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https://www. futurelearn.com/ Everybody knows that when you have passed through the Notts. Education system there is very little left to learn however some of you might find something of interest.

Watch Old Market Square 1951 I think this is the film.

My dad always went "To the foot of our stairs".

I used to go up there as a nipper on a Sunday afternoon,in summer,with my mam and dad;I'd be in the front on my blue three wheeler bike.Sometimes we would go down Wigman road and back up Beechdale road to get back home to Withern road.A few years later a few pals would go up there on our bikes and make our way down on to the new M1 before it was opened.

Did you ever play on Sandy Banks? It was an open area past Strelley and the Broad Oak pub.

We have a swipe card.Sometimes a coupon is produced that gives 10% off the next spend.

Yes I remember them especially when shops were giving double and triple stamps, then you ended up with enough to paper a small room.

Money.At the end of the year Mam and me would go on the bus to the Co-op in Nottingham and draw her "divi".

They were good teachers.

Mam told me to remember it as 6-88-62.Or 6 double 8 6 2.

Mine was a green Morris 1000 ,1952 (it was as old as me).I bought it from a work mate for £20.I was 18 and just passed my test,2nd attempt.I remember sorting out the insurance, 3rd party fire & theft, with the AA at the Head Office in London.

View Nottingham Goose Fair October 1959

Men in their vests cutting privet hedges with hand shears.You don't see that.

The first time they ask you if you want "scraps" is a bit of a shock.When Charles and Camilla paid a visit a while back they called in at a local fish and chip shop that had won an award;Camilla was served a portion to try and the young girl serving her asked if she "wanted "Scraps" with it?"

They still ask for "scraps" with their fish and chips around here.

"What's yer Mam's divi number?"

Glad to see Noel street baths get a mention.I went there for school swimming lessons and galas and was a regular on Saturday morning with my mate John Sisson.After swimming we'd walk back home going over Bobber's Mill bridge to watch the trains for a bit.

ruck sacks.

I went there from 1964 to 1969.Sherwood!

Shopkeepers standing behind the counter with a fag on.

No problem.Ask at the ticket office and they will probably lend you some.

Thanks Cliff.I don't suppose you have any images of the old swimming baths?

Hiya Cliff. #5 What date would the map be? The picture house had gone when I worked there

The " little man " (Charlie) used to call in occasionally and his son Leslie was a regular swimmer when I worked there.

Maybe the old Picture House was called the Bonnington?I think there was an amateur dramatic group called the Bonnington Players.