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Welcome to Nottstalgia Robert.

Welcome to Nottstalgia. I look forward to reading your posts and I am sure you will enjoy this great site.

#1 #4 I love the photos Compo. We have spent a number of holidays exploring Shetland and Orkney and visiting the amazing sites there. We were in Shetland when they were excavating Old Scatness Broch and it was so interesting to go up on the walkways and watch. I have lots of photos and I do need to work out how to post photos on this site. Your photos make me want to visit Wick again. The last time I was in Wick was in the 1960s on holiday with my parents. We visited the Caithness Glass factory. I still have the things we bought there.

#4 Thanks for reminding me about Mrs Edge catfan. I remember my parents mentioning her name and saying that she lived at the hall and she was a bit of a character. I never saw the name written down so until I read your post I thought she was "Miss Hedge". Her influence did not extend down into Bilborough and my grandfather went to the Pelican for a drink so her impact on the Broad Oak did not affect him.

When we lived in Bilborough in the 1950s a house in Redruth Close was struck by lightening. My mum said it was because someone in the house was using an electric sewing machine at the time. There are lots of folklore ideas about what causes the strikes. Mum always insisted that the TV went off and the aerial was unplugged in a storm. I admit that I still do this now!

#10 Radfordred, thank you for posting these great video clips. I did non know the Park tunnel existed before I read posts on Nottstalgia! I remember once walking down the Park steps as a very young child, with my parents. I think that at that age the tunnel would have given me the creeps!

In a second hand book shop I found a very good book about Nottingham.It is a Pevenser Architectural Guide of Nottingham. It is in mint condition, published in 2008 and signed by Elain Harwood, the author. There are excellent chapters on different areas of the city, with maps and notes for walks. The text gives loads of detail about buildings and there are some quite interesting photos. I had never heard of Watson Fothergill until I read posts on Nottstalgia. The book has a photo of the newspaper office on Upper Parliament Street showing the "Gothic colonnaded tower" on the corner of King Stree

#8 and #14 Fly2 I agree on both of these points you make. I read an article about the making of Who do you think you are. It said they research the family history in parts with different people doing different bits but the researchers do not know who the subject of the programme is. A series about ordinary people would probably be less expensive to make and could bring out some equally interesting stories. The programme seems to have moved forward from describing research methods in great detail to describing history and living conditions. I learned a lot about the occupation of France. On th

When my mum lived in Bilborough she got sick of double glazing salespeople cold calling. Finally she told them that she was not interested as she was moving house. They asked if they could contact her at her new address. Mum said "no, I am moving to a lighthouse". That got rid of them. A neighbour got fed up of the calls about cavity wall insulation so they said they would have a quote. The man arrived to find a council house with solid concrete walls. This put a stop to the calls!

Excellent news Michael! Best wishes to both of you.

Thanks Bubblewrap. We will give it a try!

Snails! My husband made a very good job of painting the fence panels at the front of our house. They looked really good. Two days later snails have been over several of them leaving white trails where the "Fencelife" protector paint has gone! Putting up copper strips as a barrier will not work as they get onto the fence from the adjacent plants. Does anyone know of a product we could spray on the fence to keep them at bay? I have researched on the internet, so far without success. This post may belong in a gardening thread but at the moment the title of this thread describes exactly how we

In the crazy upheavals at Birmingham New Street station a helpful member of staff gave me directions and addressed me as Miss. That made my day as it made me feel young! As a science teacher I have been addressed as miss,sir, mum, dad and even as gran when the young people are engrossed in work and asking a question! We have had some good laughs! Recently I have worked in a pupil referral unit with youngsters who are excluded from school and in all kinds of deep trouble that I do not wish to know about. There the staff are called by first names and in this situation I am comfortable with tha

#1 Thanks for posting this link. I like the photo taken in 1959 showing the crowds gathering when Forest brought the FA cup home. I remember going to see this.

#1 Yes I remember the sand banks. My grandfather used to take me there with bucket and spade when I was about 3 or 4 years old. It was lots of fun. Next to the sand quarry area was a field where we used to look for signs of rabbits. Happy, sunny days! Then we would walk up into Strelley village and look at the Church and walk around what I thought was a little park but it was the grave yard. Lots of lovely flowers. I did not like it in the Church as the roof inside seemed very high and dark. Not pleasant! In later years I went up Sandy Lane (as we called it) with friends to collect wood fr

I remember there were a lot of regular doorstep delivery people in Bilborough in the 1950s. The co-op delivered bread, milk and also green groceries. We used to get pop from the green grocer and one type was dandelion and burdock. As a young child the word burdock meant nothing to me and I thought he said it was "dandelion and bird muck"! I was not allowed to forget that one and dandelion and bird muck is still a joke in our family! There was the Millers Tea man who came in a little blue van. He also sold biscuits. The Betterware brush man came and my mum thought their stuff was ok. Now I

83859 There is a Co-op in Leamington and some local ones around Warwickshire but they are not all part of the same company. My husband "joined" and he gets a calendar with coupons for a percentage off certain goods each month but these are not valid in all the co-op shops. The "divi" has gone, along with the concept of shareholders, to be replaced by Tesco vouchers, Nectar points, and the loyalty cards for Beefeater, Table Table and Brewers Fayre. This is all to get us to shop in certain places. I use these cards with care remembering that there is no such thing as a "free lunch".

Someone I know who used to work for an insurance company said she had to check life insurance application forms. A parent wanted insurance on their child and put the first name of the child as "Brain". She thought this was a mistake and should have been "Brian". If left it would invalidate the insurance so she sent the form back for correction. The form was returned with a note saying that the child was called "Brain". Parents should think carefully about the names we give their children! They have to live with them!

This action is potentially reducing services to those of us who have an odd numbered house, therefore our council tax should be reduced. This will not happen!

When we were out on the road this week I noticed many places where trees and bushes have been allowed to grow in front of road signs. I guess that this is because of Local Authority cutbacks (sorry about the pun) but as well as being VERY annoying it is dangerous.

#197 Hi Catfan. As I said earlier I asked about this when we visited a National Trust property in Suffolk on Monday. The helpful young man explained that the higher price with gift aid includes a voluntary donation that makes it a higher entry price. I checked on the board at the entrance and it did say this but it was not made very clear. He also explained that now if someone pays to go in and then decides to join as a member HMRC will no longer allow them to deduct that day's entrance price from the membership fee! More instances of HMRC getting at the ordinary citizen. This is annoying We

#6 and #9 Thanks for the memories. I love the things Spike Milligan wrote. More to my taste than Shakespeare as I failed English literature O-level!

Glad to hear the chemotherapy went well. I guess now you will remodel the jeans into shorts to wear on all the hot summer days we are likely to get!

I have noticed the National Trust charging extra for gift aid entry and I think they are pulling a fast one. I gift aid my subscription to family history societies and the membership cost is exactly the same. Tomorrow we are visiting a National Trust property in Suffolk and I am going to question them about this and find out why they charge more. Also now when you donate things to a charity shop you can do a gift aid declaration and they claim the tax on the amount they sell your donation for. No cost to the person making the donation.