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Bendigo last won the day on September 21 2013

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  1. I'll be thanking you for that, I was looking for a full copy for a post at another forum recently and had to make do with the trailer, now I can go back and continue their education on the subject of Nottingham.
  2. They've made a Sillito app for the mobile phone, to walk tourists around the city, if I recall correctly.
  3. I very much agree with that memory. In from the pub, flick on the tv, and there were the wobbly walls of Wentworth to look at while you scoffed your supper, and before you went to bed. It was, truth be told, terrible, but I watched it right up till the end, just because it was on in the "right" slot.
  4. Funny you should say that, as he's up next: William Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, the second son of five children born to Samuel Booth and his second wife, Mary Moss. In 1842, Samuel Booth, who could no longer afford his son's school fees, apprenticed the 13-year-old William Booth to a pawnbroker. Samuel Booth died on 23 September 1843. Two years into his apprenticeship Booth was converted to Methodism. He then read extensively and trained himself in writing and in speech, becoming a Methodist lay preacher. Booth was encouraged to be an evangelist primarily through his best fri
  5. Lieutenant James Still RN This guy was an amazing dude, I tried to find something about him on the internet, but I couldn't. The above plaque is in St. Mary's church in the Lace district of Nottingham, next to Sneinton, and it was the church my school used once, so I first saw this plaque as an angelic voiced schoolboy (yeah, I don't know what I was doing in the choir either, no one told me about it until I was told where to sit, but maybe I missed something because I was to busy reading the plaque?) Lieutenant James Still RN, left home and travelled thousands of miles away, to try and
  6. George Africanus Immigration is always in the news these days, or so it seems, but it's been happening for a long time now. The George Africanus story starts in 1763 when he was born in Sierra Leone in West Africa. Black servants were fashionable at the time, and once the young George was brought to England, where he worked for the wealthy businessman Benjamin Molineux, who lived in Wolverhampton. The family gave him his full name George John Scipio Africanus, but his original African name is unknown. They ensured he grew up able to read and write, and he served his apprenticeship as
  7. Obvious first choice, Bendigo Thompson William Abednego Thompson, better known as Bendigo, was arguably England’s greatest bare-knuckle boxer and one of Nottingham’s most famous exports - he even has a town named after him in Australia (well, kind of... an early Oz farmer/gold miner was also a bare-knuckle boxer, his style was reminiscent of our Bendigo and so the nickname stuck. When his ranch grew to a town, it took upon his adopted name). Born into the slums of Nottingham on 18 October 1811, he was the last of 21 children, himself one of triplets, Abednego, Shadrach and Meshach named a
  8. Socialist? Are you sure you weren't confused by his accent? I'm sure he's a So-Shall-ist, as in "So shall we buy this house as well, Cherie?"
  9. You're right, I'm not, never even been close to the place, but I walk past here on a regular basis: So I borrowed his name for use on the internet. I always figure the name's unusual enough that for anyone who doesn't know the story it will tempt them to run to Google, and begin their Nottingham education, and to learn that we're so much more than just Robin Hood.
  10. I made a few records back in the day, but I can't actually play any instruments, I wouldn't know the front end of an oboe from the back, so I'd probably end up blowing in the exhaust pipe, or whatever you call the bit the wind comes out of. And I can pick out tunes with one finger on the piano, but only if they are tunes I make up as I'm going along. I couldn't play anything "real" on it.
  11. I love meeting old friends for the first time in ages, but the one moment I don't enjoy is that moment you look at them and realize how much older they are, and then it hits home that you're that much older too. Most of the time I can still fool myself into feeling a lot younger than I really am, but moments like that slip past my defences.
  12. Probably, you used to still see little sections dotted around the town. I've just replied to a thread about Church Drive in Carrington and certainly in the 80's there was still a section of old track up near the coal yard that used to be just off Church Drive, so they probably did spend some time and money somewhere removing tram tracks so they could lay some tram tracks. Only in Nottingham I love this city but we have a history for madness, such as... ... setting fire to hot-air balloons when we get bored
  13. A long time ago I left town for a while, and only came back a few years ago, and it was interesting to see what had changed, and what had stayed the same, while I'd been away. The first thing I noticed, that had changed, was my accent. Born and bred here, but everyday I'm asked where I come from, because of my accent. A friend told me yesterday he thought it was South African, but I've never been near South Africa in my life, so I don't know where that came from, and he's the only one who's ever suggested it. Next thing I noticed was that the young uns have got a lot younger. Years ago th
  14. I lived on Church Drive for a while (1980's) I've got no pictures myself but I will ask any old Carrington friends when and where I bump into them.
  15. There's one lad I am aware of, single guy, no obligations, who get's around £350 a week in benefits (including housing benefit, council tax benefits, etc) and you can often see him begging in the city. He doesn't need that £350 a week, he needs lessons in how to budget and manage his money. There's a lot of problems that could be solved by better means than just throwing money at them.