Oztalgian
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Welcome Patricia,
There are instructions on how to post photos on the site I am sure many members would like to see some more history of the area.
The area around the back of Bilsthorpe, Eakring, Maplebeck and Kneesall is typically rural England. We often used to go for drives in the countryside and stop for a beer at the village pubs. I remember that the Savile Arms in Eakring (if it is still open) had the floor level about 3 feet above the pavement on the main road. Loved the beer garden at The Bee Hive at Maplebeck, mum and dad often took us there as kids in the Ford Popular with a canvas sun roof and I always had a bottle of mixed fruit pop and KP peanuts. The Angel was at Kneesall just down from the Church, is it still open?
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18 minutes ago, meeowed said:
I was in Australia when the Queen got rid of Gough Whitlam
It was not the Queen that "got rid" of Gough Whitlam it was the Governor-General Sir John Kerr.
Kerr withdrew Whitlam's commission as Prime Minister under section 64 of the constitution.
The biggest act of bastardy in the history of the Australia parliament.
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Brew, I too cannot find any recent studies that show effectiveness of overt vs covert policing of traffic except this rather old report from the 90's by Monash University in Melbourne Victoria.
During the combined periods of increased mobile radar enforcement (i.e. July 1995-June 1997), reductions in casualty crashes were more evident when the mobile radar enforcement was covert (i.e. unmarked cars) than overt. This was particularly the case 1 to 4 days after the enforcement was present in each TOG region of rural Victoria. Under these circumstances, when up to 73 mobile radar devices were in operation, a net 22% reduction in casualty crashes was found. Reductions were also evident when a mix of both overt and covert mobile radar enforcement was in operation. However, overt (marked cars) mobile radar enforcement on its own was not as effective.
During the second period of increased mobile radar enforcement (i.e. July 1996-June 1997) when 73 units were in operation, crash reductions were most evident 1-4 days after the mobile radar enforcement was present in rural Victoria. This was the case when only overt or only covert enforcement was operating (i.e. net 6.6% and 17.5% reductions, respectively, were found).
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Can't agree with you there Brew. Road conditions and traffic density outside of the major cities is vastly different here than in the UK.
Granted that people do slow down when they see a police car or approach a fixed camera but here as soon as it is out of sight or passed, back they go to speed and stupidity.
With regular stopping of motorists by unmarked cars word would soon get around and people would modify their behaviour due to the risk of being caught. Signs indicating that this road is patrolled by unmarked cars would help.
We have to do something here as RTA deaths are up by 50% on last years figures year to date. Most deaths have occurred outside the metropolitan area during the daytime and on a weekday, and the over 70 age group is the most represented.
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11 hours ago, Ayupmeducks said:
Things have changed since I left Oz 30 years back
They certainly have. The focus now appears to be revenue collection by the proliferation of fixed and mobile speed cameras often using the guise of safety and being used where there is no history of accidents. The answer in my opinion is more unmarked cars patrolling roads that locals know have a history of Richard Craniums on them.
Only last night coming home along a dual carriage way up a long hill I came over the crest and saw 4 cars stationary with their hazard flashers on whilst two big Eastern Grey kangaroos hopped along in the outside lane. I put my hazard lights on and stopped in the traffic and sure enough two idiots came barrelling along in the outside line, never slowed down despite the lights and luckily the roos had hopped into the other lanes. Hitting a big roo at speed can destroy your car.
Anyone want to guess which country was the manufacturer of the vehicles driven the two idiots …………………..
That's right German.
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Too hot here today with a forecast top temperature of 42 deg C, that is a 107 in the old money.
The entire state is in a fire ban with catastrophic conditions for many areas. That means if a fire starts the emergency services will have almost no hope of controlling it in the high winds.
Meanwhile over in NSW over 4,000 sq miles of land has been burnt in the recent and ongoing fires.
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On 11/18/2019 at 5:04 AM, Ayupmeducks said:
Australia used the red "P" plate for provisional driver,
Yes they are the ones that speed, zig zag in and out of traffic and use their mobiles on instatwitface whilst driving. In many cases the P stands for Pratt.
