philmayfield
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The toy and pram shops were in the block that went down to Burlington Rd., just below the Garden City pub, now called the Sherwood Manor. I don’t think I ever went to the Metropole but some of my friends went to ABC Minors there on a Saturday morning. My nearest cinema was the Roxy, just over Mansfield Rd. from the Vale Hotel. I do remember going to the one in Carrington, (was it the Curzon?) to see Rock Around the Clock with Bill Haley and the Comets. There used to be a filling station next to the Metropole and that became a supermarket. QuickSave was it? We were living on Park Rd. off Thackeray’s Lane before we moved out into the sticks. We had the Girls’ High School playing field at the bottom of our garden so I could watch them at play!
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I’m still tempted to let my flares off but I missed out on bonfire night and new year. I’ve since found another pack. I just have the vision of the Humber lifeboat coming up the Trent!
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I’ve just checked and discovered healthcare waste is not accepted at disposal sites but should be taken to a surgery. We’re going round in circles here. I still have a couple of boxes of outdated marine distress flares to dispose of. You can imagine the consternation it would cause if I took them to a police or fire station. I think I’ll leave them in a bucket of water fro a few weeks and then chuck them on my bonfire.
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I could imagine the consternation if I turned up to the waste disposal site with a box of used syringes. I was surprised that my surgery wouldn’t accept them as they must have to dispose of their own on a regular basis. Going online I was directed to a surgery for their disposal.
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An uncle of mine owned the pram shop and toy shop just over the road from the Metropole.
The next we heard was that he'd emigrated with his family as ten pound poms.
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I had to self inject for a short time after my hip replacement. I had to stick a needle in my stomach. No problem at all. The biggest problem was the disposal of the sharps. The surgery couldn't accept them and referred me to the local authority. I wasn't prepared to be given the runaround so I set fire to them and put the debris in the bin.
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I’ll do it if I can stick the needle into their backsides from a distance of two metres.
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They’ll be saying that global warming is partially a natural phenomenon next.
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All I can find is that an Albert McGlade died in Notts in 1996. I never came across that name in the accountancy profession.
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......and I thought I was being tough going out to wash the cars in the freezing cold!
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I have cousins in Perth who went out in the late 50’s with my aunt and uncle. My aunt and cousins have visited here and we have an open invitation to go over there but, although I have a pilot’s licence, I don’t enjoy flying unless I’m in the driving seat and I certainly couldn’t stick a flight of that length. Anyway my passport has expired and I don’t intend to renew, although I may need one for my Scottish trips soon!
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I’ve been outside washing two cars. Gosh it’s cold out there but it had to be done! Our country roads are very muddy and the cars were filthy. I’m glowing now and eating a sardine bun. Perhaps the interiors this afternoon if I can tear myself away from the warm house.
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Woken from my slumber at midnight by idiots letting off fireworks. What is there to celebrate? It's just another year.
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It’s empty but the farm shop’s still open!
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‘A large single malt’ PP. You’ve just put an idea into my head!
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There was one old lass of 106 who got a gong today so there’s still hope.
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Do you know something we don’t know?
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I don’t decry the guy’s achievements on the track. Well done to him for that but he makes millions and lives as a tax exile whilst us poor buggers living in the UK have to pay income tax. I do know a chap up the road who’s just got an OBE for ‘political services’ (contributions and service to the Tory party) but he does pay UK tax.
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Sadly you can't get through to some people about the seriousess of the situation and that's why we're back in lockdown once again.
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A tax exile in Monaco as well.
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Yes, I do indeed Ben. It always evokes memories when I pass that way although I don’t do that very often now. We used to run up Kersall Drive, along St. Albans, over the common down past the golf course to the railway bank, under the bridge and back up St. Albans. The longer run took us over Hucknall Rd. and out into farmland before returning through the bridge. Not being a team player I enjoyed cross country and was school champion. ‘The loneliness of the long distance runner’!
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I’m certainly up for saving Bulwell Common. I remember many cross country runs around there and in summer, in the sixth form, we were trusted to go up there to play tennis on games afternoons. I also recollect a couple of liaisons with local lasses, the least said about that the better - other than that Bulwell girls are very forward aren’t they!
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I left a few years before you started Martin but I was pleased to see the tradition of explosives and pyrotechnics continued. Some of my friends who engaged in that activity became eminent scientists although it didn’t assist my accountancy career. We too obtained the school master key. A teacher lent his keys to someone who rushed down the road to get a copy before returning it. The copies were copied so we all had one. A lot of the staff were sadists. They held officer rank in the war and treated us like the erks they were previously in charge of. Hutchinson and Frank Clark we’re prime examples, although Charlie Evans, a Lancaster pilot, was a good guy. I attended the closing ceremony prior to the fine building being demolished.
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Gorse Hill garage used to sell Howard rotovators. My uncle bought one for his smallholding. I still have it in working condition at the back of my garage. Chick Wheelhouse also had it. I remember having a test drive in a Lotus there. Its now some sort of minimart with a car wash.
Top of Woodborough Road - Mapperley
in Kat's Carlton, Mapperley, Arnold & Sherwood Forum
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That's right, Ribblesdale Rd., next door to the Masonic Lodge. Many years later I was asked about my joining the Freemasons by a flying club friend who was well into masonry. It all seemed a bit odd to me so I didn't take it up. I don't think its as active as it used to be, both the lodge and the Roxy are no longer standing.