LizzieM
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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 being played over the sound system. After the wake we were invited back to the family home where they tried unsuccessfully to get us to adopt Maz’s 6 foot long snake. What a memorable day, particularly for my husband who gave the eulogy to hundreds of mourners, unaccustomed as he is to public speaking!-
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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.
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The season’s finished for Notts, so long as they stay up then there’s always next year.
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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!
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Agree Phil, in fact I haven’t a clue the names of the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet these days! Might be because years ago the top politicians were a lot older than us and were people to look up to and believe in.
BUT …… we think we’ve got problems, the United States has possibly a bigger issue in November!-
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Bit ominous but hopefully he and Barbara are away on a wine tour with a daily afternoon tea dance.
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11 hours ago, Brew said:
I have a scar across my wrist from when I was five years old and taking a pop bottle back for the threepenny deposit. I tripped and fell on the cobbles at the bottom of Nottintone Place and the broken bottle slashed my wrist cutting a vein.
A very good friend of mine, a retired GP, fell while carrying a glass when she was 2 years old and lost an eye, it must have been horrendous for her parents. For 75 years she’s had a variety of glass eyes and had a very active life, running marathons, paddling rivers and canals and acting as official doctor on an Everest expedition, whilst bringing up 4 brilliant kids. She once told me she takes her eye out when on a long-haul flight, must be a bit of a shock to anyone sitting nearby!
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Personally, since the internet was ‘invented’ 30 odd years ago I’ve not read many books, but I read on line content all day long, as well as the daily paper that we still have delivered. Neither have I been a library member since I was a kid. Two of my good friends studied Librarianship at University and I have 3 other friends who have spent their entire working life in libraries. They’re all retired now but I wonder whether Librarianship is still offered as a degree course. I can understand why the City Council are closing libraries to save money, although there are other facilities in the buildings that are useful to the local communities, such as computers and printers. If the majority of the population has internet access there is little need even for library reference books.
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23 hours ago, Brew said:
And an excellent writer too...
Absolutely @Brew he lent me his Biography a few years ago, wonderfully written and so very interesting. Lovely man.
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Talking of Alberts, I wonder how our dear Albert Smith is doing, such a lovely man (and his wife Barbara) still enjoying his tea dances and wine club and an authority on the railways. He used to get into town for the meet-ups but the last time he attended was at the Lime Kiln before Covid. If you’re reading this Albert, we miss you.
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I’m rather envious @MRS B, I could do with a bit of warm sunshine. Enjoy your vacation!
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Stacking the dishwasher proves to be a challenge in this house, I always have to re-arrange everything ……. he just hasn’t got the hang of it after all these years. I never say anything, but just deal with it, otherwise he’d give up even trying to clear up!
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The sleet and rain delayed my trip into town yesterday (Friday) but will try to come and say hello today Mr Engineer
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When Cods Scallops opened a branch in Carrington we were quite excited as we’d heard and read that the Wollaton branch was winning awards. I would order on line and nip down to pick up our meal without having to queue. A couple of years ago the meal I collected was really not up to scratch, there was a dried out piece of fish in the batter, chips and mushy peas were just acceptable. I sent them an email to complain, I didn’t want to make a fuss by going in there but decided they needed to know we’d not been happy. I received a quick response offering us a free meal next time. A few weeks later I returned for our FREE takeaway to again be very disappointed with the food. This time I left them to it and now get our fish and chips just along the road from Panchos. We’re not big eaters and a large cod, CONE of chips and large mushy peas is perfectly adequate and costs £12.30. They’re a nice bunch of people working in there too.
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My Dad, born 1921 and living in Lenton, passed the exam to go to High Pavement but refused to go because he wanted to play football and not rugby. He went to Cottesmore Boys, captained the school football team and also Nottingham Boys. His parents were struggling financially in the 30s, with Grandad’s timber business collapsing, so I doubt they had an issue about their football-loving son deciding which school HE wanted to attend!
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I’ll probably come and say hello!
