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The old fashioned gob shoppers were great, contests were often had to see who could make them change colour the quickest.

Went to the dentist the other day and as usual things were running late. Why is it that parents allow their children to run riot in waiting rooms?. The parent in question was more concerned with activity on her mobile than what her two little horrors were up to. They found the water dispenser to start with, the eldest paying five visits to it and the younger one making more noise than I thought was humanly possible with a cup of water. They then decided to start kicking two balloons about as if they were in a field. It was a good job the dentist was not checking my blood pressure because it wo

Things will never be quite the same again. We don't produce characters like him these days.

Give it long enough and some witless outfit will give awards to the makers of these purple adverts that most of us think are an insult to your intelligence. Any actor worth their salt would have nothing to do with this rubbish.

Given the items we used to get hours of entertainment from I doubt if most of today's kids would know where to start.

Many years ago my favourite was the Nux bar. Toffee and nuts made a good combination.

I look at some of the fashions of today and think to myself , OK, I give up just what are you going as?. Some of the styles would not win a prize at a fancy dress party.

Even worse is going in the middle of the night, on autopilot, and forgetting you put the seat down when you went to bed.

Why do I have to enter my pin number to watch a recording before a certain time on Virgin when the programme was shown in its entirety before the stated time?.

Politeness and good manners.

Peter Shilton, John Fashanu and Linda Lusardi

Saw him play many times and was impressed by his style. Good solid defender who gave his all. Tragic that he is now having problems, I certainly wouldn't have recognised him from the 2015 picture of him at the City Ground.

Sadly the mould was broken when they made Brian Clough and I doubt we will ever see his like again.

It doesn't matter what sport you look at, as soon as the big money gets involved things deteriorate. I am not saying that sportsmen should not earn a reasonable living, but today's levels are ridiculous. When I started going to football matches I had the privilege of watching people like Jimmy Greaves, George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law. They provided good entertainment but got nowhere as much as today's prima Donna's. As soon as the money men got involved all the sportsmanship went and we are treated to a performance that should require an Equity card.

I can remember the Black Arrows from when they used to perform at Hucknall in the 50s and 60s. They were a magnificent sight but very noisy.

No Benjamin, I am not talking of people of the opposite persuasion. If that is what they want , then it is their business. The point I am making is that standards of behaviour in public have dropped thanks to the softly softly brigade who believe people should not show restraint. What goes on behind closed doors is one thing, in public is totally a different case.

I attended several funerals conducted by Tom Irvine and was impressed by his style. Everything was done with the utmost dignity and respect but nothing sanctimonious. I regard it as a privilege to have seen him in action.

I don't give much for the chances of the first man who kisses me. I am still strongly in the belief that I grew up to respect, man associates with woman. Thanks to the do gooders the status quo is in tatters and we don't need any more foreign habits thank you.

I don't know what they think they look like with these tattoos. It makes them look like they could do with a good wash when the whole arm is done. When you look at some of the footballers you could be forgiven for thinking that they think more of their stupid hair styles and tattoos than getting on with earning the ridiculously high wages they get. I can't see Brian Clough having his men looking like this when he was in full flow.

Thanks Katy, I can sleep easy now I have the answer.

I always wondered why it wasn't. On the house on the top of the hill.

Some pedestrians don't see or don't care about traffic with or without lights. It is not always the motorist that needs to change their habits.

Somersby Road leading up to Mapperly Top takes some beating for gradient. I had to do a hill start there when I took my driving test, it frightened the life out of me. On the subject of the highest point in Nottingham there is a plaque on a house near Shoulder of Mutton Hill at Annesley claiming to be the highest point in the County of Nottingham.

I used to like the two kids with the odd number of Cadbury fingers, the catchphrase being" you fink of everything Bwian". Of course Brian did, he simply ate the odd one whole instead of breaking it in half. The bear on the ad for a soft drink I can't remember the name of was another favourite with the phrase " It' s frothy man".

Can I help you Babe? , usually from a youngster fresh out of school. From my recollection Babe was a pig and by no stretch of the imagination do I fit into that category. Plus the fact if you ask them anything they just look gormless and tell you they don't know.