LizzieM

Love the butterfly, the copper kettle is in great condition and a lot better than one we’ve had in the shed for yonks.

We’re not cat lovers, wouldn’t do them any harm but we do curse them as they sit on a fence watching the little birds on the bird feeders. We’ve always had dogs until little Jack died 3 years ago. However …. Every time we go away for a few days I know for certain I’ll discover a field mouse dead in one of the traps I have permanently set (with tempting peanut butter) in the cellar. Sure enough we arrived home last night and there, dead, was a little rodent. If we had a cat we’d still get mice in the house because the feline wouldn’t be here on its own.

We both wear denim jeans most of the time, except when going out for dinner. My husband was gathering stuff to go to charity recently and I counted 15 pairs of ‘designer’ jeans still in his wardrobe, AFTER he’d had a clear-out! They’re comfortable and easy to wear, go with everything, easy to wash and tumble dry. When I get old I’ll no doubt be wearing tracksuit bottoms all day, every day as I sit all day watching the telly.

Forest are in desperate need of a reliable goalie.

Been away for a few days, down to Poole for 3 nights to check on the place following the storms, thankfully all was fine. Then yesterday we travelled to Hartwell House near Aylesbury for our annual Investment Club Dinner get-together. This year marks the 25th anniversary of a once a month lunchtime meeting, that my husband has only rarely attended since we moved to Nottingham 19 years ago. It’s a long way to drive for a lunch and chat and the drive home on the M1 on a Friday afternoon is something he can’t be bothered with these days. We always enjoy getting together with our old friends fro

I never went to Mr Millers but did frequent the Hippo in the early 70s, in fact I went in the Hippo the night I met my future husband, after starting the evening in The Flying Horse. A good friend of mine (and HippoGirl) is Nottstalgian Moz and he has a website detailing a very comprehensive list of venues we used to know in the good old days. If interested look up http://www.scenebeforeinnottingham.wordpress.com The clubs are in the ‘Clubs and Venues’ section.

We always watched Starsky and Hutch, real 1970s fun and cool. Loved the National Express advert a few years ago with him singing ‘Silver Lady’ and driving a coach. RIP David Soul, 80 isn’t old these days!

Thinking about my lovely Mum today on what would have been her 100th birthday. She passed away in 1988 aged only 64 from Pancreatic Cancer. One day she was fine and the next day she was jaundiced and on her way out. Such a beautiful woman, inside and out. I miss her still, my best friend.

My granny always had Izal loo paper and not surprisingly there was also a jar of Vaseline in the bathroom!

Thanks PP, this is what Nottstalgia is all about. I was born a couple of years after the rotten winter of 1947, in fact my parents didn’t marry until September 1947 but have told me how they went ‘courting’ in their wellies. However I do remember the winter of 1962-3 and as a 12 year old having fun sledging down the steep road I lived on in Arnold and the only neighbour who had a car and no kids was throwing ash across the road to spoil our fun. The Trent school (service) bus that started its journey in Hucknall before picking up us kids in Arnold got us to Gedling, despite what must

Agree Phil! We had various 4x4 vehicles years ago and found them indispensable when we lived in a village 12 miles cross-country on narrow lanes to the boys school.

We don’t see the Newark scrappies much lately, nor the ‘Romanian’(??) guys who appeared regularly around our neighbourhood collecting anything and everything from driveways in a child’s pushchair. I actually felt sorry for them.

I’m sure I saw her in the 60s for about 2 bob!

Not there now Ian. The Dungeon was open from 1964 to 1968. I used to go regularly from 1965 to 1967. The building has housed a few clubs since then but for many years it’s been Nelsons Solicitors. I never went in the building after I grew out of the Dungeon but what a brilliant club it was, we were so lucky to grow up in those days. I tried to get a tour of their basement a few years ago, (egged on by fellow ex Dungeon goers) because I knew a partner in Nelsons. It didn’t happen unfortunately, wonder if the walls are still painted black and white, one things for sure though …… the walls wo

Just realised it’s my Nottstalgia birthday today. On a boring evening between Christmas and New Year in 2012 I googled ‘Dungeon Club Nottingham’, came across Nottstalgia and I’m still here and continue to be educated on many aspects of Nottingham and met some lovely folk along the way. Sadly we’ve lost quite a few over the years too, I miss them all.

Oh my goodness, I’m sitting here quietly watching telly on my own (cos someone else in the house has got no staying power) and I thought we were being invaded, must have been hailstones hitting the windows, certainly not just rain. It’s been going on for ages. All we need now is the strong winds to bring a tree down. It took our boys four or five hours to get home this afternoon, instead of max 2 hours. They spent the first hour of their journey in Nottinghamshire!

And relax ……..!!

I absolutely love that film, even got it on video. I mean the DVD!

It’s been a nostalgic sort of day for us. Both our sons came up this morning, separately, from different parts of the Home Counties. It was just us 4 today, similar to the old days when they were young. Boxing Day was always the big family day with normally about 10 round the table. It was my Dad’s birthday on Boxing Day, he would have been 102 tomorrow, but passed away 10 years ago, (and my beautiful Mum left us 35 years ago) We’ve had a lovely day, there was no need for a Christmas tea as the 3pm Turkey dinner was enough! We missed the King’s Christmas message but will no doubt see

How great to see you here again Carni, we’ve missed you me duck! Have a lovely Christmas and a HEALTHY New Year, hope to catch up with you soon xx

Oz, the first single I ever bought with my pocket money!

We discussed our ‘memories’ privately some time ago Ben!

The 99 was where I used to see them. Wonderful memories!

Bit of a pain really. Last night I thought I’d better do a bit of wrapping. First issue was a John Lewis security tag was on a shirt I’d bought for my son. Second issue was I’d bought the wrong size of another shirt. 3rd issue was I’d been charged twice for yet another shirt. I’d not even noticed until I was matching up ‘Gift Receipts’. Turned out that the lovely girl on the till this morning recognised me. She was delightful actually. I’d been concerned that it was my word against there’s as far as the double charging was concerned. All sorted in 5 mins. Then I went and bought MY C

Hello there Gem, great to see you posting and pleased you check in on us frequently, us old regulars have missed your posts and hope you’re keeping well after spending so much time caring for your elderly relatives. Merry Christmas to you gal, and have a great 2024.