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This discussion is really interesting. I passed the 11+ and went to Grammar School, although I was never in the A stream and left after ‘O’ Levels for the only reason that I wanted money in my pocket and didn’t fancy 2 more years of school and maybe 3 years of University. In fact at C-Le-W GS all the kids who went on to Uni appeared to study Medicine or went to Teacher Training College, neither appealed to me.
Moving on about 15 years and our eldest son went to the local primary school in Bedfordshire. He was doing ok but he was a shy little lad. The school sent a letter home announcing that there would soon be 38 kids in his class. We made the decision that he would drown in that class and went searching for a Prep school for him. He and his little brother, who was nearly 5, started the next term and they loved it. It was the best decision we’ve made for our boys. They moved on up to the main school and then to University. It’s cost us many thousands of pounds but so worth it for the education, sport and the friendships and networking that have remained even now when they’re well into their forties. We feel we made the right decision for our kids to have the same opportunities that we had for FREE at a State Grammar School in the 50s and 60s.And now the next generation of our clan is at an Independent Prep School and thriving. But if Starmer has his way (when he gets in) the fees will go up another 20%. No doubt causing already struggling parents to move their offspring into already over-subscribed state schools. A politics of envy.
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3 hours ago, IAN FINN said:
Back to basics Lizzie can't beat it.
But it’s like riding around in a biscuit tin!
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4 hours ago, letsavagoo said:
Insure the Morris 8 Lizzie. Bet you’d get change from a hundred or so. Free Road tax and no mot required.
Insured Little Mo recently for just over £100 for the year. Not bad but she hardly ever goes onto the road!
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Our neighbour, a very fit early 40s young man, had a really nasty accident on his bike 3 weeks ago whilst out on a club run. He lost control of his bike and hit a car. He was taken by ambulance to QMC with multiple broken bones …….. jaw, shoulder blade, several ribs, several fingers, broken leg and a smashed ankle. He underwent a couple of operations and was home after 2 weeks. The fact that he was so fit before the accident has evidently helped his recovery, but it will be a long time before he can get on a bike again.
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On 3/14/2023 at 5:47 PM, LizzieM said:
Bk, I’ve just wasted 15 minutes of my life filling in an on-line form for Lloyds Insurance and their quote for the S8 is £3.5k, so I haven’t put my car details in! I’m just pleased he hasn’t still got the Aston Martin
We hate insurance but it’s necessary.
Just found this post I made about a year ago, when our motor insurances were last due. At that time we got a more ‘acceptable’ quote of £1381 for our S8, but still ridiculously expensive. We’ve just had a renewal quote from the same provider (M&S Insurance) and this time it’s £3502!
As the car has hardly been driven in the past 7 months due to my husband’s mini-stroke and he was advised not to drive, we’d already discussed getting rid of both of our cars and buying one that we’re both happy with. We really don’t need 2 cars anymore, although until recently I was dead against losing one of them.
The other day we went over to Derby Drivability Centre. An appointment that was booked by a Community Nurse who’s visited my husband regularly since the stroke. He had to take a written/memory test and then an hour driving test in a dual controlled car. Must admit he was a little nervous about it, even buying a Highway Code book as bedtime reading, well it’s over 60 years since he took a driving test! He passed with flying colours and was given a ‘sustificate’ to prove it! However, I do think that after going 7 months sitting in the passenger seat and being driven around by me he’s not fussed about driving anymore anyway. -
@Trogg I’m so pleased and happy for your wife that she’s back home under the care of you Nurse Gladys. Take good care of yourselves and don’t overdo things.
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About 30 years ago we nearly bought a house that had a room fitted out with those narrow drawers used for seeds etc. it was a lovely house built in the Queen Anne Revival style for the Head Gardener of Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire. We decided that the property was too big for us and Mentmore, being a hamlet, was too small for this ‘city girl’
Mentmore Towers is almost an exact copy of Wollaton Hall, but built about 300 years later for the Rothschilds.
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So sorry to hear your news @nonnaB, how devastating for your family.
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All going wrong
in NOTTINGHAM FOREST
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1959 Mary, I was there too.