NewBasfordlad

Probably somat to do with elf & safety nowdays. Colin

Steaming day at Papplewick Pumping Station. Nice surroundings, nice people. small café, model boats, ride on train etc. Plus the chance to see a great Victorian building with working Victorian engineering. Colin

Anyone else pick up on an article in the news today that states that Nottingham is the poorest city in the country? Colin

Bloody heck Ian that's bad news about Nic the Greek don't think he was that old. Glad the missus is OK and that your keeping well. We may have to start our own thread old comrades etc. Save high jacking this one. Colin

Spot on Ian as always. How am I keeping? Well I am still alive, much to the disappointment of some. 67 now Ian and getting a bit creaky, still working with my son but more of a part time advisor now. He runs the show I just take a cut of the profits. Still with Chris but she is now retired Can't believe we clicked on your first post, that's some coincidence. And how are you keeping yourself, still in touch with any of the old crowd? Colin

Lets just say holidays in Cornwall, bonfire night bloody firework in combat jacket pocket, 4th troop, Sgts mess have you got me now. Its been a long time Ian a very long time, how you keeping mucka. Colin

Would you be Ian Tivey ex REME? Carlton drill hall. Colin

Dem gas meters are what's known as sub meters, biggest landlords fiddle ever. He pays the quarterly bill via the primary meter and those are installed in bedsits and the like. The fiddle comes from the fact that when unlocked the landlord can set the amount of gas you get for your £1 or 50p just by rotating the dial where the coin slot is. So if the landlord is paying a £1 for 50 cubic foot then the tenants pay a £1 for 30 cubic foot nice little earner. Whilst on about gas meters does anyone remember metropolitan meters just off Hyson Green? they made them by the hundred in the 60s. Colin

Another update authorities now say it could have been an escape on the internal gas carcass, wish they would make their mind up. And now another one in Tinsley Yorkshire. Colin

Lunch time sat outside the Con club in Arnold in the sunshine with an old mate, couple of beers and a cigar. And the rest off you don't have to worry we put the world to rights................................again. Colin

Mick, try your Black Cherry with Mature chedder cheese on toast they have a real bite when cooked. This year its 6 Sungold, 2 Tumbler in hanging baskets, 2 Green Zebra, 2 Black Cherry, and 2 unknown, given the seeds for free. Guess you can say I like my toms. Colin

My favourite part of the country the High Peak. Lived in Buxton in my early 20s, caving, climbing and boozing. Married a Buxton girl some 42 years ago in June. What a shindig that was. Colin

Those blue nobbly block pavers where pretty general before they where tarmaced over as where cobbled roads. Colin

I read somewhere that the 'ey up' bit is derived from a old norse greeting. Whilst 'mi duck' is from a anglo saxon respectful term duka literally duke. Colin

Beefy your report is dated 20/05, yesterday the emergency services declared that it was not a natural gas explosion. There was no escape either internally or on the service pipework. The report was on BBC midlands. Funnily enough I had the same conversation with the wife when we both heard the report. I personally can't think of anything that could cause that amount of damage that would be legally in a domestic property. Unless someone had a gas welding kit in there. Colin

East Midlands Gas Board junction of Woodborough Road and Huntingdon Street, started my apprenticeship there Jan 1962. Basford gas works learnt to shoot there in an underground range. So many places long gone. Colin

My dads name was Bill, can you imagine how confused I was when little, I always thought it was raining on me Granny. Colin

Great pics thanks. Colin

During the 1980's I worked for Central as a freelance armourer and worked on several episodes of Boon unfortunately not that one. But if memory serves some of the location shots were done at the Langley Hall Hotel and there are several ponds in that area. Colin

The Grey Goose/Mucky Duck was opposite the bottom of Lambley Lane. Colin

Laggy bands for gadders.

I use Enterprise Car & Van hire at Redhill. Not the cheapest but good newish cars and national coverage so if anything happens to your motor the nearest branch just bring you a new one. My sons of down Cornwall again first week in June and as always he will hire from Enterprise. Colin

I think fch782c is right about the coffin makers I seem to remember they were attached to the Co-Op funeral palour the palce that now housed BettaHeat Colin

Ayupmeducks, I am afraid there is no such thing as smokeless gunpowder, its a name given to modern powders but in reality it does not exist. The change started in the late 19th century and was complete before the start of World War 1. The only think that gunpowder properly known as blackpowder is now used for is the shooting of old front stuffers and replica's. The modern propellents are so much more accurate. When loading the powder and bullet weights are given in grains, to give you an idea there are 7000 grains to the pound and for my .38spl target load I used to use 2.8 grains of Bullse

Mick that makes me chuckle, oh for some of that kind of justice on this side of the pond.