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It was just over a month ago that it was the 75th anniversary of the daylight raid on Ransome and Marles at Newark on 7th March 1941, 41 people were killed. Does anyone know if any other places in Nottinghamshire were bombed? I remember my granddad telling me that many of the local collieries were linked underground in case the winding gear was hit at one colliery the men could get to the surface through another mine. Were any of the collieries or the Trent valley power stations targeted?

Bus Conductor Co-op grocery delivery boy (on his bicycle) The Insurance Man The pop man (Home delivery of all kinds)

Hey Beduth, If it happens what will happen to Yogi, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith and Cindy Bear? It will be a terrible waste of all those pic-a-nic baskets.

DJ360 #22 Sounds are very evocative of memories and like you I love to hear the sound of the Skylark, or the Blackbird in the dawn chorus, the first cuckoo of spring, the hoot of an owl. Industrial sounds also make up part of that memory, the noise of the slag as it lands from the overhead ropeway buckets on to the pit tip, the sound of the "blower" hooter at the local colliery, the sound of a Gardner engined bus struggling up the local hill, the rattle of the Co-op or Northern Dairy's electric milk floats, the chug of a John Hawker barge as it plows down the Trent. Each one of these brings

Rather Derby, Sheff Wed, or Hull than some southern club. Come on guys the North has to stick together. If I remember correctly two blokes who led Forest to the highest level were originally from the Baseball Ground. Is there any truth in the rumour that they have found a new use for sheep in Derbyshire.........................................Wool. If Derby do get promoted then we can hope that it puts a rocket up the Reds a**e, management and players for next year.

After listening to all the doomsayers and doubts about whether Photoshop would work I put off upgrading from Windows 8.1 but after getting so frustrated by endless updates that the stupid machine could not complete and before helicoptering the computer off the balcony I thought I'd try upgrading to Windows 10 as a last resort. The update took about an hour and a half and like they said everything was where I left it and so far no issues. I have disabled all the send everything back to Microsoft features and the other annoying stuff I do not use. All my MS Office 2010 files were still there an

Good to see Leicester winning the EPL and not one of the big four. Well deserved. As much as it pains me to say it, good luck to Derby County in the play-offs It is now time for the Nottinghamshire clubs to lift their game Forest - Glad the season is coming to an end as they were plummeting toward the relegation zone County - Had the season been any longer, a possible relegation proposition Stags - Started with so much hope for a chance in the playoffs but it fizzled out toward the seasons end. As a diehard Forest fan who always keeps an eye out on what the other local clubs are doing we

Last night I was watching a documentary about the 1980,s and it showed footage of the Mt St Helens eruption. The narrator made the statement that the blast was 5000 times that of the Hiroshima A bomb. A totally useless piece of information as I have no frame of reference. Another one on reservoirs or storage tanks, "can hold up to 85 Olympic swimming pools worth of ......." Just put the volume in litres or gallons then I'll know how much it contains. One used commonly here in Oz when referring to lakes or dams is "has xxx times the amount of water in Sydney harbor". How useful is that? if

Scriv #14 Thanks for the link, great article. Now I know that the prefab I lived in was a AIROH. That geezer from Grand Designs would have a dicky-fit, a complete house produced in 12 minutes, only four hours to erect and a cost of 1610 quid. Plus the cost of land and installation of course. Where did we go wrong? Growing up in a prefab I never thought that one day they would be "heritage listed"

The prefabs that I lived in for the first 20 odd years of my life were single storey, detached or semi detached. They were wooden frames (that came on a truck) erected on a polished concrete slab. The exterior walls were aluminium clad, can't remember if the roof was aluminium or iron. I think the interior walls were hardboard with cover strips over the joins. The walls were wallpapered with "Anaglypta" and then painted. The windows were steel framed and the only form of heating was a coal fire in the living room which heated the water. The bedrooms were always icy in the winter except the one

Hi Nones, A big welcome to another Aussie to the forum, Where abouts are you in our wide brown land?. Soon be enough for a down under meet up.

Compo #3460 What a great photo of someone's pride and joy. A lot of work gone into that one by some enthusiast. I seem to remember that on some models of Crestas the speedometer showed green up to 30 mph, changing to orange between 30 and 70 mph and then to red above 70. It looked like it was some form of rotating cylinder thingy.

