banjo48

Used to love going to the Goose, on a Thurs or Friday night i think ? Always had a live band and reasonable prices, good times. Ususally we did the circuit, Cavo Goose, Carlton then home.

A warning for the roast rib /yorkshire pudding eaters! It is addictive and encourages over indulgence, my wife and I still make a family size baking tray full, and eat the lot ! Lol!

Remember many years ago, a mate I used to go scuba diving with asked me if I had a christmas tree yet, as we only had a small artificial one I said I wouldn't mind a real one for a change. Anyway he said he could get some real nice one's very cheap, but if I wanted to go and help him I could have one for free ! Like an idiot off I go to his house near Bulwell, then in his Land Rover, me thinking we were going to a farm of some sort. We ended up at the back of Paplewick pumping station somewhere, he hands me a pruning saw and heads off into the bushy area and starts chopping down the fir tr

I was under the impression that Redmayne & Todd owned Gunn & Moore ? or vica versa, G&M are still in Nottm as I've just Googled it, somwhere on Trent lane Colwick. I did a small job at their bat factory many years ago, and it used to be somewhere on Canal street but further towards Lenton end from memory. I also did some work in the shop. (as a sparky) I'm sure both jobs were from the same company origin. Family owned I think.

Just remembered, some barsteward stole my side panels off my Lambretta one night outside our old house on Gladstone street! Got a new set from Joselyn's on my insurance but had to store the scoot in the front room after that ! But had to get the union jacks repainted at my own expense ! Was a real pain getting it up and down the steps at the front door.

I used to go sailboarding in the uk a lot, and remember one christmas morning after the kids had opened their pressie's My lovely other half had a bit of a moan at me, so I got me gear out the garage, stuck it in me combi van and headed down to Colwick ponds for a bit of sailing. Only problem it was freezing the night before and the west lake was frozen all around the edges. Plan B, fire up the gas heater and the kettle, in the back of my campervan, sat and enjoyed my cuppa and potnoodle in peace ! Lol. Did go back after lunch and all was forgiven !

Virol from memory was a mixture of malt and cod liver oil, quite thick bit like treacle, used to have it also as a kid, not a bad taste really as the malt disguised the fish oil.

Our first house as a married couple was in Gladstone Street, just up from the pub at the Hyson Green end. My mates dad owned the pet shop on corner of Berridge road Radford road, Lovejoy's seed store. My cousins lived on Russell street for many years then moved to Oxclose lane, then Rise park.

Bonds butchers at top of Carlton hill used to do a nice pork pie. Dont know if they are still there though. Also Mick Robinson in Netherfield. Had a nice Melton Mowbray pie at a small pub in Leicestershire last year, very tasty. I miss me English pork pies, we've had the odd pretender here in oz trying to make em, but nothing compares to the old english one's.

For me as I grow older, I am coming to hate christmas ! Dont get me wrong, I still think christmas is for kids, grandkids and families but, We're not really religious people , (I have my personal beliefs) but cannot stand all the hoo hah for what is really a 3 day holiday break for most. (sorry if I offend any religious fanatics out there) My missus is terrible, and goes crazy trying to buy every man and his dog a card and pressie, and probably takes her 6 months to recover from it financially.Half of which is not appreciated, not wanted or just ignored. Kids to day seem to have

I think to "Boil" a beatiful piece of roast rib of of beef, in anything, would be sacrilege IMO ! but thats just me, i don't like corned beef much or any type of pot roasts for that matter. Have heard of Coca cola chicken though but not for me again as I can't abide the stuff ! Coke that is. My missus used to drink gallons of Pepsi Max and got addicted to it I feel sure, she still takes a small glass to bed with her at night ! Yuk ! Give me a cup of tea any day.

If you pick your joint well, ours always seem to come with a little fat which renders out in the pan, but you can always add a little lard or even veggie oil prior to cooking. We buy a Maggi gravy mix here in oz, it comes in several flavours, but the rich meat one seems pretty good so we use that, but you can't have it both ways, unless you do do two joints :laugh: you'll have plenty left for sandwiches then !

Not saying the Saville affair did not happen, but cannot believe that no one came forward earlier, surely to have had that awful experience happen to you and not tell someone sooner ! and wait till he's dead when nothing can be done to him. We watched the tv programme the other week here in oz and was shocked ! surely this should have been done years ago. But I suppose as is coming out now, the paedophile ring he was in, probably goes into high and powerful places !

