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3,268 Exceptional Poster of NottstalgiaAbout PeverilPeril
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Staffs
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making cider, cycling, fishing, rowing.
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I was taken as a guest last year to a stretch of the Trent owned by Nottm Piscatorials. Splendid fishing. Several barbel and chub. As a youngster I used to catch a bus to Farndon - a grey bus, was it Gash? The fishing was free on the Trent and in the gravel pits (there were 2 then, now a marina). My best days fishing there was on the Trent when it was in flood. Yesterday I fly fished for trout on one of my club lakes. Lovely day out in the boat catching rainbows to 8lb. How my fishing life has changed, since catching 'guginn' from Trent Bridge steps
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Nice to see that plenty of frogs have turned up in the pond. They started arriving on Monday. I was worried that some may not make the return to their ancestral home due to new fencing and gravel boards being installed on two sides of the garden. Looks like they found the little access points that I made Looks like Spring is truly here with the magnolia in bloom and the hens laying every day
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Rog - you could try one of the many gravel pits around the Trent Valley. No close season and some great bird life to watch. I'm hoping for my last session before the season closes on the Trent this week. I had a dabble last week - just 500 yds from home and caught a very large chub. Carsington Water opens for trout fishing on Saturday and I was lucky enough to secure a boat booking. I really like Carsington, especially when there is a chance of an overwintered fish or two. They are like wild fish and splendid to eat.
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Just been given a fridge to use in the garage for bait and beer, It must be a good one because it's a BEKAY
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Hope you have had a lovely day Margie. Love PP and Marian xx
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Well, I didn't take the 11+ or any O levels. Still did OK in a technical and commercial capacity though
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Ailments, Aches & Pains. (Let's hear them here)
PeverilPeril replied to FLY2's topic in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
Heyup Trogg - how is your wife today? Just hoping that she is recovering well. -
My memory was jogged yesterday when reading through my old school reports from when I was 9 till 15 (1947 - 53). It's surprising how much was forgotten and how much had become slightly skewed with time. But there it was, the evidence in front of me. Proper ink, on faded paper, bearing the signatures of form masters and headmaster. No excuses! These documents were, in some way, a record of my growing up. Something was glaringly obvious during these formative years but was not recognised at the time. They were also evidence of how times and teaching practices have changed.
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I found some more school reports from Berridge today. Also my leaving report from Windley. The latter is helping me clear up the mystery of why I didn't take the 11+. The report was in 1948 and I was 9yrs 9months. Average age of class was 11yrs 1 month. There were 37 in the class and I was placed 19th but was 16 months younger than the rest of the class? My first school reports from Berridge are missing which is strange because my Mother was quite assiduous at saving all my docs and exam results - even swimming certificates The Windley report does clear up one mystery. I had mistaken
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Today went well. Set up my modest stall at the British Fly Fair International show which opens tomorrow. This is my forth year as an exhibitor. It's great fun meeting fly fishermen from all over the world.
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It's Sunday. Until I was about 20 I attended church or chapel every Sunday. These days I watch Kunesburg on the Beeb on Sunday morning. Some distance from going to church, however, this morning was different. Nothing religious you understand, but something quite moving took place when Kunesburg interviewed Esther Ghey. The sheer kindness that effused from this lovely lady was a more powerful message than I ever heard from a pulpit. Of course the program included what was happening with the US response to the terrorists organisations and the connections with the war in Gaza. A war consumed
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Definitely take waterproofs. The rain proofs that are carried by golfers are ideal when cycling. Pack away small and light. I had a lovely day fishing in a boat for trout yesterday. We set up the gas hobs and had bacon and mushrooms wrapped in Staffordshire oat cakes. 6 of us sitting in the sunshine by the lake at lunchtime. Good for the soul
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Another crew I belong to are the 'COFFIN DODGERS'. We meet in the pub twice a week and concentrate on right arm exercises
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Good day today. Passed the 600km mark in the January rowing challenge. My target is 686.5 km which I did in 2016 when I was 77. Set this target because the average age of my crewmates is 77. We are aptly known as the ANCIENTS.
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In the 50's there was a newspaper seller on the corner outside Bentink Rd School who used to sing in a very loud voice "Pooooooow,'n N'oooooooz"...., "Noooooz, n', Poooooooow". He also sang at the Palais when the big bands took a break.