Chulla

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  1. Yes, I still have the brochure, but I don't want to scan and download it's pages. It's not that interesting, apart from the prices. Sorry.
  2. I once went to see one of the nude shows at the Olympia - all the girls were static, as by law they had to be. I happened to look behind me and saw a chap looking through binoculars!
  3. Hello Highfield, I am the historian of Rolls-Royce Hucknall. Any chance you could contact me, please. My email address is lindavia5@talktalk.net. David Birch
  4. Being a new member I spotted this old thread, about Rise Park estate. We put down a deposit for a three-bedroom bungalow in February 1971, and received a brochure from the builders, J Enness and Company, showing all of the types of houses/bungalows (all detached0available and their prices. They were: 3-bedroom house, no garage £3980 3-bedroom house, with attached garage (two models) £4295 and £4400 4-bedroom house, with garage £5150 2-bedroom bungalow, no garage £4200 2-bedroom bungalow with attached garage £4650 3-bedroom bungalow, no garage £4650 3-bedroom bungalow with attached garag
  5. I don't know how true this is, but years ago my father told me that before the war there were two shops in Carrington Street with the name Bogger - no doubt the spelling would be different but probably pronounced thus. One of the shops had a sign in the window saying "We are no relation to the Boggers up the road". Chulla
  6. The Canberra was operated by Rolls-Royce at Hucknall. This was the first accident involving a Canberra. The test pilot Richard Peach, the only crew member, was killed. Chulla