LizzieM

Wishing Alex a wonderful 80th Birthday and hope the celebrations go well tomorrow!

A boy we knew was locked up and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years! He was a pupil at the school my boys attended. He was a few years older than my kids and went off to Oxford to study Maths and then a PGCE. My two were struggling a bit with Maths prior to GCSE and during Uni holidays Tim offered to give them extra tuition. The boys weren’t at all keen on the idea and insisted on leaving the dining room door open when he was working with them. I didn’t think much of it, in fact I sensed that they both thought he was gay! Anyway he went on to teach Maths at Stowe School a

I envy you Nonna! Despite being told by the media that we had the hottest June on record, I can’t say I noticed it and the summer generally has been rubbish, one lovely day and then several cool, cloudy and wet days to follow. Enjoy your idyllic surroundings.

Thinking of you Trogg, wishing you a very quick release of that pesky stone.

Last week my car alarm was going off randomly. The first time it happened was late evening when my husband was already in bed, recovering from his ‘stroke’ ordeal. As my car is parked on the drive, behind electric gates, I wasn’t too concerned but decided to put the car keys in a tin box, as that’s what I’d heard was the most secure place! Next night it happened again, then again in daylight. I decided to drive over to Audi to get the electrics checked out. Oh no way was that possible ….. but I could book it in for September 12th, that was the earliest date they could do a diagnostics chec

I didn’t know Grimsby Town FC were nicknamed ‘The Mariners’. Quite a nice name for the club considering it’s a God-awful place! My great-grandad had a timber importing business there in the 1890’s and then moved back to Nottingham.

I enjoy reading Oz’s match reports and the fact that most of his reporting is posted from the other side of the World and about our LOCAL teams ………proof that he enjoys his football and cricket and still has a great interest in Notts and the UK. Most of us with an interest were watching the game anyway. Keep it up Oz!

You should save the £37 Rog, just leave it out the front and somebody will nick it.

New teeth installed!

@benjamin1945I’ve witnessed several shoplifters brazenly filling their pockets recently, mainly in Co-op stores in Notts and Dorset. I’ve actually stood and watched them but they don’t care. Once they’ve casually walked out I’ve told one of the shop assistants but they are told not to tackle the thieves in case there’s a weapon involved. Sad World we’re living in isn’t it.

That Sat Nav woman always seems to pipe up with directions when I’m listening to something really interesting on the radio, such an annoying interruption.

On a similar theme, does anybody actually use ‘Just 3 Words’. ?

Nice to see Wrexham lost as well

Thanks all for your good wishes, it means a lot to me that this group of friends are so thoughtful and caring. In response to the comment made by @plantfit my husband had a TIA about 20 years ago, brought on by AF. His Cardiologist where we lived at the time referred him to Dr WYN Davies at the Harley Street Clinic, a very well-respected Cardiologist whose list of patients reads like a Who’s Who of politics, sport and entertainment. It took 4 ablation procedures, spread over a year or two I seem to recall, to cure the AF but he was eventually mended. But a few weeks ago AF was again pi

I don’t know about ‘How’s Your Day’, more like how’s ‘Your Past Week or So’ for me. Last Wednesday while in Lilliput, Dorset, my husband was working on a project and asked me what the passcode was on his phone …. a passcode he’s used for years. Bit odd I thought. Next day we were about to drive the 200 miles home and he insisted he was going to drive, although I was not happy about it. We got back safely thank goodness, fell out a few times when I commented on his driving though. We’d returned to Nottingham because he’d got an echo-cardio gram booked for last Saturday due to re-occurre

Good chance it’s Irish Mrs B, with Melissa’s surname. I love spuds in any form, as has been documented frequently on Nottstalgia, so will try Mel’s idea.

Interesting posts and incredible memories MH. I live close to Mountford House and a lot of the local little kids go there. My sons are probably very near your age but we only moved to Mapperley Park 19 years ago from many miles away so I personally have no connection with the place. It’s wonderful that you can recollect so much detail of your time there, well done!

What a great player he’s been for the past 20 years …….. I shall miss Stuart Broad’s playing skills with bat as well as ball and his joking and cheekiness on the field. Because of his virtually full-time England duties Nottinghamshire CC hasn’t had the benefit of him being on their books. What does an international cricketer do when he retires at 37? Go and work for SKY I expect, when not pulling pints at his pub!

@benjamin1945how the years fly by eh? I’ve not seen you since before you went through all of that but you’ve done brilliantly and never lost your sense of humour, even in your blackest days. It’s 6 years today since I had my ‘Stoma Reversal’ and still getting ‘Imodium’ on prescription!

Oh dear, another youngster too. RIP CB-W

A sad day for sure. Trevor Francis was widowed about 6 years ago, it must have been difficult for him to deal with losing his wife when they were both still young. I’ve been listening to his contemporaries, including Martin O’Neill, on Talk Sport this afternoon and at it appears he was very well-liked. Then we lose George Alagiah too. My favourite newsreader too Jill, in fact last week when the Huw Edwards news broke I was wondering how George was getting on with his illness. He’s struggled with ‘C’ for many years but the fight became too hard, bless him. RIP to two good men.

We loved Russ Conway, my Dad got tickets to see him at Theatre Royal in 1962 and I got his autograph!

Sorry to read this, it’s always sad to find that one of our lot has passed away. His posts were generally too electrically technical for me to understand but his memories of being a pit electrician were no doubt interesting to many Nottstalgians. Condolences to his family, if they ever get on Nottstalgia.

Come out with me Ben and you may meet her! I’ve seen her a couple of other times without even trying! Once in a lift in the old Victoria Hotel in about 1975-6 when she was snogging Patrick Wayne and didn’t seem to notice I was in the lift with an Irish Wolfhound as well. Another time sat next to her in ‘Pret’ at Bicester Village.

Saw him perform at the Royal Albert Hall about 25+ years ago. It was an incredible concert hosted by David Frost and Stephen Fry, with performances by Andrea Bocelli, John Barry, the cast of Chicago, Marti Pellow and so many more artists (I can’t remember more right now) and Tony Bennett was rubbish and couldn’t remember the words of his very well-known songs. The highlight for us was where we were sitting, in a box and next to JoanCollins and Susan George and their husbands, then 3 boxes along was Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. The evening was raising funds for the AIDS Foundati