LizzieM
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I've no recollection of watching films at school but I do remember sitting on a desk at the front of a classroom, swinging my legs and watching some of the Rome Olympics in 1960 at lunchtime, not during lessons. I would have been 10.
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You up already Mick? I haven't been to bed yet!
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Hey you men, get yourself checked out!
Some if you may cynical about the PSA blood test but for my husband it has been a lifesaver. He'd had a PSA about 4 years ago and the reading was OK. Then about 18 months ago our GP offered him another one and the reading had gone up quite dramatically. He was sent off to see a consultant and then have a biopsy. We'd rather not think about that though because he was the one in a hundred who ended up with septicaemia from the procedure!! There were 3 days that he can't remember at all following that episode.
Then followed 7.5 weeks of radiotherapy, every day, and 18 months of hormone therapy. All seems to be OK now and today he celebrated his 70th birthday!!
I must tell you that when he was first diagnosed last year he rang his brother in Canada to tell him. He had also had a PSA a few years ago which had been OK but he thought it best to get checked out again. The outcome was that he has also undergone radiotherapy this year. So that's two brothers who have never had any toilet problems, you know what I mean ....... needing a wee a few times in the night........, being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, thanks to the NHS blood test.
I'm now worried about my 2 sons who are in their 30's but the specialists say that at their age they are OK but when they get to their 50's they should get checked.
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Well done Basfordred !
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My mum was a CROFT. One of her sisters married a CLEMINSON and another married a SPRIGGS.
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I used to go there most Sunday afternoons in the mid 60's, it was a good place to hang out with friends. For a few years from late 60's to mid 70's we had a bowling league at work (20 of us) and would dash down to the bowling alley from New Basford every Friday lunchtime, have a game, then a chip buttie and get back to clock on, all in one hour. I've got trophies still!! You wouldn't be able to do that nowadays with the traffic chaos and one way streets in town.
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Stephen and Paulus, and all you other folk across the south of England, I'm pleased to hear that you came through the storm unscathed. We were expecting to be in the line of fire up here in Notts but it wasn't bad at all thank goodness.
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Welcome from me too Tom-Sum. You'll find loads on Nottstalgia to take your memory back to your childhood in Nottingham.
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Good luck Carni, hope you don't get too exhausted and have a good day.
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I used to work in a factory across the road from Guy Birkin's lace factory in New Basford. The building I worked in was demolished probably 30 years ago, I've not been round there for many years, does anyone know if Birkins is still there and is the company still in existence?
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Funnily enough I was up at Wilford Hill Cemetery recently and went over to the big mausoleum that stands to the right hand side as you look up the hill (near the children's burial ground) I have noticed it before but had no idea who it was for. Inside the locked wrought iron gates are several plaques referring to members of the Birkin family, including Tim Birkin. It appears that several members of the family suffered accidental death. I'm sure that I read that they were from Ruddington Grange though, they must have moved from Aspleh !!!
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Only happened a couple of times for me since changeover
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If you go into the Hopewells store and go upstairs to the cafe there are big photos of their stores, past and present, with dates I seem to remember. Adam Hopewell is the present Managing Director and is usually to be found in the store. He seems to be very approachable and I'm sure would answer any questions because I think he would be pleased that someone has shown an interest. You probably won't end up buying anything though, it's not exactly IKEA!
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Happy Birthday Bazalways, have a great day
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What are they Ayeupmeducks? Look like Guinea Fowl to me, if so we had a dozen in our garden at the previous house. Slowly, one by one, the fox got them. They slept in an oak tree and laid eggs in the flower beds but we never ate any (eggs!) because we didn't have a clue how long the eggs had been laying there. They were as good as geese at protecting our property and kicked up a fuss when any stranger's car arrived in the driveway.
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Lucky it wasn't a Strike Day for firemen then ...... You've had your share of bad luck lately, hope things improve !
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I used to go on that one at the Medders rec too. We didn't live there but my Mum would take me there when we were visiting my Granny down Queens Grove. Got good memories of that playground and especially the roundabout and slide in the 50's
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The water's a lot softer here in Nottingham than where we've lived in the past ...... Northern Home Counties. The kettle has never furred up here but down south I had a wire thingy in the kettle to gather the lime scale but we always got a peculiar white scummy residue in our cuppa!
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The other day I bought a dressing gown in M & S. Once home I decided I could do with a bigger size so took it back today to change. As I walked into the store an assistant handed me a £5 off voucher. I got my money back on the original garment, took replacement to the till and got it for £5 less. Not a lot but every little helps.
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No can't say I have. Am I in the minority?
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From Dunkins?!!! Look forward to catching up wiv ya!
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I only thought about the issue of passwords today Loppylugs. I was doing some internet banking and my husband was looking over my shoulder and I told him he ought to know all the info to get around the bank site. He really doesn't want to be bothered about it but it would be a good idea to write stuff like that down in case we both croak. Ya never know what's around the corner
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Yes guilty of lies !!
My two friends and I were about 15 or16 and we wanted to be at Goose Fair when it finished at midnight on the Saturday but knew that our parents definitely wouldn't allow it. So I said I was staying at my friend's in Mapperley and they said they were staying at my house in Arnold. Seeing as nobody had a phone in those days we could get away with it. We'd arranged with another friend and her brother (who lived up Sherwood Rise I think) that we could stay at their house, they said it wasn't a problem at all. So on a misty murky very early hours of Sunday morning we turned up at this great big house with friend Dierdre and her brother. We sat chatting and suddenly their Dad appeared, just in his underpants, and yelled at us ......... "you chaps can clear awf, you're not staying here". He didn't see that we were girls,only saw the backs of our heads with short Mod hairstyles. Well off we went into the cold night, 3 little girls not knowing where the hell to go now as there was no way we could go home! We walked down Mansfield Road into town, I remember being amazed at the roadsweepers being out, not only sweeping the roads but washing them as well, I had no idea that sort of thing happened in the night! We three little innocents ended up sitting outside the Beachcomber by an extractor fan, keeping relatively warm from the warm air being blown out from the club. We hadn't got any money left as we'd spent it all at the Fair and we weren't old enough to get in the Beachcomber in any case. It was a long night and we were all glad when it got to about 9 o'clock next morning so we could go home.
I'm sure my sons have told me hundreds of lies when they were younger but I caught one of them out and have never let on to this day. It was 13 years ago and we'd gone away to South Africa on holiday so I made a point of requesting that our son stayed around to look after the dogs and house for the 2 week period. He said it was not a problem so I went away happy. Well it was Valentines Day while we were away and the lad decided that he was taking his girlfriend to Paris for the weekend and arranged for my cleaning lady to move in for 3 nights ....... and she could never keep anything to herself, lol. She told me as soon as I saw her again that she'd stayed in the house for a few days, but she didn't know where our son had gone during that time. After a little detective work in his bedroom I found the photos of his romantic jaunt, Eiffel Tower in the background, river trip on the Seine, etc. etc. I chose never to mention anything about it so as far as he is concerned I never knew. He didn't stay with that girl for long anyway!!
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Well done Bubblewrap, Congratulations to you Sir.
autumn is here
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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RGR's photo on post # 16 ....... that pub was in my family for over 50 years until my uncle retired about 25 years ago. We spent many many happy times there. Lovely pub and very pretty village.