On 11/17/2019 at 7:55 PM, colly0410 said:Where the white lines have worn away people have to make their own lanes
Don't know about the UK but here in OZ they must be using cheap paint on the road line markings as they all but disappear in heavy rain and I so wish they would use the old fashioned "cats eyes" instead of plastic reflectors
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Howard will be devastated. Marina, gone to meet Compo, Nora, Pearl and most of the rest of the cast of LOTSW, taken too soon.
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Albert, that was stunning, never heard it played on a violin before, such clarity.
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Great Post RR. Thank you
Still can't listen to the Last Post without misty eyes wherever and whenever it is played.
The City Ground is unrecognisable to me from that I last saw in 1975.
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6 hours ago, Stavertongirl said:
I just got that “look” German Shepherds have
3 hours ago, LizzieM said:Cheddar cheese has always tricked our dogs.
I am sure our German Shepherd took great delight in separating the tablets from the cheese, meat or anything else you tried to disguise them in and then giving you that look that said "Thought you'd fooled me didn't you"
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Should this thread be renamed Noshstalgia?
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What about these guys? Moved many a machine tool for companies that I worked for.
Below is a film of them moving a hosiery machine into Foister Clay and Ward Belvedere St Mansfield in 1948
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In memory of all our faithful servants that also lost their lives
I spoke to you in Whispers by Neil Andrew
I spoke to you in whispers
As shells made the ground beneath us quake
We both trembled in that crater
A toxic muddy bloody lake
I spoke to you and pulled your ears
To try and quell your fearful eye
As bullets whizzed through the raindrops
And we watched the men around us die
I spoke to you in stable tones
A quiet tranquil voice
At least I volunteered to fight
You didn't get to make the choice
I spoke to you of old times
Perhaps you went before the plough
And pulled the haycart from the meadow
Far from where we're dying now
I spoke to you of grooming
Of when the ploughman made you shine
Not the shrapnel wounds and bleeding flanks
Mane filled with mud and wire and grime
I spoke to you of courage
As gas filled the Flanders air
Watched you struggle in the mud
Harness acting like a snare
I spoke to you of peaceful fields
Grazing beneath a setting sun
Time to rest your torn and tired body
Your working day is done
I spoke to you of promises
If from this maelstrom I survive
By pen and prose and poetry
I'll keep your sacrifice alive
I spoke to you of legacy
For when this hellish time is through
All those who hauled or charged or carried
Will be regarded heroes too
I spoke to you in dulcet tones
Your eye told me you understood
As I squeezed my trigger to bring you peace
The only way I could
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11 hours ago, Willow wilson said:
They seem to use mostly Kenworth prime movers, are these imported?
Kenworth (Paccar), Volvo and Mack still make trucks in Australia even though we have no high volume car makers here any more after having five local manufacturers. All gone and the skills and technical/engineering that went with vehicle manufacturing will never be replaced. Mainly due to the economists in Conservative governments that could not see that the subsidies provided were adding value to the skills and expertise of the nation.
When we can no longer build, manufacture or repair anything we will be stuffed.
We are currently spending gazzilions on diesel powered submarines, F35 Strike fighters and new land vehicles, what a joke, we only have six weeks supply of diesel and jet fuel in reserve and we would have to wait for the tyres to come from those we are likely to be in conflict with as we no longer make those in Australia too.
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On 3/24/2019 at 9:07 PM, Cliff Ton said:
Looking from Victoria Station. The bottom end of Woodborough Road is where the houses are, with Huntingdon Street on the right, and the Gas building (three chimneys).
Cliff Ton
Great atmospheric photo
That wall on the right looks like a feat of engineering, just wonder how many bricks went into that?
On 11/5/2019 at 6:03 PM, Radio Pete said:On Saturday or Sunday afternoons, we used to walk up the hill to the Arboretum
Back in the 60's we often caught the Blue Bus B8 from our village and got off at the Mapperley Rd, walked along Forest Rd then down Addison Street into the Arboretum.
Thought it was huge back in the day but looking now on Google earth it is really not that big, loved a Walls ice cream at the kiosk.
