I remember his dad buying him a Lambretta scooter in about 69/70, guess he would be in his late 50's now, nice lad though Rog

Just the same out here in cabbage county, drivers can't go round a bend without crossing the center line, even on blind bends then look at you as if you are in the wrong and while I'm on the subject why do the idiots who drive 4x4's are afraid to get a wheel on the grass verge and expect me in my little Corsa to drive in the rough when going passed each other, stupid hill billies Rog

From all the reports I've heard he was a very nice chap when he was writing his name on the Blue Bell ceiling in Tattershall Thorpe eh Beefy? Rog

Great news, congratulations to the happy couple, his mum would have been proud, good for the country as well Rog

quite right Mick, Monkey island, in summer if the Trent was low you could walk across to the island from the grove real Huckleberry Fin/Tom Sawyer stuff, Cliff Ton, some great memories there, I remember the village (part time )shop you mentioned and yes it was mainly iced cream and small amounts of sweets they sold, penny chews,arrow bars and stuff like that I think they used to sell frozen Jublies as well, that walk you spoke of with the stiles either end used to come out near to a good scrumping garden, in order to scrump the apples the raid had to be planned with military precision oh halc

If it is a bum, it's a little one for such a tall gal Rog Nice arm pit though

Not many posts for south of the Trent so here goes, What memories do you have of Clifton Grove? I'm thinking about the "Ice House" at the church end of the grove or the Hall that was a school in my day and what games (keep it clean) etc did you get upto in that area? Rog

Oh bloody hell, the only people going to make owt out of this marriage will be the flag makers, all white Should this topic be under "things you don't see anymore" Britain on the winning side in a war!!!! !! Rog

I was under the impression that anyone who was convicted of a crime and sent to prison had all the privileges took away until such a time when the community was no longer in danger from these people, It seems now if you get sent to prison you come out with a decent education, usually the skills to get employment or even a job waiting for you plus now a pocket full of taxpayers dosh because you weren't allowed to vote, what a load of bo***ks Rog

Are these i pads any good for conjunctivitis? Rog

When I used to visit my grandparents on Wilford grove there was always a pan of stew on the range and a clean table cloth on the table, on special occasions I was allowed in the "front room", always seemed cold and damp to me but in there was a big three piece suite covered in blue velvet type material most uncomfortable and prickly to the backs of bare legs when one only wore short trousers, other grandparents in Bulwell also had a clean table cloth on the table and a bottle of sterilised milk and tea pot, at one end of the kitchen was another small room called the "scullery" where the sink w

The Grey Mare at Clifton, 1/2 pint of bitter, didn't like it much then and still don't now Rog