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C1964 I called on Brough Eng in my position as a special steel rep. They were not building motor bikes and just doing general engineering and a bit run down. My reports said 'no potential'.

Wow CT! - what a great collection of pictures of Alfreton Rd. Only seen a few before. Must go through them all again...

A bit before your time - 1947/50. Boys on the lower half of the school and girls on the upper part. BK - Windley was on Forest Rd about a 100 yards up from Alfreton Rd.

It was in the Orion that I had my first feeling for a girl We were about 11 and a regular ex Windley gang used to go to the Orion on Saturday afternoons and we tended to sit in the same wooden seats upstairs. The girls sat in the row in front of us lads.Her name was Diane and she had been head girl. I gave her a piece of my precious chewing gum and I can still see her smile - I dreamed about us conquering the world for months after that....

Enjoyed watching it. A few 'iffy' moments on both sides but the result was right. A good indicator that they can go all the way.

The Penny farthing?

Hmm.. £399 sounds ok. I'm looking at electrifying my fishing bike for about the same price.

E scooters are here to stay, so we will just have to get used to it. They are a way to reduce car use and congestion and should be embraced as such. They do present new dangers which legislation and 'culture change' will address eventually, albeit with 'hues and cries' and many injuries and deaths. As a lifelong cyclist I could easily say "why not use bikes"? Well, we have had over a century for that to be decided. Most humans will take the easy route, hence the car. Nipping around town in a car could be seen as a bloody selfish activity - expensive, polluting and taking up

Apparently the Trent is the river of 30 streams,abbey's and species of fish. Hence Trent from the French Trente (30).

Got up early today and covered the clear roofed loggia with a tarpaulin before it got hot. Not pretty but works a treat.

Found this interesting old topic. Something that has been puzzling me is why the Trent, below it's confluence with the Tame is still called the Trent, when in fact the Tame at that point has a greater flow? have we been fooled for centuries? Should it really be Tame Bridge and Tame Embankment?

There were a few monkeys dressed as humans last time I was there

Coal miner going home on bus still wearing helmet and black with coal dust.

According to the news/press the big issue that candidates are targeting is tax cuts or otherwise. Someone has to be wrong on the principles of how taxation, corporate or personal, achieve their clams? For me the security of the UK is a more important issue.

Lycra again - when in my 60's I crashed in a race near Epperstone. Hit the deck hard, fracturing skulI and collar bone. I was wearing a one piece skin suit and when in hospital the nurses had to cut it off me. Still had a six pack then though

I go to Birmingham tomorrow to be fitted with a new device. I will have a range of 60 miles - so don't go talking behind my back

Last wore my lycra on my 83rd birthday, as always on my birthday. Can't wait till I'm 84 to wear my birthday suit. Fits perfectly. Trouble is - the bumps are all in the wrong places.

Interesting day today. I was invited to a meeting at Isaac Walton's cottage. An author was gathering info for a book that she is writing about the River Trent and I was introduced as 'the old man of the Trent'. Wonderful conversation ensued. Gathered the fourth crop of runner and French beans today and been picking four courgettes a day for the last fortnight. Looking for recipes for courgettes.... Plenty of big tomatoes but no sign of ripening yet.

I had a smoking jacket with satin collar and pocket trim. My teenage daughter nicked it to go along with her pork pie shoes when Northern Soul was the rage.

Wore my Summer weight suit last week avec turn-ups. Perfect along with the genuine Panama.

Google is not my friend. How is asking google a question going to start a conversation about a subject - which you can do with a proper friend. Head stuck in phone is so uncivilized and unsocial. Google it up after and see how accurate the answer was.......... As for doing crosswords and referring to dictionaries or google - what is the point? May as well go straight to the answers page.

Not tellin. Risk getting banned.....

Last time I ironed anything there was a frazzle, smoke and nasty smell. Took a while to clean the iron and the ironing pad was ruined. I didn't know that you could not iron acrylic (or something?) sox. That was almost 60 years ago - been banned ever since That was my second triumph as a married man

Brew - Thanks for the pic of the bicycle knife sharpener. That is what I have seen - and the term 'Grundle' joged a memory.

Street knife sharpener on his grinding wheel bike. One used to turn up on Peveril St every month or so. Last one I saw was at a Town open market in France. I tried to buy the machine but he refused - offered 1000 euro but still not interested.