Caz

Yes please I'll have most of the above ........just in time for crimbo!!! LOL Caz

G'day Mite, I was just watching Coro[yes we can get it here on satellite] & they were tucking into fish & chips & I was wondering what you expats out there miss most about good old English food. I miss......... real potato chips with mushy peas or curry sauce on top or both! crispy batter on the fish & those little batter bits we used to get for free when we were kids[little did we know they were adding to our cholesterol overload!] pigs chitterlings with brown vinegar & Hovis bread, can you still get them I wonder? there was a Polish butcher on Hyson green who used to

Nope can't find anything to suggest Hal is an expat....do you know something I dont??

Can't say I remember exactly what the pics on the walls were like,but I do remember they were flourescent, & I got a big shock when the lights came on. Did you ever wonder why all the girls tried to wear something white to the Fe'? LOL Caz

Hi Aya, I found 5 of us on the member board. Have a safe trip. Caz

Fine Fare was definately there, not sure of the year but I would think about 1968 if not before? I remember collecting cards from Birds Eye fish fingers from Fine Fare,I was after the Paul Mcartney card & when I got it out it was all greasy! The ladybird shop Smithylass is refering to was there as early as 65,I know that because my mum always bought we girls a new outfit for the bank holidays,& so we could march with my dad on the Embankment with the buffs. My dad died in 66,so it would have been there at least a couple of years before. As well as the pubs Ilko remembers, I remember

Thanks Admin. Hope we can get some interesting anecdotes & suchlike onto this Forum. There aren't a lot of us Expats on here at the moment, but i'm off to scour my address books now to see if I can rope some of em' in!! Caz

I'll take it she's definately dead then!!!??? LOL

David Kelly was the irish guy. Patricia Hayes was definately in it, dont think she was called Edna then,but you are quite correct she was a brilliant actress,she also starred in Til Death Us Do Part,do you know if she's still alive? Ive lost touch living in Oz Cazza

Mmmmmmmm now u r testing me it was either Patricia Hayes or the irish fella? Caz

We certainly had cameras,but I don't think our parents would have trusted us to take them to the Thursday night disco do you? Anyway it would have been very uncool to be seen carrying a camera in those days don't ya think?? I would love to see a pic of the old Fe' though if anyone has one. Caz.

Arthur Haynes & was his side kick Nicholas parsons? Caz

Soz Aya, I was just carrying on from Ilko's thread Caz

Sure does mate & the rest

Hello Ayagorawiya, Yes it would be great . If Mekit gets back to me Ill do my best. You never know I could be living very close to him.....stranger things have happened!! Caz

G'day mekitgabakuds, If you know where in Oz Sammy went to live I could try & do a search for you,as you can see I live in Oz so it's not a prob. Hope you have as much fun as I am having on this great site. Caz

Even I know it's Noele Gordon! Caz

Just wondered as Christmas is fast approaching, what memories you have from when you were a child & beyond? I remember living on Ryehill St & we were sooo excited as Christmas approached. Don't remember Christmas starting before December unlike today when it starts in October [well it does here in Australia] When we woke up really early on Christmas morning it was so cold, but we didnt care, we could see our santa sacks at the bottom of the bed, & everytime we moved our feet we could hear the paper rustle.I dont remember if we were allowed to open our pressies in the bedr

Happy Holidays Mick Catch up when you get back Caz.

I remember my first day ay Arkwright Infants School. I was taken there after being at home with my mum for 5 yrs,well you can imagine it was like being separated from your siamese twin. I think I screamed for what seemed like hours. I can see the other kids faces now, I was laying on the floor & they were looking down at me on the floor of the classroom. The worst thing was the teacher Mrs Cree told me my mum had gone home & just as I was settling down my mum poked her head over the glass of the door to see if I was ok, I saw her face & started all over again,embarressing isnt it

Well my boy so you wanna know how they got caught hey??? Apparently what happened was [& i have it on good authority] after the incident, at the next assembly, old Pot leg walked up & down the aisles of assembled students, limping & looking at the floor & everyone wondered what the hell he was doing.He pulled a a few kids out and sent them to the front of the hall, now you might ask what was he doing? well..............as most of us only had one pair of shoes , the silly buggers who did the painting had paint all over their shoes & thats how he found out who did it :o w

Hey I know!! Caz

Hi Mick, I have a question for you...........do you or any other members know how the culprits who painted the graffiti on the roof of TBS were caught out???? Rgds Caz

Is it Nottingham Castle?? Caz

G'day Mick Just chatting with my partner & recalling some of the music from the Fe'. We remember Michael Jackson's ABC, the girls used to dance in a circle to that one & we all knew the hand movements that went with it too. I have a couple of musical memories which I directly associate with the Fe' & am very nostalgic about. The 1st is "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman & the 2nd is the "Harlem Shuffle" I LOVE that song & didn't hear it for years & years, mind you living in Oz didn't help!! Other songs we remember are Wet Dream, that was very naughty at the