BeestonMick

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  1. I just remembered one of the apprentice shop foremen/supervisor was called Ernie Wragg, his sidekick was Scrappit. Ernie drafted his useless son in law to the electricians department using his seniority or something, he went, more or less, straight on to the control/electronic side of things. There were three of us just out of our time gagging to get on there. Not being funny, but he had just finished an electrical installation apprenticeship at Blackburn & Starlings and not at all suited to life at the ROF. He hadn't been there long and they had him changing fluorescent tubes in the offi
  2. The foreman in the apprentice shop in 1966 was a looney. He'd make you scrap whatever it was you were doing/making if it wasn't 100% to his liking. He used to scream "SCRAPPIT!!" and that was all we ever called him. He used to go nuts with us
  3. Thanks, I've had a lot of names chucked my way and not one has stood out yet, it's been a while. There'll be a few hanging around here no doubt.
  4. Is there anybody who worked at the ROF in Kings Meadows back in the day? I was apprenticed there from 1966 - 1970 and left in 1972.
  5. I played for years when I lived in SA (and the US) basically 'cos there was nowt else to do. I came back to the UK playing off 6 and was a member at Chilwell Manor. I played regularly but got sucked off with the weather and just walked off the course in the middle of a match one Sunday afternoon, Forest were playing Liverpool on the telly which was much more inviting, and never went back. It is a stupid game and the UK weather doesn't enhance it any. Yes like snooker and darts
  6. Yes indeed, aah, the sheds. If there was a club, and there was music I was probably around somewhere. I remember drinking cider across the road from the BB club, aah, heady daze. Thanks for the welcomes by the way.
  7. Yes the Lennards and cool on Murray, it was Abbey Road, we used to get up to a lot of nonsense. Then he moved to West Bridgford and we lost touch but I did emigrate to South Africa in 1972 which may have had something to do with it Just double posting here but weren't some of the Lennards in to their horses?
  8. As I said elsewhere, I lived in Beeston until 1972 and never really came back to Nottingham, unless you include Long Eaton? I now live in South Wales and have done for a good number of years. Even now I often find myself thinking about my nights out dancing in the Dungeon or, preferably, The Beachcomber. I went on to raving later on and only just decided to pack it in last August. I had excellent times in Nottingham but don't regret any of my wanderings either. Maybe the girls and boys from Beeston who used to do the clubs can remember those times? Oh, the reason for the title, I get accused
  9. This is a bit long in the tooth (so am I these days) but I saw this topic while searching for something totally unrelated. Lived in Beeston until 1972 and went to South Africa and never really came back to Nottingham. I used the Cadland a bit but it wasn't my favourite boozer, my local was the Durham Ox in Beeston. Anyway, I saw Lennie Stevenson and Dick Widdowsons name mentioned so thought I'd better join up and post. Do any of you remember Murray Frew? Or Mick Simmons? Gina Furness? They were Cadland regulars.