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Interesting that she played left handed with the guitar strung for a right handed player. I wonder how many lefties played like that?

One thing that Ian did do on Nottstalgia was post about other places in Nottinghamshire not just the city.

Beekay, I don't know why the had not seen one, Kent had its own coalfield with four substantial collieries, the last one Betteshanger closed in 1989. It was famous for being the only pit to go on strike during WWII. You could have taken them to Pleasley near Mansfield, you can still see the headstocks there. They have a museum and you can see the winding engines, it has a nice cafe and there are some lovely walks in the area. (Betteshanger Colliery Image from Northern Mine Research Society) http://www.nmrs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/betteshanger.jpg

I sort of learned to play my first guitar, a red Watkins Rapier, using Play in a Day Did you have a Lagerphone to go with your tea chest bass?

That was the first car I remember my dad having.

Some long forgotten train songs there DJ360 Freight train, freight train, run so fast. Bee-dee-dee-dee-bom-bom to San Fernando. Britain's skiffle king Lonnie Donegan did some great versions of classic American railroad songs. Here's one https://youtu.be/4jlE_rfw_14 The Wabash Cannonball. The video link thingy appears not to be working for me today.

Beekay, There's nowt wrong with fish fingers, they make a great sarnie with lots of vinegar. Fish fingers, chips and baked beans is a "Tech Tea". When at tech in the early sixties our Wednesday day release course ran from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. Tech drawing did not finish until 6:30 and we only had a half hour break until the next subject. It was not enough time to get to the pub for a pint and a pasty so we went to the canteen and at that time of day that was about the only choice.

Radford Boy I think I saw somewhere that you can get a boxed set of The Goon Shows on CD and there are sites that offer free downloads. If the tape is OK do you still have something to play it on?

Yes Brew, I wish someone would do that here, if you are over 50 you can now have the AZ vaccine even though not all in care homes, residents and carers have been vaccinated and neither have 70+ years olds. Pi$$ up in a brewery comes to mind on the way they have organised the jab roll out here.

Didn't we have a luverley time the day we went to Skeggy ...............Not

Yes, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, here he is with another guitar legend performing Going Home. Hank now lives in Perth West Australia.

That's not the Nibbits I remember, the ones I recall were more like "French fries" in shape. Apparently Pom Bears from Morrisons and I assume other supermarkets taste very similar.

As a kid I remember the barber asking my dad that, I wondered what that was all about then. It reminds me of the graffiti on pub walls next to the vending machine in the blokes toilets. "Buy me and stop one.... Buy 2 and be one jump ahead"

Loved Nibbets, weren't they made from potato? Can you still get them?

Hi Brew, I am looking to buy a spray gun to paint a metal shed. I have researched Wagner and Dulux (which I think is made by Wagner) guns. Please let me know how you go especially with regard to clogging during use and ease of cleaning. Thanks Oz

Here in Oz we began our vaccine roll out on Feb 21st. At the time the government spouted that it would have 4 million vaccinated by the end of March and 20 million by the end of October. We have just hit 2 million, 3 million short of the governments' original target. If these incompetent clowns continue at this rate we wont all be vaccinated until March 2024. We keep being told that vaccination rates will improve but it just does not seem to happen. I suspect there is too much bureaucracy involved between Federal and State governments. We have the capability of manufacturing our own Astra Zen

Who remembers "Down Your Way" They visited Nottingham, Arnold, Carlton and Eakring. Does anyone know if any other towns and villages in Notts were featured? if so I wonder if they are on any media that we can listen to?.

Yes a must listen program along with I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" (the Angus Prune show) Beyond Our Ken and of course the Goons. I did enjoy The Navy Lark too "Left hand down a bit" At the first cry of Wakey! Wakey! there was a rush to turn the radio off.

"Everybody out" and the glorious Wanda Ventham

Was it one of these DJ360

Mary, According to Wiki The Archers started on 1st January 1951 and has been broadcast for 70 years with some 18,740 broadcasts Whilst not soap operas Desert Island Discs has been on for 79 years. A program called The Daily Service which I have never heard of has been running since 1928 and the grand daddy of all is The Shipping Forecast, on air since since 1st January 1924 and has been broadcast over 130,000 times. It was first broadcast via telegraph in 1859. The longest running Australian radio soap opera was Blue Hills that started in 1949 before the Archers it was cancelled in 1

Ben I was expecting to hear the theme from the shipping forecast Sailing By Ronald Binge Same goes for the Rod Stewart song, Sailing that is.

DJ360, a mate of mine had the same problems in the nether regions as you have. After much pain and discomfort and long discussions with his medical advisors he decided to have an ar$e transplant. It rejected him.

FTA (Free to Air) TV is my main exposure to advertising and at times I do find some of them quite clever and amusing. Most of them I struggle to work out what they are trying to sell me. If you want to sell to me tell me what you have got, where I can get it and how much it is that's all. I always put the mute on during ads and if you keep repeating the same advert at every break in the program or even twice in the same break you have lost me as a customer. I try but don't always remember to record the programs I want to watch so I can zap through the ads. Thank goodness we don't have to pay f

Does anyone still use wallpaper in modern houses? Last time I used it was in 1972. It was anaglypta to cover minor cracks, due to mining subsidence in the hard plaster faced walls and then painted to whatever her indoors wanted.