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Saw this interesting item on the BBC Sport website. The price of football. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-79ccb1e7-d390-44c1-8857-cfcb0ade2595 It allows you to put in your favourite team and see the costs of match day or season tickets, team shirts, and even pies or cups of tea. Being a Reds fan since being knee high to a grasshopper of course I had to have a look, 22 to 35 quid for a match or 389 to 633 quid for a season ticket!!! How does the average supporter with a couple of kids afford this? No mention of my half time cup of Bovril on a cold wet and wintery day standing with

#28 When we have fin-ished please let minnow

Thanks Ian, I had never heard of Bombay Duck until I did some work in Bombay (Mumbai) in the 90's where it was a local delicacy often served for breakfast. I could never get over the smell so I have not tried it.

Going back to the original post on this thread does anyone know why it was called "wet" fish, or did this mean fresh or not cooked? In the 60's I remember the wet fish man in a van coming round our village on Friday's selling fresh Grimsby fish.

I'm now listening to Salmon chanted evening. Enough!...........Bream me up Scotty

Pike and Tuna Turner Not sure if I should have posted this in "What are you listening to now??"

The Chinese and Korean are even copying classic car logos/badges A model called Riich from Chery motors of China looks very like the Bentley badge. The Hyundai model called the Genesis is similar to the Aston Martin Badge. Did anyone catch up with the fact that the classic white van, the Ford Transit was released 50 years ago last week?

#9 Margie H I had just entered my teenage years when you worked at Harlow Wood. If I remember correctly it was the orthopedic hospital and seemed to do a lot of corrective surgery on patients that had contracted polio. It must have been a lonely place to "live in" as it was a bit isolated with the only direct buses going to Mansfield or Nottingham (Trent buses, I think)

TCP as a gargle for sore throats Vicks Vapo Rub for a blocked nose. Still hate the smell Calamine Lotion for sunburn or any type of stings

We have a Jamie's Italian here in Adelaide, reviews have been a bit mixed. The only think everyone agrees on is that the toilets are fantastic. The restaurant is in a beautiful old bank building and the toilets are below in the old vaults http://shecooksshegardens.com/2014/10/review-jamies-italian/ Help? How do I add a hyperlink to a website in the reply pane

#6 MargieH Yes I lived in Mansfield after getting married and before coming to Oz If it is not private where did you work?

# Tomlison 734 reminded me of this Limerick There was an old man from Darjeeling Who boarded a bus bound for Ealing The sign on the door said Don't spit on the floor So he sat and he spat on the ceiling

There were many precision engineering and toolmaking companies in Sutton in Ashfield. I did my apprenticeship and worked at Preconomy in the late 60's early 70's. I went to West Notts Tech with guys from S.A. Monk and Matthews and Birkhamshaw (Mathbirk) who also manufactured industrial knitting machines. I think that S.A. Monk won the Queens Award to Industry for export in the late 60's and that Mathbirk held many patents for their knitting machine technology. Re #3 PevrilPeril if you serviced Preconomy we may have seen each other at some time. Who did you work for?

Finally decided to join in after bimbling around on this great site, learning so much about the history of our county town, in older times, within living memory and current day and to see if I can contribute to what is a great social history site. I came from a pit village in north Notts and never lived in Nottingham itself, but was a regular visitor to see the Reds and enjoy the nightlife. I worked at COD Chilwell for a while. Emigrated to Oz 40 years ago and still get back occasionally to see the good and bad of what the city, towns and villages in Nottinghamshire have become. Thanks to g