philmayfield

An old aunt witnessed the building of the previous ice stadium. She saw workmen throwing human bones about from the excavations and vowed from that day that when she died she would be cremated.

I’m entering for ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, ‘Masterchef’ and ‘The Great British Bake Off’ next year in the hope that they will achieve Olympic recognition.

If we're talking of Southwell, the House of Correction was on Burgage Green, on the outside the town and the facade of this is still standing. The school was formerly the Edward Cludd which became the Minster School. That's where the pool and leisure centre are.

Not very exciting.

All gone BK. Very good it was too!

I’ve just heard a cry of ‘good grief’ from the kitchen as my wife took the pork chops out of the ‘fridge. When presented to me for my delectation I could see what she meant. They are rather on the large size to say the least. One is even larger than the other - will that be mine?

The problem with ‘sports’ like break dancing and gymnastics is that the judging is subjective dependent on the opinions of a panel of judges (how do you qualify to be a break dancing judge?). Other sports are more easily measured as being fastest, highest, furthest or first past the post. I might try for the Paralympic, geriatric break dancing though now that my hip is in working order.

Technically a local authority cannot be made ‘bankrupt’. They can, however, be forced to sell off assets to make good the deficit. There could also be large staff redundancies as they may be unable to pay wages. I’m not sure what would happen to certain councillors if misfeasance or negligence is proved against them but I’m sure legal action could be taken. It’s all governed by section 114 of the Local Government Act which is a lengthy piece of legislation and is best Googled rather than cut and pasted here. Having looked at the map referred to they have an abundance of property for poten

That’s tonight. We’re having a dummy run. I got the pork chops from Hockerton farm shop yesterday, biggest I’ve ever seen! Barnsley chops yesterday. It’s national chop week.

Let’s open up a kitty and buy him a get well card.

Local raised Lincoln Red roast beef. First time in years we’re not having that dreadful turkey thing with the family just because it’s ‘traditional’.

Ultimately the Government will take over.

With my experience of cats that will be nigh on impossible.

I truss they’ll be feeling better soon.

@Jill Sparrow The cat will mew and the dog will have its day.

Not rising to the bait Jill!

When have any of the decisions in this debacle made any sense? Some are based on science, some are based on politicians’ opinions and the chap coordinating it all doesn’t know which way to turn. It’s difficult to apportion any blame because this is a unique situation with no precedent to follow.

The ball is in Jill’s court Brenda but I think we’ve done this one to death!

@BeekayThe rowing course was a good way of finding the airfield when returning to Tollerton from the north on a murky day. Just aim for the mid point and then head due south.

Back in the 80's we had a seaplane come to Nottingham for a week. It had wheels in the floats so it could land at Tollerton to refuel but basically it operated from the rowing course taking trips. The last time I saw one of those was on Loch Lomond a few years ago.

I remember going to a car 'do' sponsored by Sytners at the watersport centre. We bombed BMW's along the road at the side of the rowing course!

Yes, I know the ponds of which you speak. Wasn't the skier pulled by some mechanical contrivance and not a boat?

There’s never been water skiing on our ponds, that was done on the Trent at Hazleford, but some people skated on them when they froze over in around 1963. I walked to the middle of a very big lake but there was an almighty cracking noise and I’ve never moved so quickly in my life!

When we came here in ‘62 the gravel had been long extracted in the Bleasby area but still continued until recent years in Thurgarton and Hoveringham. The resultant lakes have very much returned to the wild although they are actively fished both for trout and carp in dedicated lakes. There has long been the Trent Valley Sailing Club between Thugarton and Hoveringham. A lot of local people worked at Hoveringham Gravels and the orange gravel lorries are well remembered. I taught myself to sail on the lake at Gibsmere in a Mirror dinghy which I built at home and I subsequently sailed an Enterprise

I’m going to wing it, prompt.