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Hello Ayup Whats FRC? The new free Friends Reunited Connections boards Caz.

Hey Caz, if your ever on FRC, I'm Elvis!

I used to love Colwick cheese, never found anything that comes close to it in either taste or texture. Cottage cheese is a poor relation to it.

Found under a gooseberry bush in 1947 in the City Hospital grounds. Lived a life of luxery in two up two down terraced houses in St Anns, Kings Lynn Terrace off Turner Street. Slapped around until I could read and write and add 2+2 and get 4 at Blue Bell hill infants and Junior Schools. Then went on to learn a bit of Shakespere and learned to smoke at Huntingdon Sec School. Lived a short time on Alfred Street South, where my Mum was Manageress of the Lady Bay dry cleaners. Then we moved to the Medders, Osman Terrace off Briar Street. Went to work at 15, 1962 for GT Ranby in the Lace Market,

I know this is thread highjacking, but a comment on the early warning system in pubs by Mick. I used to be a part time barman at the Sir Richard Arkwright on Arkwright Street for a couple of years. Wednesday night, I used to be left in charge while the boss and his lady had a night out. no1 rule was after 10-40PM kick the buggers out, anyone who wouldn't go, get on the phone to the law and get them out. Problem was, the law was the problem!!! I usually had problems with several CID officers and senior uniformed officers after closing time wanting another pint!! The boss always told me to sa

Thats a rash statement Caz!!! For $35,000 you can buy a house around here. I heard that on the TV don't know if it's gospel Ayup. As you know we can get a lot for our money over here in Oz too. As alway's it's the area & info structure which makes it more pricey. My house is on the market for $525.000.00 AUD,& at present there are people interested in it, though we will have to drop our price a little. Bright is growing in popularity rapidly & is very sought after for people who want a more relaxed lifestyle. It sounds very much like the area you live in Ayup, & I would i

sorry Hilary, but do recall the "Discoteque" at the TBI in the mid 60's, we might not have used the term Disco but did use the full name...

I'll have to get some piccies up here Anne. I'm about half way down this piece of land, around a quarter of a mile down from the boundery fence and around another quarter mile from there to the road. I'm surrounded by fields and trees. My water is pure, straight out of the ground from 500 feet down, constant temperature winter and summer, around 50F, clear as a bell, and filtered by the Ozark limestone beds, which are many hundreds of feet thick.

Check out my wifes webpage for prices of properties locally that she has listed. My Webpage

Thats a rash statement Caz!!! For $35,000 you can buy a house around here. In Beverly Hills California try a cool couple of million. In New York City an apartment will knock you back a few hundred thousand. I can go out and buy a fairly new house on a couple of hundred acres, barn, outbuildings etc for $180,000 around here. Translated into pounds, that would be around 280,000 pounds, give or take a few. Now what would that buy in the UK??? A little cramped terraced house in north London, if your lucky, then the annual rates will be a fortune too!!! My annual taxes, (rates) on 80 acres are

The Cavendish was between Alfred Street and Peas Hill Road, on St Anns Well Road.

Bit after my time Mick. Mum and Dad used to drink in the Coachmakers Arms on the corner of Union Road though way back! Mum used to work at the Cavendish Cinema at one time too, when I was a snotty nosed kid. Used to get in for the Saturday matinees free!!

I was about 13 or 14 when we left St Annes, which would translate to 1960/61. My mum was the manageress of the Lady Bay cleaners on Alfred St South near Blue Bell Hill opposite Agars green grocers store. I recall them as I had a crush on Jennifer, their Daughter and old man Agar was an electrician at Cotgrave Colliery. Prior to that, we lived in Kings Lynn Terrace off Turner Street, more or less just around the corner. Went to Blue Bell Hill infants and Junior School and Huntingdon Sec School. So whereabouts did your family live Darcy???

Been spreading myself thin around the forums Caz! Browser button????? Lost me old luv! We have rain at last! I have only mowed grass about three times this season, it's been soooooooooo dry! Normally I have to mow every week, even the trees were starting to shed their leaves due to drought stress. But back on track, seasonal rains nearly every afternoon now! All forums are slow at the moment Caz, peeps are either on hols, enjoying spending time outside, or just too busy with summery things like their gardens etc. Give it a few weeks when the days get shorter, weather colder and it's stay i

Well like all sites this time of year, mines slow, but memberships growing, getting on for 60 now! Wasn't mean't to be a pun either crazy

Monday day shift there was a lot of wind about, and it wasn't the ventilation either Shock Shock

Talking about fire hazards, these stupid power outlets over here come with "quick connect" connections. They are where the lazy person can push the wires in, instead of using the screw terminal when installing them. Damned things should be banned, the amount I've found that are burned up!! I often wonder how many house fires have been started by them! I was trained by the old NCB to inspect an accident site, like all my fellow ex pit electricians and write up reports, including a fire site, so know what to look for, although far from being an expert in the field!! Putting anything flamable o

Ayup all, me sites now over 50 members, so hot on the heals of Mick

I can just imagine the health and safety mob these days if they saw where we used to get out gallon of Esso Blue from them days :o There used to be a hardware shop corner of Pym Street and Turner Street that sold it. Stuff was stored in the actual shop and the proprietor lived over the shop....No, it wasn't opened all hours either

What, like ban you from driving over here Mick

Remember Mick, each State has it's own laws. I had a NSW drivers licence when I arrived in California. My test lasted about half an hour! "Turn right" said the examiner, I drove down the road to the main road, turned left, down a couple of blocks, turned left again and back to the Sacramento test centre. I had 100% written and 98% driving. I had to pull forward at a stop sign to see the traffic coming from my left because of shrubs and trees. The bloke who examined me said he agreed I did the right thing, BUT, it was the wrong thing by the book!! All he was interested in was if I was safe

The UK recognises your Victorian drivers license Caz, last time I was over I drove on my Californian license. The International permit is just a waste of money and not required in either European countries, Australai nor the US. AS LONG as your drivers license is current and applicable for the class of vehicle you are driving at the time. John

Thats the TBI isn't it?? (Trent Bridge Inn) One of my old stomping grounds way back in the 60's! Used to meet up with me mates of a Sunday lunchtime and sink a few. We also met up there of a weekend evening as a starting point for our pub crawls..

It is quiet here, had to bring up the last four days of activity :o

I was about 19 years old, apprentice electrician, underground at Clifton pit on nights. My Chargehand had asked me to go and locate a piece of machinery, last reported in the returns where the supplies were brought through on the way to the faces. This part of the oit dated back to the 1940's and earlier, good place for ghosts I rode the manrider inbye and rode 2's belt down to the inbye bunker site where there were a set of airdoors through to the returns. I was now alone and checked the first set of supplies, nothing, just general mine supplies. So I set off, the road was fairly narrow a