LizzieM

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  5. Dentists!

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    Don't know about the guy Cook but Ian Hallam was/ is still a Dentist. He rode for Beeston RC, was a Commonwealth Gold winner in the Pursuit. Not sure if he rode in the Olympics. I knew him well around the early 70's, remember going out one weekend afternoon with him in his ex-Police car (with a vinyl roof to hide where the blue light used to be), we went to Wollaton Park and the car clocked 100,000 miles while we were there, he was joking that if he drove backwards then the clock wouldn't progress from 100,000! Funny what silly things stay in your memory. I believe he moved to Bournemouth to practice dentistry. Nice lad .....

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  6. Dentists!

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    I used the practice on Bramcote Lane when I lived in Wollaton at various times. Chris Grey was the dentist. He was an ex Notts rugby player so I presume he had his team mates as patients. He was very good. Never any pain.

    I have Chris Gray too Basfordred. Not a bad dentist. Have to go to the Hygienist every 3 months too, nothing ever wrong with my teeth, it's me gums that need constant attention!! Chris played for Scotland as well.

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  7. Dentists!

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    My first experience of dentists was when I was about 8 when I was taken for a check-up to Dr Parks Corner in Gedling (or Carlton). Hadn't thought I had any problems but the dentist gave me about half a dozen fillings! When we moved from that area I went to a practice on Mansfield Road, just above Woodborough Road, a Mr Boyd. He seemed an OK chap but when I dived into Arnold Baths, hit the bottom and took a lump out of a front tooth at the age of 13 he wouldn't crown it with porcelain, telling me it had to be a gold crown until I'd left school and finished playing hockey. I was so upset, kids at school called me Goldie which I hated. After a year or so Mr Boyd left the practice and I then had a lovely young dentist, straight from Uni., Mr John Carberry. I pleaded with him to change the crown to porcelain and he agreed to my wishes. He moved to his own practice in Bulwell and the whole family were his patients there. When I left Nottm I continued to make a 180 mile round trip for dental appointments until my kids went to school. John Carberry retired some years ago but my brother still goes to that surgery, where Carberry Jnr is working on the gnashers of Bulwell! Since moving back to Nottm 10 years ago I've been a patient at a practice on Bramcote Lane, Wollaton. No complaints there.

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  12. Second-hand Clothes Shops

    in 80's Nottingham

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    Back in the late 60's (I suppose) I had a mini length rabbit fur coat, lovely it was and it just about covered my hot-pants :laugh::laugh:

    I hung onto that coat for 15 or 20 years but never wore it after about 1970 ish.

    Eventually I decided to stick it in a black bag with loads of other clothes from my youth and donated it all to the Salvation Army where we lived down south.

    I was absolutely thrilled a few weeks later to see a tiny old lady wearing the exact same coat while I was shopping in the market! Because she was so small it was full-length on her. I had no doubt at all that it was my old coat, I recognised the markings on the fur. thumbsup

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  13. Sunday Special ?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    Paul, # 39

    So she can make Yorkshire Pudding then, being a southerner ?

    My husband is a southerner and he'd never had 'good' yorkshires til he met me! He always thought they should look like cup cakes as that's how his mother's turned out.

  14. Sunday Special ?

    in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !

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    In our house, we would have Yorkshire Pudding as a dessert only if Mum had forgotten to put them in the oven on time, which was quite frequent, thinking about it.

    As for Mint sauce (we never had mint jelly and still don't), Mum would make a good size bowl of it, fresh from the garden, and we all loved it. Dad would sit at the table watching us like a hawk to make sure there was plenty left for him. He was so bad about it that Mum in the end would make a separate bowl of mint sauce just for Dad!!! Happy days and this has reminded me of the strawberry season, where my brother and I would count the strawberries in our bowls to make sure we were getting our fair share!

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  16. Anyone In Thailand?

    in Our Caz's Nottingham Ex-Pats Forum

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    I've only ever been on motorbike once ....... a lad gave me a ride home from the Youth Club once. Sadly that same young man was killed soon after when he and his bike went under a lorry at the junction of Mansfield Road / Thackeray's Lane. I seem to think it was before traffic lights were erected there, it would have been early to mid 60's.

    I went on plenty of scooters mid 60's though !!

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  22. Anyone In Thailand?

    in Our Caz's Nottingham Ex-Pats Forum

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    me too a little bit but then again as i have a snake phobia id be very relucktant to go to any country with lots of snakes . said the trip was costing about 22 thousand for both of them not sure if that includes spending money or not but know quite a few flights involved going to places like sydney perth melbourn ect

    I don't blame your friends one bit for doing this trip. One thing's for certain, if they don't spend and enjoy their savings their kids will when they've gone!! We've never been to Australia and New Zealand and a holiday over there is on our bucket list but there has always been SOMETHING to stop us from going away for a couple of months, which is what we think we would need to really enjoy the experience. For the past few years I've had to care for my Dad, even though he remained in his own home. He passed away last year so I don't have to worry about him but there's also our dog! We're away at the moment and our little chap has been staying with a dog sitter, he'll have been there over 4 weeks by the time we get home.

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