benjamin1945

Enjoy Bulwell Siddha.........if you fancy breakfast or even just a coffee....Jerholme's on main street is excellent........no market today but Bulwell is always good........

As a young teenager on Bestwood estate we had some lovely day trips to Skeggy...Mablethorpe...and cleethorpes.......organised by a lady on the street named Elsie.........no parents allowed just Elsie who sorted us all out.........great community spirit... Most of us behaved and always took Mam a stick of rock back........

Certainly did CT........the golden mile along Mansfield road from Haydn road to Daybrook.......Two Farrands shops.....a Marsdens and a Thrifty...even a coop worked in all of em..........great days and nights....Two wives several girls dated from other shops...Britons fruit and veg....Pork Farms......Elmo (remember them?)............caught lots of shoplifters along that road too...One had famous Prime Ministers name.. nice bloke.....also dated a girl who worked in Stumps on Haydn road....think they made Cricket bats? In fact that little stretch of road holds so many memories.....could do

Same here OZ............MID 60S .......great memories of Coalville... Lodging at 'Big Maude's' while managing Thrifty supermarket'' in the precinct'''''''' Crazy friday nights at the ''West End club'''........Dancing till 10 then sitting under a table with me pint and a lovely girl when the fighting started........

I wonder why ?

Here we go then @trogg Get down Locarno'' Sat night... Hair in a DA and wear some 'Cuban Heels'' Collar up...ala billy Fury'' Be the first in your group to Dance Splash of 'Old Spice'' Pick the best looking girl on the dance floor'''' Don't worry about being turned down..... When and if you get chance...use your best chat up line... like...''come here often?''' and ''get ya coat youve pulled'' If youve not scored by 10.30......give up and go home......and in future ''Don't be so silly'' '''

Did you ever sing ''My boy lollipop'' to me Margie ?

Millie - My boy lollipop 1973 - Bing vidMillie - My boy lollipop 1973 - Bing

She used to sing ''My boy Lollipop'' to me.........

Love this song.........never could remember names...so kept em in the bottom of my''' pencil case''

I've just heard that the '''Bestwood old boys'' are in talks with Cooper'' reference their 1964 team making a comeback......the team are all English and all from Nottingham.......plus ' Money no problem....

1966......oh to be 21 again.....and singing in the sunshine.......even crying in the rain.......love to make all my mistakes again.... Wish i was still waiting for Sue to come round on the ''Bali-Hai'' dance floor..... Dance duck?... Maybe later... Come outside? What for?

Never to be forgotten Charlie......true Yorkshireman... Saw him play for Doncaster rovers down Meadow lane...not a bad centre half..... Wife had a train journey sat with him...said what a lovely man he was.......

Doubt it Kev......times have changed so much.....Railway club still open under a different name.......went in a few years back to a dancing club........made me sad ....all the old faces missing....

Takes me back to some great times behind the Bar at Railway club Bulwell...........comedians...Singers...Dancing....and the fruit machine took ''Tanners'' Pint of Bitter and a 'Cherry 'B'.....about three bob''....and if anybody asked for a ''Cocktail'' they were ''Barred''

Loved to have danced with UNA.........Cant believe she's left us............ Full screen a must........

I was tired of my Lady'''' Took out a Personal ad''''' I knew the curve of her face'''' It was my own lovely Lady''' I never knew she liked 'Pina Coladas'' Great song and story....lovely tune....and music..... Ever had a ''Pina-Colada'''?

GBNews so called comedians.......Awful all of em..... I enjoy GBNews generally...but this lot are just not funny.....

There's more................because ''Yer just supposed to blow the bleddy doors off''....lol

Not a lot of people know that Kev.........

Thanks Kev......that map answers my Query ref Army Camp and Anti Aircraft Gun site.........roughly in the middle of the map is a long oblong shape with what looks like Trees......they are still there... and with it being high up can be seen for miles...i hear there is a movement for them to be kept in Situ'' when the building is complete...........

The one on the right Trogg was a nursery school in my school years...later became a Community centre.. Straight opposite this across the road was where the main Huts (school) was.......from memory 6 huts... This was my first school.....even recall some of the teachers names Hut 1/ Mrs Taylor Hut 3/ Mrs Jervis Hut 5/ Miss Blackborn...... Headmistress Mrs Townsend We even had a school 'Pianist'' Mrs Gernill......lovely lady......... Funny what you recall. even from 1950.....Miss Blackborn must have liked me.......she gave me an American forces Bible....

A date has been announced and building on the site of Padstow school commences later this year......with new houses... I am surprised that only 3 of us on here seem to originate from Old Bestwood estate.....also i seem to be the only one thats ex Padstow..... I must admit i get too sentimental about the old school and Bestwood in general....so much so that my happy memories (probably a bit Rose tinted'') tend daft enough... to make me sad when i venture up there now........ With this in mind i thought i would record on here something about the o

Skeggy with the Tide out...... OR IN.......

Another busy day in Skegness (1949?) Don't want to hold ya hand Mam... What ya done with that ''Ten Bob note our John''?