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Re the Bogs anyone used the bogs near primark,I unfortunately had to use these a few weeks ago ,in the doorway were a group of council workmen drinking tea and just chatting now I think a man (or woman ) who works hard deserves a break and a cuppa but hanging about toilet doorways so members of the public had to ask for them to move before they could get in beggars belief and yes I did put in a complaint.

Sounds promising so far Chulla,good luck with them.

Fingers crossed he has a chance to do the job before the press start slagging him off.Good Luck Sam.

If thats the case then the powers that be in Southwell should be ashamed,what a money spinner for them it could have been,lets hope it can be saved. Nothing like brambly apple jelly with your roast pork.

Today I have received 3 calls from some foreign sounding b*****d telling me I have a problem with my computer ,Ive told them I passed away last week ! Im starting to get really pissed off,please excuse my language .

For the past two weeks or more we have had an asian person calling to say they have identified a problem with our computer now I'm not stupid enough to fall for that load of b*****ks , we do have the telephone preference service in place and a lot of help that is !!!!!! its getting just a tad annoying so what to do now ? any ideas. Just nipped back in had a thought if I spoke broad nottingham would they hang up.

Do any of you use the voucher type things you can get on your phones ? you can get some good deals,my sister and I usually meet up once a month we use a voucher mainly for a restaurant that we wouldn't normally eat because of the cost ,depends on the offers of course.

Is the Jolly Higglers still going or is it long gone.Think it was down radford.

Cant seem to place her ,I was a flatlocker so probably in a different room.

Thats what I suspected as well.

Been in town this morning had to skirt round the square couldn't avoid it ,what an abomination should never have been allowed and now they making a "seaside again" rubbish. Don't know if this has been asked before but what happened to all the beautiful stone that they ripped up or very carefully removed ?

Thats the picture I've seen can just see the factory. I was on that Blackpool trip !

It was a good firm to work for, works dances and outing where they would hire a train we went to llandudno another year it was Blackpool.Because there was dust from the fabric when machining we would have a chest X-ray every year organised and paid for by the company and transport provided.One winter when the miners strike was on my coal man couldn't get coal and my mum who also work for Marathon asked if I could get some coal slack and bits that couldn't be used in the furnaces as my first baby was only two months old not only did they say yes but they also brought it for me they also did it

Where I worked was on Peveril Street ,I found a photo that shows looking down from Alfreton Road but the factory had been demolished.

Our paths might just have crossed,not very often machinists worked saturdays but when we did it was bacon cob for me top half dipped in tomato juice. I left school in xmas 1962 and started working new year 1963.

It was on Peveril Street.

When I first started work it was called Beals and then Marathon Knitwear,does anyone have a photo of the factory frontage ,I am trying to organise my photos into albums and have a few pictures of girls I used to work with and would like one of where we worked.I have had a look round but haven't come up with anything anyone help or point me in the right direction.

Norway on a fjord cruise in two weeks .

Ive never shopped in a Lidl but have used Aldi if they are both similar should be ok ,Tesco in Bulwell is going down hill they keep taking aisles and shelving out can they see the writing on the wall !

I lost my mums steak and kidney pudding recipe none taste the same.

I seem to remember a Maypole shop on Radford Road either opposite Randle Street or Selhurst Street and I'm sure it was on a corner and maybe painted green and gold but this was before the demolition of the slums .I googled it but counldnt find a picture and then I got sidetracked looking at old photos of the Green must admit it brought a tear to the eye.I even found some photos of The Boys Club that had pictures of my late brother on.

Just passed Collins cash and carry at Bobbersmill what was the factory called and what did they make ?

Nice bloke ,did a stirling job, passed the time of day with everybody,have a long and happy retirement.

near Pyes the auctioneers,high church street. just googled it.

Im a 1947 baby too dad said it was so bledy cold you had to keep warm somehow !!!! My eldest son lived and worked in USA for 4 years the first year being spent in Chicago,we visited just as winter was losing its grip but boy I have never known cold like it,one day the weather man said it would snow at 11 o'clock and it did,it was St Patricks day while we were there and they dyed the river green !