LizzieM
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8 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:
Yes, he was chiefly known as an actor.......and apparently a drinker and general hell-raiser, on a par with Oliver Reed.
In 1975 I was staying at the Victoria Hotel with an Irish Wolfhound and actors who were making a film at Hardwick Hall, the dog was to be in the film. The cast included Oliver Reed and he was thrown out of the hotel for causing a great deal of trouble due to his alcohol consumption. The film was never finished, they ran out of money!
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The only person I listen to on Radio Nottingham is Mark Dennison, he makes me smile and plays my kind of music, but he’s leaving the station anytime soon. I just can’t listen to any of the other presenters, they’re either very boring (Verity Cowley, talking about her children all the flippin’ time), or their voices grate on me, or they’re ‘too Nottingum’
I always have the radio on in the car and listen to Talk Radio or Talk Sport. I’d listen to Radio 2 if Terry Wogan was still with us.-
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I miss him too, and his wonderful sarcastic comments.
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We had 4 trees felled last Autumn, two were dead but two were very much alive but annoying! The tree surgeon arranged the written application and was at our property 6 weeks and 1 day after the deadline date. We’ve got a massive pile of logs now too! I so wish some of the London Plane street trees around our property would get a dreadful disease so they could be felled, we’d then get some sunshine and light into our garden. I’m not a ‘tree-hugger’ …….!
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Nottinghamese was never spoken in our house when I was growing up, even though I grew up in Arnold, my Mum was from the Meadows and Dad from Lenton. It’s only since returning to Nottingham 19 years ago that I make the occasional Nottinghamese comments, such as calling my husband ‘duck’! I remember when we first came back here and he (being a Southerner) looking aghast when a shopkeeper called him duckie! To be honest when living in the Home Counties for 30 years no-one could tell where I originated from, which I was happy about, our local accent isn’t harsh like Scouse or Brum but I like being ‘middle England’
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Hope things go smoothly for you Stavertongirl, a very stressful time! We used to move every 4 or 5 years when we were a lot younger, always searching for something bigger and better, but don’t think I could face the upheaval now.
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I’ve always been a big fan of Tina, initially when she was with Ike. I bragged for many years that I’d seen them at The Dungeon in the mid 60s but then found out that it was actually Charlie and Inez Foxx I’d seen!
We didn’t see her perform live until 2000. This was meant to be her Farewell concert at the soon to be demolished Wembley Stadium. She of course couldn’t give up performing and in 2008 we saw her at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, we just HAD to be there, thinking that she wouldn’t ever perform in the UK again. A brilliant night but the seats weren’t the best as we bought them a bit last minute. Lo and behold the old gal brought that same show to Europe in 2009 and I was quick off the mark getting tickets at Sheffield Arena, and I knew exactly where we wanted to sit. It was a fabulous concert and we were sitting right in the action and a night never to be forgotten.
This morning on Radio Nottingham Mark Dennison was talking to an old school friend of mine, John Briley. John was a high-flyer in the music industry and signed Tina to EMI in the 80s and knew her really well. Interesting to hear what he had to say. John was in a couple of local bands in the 60s, including ‘Salty Dogs’ alongside Nottstalgian Moz.
God bless Tina, fantastic performer and her music will be played forever.-
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34 minutes ago, Oztalgian said:
Having ensured survival now comes the task of rebuilding for next season and the most urgent is ensuring that they get a striker that can regularly find the net. The defence needs strengthening too.
Think Forest will need a goalie too. What about Pickford if Everton go down?!
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1 hour ago, Cliff Ton said:
Ben hasn't posted for a while but he's been logging in here (and on FB) so he's probably just busy chatting up a few ladies.
Albert Smith, on the other hand, hasn't logged in here since January, which is concerning.
Yes CT, when we saw Albert at a meet-up last year he was struggling health-wise, bless him, such a lovely man.
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How worrying for you Nonna, we saw the terrible devastation caused by the floods while watching the news yesterday and we were hoping it wasn’t affecting you, you’re a bit further north than the worst flooding aren’t you? Fingers crossed that the rains cease soon and your beautiful part of the World enjoys a hot and dry Summer.
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On 5/17/2023 at 10:15 AM, philmayfield said:
I should have said Hendon. I’ve been many times. There’s another superb and similar museum at Cosford. Newark’s not bad but on a much smaller scale.
