LizzieM
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Oh that is so sad Hatrick, I'm sorry for you and of course your wife. There is one member who has posted hilarious stories about Manning School, although she hasn't been on Nottstalgia for a while. Her pen-name is Jill Sparrow, I'm sure there's a way of looking up specific posts by her, someone will be on shortly to tell you how. Also other folk will tell you how to get old photos up from a website called Picture the Past. Sorry, I'm not very good at giving links.
I wish you both well and hope that your visit to Nottstalgia will prove useful.
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Is that the bridge in the distance that carries Arno Vale Road? Whilst on the subject of that road, did the bridge exist over the railway? Not much room for a train under there .......
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I've been in that church just once, in 1962 when I was a 12 year old Godmother! On that day 6 of my young cousins were baptized at the same time.
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Nice day for it Rog, hope you back to full fitness soon. (Even 4 miles on a trike puts most of us to shame)
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Welcome Smiffy, I'm sure you'll find lots to interest you on Nottstalgia.
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Sorry all, I always thought Roy was Elton's uncle. Apologies!
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How sad, he was a clever actor. RIP Trigger
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No, Roy Dwight was Reg Dwight's uncle, maybe still is if he's still alive ........
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Here in Nottingham we only now get neighbourhood cats and a lovely variety of garden birds. We used to see quite a few foxes but think the two harsh winter must have killed them off. Even the takeaway remnants dropped by possibly the younger generation because I do think us oldies were brought up not to drop litter, are still there on the pavements for days, a couple of years that rubbish would have been eaten overnight by foxes.
However, when we lived in rural Hertfordshire a few years ago, we had all sorts to see in the garden. Foxes, squirrels, deer and even a pair of wallabies! I honestly thought my husband had gone totally mad when he told me he'd seen a wallaby hop across the lawn while I was out shopping one day. Next day I saw it and then a few days later I spotted two in the field next to us. Got a photo to prove it !!
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A very Happy Birthday Paulus! Hope you're having a lovely day.
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Ah, Little Sport with his massive sticking up fringe. I remember him so well. That has reminded me of how quickly the Football Post was printed and sent out. My dad had hardly got home from the match before the paper was pushed through the letter box. Years later he had to go to the paper shop to collect it just before they closed but often he couldn't get it until Sunday morning. A bit like the Nottingham Evening Post ........ once upon a time there was the early edition and the final edition each day. Now there's only one edition which is available late morning but been printed the night before. The news is 24 hours old for goodness sake! No wonder circulation is way down, I for one don't buy it anymore but do look online most days.
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From my memories of that line, which was closed before I even knew it existed, the houses you can see in the distance will be Sandfield Road. I used to play around there in the late 50's / early 60's and when I was at Kingswell Junior School Arnold, we were taken on nature walks in that area. From Sandfield Road there was a dirt track leading towards the railway line, very much a country lane. This track is now Greendale Road, lined with houses built in the late 60's. Down this track was a little stream, narrow enough to jump over. We would catch 'toe-biters' in that stream. Then a little further on, in the direction of Mapperley Plains, was the disused railway where we would pick catkins to take home to our Mums. The railway tunnel was there to explore but I can't remember any of us being brave enough to go further than a few yards into it. I've always thought that the stream still exists, along the side of Arno Vale Road.
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Had a spot of lunch in the 4 Seasons (or Terrace Restaurant) just today! It's been years and years since I've been in there. Must say it's a bit run down but pleasant enough.
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Poor man (in next room), hope he'd bought travel insurance
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Enjoy your trip Stan!
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Hot X buns on sale in our local Co-op already. Won't be long before the chocolate cream eggs are being pushed at the till. Easter's not for another 14 weeks .......
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Well if Cliff Ton paid 6/8p for a single in 1967 I suppose my memory has failed me (again), in 1962/63 when I made my first record purchase it would have probably have cost about 5 bob ........
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First single I ever bought was 'Telstar' by the Tornadoes, think it cost 6/8p in about 1963 (?) and I've still got it somewhere. The first LP I bought was also 'Please Please Me'.
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I'll make sure we don't go out that night!
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We'll never trust him again Carni! He escaped from his cage to go round wrecking the house! Damn fireworks!! The next test will be Chinese New Year, whenever that is .......
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My goodness, the posts that come on here when I'm preoccupied! Sorry to hear about baby Phoebe and you Carni and so pleased to hear that all is well with both. As it happens, our 8 month old granddaughter was taken by her Mummy to the GP just before Christmas with a chesty cough. The doctor didn't even want our baby's coat removed to sound her chest and asked our daughter-in-law if she had a temperature! He gave antibiotics but told her to wait a couple of days to see if she improved without them. What's that all about then? And this was the first time she'd taken Leela to the surgery, in 8 months. As it happened she was never given the medication but instead was given a strange home remedy ............ daughter-in-law is Czech! She's well now thank goodness.
Apart from all that, which didn't happen on the Black Monday of course, I've had dentist and physio today! Also the desktop computer broke, as did the garage door. One good outcome though, a man calling himself The Carpet Doctor came and repaired the carpet that our little dog wrecked during fireworks on NYE, good result, I can recommend him.
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Dido, welcome from me ........ I was there too!
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And welcome from me too Carltonlad. I spent the first 8 years of my life in Netherfield, living right at the bottom of Dunstan Street ..... Norman Villas., the dyke ran along the bottom of our garden. I went to Ashwell Street School, played on the cricket field and in and around the dyke. Norman Villas was knocked down to make way for the Loop Road many years ago. I don't remember many names from those days myself but recently found my 'News Book' from Infant school and there are a few names of my friends mentioned in there. Wait until Babs logs on, she'll amaze you with what and who she can remember ! Where do you live now then?
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I've bought no end of useless rubbish from these lads in the past but nowadays if they come knocking I give them a couple of quid and tell them I don't want anything thanks. One time years ago when we lived down South, this lad came to the door with his big bag of stuff and showed me his card whilst explaining the usual drivel about being an ex-offender etc. I studied his card and saw that he was 'employed' by a company on Rolleston Drive, Arnold, so he'd been driven 120 miles to sell his wares. I told him that I knew Arnold very well and grew up round the corner from where his employer was based. He seemed a bit sheepish when he heard that! I bought a crappy ironing board cover (that wasn't big enough) and he scuttled off.
Mapperley Tunnel
in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum
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Yes right, I've been over that bridge thousands of times but don't remember it being lowered post-railway era! maybe it was before I lived up that way.you enjoying your new camera Rob?!