Nelson: "Order the signal, Hardy" Hardy: "Aye aye sir" Nelson: "Hold on, that's not what I dictated to flags. What is the meaning of this?' Hardy: "Sorry sir!" Nelson: (Reading aloud) " 'England expects every person to do his or her duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or disability.' What gobbledygook is this?" Hardy: "Admiralty policy, I'm afraid, sir. We're an equal opportunity employer now. We had the devils own job of getting 'England' past the censors lest it be considered racist." Nelson: "Gadzooks, Hardy. Hand me my pipe and tobacco." Hardy: "Sorry sir. All naval

As ANZAC day draws to a close here in Australia, the day we remember all those who served and especially those who made the supreme sacrifice. The playing of The Last Post always makes me remember my mum who served in WWII with the WRAF and lost her brother at Dunkirk who could never listen to that haunting piece of music without shedding a tear. Her father served on the Western Front in WWI. My Dad was in the Royal Artillery and saw service with the BEF at Dunkirk, and then in North Africa and Italy. When he returned he worked at Ransome and Marles at Newark before going dahn t' pit until h

Before the sacks of coal we had our coal delivered by a Bedford three ton tipper truck. The load tray was divided into three, a ton of coal in each. It was tipped half on the corseh and half on the road and you had to barrow in to the coalus. Time progressed and we then got it delivered in bags most often by a Foden flat bed truck with posts and chains to keep the coal bags on. Even then after delivery you had to go out with a shovel, broom and bucket to pick up the coal that they had dropped. I was not particularly careful when picking the last of the coal up and often got a lot of stone ch

Just love Spam Fritters with HP sauce on the side You can have an entire meal, main course and sweets a'la fritter here Ordering Potato fritters down under will depend on which part of the country you are in, sometimes called potato cakes or scallops. Pineapple fritters, a slice of tinned pineapple in batter Banana fritters a whole banana in batter Dagwood dogs, a Frankfurter in batter. Not seen that Scottish staple here yet "fried Mars bars" or the like.

A trucking theme Convoy - C W McCall East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed Lights on the Hill - Slim Dusty I want to be an Eddie Stobart Driver - The Wurzels Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley

Jim, Wow those were a blast from the past, strange how a little prompt sends me back 50+ years and I can still remember the words. The Laughing Policeman reminded me of those machines at the seaside amusement arcades that played the laugh with a rather rotund policeman rocking about inside.

Oh! dear, Oh! dear, belted 5 - 0 by the Stags. Apart from the Stags having a mathematical chance of reaching the play offs (probably not realistic) it has not been a good year for Nottinghamshire's three league teams. Hope Notts CCC can do us proud and good on the Panthers.

Jim, 56 years!, where in hell did that time go? Reminds me of the great song Just Like Eddie sung by Heinz of the Tornados (Telstar)

Valuer Jim #124 Sorry everyone don't know where I got six from. I thought it was from Desert Island discs but checked and found out that they chose eight. Suitably admonished I'll confine future ramblings to five. Was that the Runaway Train remembered from Children's Favourites "and she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew" or one of the many other songs with the same title?

Thanks Ian, I agree one of the greatest song writers and very under rated, now the last for tonight - A Plane Theme Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter Paul and Mary; John Denver Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band I'm Going to Barbados - Typically Tropical Early Morning Rain - Peter Paul and Mary, another great Gordon Lightfoot song 747 - Eddie Rabbit Aisle Seat 37 D - Grandaddy

Bit of a ship theme Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot Sloop John B - Beach Boys The Skye Boat Song - The Corries Sailing - Rod Stewart Messing about on the River - The Yetties Sail Away (Orinoco Flow) Enya

Bit of a train theme here City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (Had this one before) Indian Pacific - Slim Dusty Morningtown Ride - The Seekers Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel The Wreck of the Old 97 - Hank Snow Wabash Cannonball - Johhny Cash

My Triumph Vitesse had a light switch that by turning the knob one click turned on the offside parking lights only, the second click turned on all the side lights, I can't remember but I think you the pulled the switch to turn on the headlights. A good idea as it reduced the load on the battery and did away with the need for the paraffin lamp. Do you still have the rule that you have to have parking lights on at night? Here in Oz we don't have to use parking lights but you are only allowed to park in the direction of travel so other traffic is presented with red reflectors. Thinking about th