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On 11/6/2019 at 9:10 AM, Brew said:
Dual carriageways and motorways for trucks over 7.5 tonnes, single carriageways 50mph
The open road speed limit in OZ is 100kph, some roads in the NT have a 130kph limit
Imagine having one of these road trains coming at you a 100kph on a dirt road in the top end spraying dust and pebbles at you, Plays hell with the paintwork and windscreen. Quads can weigh in at 130 tons
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4 hours ago, DJ360 said:
The only thing she picked me up on was not leaving the 'tyres and tarmac', between myself and the driver in front at lights, junctions etc...
As part of my work we had to drive a lot on suburban and country roads and the company sent us on an advanced driving course. That is where I learned that when you pull up behind a car that is stationary in traffic you stopped where you could still see the tyres of the car ahead (the same as DJ's tyre and tarmac) when I asked why I was told that if you did this and were hit from behind in a normal rear end shunt you would be unlikely to be pushed into the car in front and your car would most likely still be driveable.
We had great fun doing swerve and recover on the skid pan and dust bowl as many roads in the less populated areas are not sealed.
One other thing we were taught was the "Dutch?" method of opening your drivers' side door. That is operating the door release with your left hand which almost forces you to look over your right shoulder before opening the door and reduces the risk of an accident with a passing cyclist or other car. I agree with DJ and Brew, you are never too old to learn.
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1 hour ago, Ayupmeducks said:
No, two bloody ancient Aussies out for a spin.
Sorry to say that most Australians, even now, do not understand the concept of "Keep Left Unless Overtaking" and it pi$$es me off that the police make little or no effort to enforce it. In Australia it is legal to "undertake" a car on a multi-lane road if the speed limit is less than 80kph. Above 80 it is keep left unless overtaking
The main road from the south into Adelaide is a 100kph limit and at time is 4 or 5 lines wide yet you still see cars tootling along at 80 in the far right lane oblivious to what is happening around them and cars travelling in every lane as you can see from this picture.
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Saturday evenings as a kid were often spent at my grandma and grandad's house playing cards for pennies with other uncles and aunts and cousins.
The eldest of the grandkids were sent up to the local off licence to fetch bottles of Nut Brown, a jug of Shipstones, lemonade for the kids for very weak shandy or port and lemon. Bags of crisps, peanuts and my favourite Nibbits.
We played Sevens, Russian Patience and always ended with a game of Newmarket and as the kings were withdrawn at the end of the game much excitement as the pot on the last king grew and disappointment if you did not win it. A win set you up for a fine addition to your pocket money for the week. Great memories.
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Tea only came in a chipped white enamel mug with blue edging, so strong that the spoon stood up on its' own after you put the obligatory three sugars in. Milk, stera, came from a Camp coffee bottle, cant be abiding that stuff that the spoggies have drunk thru the foil tops. The watter came straight from the rainwatter tank and was boiled in a pan on a small calor gas stove.
At least it did when I had a cup with my Grandad at his allotment where I loved eating the raw vegetables freshly dug or picked. My favourites were of course peas, then broad beans, brussell sprouts and carrots, the odd piece of turnip or parsnip never went amiss too.
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10 hours ago, IAN FINN said:
Yes i remember Mrs Mills iremember she played a song about a jewel box dancer can not remember the exact name heard it many times on the radio
Was it Music Box Dancer? If so it was Frank Mills not Mrs Mills
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Whilst we are musing about piano players who remembers Mrs Mills and Winifred Atwell with her Black and White Rag which became famous as the theme for Pot Black.
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Got to No1 in 1962
He is currently touring with his 60th Anniversary Show and did the Palace Theatre in Mansfield on Oct 8. No show scheduled for Nottingham this year, maybe in the second half of the tour.
The Royal family - are they worth it ?
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I agree Brew, when we had our Republic referendum in 1999 it failed because what was put up to replace the Queen as the head of Government was a President elected by the Parliament. Thankfully 55% the Australian population did not trust the pollies and said no.
A constitutional Monarchy may not be perfect but look at the other options. The USA got Trump and not to mention the faux elections that "elect" president in many other countries.