NewBasfordlad

Data like this would be more useful and believable if we knew what questions were asked and how they were phased. Without that info its pretty much useless and could be as bent as a nine bob note. Colin

We referred to them as 'gadders' and you needed a good bit of laggie fo a goodun. Colin

British Water Ways yard Trent Lane. Boone's office.

I had a friend who's father was a ostler for Shippo's at the stables on Northgate. By them shires weren't half big.

I thought we were talking about Stoke didn't notice you'd changed the subject.

Ashley, it must have been there mid 50s for me to remember it so well. I do remember the mooring changed to just down stream of Trent Bridge but I am only 50/50 that was the Pride of the Yare. Colin

BS I would check your map co-ordinates that pic is Radcliffe on Trent works, Stoke is a far larger operation. Colin

Beefsteak that discharge may be clean now, but I can remember in the late 50s when we had a high water level the farm tanks could overflow and you would often see a turd floating down stream. Did you know most of the land around there belongs to Severn Trent and they use most of the sludge produced to fertilize the farm land, the residue being sold to other farmers for the same purpose. As an aside you will always know when they have used sludge as a fertilizer its light grey in colour and stinks to high heaven. The down wind stink from Stoke is not the treatment works itself but when they h

Stoke Bardolph treatment works opened its doors or should that be valves to sewage on 17th June 1880. Now it is the seventh largest works of its kind in the country. It has long treated all kinds of effluent from raw sewage to chemical products. The discharge to the Trent is just down stream of the Ferry Boat and as kids dad always made sure we swam up stream of the pub. Used to be good for tomatoes, the human body cannot digest this and they used to grow along the banks of the discharge stream. Colin

Had a few rides on that boat, it came from Norfolk I believe. Colin

Round Basford it was known as Bipstone's Shitter.

Cliff Ton, It ran between Hucknall Rd and Bestwood Estate. If you were to follow Hucknall Rd past the Sanatorium marked on the map you go down into a dip with a Zebra crossing, on your right is a gap in the embankment the bridge crossed that gap. Oh and by the way your arrow points to a line of house's that used to contain a shop. The Heathfield was the smaller square building nearer to the junction. Colin

And then the stupid politico's wonder why folks try to dodge paying their taxes. Why would someone want to pay their dues so that some idle bugger could live in a style they couldn't even dream of.

That a laugh and a half. Love they way its eyes appear to look straight at you.

Just reread Beefsteak post 33 and my post 34 and realised we were both talking a right load of rowlocks. The banning of certain firearms did not prevent more mass murders.

You be careful with those pebbles and gadders if you do anything wrong you will be charged under the firearms laws.

Of the way you dressed mum would say "you look like you've been dragged through an hedge backards'

Black Buck missions Falklands War. These missions were flown by at least 2 Vulcans in turn accompanied by Victor tankers. They flew out of Ascension Island to bomb targets in the Falklands only. No targets on the Argi main land were attacked, the UK government even told the Argi's they would not attack the main land. Seven missions planed, five flown, 3 against Stanley airfield and two anti radar missions where they used missiles, Shrike I believe. The logistics were a nightmare as the Victor had a very similar range to the Vulcan so a considerable number were required for each mission. I

Whilst I agree with you in principle I think ..........nuts and two house bricks may be a better option. Colin

I always understood that 'cheap at half the price' meant it was to expensive in the first place. Colin

By the late 50's all street gas lamps were controlled by a mechanical Sangamo windup clock which required winding every 10 days or so. Going back into the 1800's all lamp lighters carried a single shot black powder pistol for protection, these were issued by the lighting company. Colin

What happened to Fords quite simple the tax man caught up with them. I knew Andrew 'Drew' Pink very well until he left to live in Spain with his lovely wife Manuella 'spelling'. We shot over a farm at Strelley and played poker every other Monday. Bit of a lad our Drew had a triple bypass in his 30s but he had worked very hard to earn it. One of his girl friends at one time was Sue Pollard in fact he even gets a mention in her book. Colin

Of up the wooden hill, go to bed. Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs, amazed. Colin

Yellowing of the lower leaves is usually caused by magnesium deficiency, if left the rest of the plant will follow suit. Easiest treatment is a spray with an Epsom Salt solution 1/2 oz to the pint. Colin

Mick, Sungold is an F1 so not much chance of a genuine plant. Colin