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CT's suggestion seems to add up. Notts Olympic's ground was on Churchville fields, (that area also known as Friesland of course). I don't know how that area lies but Notts Olympic also played at the Gregory Ground, Radford Marsh when Churchville fields were water-logged, according to 'Lost Teams of the Midlands' Mike Bradbury. You've probably already seen that though soccerdata. 'Fields' might suggest a bigger area than plot 1088 though. The area on south side of Churchville/Outgang Lane looks quite large?

I like the Guardian cryptic and can sometimes get the Independent done too. I suppose we have individual strategies, some folk could tell you the price of a pound of butter or how many boxes of Surf were in an outer in1966.

I subscribe very much to the 'use it or lose it' ethos. Amongst a daily regime of cerebral activities, soduku, crosswords etc I also set myself memory challenges. Amongst other things, I recently memorised the locations all the US states and their capitals, you never know when that might come in handy .

But what was destroyed though, Jill? Old bus station and car-park replaced by new bus station and car-park. Carrington St car-park and the shops on east side, ( Electricity showroom, four or five shoe shops, the closed-down Gunn & Moore, Macfisheries and Burtons ) many went into the new Centre. Old Broad Marsh itself; warehousing, a few small factory units, a newsagents and the Tower pub. Nothing lost there. Some folk have mourned the demise of Drury Hill but remember it had all been condemned by the '70s. It's possible to look back and think why didn't someone have a vision to

That's interesting, I never knew there was a Wimpy down there. We used to go in Capoccis on Huntingdon St, near Central Market opposite the bus station.

Yes, I remember that shop HSR, but can't place the name.... Radio Rentals was always at the top of Friar Lane.

Sadly, that is very true. The only candidate I could put forward would be Angela Merkel.

Yes Loppy, the major problem was the tv rental cash cow had gone by the '80s. Electricals had stabilised in price and in real terms were dropping, hence profits too.

No, Wigfalls opened a spanking new-look store in the Jacksons shop, left bottom of Exchange Walk mid '80s. It didn't last long as they went bust shortly afterwards. I've mentioned before how I was passing one day when two lads came running out with a nicked tv. I followed them and got them apprehended in the Square. The current McDonalds opened in that site shortly afterwards, about 1987.

It's still McDonalds BTB, it opened about 1987. Before that Wigfalls, a brand new shop that only lasted a couple of years before they went bust. Before that it was Jacksons the tailor for a long time. As I said, there was a Wimpy very close by, diagonally across St Peters square, just a few doors up the start of Hounds Gate.

Thanks Mess, I am stumped about the Wimpy then. It certainly wasn't in the Boots building, that was always the Boots shop on the corner, the entrance doors to the social club, the tobacconist and then the sweet shop at the end. They were all there as long as I remember. The Wimpy you recall could really only have been the middle shop on the Topknot side, the little tobacconist nearest the buses and the corner shop which always had bakery goods each side of it. The middle shop was a dry cleaners at some point around that time, '60s though. It was quite a small shop, presumably the W

Thanks for that Mess, I'm a bit confused about the date though. The three shops in the Topknot building consisted of the tiny ConTob run by an old fella. The next shop was originally a butchers/deli during the fifties, I can just about remember it, and then became a dry cleaners ( it's a dry cleaners at present, passed it this afternoon actually). The third shop on the corner, Arkwright St/Fraser Rd was a type of milk bar/sandwich shop , also sold rolls and later became a bakers. This was all in the 60's. I can't remember a Wimpy during the the period I lived at Trent Bridge but I left 1974. C

There wasn't a Wimpy at the bottom of Exchange Walk, that site was Jacksons tailors for many years, became a short-lived Wigfalls for a couple of years mid '80s and then McDonalds. There was a Wimpy I used to frequent very close by though, at the bottom of Hounds Gate just round the corner from Wakefields Army Stores. I'd be very interested in knowing the location of the Wimpy mentioned earlier, at Trent Bridge.

Goodness me, it's 2020. Doesn't one simply say 'Alexa, what time is it' or 'Alexa, set timer for 20 minutes' etc

It's whatever floats your boat though, if you can afford it. I confess to having a penchant for watches, I just like quality instruments. I've worn a Breitling for about twenty-five years and it still keeps perfect time. I did get it serviced at the factory about five years ago, not that it needed it but they also do a complete refurb and it came back looking like a brand new watch. I've got an early '70s Omega Speedmaster, I don't wear it much, they're fetching silly money these days. Rolex sports watches only go up too, my Submariner I bought new when I retired ten years ago, I s

What does the 1911 census show, are there any references to Wainsmans on there? If Wainsmans was renamed it could likely be around this time as the east side of Dunstan St was built past the terrace. I see the two end houses of the terrace/cottages were actually numbered 12 and 14 Dunstan St, there were no numbers 1 and 2. Devonshire Cottages per se seemed to be 12 dwellings.

Sorry to interrupt, know little about Netherfield but interesting thread. If I could offer the following; don't think those buildings were ever pulled down and rebuilt, it's the same outline on all maps until the mid '60s. They were also very small dwellings, smaller than normal. ( I believe I can see them on a Frith map dated 1883, although not on OS mid '80s. ) So that leaves a re-name for some reason. But..maybe those dwellings were always called Devonshire Cottages and Wainsmans Terrace was a different place, how about the 14 houses spitting distance away and stand-alone on th

Pretty clear then, Jesus was born between 4 and 6 years before he was born.

True jonab, but it's worth hanging on to a positive at this terrible time, the vast majority of those infected only get the 'royal' version. Thank God. This morning saw our first trip outside the perimeter of our house since last Saturday, a short trip to the pharmacy for meds and Bingham Lidl for some essentials. All calm and pretty quiet but great to see everyone observing distancing and folk really friendly and smiley in this adversity. Keep safe everyone.

My wife visited the dentist for a check up yesterday. She had thought about cancelling but decided to go, our dentists have worn masks for quite some years. The receptionist remarked about half of appointments had been cancelled. My wife was waiting for some time as in between each patient, a cleaner, also masked, went in and disinfected the room.

Yes, that's Bell Street, Bell Terrace can be seen on the left, there were seven houses on each side. Michael Clifton's brother Karl, was in my class at TB Juniors.

That's interesting, I did not know it became Hopcrofts when Bennetts closed in the late fifties. By the very early sixties the garage had been branded ' Moons '.

Close proximity of people, hairdressers or not, is the crucial factor. If you're out and about in contact with people you're at risk. Natural air currents, air-conditioning etc blow about what's constantly being coughed and sneezed. What's the difference? Remember containment of whole cities in a repressive state have not stopped the spread. The containment of the passengers on the Japanese cruise ship did not seem to be effective. If everyone single person in the world religiously washed their hands constantly, this would have some statistical but little practical effect as that

So Col, would you have taken such umbrage if they had said virtually nothing could be done? Is this being taken a bit too far. Should we all be wearing hazmat suits perhaps?

I think if those ladies in the hairdressers had said, ' virtually nothing could be done ' they'd have been perfectly right. Hygiene will certainly play a part in reducing spread, very, very little impact though. Col, you say you came home and spent five minutes cleaning but you could have already been infected. You will need to do this constantly. Every time we go into a public space we can't possibly know who may have been infected, passed that way and coughed a few minutes before. The only guaranteed way to ensure the virus isn't contracted is to stay in absolute isolation and no