I remember a day out at Duxford with our boys and two of their friends back in the 1990s. There was a Concorde on display, a bit of a carcass without seats and showing miles of electric wires. The kids loved it all but then, when we got back to my car, someone had totally blocked us in but luckily some strong men were on hand to lift the offending car out of the way!
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You’re obviously not mixing in the right circles any more Phil, my husband and kids have to get their DJs out of moth balls at least twice a year.
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4 hours ago, Rob.L said:
Like many Forest fans, I was happy to see Notts get promoted.
Until I heard the video of what County fans said outside their ground.
You get yobbish football fans of every team, particularly when there happens to be two well-known teams in the same city but I really do think that Notts and Forest supporters generally respect each other. However, football supporters could learn much from the way Rugby Union fans conduct themselves at games.
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1 hour ago, Cliff Ton said:
Never come across Sistine as a name (unless you have the surname Chapel).
Googling the subject tells me that it's a girl's name but I think/assumed the person in the photo is a boy.
Maybe he was ‘identifying’ at the time?!
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7 hours ago, Gem said:
It's been a lot of years and i remember lots of shops, however i am sure there will be a shopping outlet somewhere ?.
Gem
Decided not to take car into city centre.
McArthur Glen at J28 on M1 is the best outlet locally, you can easily get there via Mansfield
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1 hour ago, Gem said:
We will definitely visit Wollaton Hall it will have changed a lot since my last visit.
Happy Anniversary
The exhibits have been moved around but George the Gorilla is still there!
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Went out for a superb Sunday lunch with our oldest friends to The Woodlark in Lambley, where we eat quite regularly and they never disappoint. Next month ‘The Lambley’ in the village is due to re-open, for the umpteenth time and hope the new owners will make a go of it. We were chucked out of there (twice!) several years ago, the landlord should never have been in the hospitality industry, both times we ended up in the car park wondering what the hell we’d said or done!!!
Oh and it’s our 48th Wedding Anniversary today.-
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Have an enjoyable visit @Gem, at least it looks to be a dry week down here. Don’t know of any ‘special events’ going on but Wollaton Hall has a temporary exhibition by sculptural artist Willard Wigan, miniatures assembled inside the eye of a needle. We haven’t been yet but intend to. Wollaton Hall is free to enter, apart from car park charges. Shame the City Council can’t give free entry into the Castle!
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Seems a steep fine plus 3 points but he was doing 25 in a 20 zone so 25% over speed limit. I’m glad, never liked the bloke anyway!
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Ah that’s really sad Margie, maybe it’s just an ‘off day’? Might it improve? Don’t suppose it helped when I sent you a totally black picture last night
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A friend of ours owns Davisella House on Manvers Street and within the building is a large Snooker Hall that is very well used When the Island Quarter student flats are occupied with Chinese students then the Snooker Club will get even busier!
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5 hours ago, mary1947 said:
What you need LizzieM is an extension built on to your house, like our friends have but don't have a pool table in it but a full size snooker table .You can the invite all the members round., maybe this is where we could have next meet up. PS I no a person who recovers tables if the snooker table needs recovering.
@Mary1947. No we don’t need an extension on our house, we downsized considerably when we moved to Nottingham and wouldn’t want a big property again. Our previous house was like a leisure centre with everything that teenage boys wanted, including a proper snooker room. We’re too old to be bothered with all the maintenance and upkeep required now. Our sons look back on their growing up years and aspire to have the same and they’re working on it!
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This is the first time I won’t be voting either but only because we’re away and we didn’t arrange a postal vote because we should have been back home by now. Our crosses wouldn’t make a jot of difference to the outcome of Nottingham City Council elections sadly.
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A couple of houses ago, and more than 30 years ago, my husband acquired a coin-operated pool table from Pitstone Cement Works Social Club which was not far from where we lived. I hated it! It stood in the middle of a little sitting room and resembled a coffin and was far too big for the room, a couple of pictures on the wall were smashed by cues too. He originally wanted it set up in the main sitting room but I played up when that was suggested and it was disposed of within a few months.
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Wait until your neighbours call the fire brigade to deal with the result of your weed burning and then the firemen can remove the ring.