Rikki72

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  1. Anyone remember this story from a few years back?

    http://www.gofishing.co.uk/Angling-Times/Section/News--Catches/General-News/December-2008/Anglings-first-ghost-captured-on-camera/

    I'm sure I saw a better resolution picture at the time which showed the detail of a skeletal face. The NEP story is still on their website but the pictures on there are even more blurred.

    http://www.nottinghampost.com/Angler-catches-ghost-camera/story-12238504-detail/story.html

  2. I may have missed something here but it looks like those Evening Post people are not from Nottingham.

    The Horse & Groom Linby, 'after a pleasant stroll through the picturesque village of Gedling you can pop in for a well earned pint'.

    Your damn right it would be well earned popping in from Gedling to Linby on foot.

    Unfortunately the Evening Post (or Nottingham post or whatever it calls itself these days) has suffered from terrible journalism for many years now. It almost seems like its made by school kids doing work experience. I'm amazed people still pay for it.

  3. When I first read the title of this thread I thought it was an insult!

    I still get the occasional whiff from Stoke Bardolph - a very 'earthy' smell (must be when they're spreading the sludge on the fields).

    Funny basfordred should mention Jeyes Fluid. Reminds me I've had a can in the garage for ages that I intended to clean the drive with. Should probably get it done before the weather deteriorates...

  4. I passed by it a couple of weeks ago & it appeared to be in process of refurbishment (as a pub). I also noticed a couple of large, sturdy looking gentlemen getting out of a flash car (Bentley I think it was) with a reg number that looked like "BAILEY" who I assume must be the developers / new owners.

    Passed by again today & it has actually now become flats, but the Jackie Bells signage has been retained on the building. It seems you can't make any money running a pub these days. Wouldn't recommend the new tenants fall behind on their rent though as they'll be in for a shock if the landlord comes knocking!

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  5. @Firbeck #7 I'm afraid I don't have any more - I saw the link posted in another forum & thought some of the folk on here might like them too but I have no idea where they originated from. If I come across any more I will definitely post the links.

    Interesting to read about the Eastern European troops. I thought the Atlantic defences were largely manned by German teenagers who were too young to fight in the east. Must have seemed like armageddon was happening when they woke up on that morning.

  6. Hi there folks, hope you don't mind me starting a thread. Please post any links you have to interesting or unusual web pages here. This could be anything from the arts or sciences, a news report or a video or photo of something unusual. Anything really as long as it is either interesting or unusual, but preferably both. I'll start things off with a feature on the world's largest atlas:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2173445/Where-Earth-Worlds-largest-atlas-display-British-library-boasts-pages-nearly-2m-high-weighs-24-stone.html

  7. As far as I'm aware the cinema in the elite building has been a nightclub since the late 1990's, with the entrance on Queen St (not sure where it was when it was a cinema). This is a 360 degree panoramic photo of what appears to be the auditorium (you can zoom in & out):

    http://www.panoptics.co.uk/gallery/gatecrasher/nottingham/main-bottom

    I assume the floor on which it is taken was added during the conversion.

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