LizzieM

My memory must be very poor as I lived until the age of 8 right down the end of Dunstan Street on Norman Villas. This row of houses, which ran across the bottom end, was demolished when the Loop Road was constructed. ANYWAY, I can't remember a park on Dunstan Street at all and it seems I must have walked by there every day to school.

No a crow silly, haha!

My brother-in-law brews his own beer....... I call that tight! Sorry if I upset all you Nottstalgians who brew their own!

I wish I was just a bit younger Trevor S, the years seem to fly by just lately!!

I want three! Til I'm in my 90's at least!

My husband's name is Roger and was always known in the area he grew up (down south) as Dodge and surprisingly when our youngest son Andy was in the school rugby team he acquired the nickname Dodge because of the way he played. At the age of 35 his old schoolmates still call him Dodge. I really like that :-)

My brother-in-law who's lived in Victoria, BC since 1968 does wear brown socks with sandals!!!! Horror! No matter how much we rib him and tell him how 'uncool' he is, he just doesn't care, he cannot be embarrassed into dressing properly. That's why I married the younger brother who DOES know how to dress. My brother-in-law always wears a TIE with his socks and sandals though Benjamin1945! However, I don't honestly think that Canadians have style. We have several family members who emigrated there in the 60's and they are sooooo old-fashioned.

Didn't take a lot of notice at the time but a property developer called Chek Whyte (think that's the right spelling of a made up name!) bought it and lived in it. He also bought a couple of other big old mansions. He was on that 'Secret Millionaire' programme a few years ago. I believe he was declared bankrupt 2 or 3 years ago. I'm sure if you google him you'll get more of a story about the guy.

The knife sharpener man I remember in Arnold had a pedal bike affair which he pedalled like mad ......

Welcome SheilaT, a lot of Nottstalgia members spent their early years in Netherfield, me included! I also went to Ashwell Street school but left when I was 8 years old in 1958, then moved to Arnold

If you were going to impersonate somebody why choose P J Proby ??!!!!

Happy Birthday for yesterday Bilbraborn, glad you had a nice dinner to celebrate!

'Please' might have got her a drop of milk though :-)

Just read the guest list ...... Sir Terence Wogan was there, as were Martin McGuiness and retired Ireland Rugby captain BOD.

And Robert Lindsay's Mum was in the next bed to my aunt a few years ago in QMC, and he visited her. My aunt was quite excited about it ......

Bet you wear a TIE every day though Benjamin1945 ;-)

I think the Savoy struggles for customers because there's nowhere nearby to park so people would rather go to the cinemas in town or the Showcase. We always go to the Showcase. My Dad used to go to the Savoy as he lived in Lenton, he would have been 14 when it opened.

Welcome to Nottstalgia DaveN. Hope you enjoy reading the thousands of threads

Welcome to Nottstalgia Retired in Cheshire, hope you enjoy reading the hundreds of threads on here

Welcome to Nottstalgia Batesy, you'll enjoy this forum!

I understand your problems Paul ;-)

Didn't know that! Re # 24, I meant to call them Vice Chancellors ! Question ....... why are they VICE Chancellors when they're at the top of the tree?

Why doesn't Rooney pay tax? I was just about to comment on the fact that the Vice Principals will be paying a lot of tax on those salaries. At first I thought it was crazy money but CEOs of most multi-national organisations will be getting that sort of remuneration. There's an incredible amount of responsibility in the job. Having said that though, I wish we had that sort of money coming in !!

Arghhhh, somebody else post a question (if I'm correct of course) can't get thinking too hard just yet, only just woken up ;-)

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