don walker

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  1. hi, Back in  about 1957/8 at trentbridge juniors. at about 0845  in the  morning  we were inplayground . In the sky was a big bright silver light, it was stationary, some of the kids shouted to the teacher to come and have a look,, I think it was Mr. Addlem who came , at first he thought it was Venus  but he then changed his mind, so he went and fetched miss slack and mr. Pearson  but nobody could agree.... Cut a long story short  it was still in the same place at break time about 10 o'clock,,,  just as bright and  as big, so one of the teachers phoned for copper. he came and he did not know what it was. they dis counted Venus , a plane whether balloon, any way when we came out at dinner it was still there but  some of us saw it disappear about  1230 pm ish  Does anybody remember the incident or am I of on a trip !!!  regards don

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  2. why is it that we can say the nick name  of certain people and no one bats an eye,,   I.E  kiwi for  new zealanders,,, ausies  for autralia,, frogs for the french, paddies for the irish,  jocks for the scots,, limies for the english,, but when you say nigger for the africans, or pakies for the asians the world falls in ,, can some body  give me the answer,, after all they are only words, I am 75yrs old and in my live I have been called some very nasty names ,but I have just shrugged them off,, is it just the P.C brigade trying to control what we say and do,, a case of the tail wagging the dog.... this is a genuine observation

  3. things that p..s me off is begging adverts on tv day and night !!!!!  especially when you are sitting down for something to eat,,,  Christ enough is enough!!!! we have had this for years now.,,,, also death policies being touted on t.v,,  jesus its all doom and gloom.

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  4. I worked at harry wheatcroft  the rose grower in edwalton in 1959. for a  56 hour week I got £2. 1. 6p  and boy did you  have to work hard,, it was slave labour,, I  stuck it for about  2 months  and bugered off  ,, I went to wood bastow in clifton   as  a storeman  and got £6 10s for 38 hrs a week

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  5. I say all these photos  of bell st. and bell terrace,,  and surrounding roads absolutely magic, in one of them I can just see  the back door of my old house,,, my family were not very well off ,,,, but such memories,,    ,,all those memories!!  thanks keep them coming , thank s to you all

  6. hi stuart c,  sorry  its took so long to get back to you but I,ve  got the builders in, the place look like a bombs hit it,,,,,yes I  do remember the swings ,, I  used to go over the top of  the crossbar until some body off Bunbury street  got tangled  in the bar,, .  cor you should have seen the claret,, oooo yaa ….. Christ that picture paints a thousand words!!!!  can you remember Boughows on bell street, we used to ring the delivery bell on those big doors,,  the doorman used to go bloody  barmy!!!

  7. was mick Clifton  polish, I think he lived next door but 2,  I seemed to remember having a fight with him ,, after the fight we were best mates,  if  my memory is correct ….  Talking about memories  ,when I was a lad  when women wash their stocking they would put penny in the toe of the stocking and then hang em out to dry,,  me and my mates used to go around the back yards  armed with a pair of sissors  and cut the toe out of the stocking and swipe the penny, We got away with this for about  2-3 weeks ,, but alas one day the women were waiting for us,,,,,Jesus Christ they din,t  half make us pay,!!!!!!!!   our sodding tabs  rang for days after that!!!!!   then and I  got a cracker of me dad,, we deserved it  but we were only about 6 or 7 years old,, its easy money till you get caught.   and then there was bon fire night,,,, are well  that's another story!!!!!

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  8. I know this is very long shot but has anybody got any photos of bell st, or bell terrace the  old meadows..  I used to live  in bell terrace in the 50,s,   no. 4 to be exact. does any body know where I can get some from .. I am getting on a bit and the memories are starting to fade,,  I  remember playing in the street , tin can leerky,,  dicky dob, we used to put a tennis ball in a stocking  then stand against the wall and swing the ball from 

    left to right, Christ I could go on for hours boring every one ,,  such great days, do you know kids on our street did not have lot  , only holes in your pants and shoes but were adventurous and normally had a sodding good time,, Iwould not change a day ,,, thanks for listening  

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  9. heres one I have never for got  ,,  Roundtree's   fruit gums  yum yum  yum,   five fruity flavours in  your tum tum tum,,  one things for certain  beyond dispute in Roundtree's  fruit gums you taste the fruit,,  now whats the other one whats  the beer  that's always best  whatneys red draught barrel, the only beer that always best  whatneys red draught barrel..    But there are some modern   adverts that piss me off  and that  is the bloody    begging adverts  that come on when you are about to sit down for tea  for gods sake don.t this country give enough money away ,, where is the help when we need  it.  ie the floods,, may be we ought to give a few more billions to india and china,. for their space program

