Oztalgian

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  1. As a kid I remember families with cars picnicking in the laybys on the A614 and along the Oxton and Epperstone by passes
  2. Yes Lizzie on most grounds it does as the actual playing surface is one of a number on what is called the wicket square and when they use the outer ones they result in much shorter boundaries. I was referring to the unusual shape of the ground itself that seems to result in a shorter boundary too. Most cricket grounds are oval in shape but when they built the stand in the left hand corner of this shot from You Tube it seems that the architect only had straight lines in his CAD system and no curves. Most unusual!
  3. So far England can't bowl,(too short) can't field (too many fumbles) and we will find out later if they can bat (if there is no movement of their feet it will be an early finish)
  4. DJ360 Do you remember the back way, Waterloo Lane, from Trowell Services to the Festival Inn? Many a night you could hear moans and groans from the churchyard opposite the Inn
  5. Classic memories there Mr Meeseeks. The wrestling on Saturday afternoon was a must for my mum, Was it Kent Walton that commentated? Pat Roach (Bomber) from Auf Wiedersehen pet was a pro wrestler too and I well remember the scene in Never Say Never Again during a fight with Bond he was slammed into a cabinet that contained all sorts of glass bottles etc. and fell forward dead with shards of glass sticking in his back.
  6. Hi Lanie, Welcome to another Nottstalgian down under, whereabouts are you in this wide brown land?
  7. BK no they're not, going the other way here. Three minutes more daylight here today than yesterday. I've had enough of winter already! The sun has started its journey back down under and on 21st December it will be our longest day and summer will be well under way. If you live in Central Qld around Rockhampton the sun will be directly overhead. The nearest place to the UK where to this happens is somewhere in the Sahara desert/ Egypt/Saudi Arabia
  8. Hi Lizzie, watching the World Cup coverage from Trent Bridge I was wondering about the strange shape of the playing surface resulting in one stupidly short boundary. I can't remember the outfield being that shape back in the 60's and early 70's or am I mistaken? What happened?
  9. Flippin heck that's $200 in our money. I refuse to have any "Cable" TV because of the business model they use here, base level, kerching, sports package 1, kerching, sports package 2, kerching. movies, kerching,and so on. If they had one fee that allowed me to pick say ten channels of my choice then I might, dependent on cost, consider it. Sri Lanka beating England by 20 runs, not seen the excuse list yet.
  10. Good one Ayup - Great photo of Maxie (Tangles) Walker. Used to bowl right arm round left ear'ole. He went on to become one of the best after dinner speakers in Australia. If you like a good read get one of his many books. He also played Aussie Rules at elite level. Sadly we lost him in September 2016
  11. Is it on TV there Lizzie or behind the pay wall? I'll be staying up to watch it. Hope the weather holds up, should be a great match. Been here 44 years but when it comes to Oz vs England at any sport it has to be England.
  12. Bangladesh scored 333, that would have won them most games, a valiant effort. The rain did not last long and the umpires got caned by the pundits here for taking the players off when there was only one over to go. Poor buggers can't take a trick, if they had left them on and someone got injured how would that have panned out. Australia vs England next week, lots of matches on Free to air here. Have you got a ticket Lizzie?
  13. Who said something like this? "It's a bright sunny day here at Trent Bridge, Australia have won the toss and elected to bat"
  14. Used to catch a Butlers Brothers blue Bedford OB bus to take me to Hucknall Swimming Baths to learn how to swim
  15. Mandarin oranges that each have a sticker on that says "seedless" and when you eat them they are full of seeds. I had one segment today that had 4 seeds in. There was only one segment that did not have any seeds in. Seedless my ar$e!
  16. Thanks Cliff Ton, I thought that the admin's had finally put paid to one of the much maligned word games. Pity I've now missed the song I wanted to post, it worra purla.
  17. When I try to post in Song Association I get this message? You do not have permission to view this content. Error code: 2F173/K
  18. Just watching Australia vs Italy in the Womens World Cup. Technology is ruining the "beautiful game" 3 minutes to conduct a VAR review of an offside decision .............. FFS
  19. Quite right DJ360 all with basically the same performance and specs, 25-26mpg, 0-60 around 14 seconds. As we used to say in the trade, the only difference was "sh1t and glitter"
  20. Looks like the Cambridge is towing a box trailer. There is a Moggie 1000 in the far distance. FIL had the Singer equivalent of the Hunter, a Singer Vouge, nice motor for its day, wooden dash and door caps and an innovation of the day, the first car with rectangular headlights, 1725 cc engine.
  21. Apparently it finished its life on a school bus run in Scotland
  22. It is 50 years this week since the original "Italian Job" was released. One of the best caper films ever made. Who remembers the classic line "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"
  23. I'll freely admit to having a lump in my throat as I watch the D Day veterans going back to the beaches in commemoration of those that did not survive. I then get angry at the politicians in Westminster who have sought to frustrate the will of the peoples vote on Brexit, a freedom that over the years many have given their lives for. Come election time the voters of the UK should remember these unrepresentative swill just as we should always remember those that made the ultimates sacrifice for our freedom.
  24. Just settling down in front of the box with some shiraz at hand ready to watch free to air Australia vs the West Indies at our Trent Bridge. Looks a reasonable day, slightly overcast with patches of blue sky. Windies have won the toss and put Australia in to bat. 5 wides from the first ball
  25. There were/are some claims that it was Stoke City but these have been refuted. Imagine that, Nottingham had the two oldest league teams last year and I hope it will next year. It certainly kills off the old trivia question, "which to EFL club grounds are the closest?" Apparently it is now Liverpool and Everton whose grounds are 1400 yards apart In Scotland it is Dundee and Dundee United whose grounds are only 350 yards apart?