Chulla

Let's have you at Bulwell 'spoons tomorrow morning for breakfast. No excuse - you're not wokkin'. Ladies, afterwards you can stroll down Main Street and have a look in Gucci, Tiffani and Harvey Nicholls.

I came across a list I have had for decades, compiled by Nottingham cinema historian Rick Wilde in (I think) 1981, of all the cinemas in Nottingham and the surrounding districts. I cannot say that it is complete, but it is pretty near. I have re-typed it and put the cinema names in alphabetical order. Of course, some of those listed were still open at that time, but now only the Savoy is still operating as it was intended. The Broadway and the modern constructions are not listed, nor are the travelling film shows, eg, Goose Fair and Cinerama.

Someone once said that Marilyn Monroe would still look great if she was dressed in a potato sack - and she went on the prove them right. https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=B7V3YdLM&id=424DE9AB9ED14D7B579E53868EB70B05438654EE&thid=OIP.B7V3YdLM3BR-ECJzOfD-eQB7Es&q=marilyn+monroe+sack+dress&simid=608009638140904682&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

Twelve inches of stair-rod up his jacksie will sort out his neck problem. I can hear it now - 'Ah, Chulla, don't be so cruel'

Here is one of the great comedy films made during WW2. I have posted a clip from it not long ago (what are you laughing at now, thread) but now see that the whole film has been put on YouTube. I do not suppose any NS member will be sufficiently interested in seeing it; past experience tells me that, but you never know, one just might. It features Carol Lombard, then the wife of Clark Gable. This was her last film before she was killed in an air crash. It also features some of Hollywood's finest character actors of that era. The main star is, of course, Jack Benny, ably assisted by Sig

I am not an appreciator of modern art - it's the Victorians for me. But there is always an exception, and for me this is it. It is titled 'Nighthawks', painted in 1942 by American artist Edward Hopper. I would imagine that most artists would like us to stand within the scene that they have painted, and not on the periphery looking in. With this picture I find it easy to imagine myself actually standing outside of the diner. It doesn't have much to say or show but it evokes the early morning desolation so well. I'd have it on my wall. Had a problem capturing the imag

Which one is our Catfan and which is Kojak? First one with the correct answer gets a lollipop.

Bleddy 'ell, carnie - who are the Bluebells? This is the version of Young at heart

So, we now have another celebrity as a member. Joining the Dalai Lama/Errol Flynn, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Kojak, Alf Garnet we have Clark Gable.

The cover of the latest issue of Bystander - No.183 - has a superb photo of the bottom of Southwark Street c.1907, showing the entrances to Bulwell Lane and Park Lane, and the cottages that used to stand there - the former known as the canary houses. Cracking picture. Also in the issue is a lovely photo of Whitemoor School girls in 1949 - they will be in their 70s now. The girls are: Pamela Booth, Shirley Fletcher, Susan Caghill, Margaret Breakey, Glenys Darnell, Joan Denton, Pat Kirk, Judith Simnett (who sent the picture from Canada), Janice Betts, Christine Stevenson, and Ja

#84. I'll probably get locked up for this, but I am reminded of a joke I heard well over 50 years ago: A black man was walking with his young lad. Dad. Why have we got such long legs? Son, its so that we can run quickly away from the wild animals. Dad. Why have we got such long arms? Son, its from when we used to swing from one tree to another. Dad. Why is our skin so dark? Son, it because of the searing hot sun that beats down on us all day. Dad. What are doing living on St Ann's Well Road?

#78, There you go again, Ben, with your double entendres. What 'Pole' attracted the missus that night. lol

#73, That's one of the best double entendres I have ever heard.

Margie. According to the 'spoons menu, it was Aberdeen Angus. The alternative was sirloin, for the same price. £3.99 is cheaper than Skeggy fish and chips.

Hey, Mike, according to 'spoon's price list, rump steak is £10.90. If that's what being religious does, I had better see the light.

Careful, Phil. The rules say that you have to put it in your mouth sideways.

Thank you, Jill - the infusion is straight-forward and lasts around a hour and a half. As to your previous question - do I look like a liberty bodice person? Decorum is my middle name! Mind you, it does get a bit nippy in Tibet.

Chemo day today (number 6 of 10). Tomorrow morning will be having breakfast in 'spoons Bulwell at 9 o'clock, hopefully accompanied by Bubblewrap. Anyone want to join us then please do.

That man in the foreground - is he from the Ministry of Funny Walks?

#159. How very true, Jill. I very fondly remember our classes at William Crane School, when it was a nice summer day the French windows would be open. What we saw was a nice lawn surround for the most part by a border of flowers - lupins, tulips, etc.

#1. As I was telling Cliff Ton yesterday in the Ludd: Have mentioned this before. When the building in the lower picture was built, replacing the Fifty Shilling Tailors (didn't they move down Wheeler gate, and the King's Restaurant move to Yates'?), someone wrote to the Evening Post complaining that Nottingham didn't want old-fashioned architecture like that. When you see what was later built next door I bet he was pleased. I heard that the Guinness sign, seen in top picture, before the war was a more complicated affair - an animated neon display. Apparently, it featur

Does anyone remember these two incidents involving Corporation buses? The following is either correct or nearly so; I'm relying on memory. I cannot remember which of the accidents was the fatal one. A bus was travelling into town down Mansfield Road from Forest Road. Waiting at the junction with Huntingdon Street, to come out into Mansfield Road, was a crane lorry. It was a little too far forward and the overhanging jib was over part of the main road. The bus struck the jib, killing/injuring a passenger on the top deck. About a year or so later exactly the same kind of

Down town Thought I'd nip down town, quite a nice day for it, Got me bus pass, off I go, on top deck I did sit. Half an hour later, off at Parliament Street, From now on my tootsies, will pound the hard concrete. Standing by Clough's statue, a preacher I did greet, Asked him why his dear Lord, had gen me aching feet. Beggar sat in doorway, asked me for some change, Dog that sat beside him, I think it had the mange. Dropped in for a coffee, supped Americano, Then a stroll in Slab Square, and saunter down Long

#50. Are you going to tell us that you have never in some way purposely avoided paying a tax or duty that otherwise would have gone to the government or local council?

Went to Sainsbury's Arnold today. As usual a foreign bloke asked me if I wanted my car washing, and as usual I told him 'no'. Then I thought, it's not been washed for over a year, and I am in no fit state now to wash it, so I said 'OK'. When we came back to the car park - wow!. Talk about clean and shiny - like the day it left Longbridge. Not a spec on all of the glass and he even blacked the tyre walls. Five quid well spent.