I was a bit of a sickly kid in early life, so I had malt extract every day for years ! also remember little bottles of "real" orange juice concentrate I used to have. Oh and as mentioned the dreaded cod liver oil. Mind I take super high strength Krill oil nowadays for my arthritis and swear by it !

Bit OT, but one of my favourite meals is roast rib beef with yorkshire pudding. But we do it me mums old fashioned way, just over half cook the piece of rib roast in the pan, turn up the heat for 10mins to high, and pour the yorkshire pudding mix around the meat, then cook for another 20-30 mins and it is just the best ! The pudding soaks all the meat juices and bakes them into it, the taste is unbelievable.

Its probably the jelly / aspic or whatever that had the most taste. Dont scream, but I still collect pork dripping from a leg roast, as I love the jelly, I dont eat the white fat though.In fact I did one last week and just finished the drippin ! ;lovely.

When I worked as a Post Office Tech. we had offices on Little Tennis street, Daleside road. We were the first factory unit that opened down there. When they built next door to us it was a Pork Farms factory. I used to take orders from the guys and go round to the factory to order the pies, sausage rolls etc. We got them fresh as and they were wonderful. One day when i went round, the lady from the front office was in the production facility at the back, and being a regular now, was invited back to get my order. All I can remember was pigs heads everywhere ! and guys going at them with kni

Now i know why I always slept so well at grans house LOL! My mum used to make rasberry vinegar, brilliant stuff for a sore throat ! Oil of Cloves for a toothache. Still used today.

Another memory as a kid was the small tower at the top of Anold Lane / Gedling Lane, on the right as you drive East. When a train used to go through the tunnel , (assume it was a steam train) the smoke used to rise from the tower ! Probably a vent shaft ? As a young teenager we used to bet each other to walk from the Arnold side through to the Gedling side with no torch or anything ! rumour said the tunnel was haunted !

Camomile flowers in hot water for gumboils. Tincture of Arnica for bruises - still used today in some sports medicines and alternative therapy shops. Kaolin and Morph used for gastro Kaolin poltice as mentioned for boils - I had a massive carbuncle on my shin as a kid and this stuff shifted it! Sugar and soap poltce for drawing out splinters And one of my old grans favourites Lodnum (she called it) , think it was a liquid narcotic similar to the Morph in Kaolin and Morph. came in a "ribbed" brown bottle, about 250ml. She used to give it out by the teaspoon in a little warm water, to s

Ashley The house I mentioned is at the corner of Woodthorpe Avenue/ Woodthorpe drive, I visited it last year as my BIL was house sitting for the owner. Cannot remember the tunnel under the pub but do remember the the bricked up arches, yes I saw last year that there was houses now built on the old BT depot.

Came to this thread via a link from a current thread. May be of interest, my brother in laws best mate lives in a house he built on Woodthorpe drive, he has the old railway tunnel as part of his garden. Was going to use it as a wine cellar/store but it was way too damp, he now uses it as a gardening store. Cost him a fortune to enclose the front with some fancy timber work. Think he also has problems with floods when heavy rain as the water comes in from the blocked (park side). Another memory as a kid for me, my great aunt lived on the Wells road, backing onto the railway line. Would be

Sorry got a bit caught up in my reply. Yes good on yer Paulus for giving it away. How did you get that nickname ? My eldest son we called Paul, but he was always Paulus the wood gnome to us. As for the OT, no never heard of self lighting cigs.

My dad smoked Senior Service, being an ex navy man, then moved on to Park Drive. He died at 54 due to a smoking related illness. My brother another Park Drive enthusiast, could not get out of bed without his first one of the day, then proceeded to cough his guts up for 10 mins ! ready for his next hit. It got him too eventually just after his 65th birthday, never got up as the emphasemia (spelling) had got him in the night ! That was after an operation to remove a throat tumour the previous year ! he still could not give it away though. Sorry but I'm not a smoking person.

Amazed to hear it was still going till now ! My gran used to buy the Dandy, the Beano, the Topper and another one I can't remember every week for years. We also got a Mars Bar each ! Then at christmas we got the annual.