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  10. hey kit e kat is not made of total bollucks  its got a bit of beef in it as well

    2 hours ago, Compo said:

    #85: No offence meant Fly :) - it just reminded me of the time when black people, being new to the neighbourhood, were viewed with a sense of trepidation.  I remember it was a fairly common thought that coloured folk lived on Kit-E-Kat.  That is also obviously total bullocks.

     

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  11. 6 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said:

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    Their problem, Rog, is that they weren't educated at The Manning. If they had been, they'd have emerged with a rabid feminist ideology that women are superior in every way, men are a total waste of time and space and no male has any right to tell a female what to do, how to dress, where to go or with whom. Oh yes, these women need educating, just as we were. 

     

    As much as I carp about the Manning, they were right on that subject! :rolleyes:

    don,t talk to my missis I have been controlling her for 50 years, sheis very luckyIlet her sleep with me!!!!

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  12. why is it that if you voted to leave the e.u you are considered a racist by the cranky brigade , Ivoted to leave the e.u because Iwant immigration stopped ,its costing billions to keep these people ,the nhs is straining under the pressure of immigrant births .Iam sick and tired of unelected diktats making laws telling us what we can say and do,, sooner we get out the better. and if you want to call me a racist so be it ,, sticks and stones

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  13. Alfred wheatcroft  and harry wheatcroft had a rose growing business in bradmore back in the 50,s but the 2 brothers fell out and harry left  In 1960 Harry eventually join his 3 sons and started a new firm called harry wheatcroft & sons (formerly called D.C. roses ltd)  on landmere  lane Edwalton.  I worked there for about a year,it was bloody hard work!!!!! I worked with harry on many occasions Jesus he was a slave driver. He live on Melton road the house was called  The Paddock.

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  14. hi, heres a topic to chew over, all in good fun,  I was reading  some articles about ghosts in Nottingham and in every one of the articles the ghost were wearing clothes,, how can this be !!! I thought only humans had a spirit , if that's the case then when we see a ghost surely they should be naked, clothes certainly haven't got a life force so how do they materialise,, that also goes for cars, bikes etc  Well like I say  this thread is only a bit of fun designed to create discussion  I would love to any views about it, thanks don

  15. hi Ihave had advice 1was going to have about 30.000 there is plenty of ecquity  property value is about 400,000 Ihave 2 sons ,,over about 24 years the debt would rise to about 70-80 thou  I have shopped around and got the % interest down from 5.4 to 4.29 with Aviva its right what you say most of them are weeing in the same pot

  16. smiffy49   hi I remember doc chapman  the man with the golden size 12 slipper,, Christ that buger hurt when you got a dose ,it felt like one had  had  an arse transplant.  he was in Elliot house, my house master was ridell what a pleasant human being he was, he was a sadistic bully,, no matter what  you had transgressed against it was the cane!!!  Idid not know any lad that liked  him , he ruled with fear, and of course there was good old  tom the head master if you did not do your detention your name was called out  in assembly and you  were called to his office ,he opened a cupboard and in it were a verity of canes (about a dozen of them), he would take one out at a time and wafted it thro the air a time or two, by which time you feeling a bit norceous  and  losing the will to live , then you got six of the best  (cane I mean)  kids nowadays don,t know they are born.

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  17. hi trevorthegasman   yes there was a murder on summer street it was mrs parry,,, she owned the sweet shop,,  some bas------ smash her head in  and robbed her I think they got around £4,,   Mrs Parry was about 84 years old  and could barely walk  she was a smashing old lady  They got the moron,, he was hanged,, Ihope he rots in hell,    I  was about  8 years old when it happened.

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  18. hi mandy 64  sorry I did not reply to your comments right away ,, yes my dad and mam was Edith and bill walker, I   remember uncle Charlie and untie Hilda  loved them both very much, they always treated me right. as you probably know Keith,, Charlie's son passed away some time ago ,, him and me was bought up together ,,we used to go birds nesting and fishing together he was a smashing guy hows your mam , and how are you, were do you live ,is it in the meadows. well it is nice to here from you, take care don