mary1947

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About mary1947

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  • Birthday 01/06/1947

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    jacksdale but Born n Bred in Nottingham.
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    Discussing St Ann's, travelling, lawn green bowls, Tai Chi, ended up teaching hair and beauty NVQs, Now due to Parkinson's, not able to do any above activies. Now Chinese brush painting / trying to write my life story.

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  1. Thank you Stuart.C it must be me as i did not know any thing the consultation. How many people live in Derby / Derbyshire / Nottingham / Nottingham / according to the figure quoted bout 5,000 Don't get me wrong Stuart but I do find it hard to belive that I never heard anything about it.
  2. I have only posted once/twice on this thread. As we have regular people posting maybe you can answer a few questions for me? On May 2nd its the day you vote now we have had leaflets come though our door which say Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire councils are to join forces, they say that the region will be given powers it has not had before with control over a level of funding that will enable long term improvement in the performance of the regional economy of the regional of the prosperity of its people. Question ? Did anybody ask or vote for them to join together.? not
  3. Hi nonnaB yes we have spoken about Hairdressing wages before we must be about same age, I believe you were working at The Park Salon on Derby rd and at the same time I was just around the corner top Alfreton rd working at Barbara Chapmans. Wage's for hairdresser were set by The Wages council. So we had no choice in the matter. For folk who would like to know how much we were paid___:::::: When I started hairdressing as an apprentice wages were £1 9/6 My mam had 10/- for board 9/6 was for bus
  4. WET/ WET/ WET No not the group look out your window it's p?????? down again. P??????? Pickling
  5. When pictures houses were closing and changing to Bingo Halls, I had 2 young children and so we could live in comfort, I went to work at a Bingo hall evenings. It was really good pay. As the master came home from work we had tea, then I went out to the bingo hall, I only worked 4 nights 7 00 till 10 00 hours a week for £8 00 yes I was a qualified Hair stylist but working 6 1/2 days a week for £5 00 plus tips, it was a lot more money working at the Bingo hall. When we had the link up 6 Bingo Halls playing for the jackpot one of the old gent who played bingo at our hall and won. The gent brough
  6. When our city had real shops?? Person's great shop but when i first married and went into the Kitchen dept=ment to look at a fitted kitchen, the sales man ask me what I was looking at (their was a pull down slatted blind which I liked) at this blind was my reply. Sales man well if I were you I would not look any more as you won't be able to afford it. British customer service never changes!. Griffins an' Spalding Used to walk though G/S just to feel that 4" carpet under my feet, as at the time not many of us had fitted carpets.
  7. SO????????? what are you trying to prove????
  8. Thanks oz was not sure about who made them. ps what were the Red Men doing to night had they all gone to sleep?
  9. When you look back at_______ Home Ales Shippstone's Kimberly Whitbread's Mansfield I am sure there are more?