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I am not surprised at 24 70 seaters an hour, especially in rush hour. Most people used public transport in them days. The little lady!!! at Nottm Council would be on a permanent high. Remember, there was a lot of work at Bulwell with Brick works, plant pot makers and textiles etc. Lots of Mills at Basford as well. The poor old conductor would have been fitter than Hussein Bolt.

My wife is home now and says she remembers both May Blanchard and Charlie Garratt. She says can you remember Barbara Percival who lived in the Penn Avenue flats. She also says don't confuse her with Doris Tattersall who also worked there.

Ayup. I was the lab technician at St. Bernadette's from early 1968 to 1969. I befriended a lot of the pupils (who were not much younger than me I was 16). I remember George Puschinski, Peta Cavasana and her brother Carlo. Maureen and Anna Burke, Tanya and Annie Miasga, Amedeo Lausi, Maria Bojko Yaras Gragouskas and many more. Mr Spencely the head of Science was a great mate. He left to be replaced by Mr Shoreland. Mr Wally Biology teacher, Mr Tregaskes - maths and science. He got me through a resit of my Maths O level. Mrs Davis was the school secretary.

That explains it then. I just used them to go to Bulwell.

There was another crescent sort of laid out for ages. I think on the maps it was called Inglesi Crescent or something like that. There were a few trees growing and some rotten ones that had fell down. There was also wasteland between the TSB bank and the shops, but they gradually built more shops, including Fine Fare. It was a good shortcut home from my mates house.

She is at Bingo right now so I can't ask her, but she has mentioned Charlie Garratt in the past. But, (friends Romans and countrymen) where is the Shakespearean connection? I'll tell you how you can remember her. She was always combing her flippin hair. In her break she would be stood on the stairs with a fag in one hand and a brush or comb in the other.

My Burrows Nottingham Official Handbook shows the 44 on Parliament St and in Market Square. It must have gone up Market Street or Queen Street. Rush hour diversions or whatever. And we were still pulling that stirrup in the early to mid 60s.

it was a good library in the 6os. I used it frequently and before it was built, the library at Old Park Farm. There used to be a fish pond in the entrance. Is it still there?

She has loads of Lenton Times and also the earlier Lenton Listener. I think her mate had a video of a reunion somewhere.

I am sorry to hear that and so is my wife. She really loved working there. I used to meet her off afternoon shift and I think on Friday night they turned off the machines for cleaning. The silence was deafening so to speak. As I mentioned before, she stopped working there and got another job so we could spend more time together in the evenings.

There was an old folks complex on Staverton Rd towards Burnside Road.

Gotta go to work now. Pick up again tonight.

She remembers them both. She says can you remember Margaret Hathaway. My wife was quite young there and the men used to take the Mickey out of her. She was very beautiful and the guys always chatted her up. She can still tie a knot in cotton with one hand.

I remember the later Trolley buses (or tracklesses as me mum used to call 'em) had six wheels - four at the back. I remember me mam come back from town one day and told us about a wheel that came off the back of a trolley bus and overtook them going down Chapel Bar into Long Row. I bet that would hurt if it hit you.

My brother is 6 years older than me and may have known them. I remember he had a friend from around Darnall Crescent called Mick Yard. There was however a big group of us used to sit on the train bridge collecting train numbers - all ages but I can't remember the names.

No. My wife was a Lenton Lass and lived 3 minutes walk from the factory.

I remember the gypsies in that clearing on Glaisdale Drive. If you want to know my age I am 62 years young. I still occasionally see Mr Jacobs (or Dr Jacobs as he is now) strolling up Aspley Lane. He remembers me and likes to stop for a chat. When I was in my final year at Glenbrook Junior they closed Beechdale primary. It was composed of the wooden mess huts for the Ack Ack gun that was there during the war I think. We had some of the lads move into our class at Glenbrook. I am struggling to remember names but I think George Grundy was one. Alan or David Franks. David Hockley, I have t

Teachers at BGS. Seeing as you were there 5 years after me I would be going out as you were coming in. Try Mr Protherough, Mr Williams, Miss Butler, Mr Stone (art), Mr Yarnell (Physics), Mr Wombwell (chemistry), Mr Kirton (Metalwark), Mr Jacobs (English), Miss Scott (French), Miss Skedge (English), Mr Robinson (chemistry) and another Mr Robinson (games). Dave Gingell was our Biology teacher. Guess what, They have built houses on my old rugby pitch. What sacrilege!!!!!

My wife said what was your dad's name, and did anyone know Barbara Percival who was my wife's mate.

Hello. I have an interest in this topic as my wife was working at Elastic Yarns on Castle Boulevard when I met her on a blind date on 27th February 1969. Her maiden name was Christina Tattersall but she was called chris but had the nick name 'Buzz'. She left that year because the late shifts got in the way of our amorous canoodling.

Catfan, how many times was I dragged up to those shops when I was little. Co-op regular destination. By the way, do you get your hair cut at the barbers on corner of Henrietta St? Annswabey. I Knew Pete Maltby at the Strelley end of Melbury Rd. How about Tony Broughton at the far end of Melford Rd. Tony Marriot of Melford Rd was in my class at Grammar School. Ayup Dgbrit. You wanna see my dad on his scooter. Seriously, he is 92 and still thinks he is powering up the M1. They would never let me near a Kart. I would end up killing my self.

Hi Catfan. Was that opposite the TSB or behind the Pelican. My mate John Smith lived next door to the bank.

Permission please to stick my oversized nose in here. A few years ago I spent a few hours in the Library at Nottingham and got as much gen on Aspley Hall as possible. It turned out that it was the summer home of the Prior of Lenton Abbey. When the abbeys were dissolved by Amorous 'enry, the hall became disused until it was taken over by the Willoughby family, not the main ones at Wollaton Hall but the Catholic branch of the family at Cossall. As it was illegal to be a Roman Catholic in those days, they kept a secret priest on the premises who used to celebrate mass on Sundays but the family

8 Wigman Rd. That was nearly opposite Wellers or probably Chromoworks. Was it up an alleyway? I used to play around 'Tin Bridge' on Woodyard Lane. OOPs! I've just realised I can remember the dismal wail of the saws at Brown's Woodyard and that has been gone years. We used to slide down the bank on our backsides and get our trousers covered in dust. That earned me another clout off me mam. Then she got covered in a cloud of dust. There was a big house near where the canal used to cross Woodyard Lane. It had an orchard so we used to go and test the fruit. You know! Just to make s

I've got to stick my nose into this one as well. Top of my list of things you don't see any more 1. Me without grey hair. 2. Me with a 28inch waist. LOL