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#61 Michael no! I just thought in an original post about remembrance that it should stay as just that and not creep into ideas about nationhood. Sorry guys I do not connect very well with you as a group I am off and will be closing down my account, Best Wishes and take care now. Coffers.

#60 - I stand aside Catfan steer us through the next phase of this forum thread under the theme of Remembrance and weave in your football fan observations as you see fit.

Perhaps time to close this respectful thread considering it was put on here about Remembrance. Uncomfortable that we now found ourselves in the football fan territory.

Never registered the Dad's Army theme re mentioning England throughout. Its a fair point I guess. Only defence is that it wasn't written in war time as a key anthem. It was written by the Dad's Army writers as a pastiche of the old war time songs just to serve the series. Bud Flanagan was approached to do it to add some historic credibility just before he died in 1968. If you take that logic forward then the "White Cliffs of Dover" & "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" were wartimes themes with more of an English bias. To be honest I think they were just innocently written songs.

Just saw this news item and thoughts immediately turned back to the Hollinwell Incident. I have just read through this historic thread, its really interesting to hear from people who were there. I recall the news coverage of 1980 vividly. Still very much a mystery and keeps coming back as a news item every now and then. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-34789661 Hope the Ripon girls recover quickly. It will be interesting to hear in time of the cause. Could be something much more straightforward.

#2 Blondie How do you enshrine this thing about a conformity of dress as a qualifier for living here? As a UK citizen I have a freedom to wear what I like and that is the same for any other resident no matter where that person may have come from. The problem the the "When in Rome" argument is that we Brits do not live up to it. We ruled India for several centuries but of course we avoided adopting the local dress code. If local dress is the standard expected off incomers then expat Brits are still failing that test in countries across the globe.

I went into the kitchen at home to iron a shirt for work when I heard. I was twenty. I swore aloud in anger and sorrow. It hit me hard that you could stand for a belief based on peace not war but someone could find an excuse to callously take that person's life away. Also that such beauty could be embodied in one person's music and it could be ended in an act of crass violence. It all seemed such a shame. History has revealed that Lennon had some pretty bad traits but he had good ones also. As others have posted it was a momentous day when he died.

#30 Could be but it was also the name given to the Duke of Cambridge on Carlton Road (opposite King Edward's Park). Had special entertainment sessions but was known for its topless barmaids.

Going into a coffee shop for a quick, no fuss, black filter coffee only to be faced with a queue of "IT girls" all in turn pondering what combo of coffee to have with flavoured syrups, flakes, whipped creams and marshmallows. Each one then takes ages for the barista to make. I mean who invented the idea to pump a cup of coffee full of marshmallows! Rant over.

He was more than just a TV comedic actor - he was part of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, acted in the West End and wrote plays such as Sparrers Can't Sing later made into a film with James Booth and Barbara Windsor.

#3 Lovely post Hippo Girl.

Floor ceramic taken in a shop doorway on Hockley a few weeks ago of one of the former Maypole Grocery Stores. There was painted Maypole Ghost Signage outside the building still visible in the eighties (seen on picture the past) but it is no longer visible. Building is now home to the Academy of Sound (Musical Instruments).

Couple of other spots in the Lincoln Team. Ray Harford was Assistant Manager to Kenny Dalglish at Blackburn when they won the premier league in 1994/95. He had an unsuccessfull spell as manager when Dalglish stepped down. Barry Butlin went on to play for Forest 1974-77.

Chambers opened sometime in the 90's and catered for the "townies" especially at the weekends with karaoke and discos etc. There was a sort of an Irish pub aspect to it. Owner was Irish and was very much family run. Did do a good trade from the offices nearby at lunchtime for food and for early doors in the week. Won't be in the top ten of Nottingham's closed pubs but I had some good times in there when it was near to my place of work. Sorry to see it go. Replacement is not my kind of drinking hole.

What do you mean Catfan?, please explain.