LizzieM
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7 hours ago, benjamin1945 said:
Me too Lizzie...........we must have danced....could tell a tale about a couple of Forest players in there......but still cheered them at the City ground next match.........
We discussed our ‘memories’ privately some time ago Ben!
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The 99 was where I used to see them. Wonderful memories!
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Bit of a pain really. Last night I thought I’d better do a bit of wrapping. First issue was a John Lewis security tag was on a shirt I’d bought for my son. Second issue was I’d bought the wrong size of another shirt. 3rd issue was I’d been charged twice for yet another shirt. I’d not even noticed until I was matching up ‘Gift Receipts’. Turned out that the lovely girl on the till this morning recognised me. She was delightful actually. I’d been concerned that it was my word against there’s as far as the double charging was concerned. All sorted in 5 mins. Then I went and bought MY Christmas present from my husband and just wrapped it and put under the tree. I’m just about sorted now, just the veg to buy tomoz
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Hello there Gem, great to see you posting and pleased you check in on us frequently, us old regulars have missed your posts and hope you’re keeping well after spending so much time caring for your elderly relatives. Merry Christmas to you gal, and have a great 2024.
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I knew a few of those lads in the late 60’s and early 70’s. They were all out in the clubs on a Wednesday night, their big night out before they had to abstain from drinking to prepare for the Saturday game. Nowadays there are games virtually every day of the week and the players are a lot fitter. The launderette photo was probably taken to promote John Barnwell’s business at that time.
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Similar happened to me today @MargieH. Like you I was taken aback, particularly as the woman who offered me her seat looked older than me, or is it that I don’t realise how old I look? I actually declined the offer of a seat as I was being very lazy and only going about 3 stops but it was lovely all the same.
Another gesture that I thought had gone out of fashion, amongst the young, is holding a shop door open for the person following them in. This week in town I’ve been pleased to report numerous young folk have held the door open for me.-
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Don’t think I’ve ever heard it before Ben. The Hollies weren’t one of my favourite group, although I saw them live at the Sherwood Rooms in mid 60s. The only memory of that night was Alan Clark coming on stage drunk and not giving us our money’s worth.
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We’ve only ever used the tram to go to QMC, it’s far easier to either go to Forest Park and Ride or catch a bus into town (every 3 or 4 minutes from the end of our road) and then get the tram straight through to the hospital, than it is to search for a hospital parking space. It can be stressful enough going to the hospital without the stress of driving around looking for somewhere to park your car. Oh and another thing I read a couple of days ago, 5 cars were destroyed in one of the hospital car parks when a Mercedes caught fire
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Welcome to Nottstalgia Stevie W. It’s great to see an old thread resurrected, hope you find others in which to contribute.
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4 hours ago, philmayfield said:
I remember looking at a Sinclair C5 car they had in there. I wasn’t tempted though!
We have a friend who bought a C5 when they first came out, a short-lived fad. He’s still got it but it’s in bits and crammed into a shed.
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I know all that about Rob Courts DJ
I didn’t vote for Brexit either. You can’t judge people on their political leanings ……. I’ve always liked YOU but I’ll never agree with you on politics.
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Something else ‘Political’ but not of local interest ……..
Robert Courts MP, a schoolfriend of our son, has just been appointed Solicitor General. The boy is doing well.
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Crikey Oz, you’ve been missing for so long I thought it must be something serious. Pleased you’re on the mend now.
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Where have you been Oz? Missed you!
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Last evening we went to the Mapperley Park Residents Xmas Party at the local tennis club. Despite the wet weather it was very well attended and what was great was we didn’t have to pay to get in, plenty of wine and nibbles!
I got chatting to a couple I’d never met before who’d moved here a couple of years ago from Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire and we discovered we had loads of mutual friends. We lived there for several years when the boys were young and still see the friends we made in those days, plus the kids are still running the family business in the town.
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We decided a few days ago that we’d go and check on our place in Dorset today, Sunday being a good day to travel 200 miles to the seaside. The intention was to leave at 9am but opening the bedroom curtains to see a carpet of snow we delayed our departure until 11am, the Sunday paper hadn’t arrived by then, which was annoying but we can live without all the bad news in any case.
It took us 6 hours rather than the usual 3.5 hours. There was no snow on the journey but drizzle, fog and hold-ups. A horrible journey.
We haven’t been here for 4 months since ‘the stroke episode’ but thankfully everything was ok.
But it’s miserable weather, not cold but rain is beating on the windows. I hate winter, bring on Spring! -
I wish I wasn’t living in suburbia having spent the first 30 years of our marriage in the countryside of the leafy northern Home Counties. We came back here to watch over my Dad who’d been living alone for 16 years. It was a good decision at the time, the kids had moved out of the family home down there (which was a maintenance nightmare) and I could get to my elderly Dad within 10 minutes in any emergency when living in Nottingham. He passed away 10 years ago and our kids have wanted us back in Hertfordshire ever since. But what do we do …… and more importantly, can we be bothered?
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Unbelievable Phil! Maybe she should concentrate on getting her own personal interests back into the black.
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The other day local residents on the Mapperley Park Facebook site were complaining about the lack of leaf clearing in MP, it’s particularly important now that the leaves on the pavements are frozen and a number of people have slipped and been hurt. A road sweeper comes around very occasionally and attempts to clear the gutters but they’re hampered by parked cars in any case. Anyway, it was the day after the Council were declared bankrupt so the Facebook discussion turned to that. I commented that the Labour Council had no experience amongst ‘em to run a business, nevermind a City Council. That comment stirred up a local resident who said that the Deputy Leader of the Council (a good friend of this woman) is an accountant and has a very successful local accountancy firm. I called on Mr Google to give me an insight. Turns out that this lady has been a director of 33 companies, the majority of them now liquidated or dissolved. She was also appointed to Robin Hood Energy when it was still in existence. She’s a Bestwood Councillor.
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1 hour ago, IAN FINN said:
Are you going to wear your 'Coney Fur Coat' and Hot Pants for the next meet up?
Don’t possess either of the items anymore Ian! You’ve reminded me about THAT coat though. I hung onto to it for years but never wore it. I donated it to Salvation Army in Leighton Buzzard eventually and a couple of weeks later I spotted a little old lady wearing that very coat, she was a lot shorter than me so it was a good long length on her. I was really happy to see it had gone to a good home.
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8 hours ago, letsavagoo said:8 hours ago, letsavagoo said:
Yesterday while in Southwell about 10am, I noticed a lad waiting at the bus stop. I kid you not he was wearing shorts, a tee shirt and flip flops.
We went into Nottingham City Centre on a very cold Wednesday night this week and witnessed youngsters dressed in a similar way …… one lad running around in just a pair of short shorts and no top. The town was full of very noisy students, out celebrating the approaching end of term, so raucous that it would have frightened many older citizens of a more feeble disposition. Mind you, it reminded me of my youth, but I did wear a ‘coney fur’ coat over my hot pants! In recent years when we had Wednesday evening meet-ups in town it was normal to see hundreds of students off partying at the clubs. Chulla loved watching them, bless him!
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That will be bought by Asians, obviously at a lower price, and they’ll put 3 generations in it.
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A very Happy Birthday to you @Jill Sparrow hope you’re having a fantastic day x
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Is anyone surprised about this? The Labour City Council has for many years been totally inept and sadly unchallenged. They’ve had free-rein for too long and sadly the local electorate have continued voting them in. Wonder if our bins will be emptied tomorrow?
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Instrumental Music
in Nick Palmer's Nottstalgia General Music Chat.
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Oz, the first single I ever bought with my pocket money!