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Well done Melissa you must feel great Getting rid of your 'L' plate You showed everyone you did learn How to do a three point turn Emergency stop and hill start Proving you are 'wheelie' smart! So congratulations I'm very impressed That you have passed your driving test

Well done Melissa on all accounts!

Bet you are glad you weren't here last night! http://www.nottinghampost.com/Maggots-fall-ceiling-comedy-night-Nottingham-s/story-21754325-detail/story.html

Whether or not you're enjoying this spell of hot weather, check out this article in the Post about the weather in 1911 http://www.nottinghampost.com/long-hot-summer-1911/story-21745295-detail/story.html

I'm not aware of some of the above but at one time I'd have thought Drury Hill was one of the steepest before it was 'demolished'

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less - (Zeno of Citium)

Here's a link to an article about the asylum http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/publications/articles/asylum.htm

#1451 I don't think anyone knows for definite thus slight variations in books etc

Most reference books quote “Kilroy” as being a shipyard inspector in the U.SA. and after he’d inspected material he used to write “Kilroy Was Here”. The phrase came over to the U.K. during the Second World War when the U.S.A forces came here.

Rhyming slang for dope

The first London style taxi appeared in Nottingham in June 1995

#10 OK Radfordred -it's behind us now Thanks!

Nottingham Facts.

What's the point in starting a thread and then someone continually make posts that are not true or serious?

There are some links if you go to the page below and scroll down http://www.nottinghampost.com/VIDEO-Nottingham-city-centre-1972/story-21315284-detail/story.html

Hopewells were also almost opposite on Parliament Street at the same time

The first ‘talkies’ in Nottingham were shown at the Elite cinema in 1929.

When I was 15 or 16 I helped deliver bread with Wonderloaf to shops. Did it for a few months!

I've still got all my vinyl 45s EPs and LPs. Just had a look and I've around 500 vinyl albums spanning several decades and a large (very large) collection of CDs

When you’re in the Old Market Square, look up at the architecture above Ladbrookes on Long Row and you will see the façade (which is grade II listed) of the 600 seat "Picture House" cinema that opened 1912 and closed in 1921. It never converted to sound.

Not a car but my first 'Motor vehicle' was a Vespa Sportique Scooter - cost £150.

Wrong thread again!!!!!!! Hucknall means "Hucca's Nook of Land"

In 1924 Nottingham City Council bought Wollaton Hall and Park for £200,000.

Nottingham’s first zebra crossing was between the Mechanics Institute and Victoria Station in 1935.

#41 Apparently Alan Sytner founded the Cavern Club