Unmade Marian
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That's right, Cliff Ton it is. It was Clifton where I used to catch the paddy bus to, which I presume you were/are from - don't know why I think that though!
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Nobody has mentioned the absolutely best chip shop in the world, ever. I've never tasted anything like their chips before or since. It was opposite the main bus depot in Sneinton, is it called Manvers Street? Always went there in the 70's whilst waiting for the paddy bus.......did anyone else used to catch the paddy buses? It was back in the day when the services stopped about 11 and they ran after midnight to take the drivers and conductors home........eee, conductors with their lovely leather money bags and the wonderful shiny ticket machines - I always fancied clicking out a mustard, sugar bag blue or terracotta coloured ticket........can you remember them too? Time to finish this and leave you with memories - good old Nottstalgia, thanks for being here.
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Yes, I remember it as Topo Gigio's. Topo Gigio was a puppet mouse on the TV in the 60s and there was a picture of one similar (probably not paid for the copyright) on the billboard. Yes, it was upstairs.
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Hmm, very interesting but going back to the 70s it was called something else - blowed it I remember what - can any of you lot remember? I bet you can.
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I remember a fur shop near Sisson and Parker called the Canadian Fur Company - I bet you wouldn't catch them selling rabbit fur (that was what Coney was doncha know)
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Benjamin, you've caught me out. When I was posting I was trying to remember exactly, and I can't. All I know (think) is that it's (coming down) before Haydn Road on that same side (right-hand).. I will check it out and get back to you.
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p.s. re Bubblewrap's link, I have a feeling they may not all be Nottingham signs.........
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Aah, ghost writing I didn't know that. Ta. There is one on a wall in Sherwood, main Mansfield Road, advertising Scriven's Greengrocers. Me pretty new to this area (only lived here 20 years) so I don't remember it, does anybody else?
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Ooh, I absolutely looooved the Union with DJ Petal. He certainly helped form my music taste in the early/mid 70s. Leon Russell, Roll Away the Stone (not the Mott the Hoople song), Taj Mahal, Statesboro Blues,, Chicken Shack, Tears in the Wind, Chicago, 25 or 6 to 4 and Ides of March, Vehicle to name just a few. Songs you never hear played the radio. How about you Nottinghamians? Any tracks that you remember that seem to have got lost in time?
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They were never Brussells Sprouts, always Nobby Greens. Only found out when I went to live out of Nottingham and asked 'how much are your nobbies? Took some explaining, ha.
Unmade Marian
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Kalookie! thanks Moderator, you're right that is what I was thinking of.
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Hi Mattsdigs
Wow, you have just took me down memory lane. I never knew how to spell it, do you know or have you just done a phonetic spelling? Yep, when the children were small and we couldn't get out there were many, many good food and card evenings in the 1980s and it was always Koo-Can. You play with two packs and have 13 cards each. You cannot lay out until the pips add up to 40 and an Ace can either be 1 or 14 (but always 14 when you are adding up your total at the end, Once you have laid out others can then add to the runs and you can add to theirs. To Koo-Can is to lay out all your cards in one go - but that takes some nerves. You only have to pay on the cards left in your hand so if you try to Koo-Can and fail - that can be quite high stakes. We always used to play a penny a pip with a maximum of 50p! (hey, mortgages were 16% at that time).
I hope this is the game you mean and your dad recognises the rules as I remember them. Times and friends move on so haven't played for years.
Regards,
Unmade Marian
Nottingham Chippies Good and Bad
in General Chat about Nottingham
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Oh my days, Catfan - that's it exactly - although not shiny after all are they, ha ha - memories that deceive