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Shame it didn’t take a few trees down around Mapperley Park so we could get some sunshine in the garden.

Make your car stink though eh?

Did anyone see ‘Intruder: He’s Watching You from Within’ on Channel 5 on Monday night, 8th April? It was about a sadistic predator nicknamed ‘The Fox’ who caused absolute terror in the Beds, Bucks and Herts area, particularly around Leighton Buzzard where we were living at the time, in 1984. We were really first alerted to how serious the situation was when we woke one morning to hear a police helicopter circling over our house. My husband decided to take the dog a walk on the fields out the back of our garden and found dozens of police surrounding a wood, only 200m from us. They didn’t

PM me your late wife’s name @loppylugs, I’ll check with my cousin to see if she remembers her

My cousin took a secretarial course there too, 1964-5.

Well thanks for enthusing about YES Col ! But unless something really exciting is happening in our lives on June 4th we’d better go. I’ve only been in the Royal Albert Hall once before so that, in itself, is a reason to go. Might buy some earplugs and grow our hair over our ears. Our friend is such a wonderful interesting character, involved in music, football and cricket, having ‘looked after’ many well known sports personalities. We had a Christmas drinks party at our old house in Hertfordshire and Martin turned up with Mike Gatting. On another occasion we went with him to the opening o

Not so much ‘How’s Your Day’ but how’s our week or so gone! Last week we spent two nights in a beautiful country house hotel in Dorking attending the wedding of our niece who lives in Washington. A second marriage for both her and the Groom, 6 kids between them! Family travelled from all over the UK, USA and beyond and it was a fantastic family gathering. Then we drove to Poole with brother-in-law and wife from Victoria, BC, along with their daughters, one from Toronto and one from Costa Rica. Then off to Devon for 2 nights to catch up with an old school friend of my husband, whilst there w

Several of the 11 year old children in our Mapperley Park neighbourhood are expecting to start at the new school being built on the Clarendon College site this September. The builders need to get a move on!

I miss them both

I think it was ok back then, in the 1990s, nobody told us otherwise and no one would have known as our neighbours were quite a distance away

Many years ago we were overrun with Magpies that ganged up on our ‘pet’ Guinea fowl, stealing any eggs that had been laid around the garden. We borrowed a Larson Trap from a farmer friend and got the local population of Magpies down

Yes Lets the warning came up on the display, Poole Audi were great, nothing too much trouble, except the workshop was full and we were heading back to Nottingham next day. These ‘expensive’ car showrooms are a total rip off, especially Sytners!

A couple of weeks ago a warning light showed on our Audi dashboard, indicating a bulb failure. We looked and the rear bulb was still lit but fading a bit. We were in Dorset so went into Poole Audi but it was a Saturday and the workshop were busy with new Registration cars too. We didn’t book the car in as we thought we’d get it done in Nottingham. Today we rang Audi Nottingham to book the car in for this little job. We were told that they will need to ‘diagnose’ the issue for £160. We said it’s been diagnosed already. The service dept receptionist asked where was it looked at and told

My niece lives on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and takes her dogs to the beach every day. One day her dog ran over to a lone man up the beach and jumped up him. She got hold of the dog and apologised and then realised it was Robert Plant!

My memories of leaving the match are being moved along Trentside without my feet touching the ground. It was frightening at time.

@benjamin1945I thought that was Paper Lace’s Chris Morris, I knew him as a young lad in the 60s as I caught my school bus outside his house on Coppice Road Arnold. He was a few years younger than me.

My Dad was at Cottesmore in the 1930s too. Surprisingly all the houses he lived in before he married my Mum are still there, all around Lenton. Rolleston Drive, Toston Drive and Devonshire Promenade, from the 1920s through to the late 1940s

Going back to my birth 70+ years ago I find it so sad that buildings and venues that shaped my life are no longer around. The first house I lived in in Netherfield was demolished to make way for the Colwick Loop Road. My first school, Ashwell Street Infants in Netherfield, has been demolished. My second school, Kingswell Juniors in Arnold, has been demolished My Senior school, Carlton-Le-Willows Grammar, is still standing but hardly recognisable from my time there in the 1960s I then spent a year at Arnold & Carlton College of FE (Digby College) on an Intensiv

I’ve just signed the petition too and didn’t realise it was happening. I always accepted that those WOMEN born a year after me received a higher State Pension because they didn’t get it until some time after their 60th birthday, which is far enough. To be honest I’m pleased to have been getting my State Pension into my bank account for the past 14 years, it’s a handy amount but I couldn’t live on it and we’re lucky to have other income.

Talking of odd-bods, did anyone see the 24 Hrs in A&E tonight, from QMC and filmed last summer? The bloke who took his parrot into hospital with him was (and may still be) a regular in our little local, Doctors Orders. We’ve gone in there and seen the parrot sitting on a table with his attention-seeking owner offering the poor bird beer and nibbles. Seen him around quite a lot, weirdo.

1959 Mary, I was there too.

Very sad. I’m sure I saw recently that he was touring this year. Whenever I hear ‘Make Me Smile’ I’m reminded of a funeral of one of our employees, aged only 52 (20 years ago) who was so well known and liked, certainly in our industry. There was a massive funeral in Sedgefield Parish Church, followed by a cremation. His wife was on the wacky baccy outside the Crematorium and had to be gently encouraged to follow the coffin into the building, followed by all the other mourners. She went dancing in, waving her arms about and singing to the sound of Steve Harley’s ‘Make Me Smile’ that was b

Thankyou Bournemouth! We were out for dinner and turned the car radio on when Luton were 3-0 up and only just heard that WONDERFUL Bournemouth scored 4 by the final whistle. Forest live to fight another day.

The season’s finished for Notts, so long as they stay up then there’s always next year.

My husband has had a circulation Booster machine for a few years, I think it’s a Revitive (green and white in colour). It seemed to help initially but now even if it’s on the maximum setting it has no effect at all. However, when I’ve tried it I could fly up and hit the ceiling on a high setting. His circulation problem must be too severe to be improved. Just one of his problems though!