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Did they serve milk stout on the Hucknall run? Surely you mean Makemsons There is a great slideshow here with some shots of a Marsden store for our Ben The Omnibus Society | Makemson, Bulwell, Nottingham (zenfolio.com) There is also some good stuff on the Bulwell photos Facebook site including a red and cream Makemsons single decker in a montage of a number of their coaches.

Our ex-Prime Minister, Scott Morrison has admitted that he took medication for severe anxiety whilst he was in office. He explained "how his faith had intersected with his time as leader" (what does that mean) and that the toll of the job had worn on him and that his waves of anxiety had become acute. As arguably the worst Prime Minister Australia has ever had. I can assure him that he caused endless anxiety to countless millions of Australians who lost their faith in him and his Liberal (Conservative) government with their endless rorts and waste of public money. The deliberate poli

Just came across some information on season ticket prices for the EPL All prices are in GBP as a I can't get a pound sign on this forum Forest 850 - 550 A child ticket is 190 Arsenal, the most expensive, 2050 - 1073 A child ticket is 1025.25 - 536.50 Not including the other relegation threatened clubs Forest's is one of the cheaper ones. How does the average Joe afford to take himself and two kids to the game on a Saturday?

Fair do's Mess, here you go. Burnley 27th April away at Manchester United who are still in the running for a place in Europe. A loss 0 points 4th May home to Newcastle United, they too have an outside chance of Europe. A draw 1 point 11th May away at Spurs, Also battling for Europe. A loss 0 points. Burnley have by far the most difficult end of season run in than all the other clubs under threat and I can't see them finishing on any more than 24 points. I think many of the Forest players gave up ages ago and it is no doubt many are not equipped with the skills an

A Starbucks for a Berni Inn, that was a good swap...not.

As an aside wasn't the Chateau, a Berni Inn on Wilford Rd. In all the years of going to Nottingham I never travelled on a South Notts or a WBUDC bus. NCT Trent, Barton. MGO, Gash's but never those two.

Having worked in the public service for a while. I am a firm believer that you could sack at least 30% of the work force and make no difference to the services offered. I am not talking about the front-line workers in our health services, emergency services, armed forces, transport etc. I am talking about the rapid proliferation of "administrators/managers" whose sole aim appears to come up with more ways of having the front-line staff do more reporting and data collecting thus spending less and less time on doing what actually matters. Political staff should be reduced in all levels of govern

Given that it looks like the battle to avoid relegation is now between Forest and Luton let's look at what games are left Forest 28th April, home to Manchester City who are still in the premiership race. A loss 0 points 4th May, away at Sheffield United who may well have been relegated by then and playing for pride. A draw 1 point 11th May, home to Chelsea who may have lost interest having nothing to play for. A win 3 points 19th May, away at Burnley who also may be relegated by then. A win 3 points Luton 28th April, away at Wolves who have a solid hom

Forest - After Everton beat Liverpool 2-0 last night and putting a big dent in their premiership hopes they move themselves to 33 points, seven points clear of Forest. It looks like the battle for survival has now come down to Forest or Luton to fill that final spot. Whilst not yet mathematically certain it looks like Sheffield United are doomed and that Burnley only have an outside chance of survival.

Yes it was the, the upstairs side walkway protruded into the lower deck and many a passenger bumped their heads when standing up to get off the bus. The Midland General B8 from Mansfield to Nottingham via everyone's back garden was often an AEC Regent III RLH (Regent Low Height) and Barton Transport had a very special Dennis Loline II which was the lowest ever for a fully enclosed double deck bus in the UK

Tomorrow Australian time we celebrate our Remembrance Day 25th April is ANZAC Day The day starts with dawn services symbolising the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps that took part in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. Whilst I have no relatives in Australia who took part in conflicts I do take time to remember my Dad who survived Dunkirk, was posted with the 8th Army to North Africa then invaded Sicily and fought up through Italy. My mum was in the WAAF initially on balloon crews and then on the bomber airfields of Notts/Lincs. My Maternal grandfather fought with the Royal Ulster Rifles

Had an interesting time with a plumber yesterday. The pressure relief valve from the hot water tank was leaking and to set about replacing it he had to turn off the supply to the solar water heater on the roof. Easy job valve replaced but when it came to turn the water on again the stop tap for the solar water heater would not stop leaking. He called his apprentice to get a new one and it was soon fitted with no problem. Just one job left, that was to change the cold water supply to the kitchen from tank water to mains. We had to top the tanks up with mains water a few weeks ago as we hav

If Nuno was half as good as he thinks he is and his overpaid prima donnas had put some effort in they would not be where they are today. Blaming everyone else for problems entirely of their own making throughout the season smells of absolute desperation to me.

It is just short of 100 days until the start of "The Limp Dick Games" The free to air TV channel that is telecasting the games is bombarding us with jingoistic adverts. Obviously all about Australian participants. When it is on we only see events where the Australians participate and never see any of the non main stream but nevertheless interesting sports. FFS Break dancing is not a sport neither is "sport" climbing or 3x3 Basketball, what in the heck is artistic swimming? Where are they going to surf in Paris? Have a guess, it will be in Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia. What a bl**

Forest- Fail to capitalise on the game in hand over Luton by losing 2-0 away at Everton. The referee and VAR came in for severe criticism for failing to award penalties to Forest, one handball appeared obvious yet was denied. Everton scored the first of their long range efforts in the 29th minute when Idrissa Gueye fired one home. McNeil put the result beyond doubt when his 25 yard shot went in off the post in the 76th minute. At the end of normal time the game was stopped for 8 minutes after Everton player Beto was injured during a challenge by Morgan Gibbs-White and had to be taken off