Oztalgian
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ValuerJim #5
In the early seventies I was sent from Derby to Barnoldswick to do some metrology on some components. On my first visit I phoned the guy in the engineering department who I was supposed to meet and he said he would meet me at the main gate at "Barlick". After getting to the general area and asking for directions it took me quite a while to cotton on to the fact that "Barlick" was the local pronunciation of Barnoldswick.
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Renn-uth and Blid-uth
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Posts about The Arboretum, I was looking through some old books yesterday and found this:-
FLOREAT ARBORETUM
Floreat Arboretum!
Et Jessicus Booticus
Playing fields of Long Eaton
And Spartan Barton Bus.
All of these have come to mean
Nottingham - the Midland Queen.
Floreat Arboretum!
Most blessed of central parks;
This plot, this other Eden
And similar remarks;
Where sheep may graze, all unattacked
But yet do not, in point of fact.
Eternal city on the Trent!
Thy image never fails
To warm the heart
Flung far apart
Beyond thy plastic pails.
O, God to see the gasworks come
Across the moon at Nottingham!
Stands Woolworth's where it used to be?
And are there kippers still for tea?
Floreat Arborretum!
The bells are not so rare
In summer time on Breedon
As in the Market Square.
When East meets West, the bit between
Is Nottingham - the Midlands Queen
Donald Cotton
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Good one DaveP
A gin and tonic with plenty of ice towards the end of a hot day is very acceptable
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Ian and Michael #67&68
Talking about rum as you were. Just come back from a holiday near Bundaberg in Queensland and did a tour of the Bundaberg rum distillery (owned by British drinks giant Diageo) with sample tasting of course. Interesting tour similar to distilling whisky but using molasses not barley, nice but don't think I'll be switching from single malts to rum. Now got myself thinking of a trip to Tassie where they are making some fine single malts.
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Siddha #12
An old one but true. As a first year apprentice in the sixties I was sent to the stores for a long weight, the storeman said he would go and get one and I stood there like a dummy until the foreman came round to see what I was doing. The storeman was hiding behind some shelves pi**ing himself laughing the barsteward.
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DJ360 #9
BeestonMick #11
Remember them well. When going for a pint or two during the lunch break from work on Friday's I had a mate who could drink faster than the piston could dispense the beer.
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If price is not considered
Single Malt Whisky - Glenmorangie Signet
Blended Whisky - Johnnie Walker Green label
Red wine - big bold shiraz - Chapel Hill The Vicar
White - a waste of land that could be used for reds
Beer - Guinness on draught
Being more realistic
Single Malt Whisky - Cardhu 12 year old
Blended Whisky J&B Rare
Red Wine - Langmeil Valley Floor Shiraz
Beer - Coopers Sparkling Ale
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If you are a baby boomer it is said that it was one of the three days when you can remember exactly where you were when you heard the news. The other two are :-
The assassination of JFK
When Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon
Where were you when you heard about these momentous events?
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Rob. L #68
Reminds me of going to see Forest at Turf moor on bleak February winters day. It was snowing and we did the trip in a Triumph Mayflower with vacuum operated wipers, only an inch wide strip to see where you were going uphill and going so fast down hill you would think they would fly off. To top it all Forest lost 5-0
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Merthyr Imp #29
Yes that's the sort, it always seemed to struggle up the hills with a full load of passengers.
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EileenH#13 and OrphanAnnie#19
It is amazing how just a couple of words or phrases trigger long forgotten memories.
The only reason I went to Sunday school was to go on the outing and it was nearly always Wicksteed Park and yes I remember those giant mountain slides and swings OH&S would be going looney today. The boating lake and little train was always a must do and then tea from the Pavillion.
We used to make the journey in a Bedford OB single decker bus and for the life of me I don't remember why but recall the sign inside Coachwork by Duple?
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DJ360 #101
Beach Boys - God only Knows
One of my all time favourite Beach Boys numbers along with Sloop John B
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When I got in the way of my dads view of the gee gees on the telly he used to say "geerowt of way, you weren't made at Pilkingtons
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27degC at 2pm this morning dropped to a minimum of 23 just before dawn and now heading for 39
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BeestonMick #90
Yes Mick, I nearly got it right and almost everything is just a google away and in this quiz Google should be frowned upon, certainly given the knowledge available on this site, there is invariably someone that knows the answer.
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Bubblewrap #14
That looks like New South Wales and that's not parked it's abandoned.
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Christmas was when we usually got a "big present". Two years really stick in my memory, one when I got a Flying Scotsman train set with automatic level crossing gates that I could not get near for my Dad and Grandad playing with it nearly all of Christmas day and the year I got a Trent Tourist bicycle with three speed Sturmey Archer gears operated by a twist grip gearchange, really cool.
Yes Compo, Even today I have to take care to put the right garlands in the right places as the kids, all grown up now with children of their own, always make me change them if they are wrong. Some of the baubles are forty years old and have to be in the right place on the tree and it is always sad when you find that one is broken.
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Who "always shook you by the hand"?
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Dave 48 #85
Temptations - Let it rain or something like that?
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#84 Crankypig
Well done I'll have to think of a harder one
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My mum who could natter a bit hersen would often say about one of our neighbours "That woman could talk a glass eye to sleep"
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Mary1947,
I know exactly what you mean about the light bulbs, I remember dad saying that the bulbs were
connected in series and if one was "gone" then none of them would light up. So began the search for the dead bulb(s). Also remember the special bulb that made them flash on and off. I agree a long way from the programmable LED's we have today.
We never had turkey in those days it was always a chicken that my granddad had fattened in his henhouse
and after dinner fighting with my brother for the wishbone.
We also had pork and I loved the crackling.
I was always hopeful of finding a silver threepenny bit in the pudding
Not being a lover of chocolate I used to look forward to the nuts which only seemed to appear at
Christmas, Brazils, Walnuts, Hazelnuts
Happy Memories
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colly0410 #52
What about Pans People and Hill's Angels, nudge, nudge, wink, wink say no more.
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Who Bought Mrs Wagners pies and in what song?
First Record Bought.
in Nick Palmer's Nottstalgia General Music Chat.
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Elvis Presley Teddy Bear/Loving You on a RCA 78 Still got the record but nothing that will play it!