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Bens Choir is in full voice I could never remember the words and sang out of tune.

Has the last one brought memories back for you WW.

Ben after reading of yours and DJs trip to Bestwood Estate I went up there today first time for many many years and I must admit the place saddened me . So much has changed and not for the better, half of the shops on Andover road have gone, and there is a general atmosphere that the place is unloved and uncared for. Times were different when we lived there it was our home and the place was generally looked after. I did smile as I passed a couple of houses , it must have been some thing in the air in the 60s.

I have taken your advice, Fly here are three which I like ,the first is from Nottingham, the second is like a typical street in Nottingham and the third is a print I purchased as it reminded me of my early teenage years in the Broadmarsh area, hope you like them. They are all available from Rob Rowlands site.

I am not sure where to post this but I have found on my web searches a site on artist Rob Rowland, www.robrowland.co.uk, and I thought some of you might be interested in viewing some of his work. Many of his paintings are of the railways and of old areas which reminded me of memories of Nottingham. I have purchased one which looks like it is at the top of the stairs leading up from the old Broadmarsh, " a kind of loving". Many of them revived old memories of how Nottingham used to be. I was going to copy one and post it on here but with the recent comments on copyright I thought better of

Ey up Sue welcome, I am another from the real Bestwood Estate, off Leyborne Drive and look forward to you posting on this site, ask what you like about Nottingham some one on here will know the answer.

O s*** I have just dropped my cream cake.

I have all those gadgets except the spiraliser and we use them, fresh coffee is a necessity, we don't use the bread maker much now. We use to use it when more when the grandkids were younger, they loved it when they came to visit us, it was a must to make the dough for cobs and to also make pizza dough to make their own pizzas for tea.

Yes Ben ginger hair, we better not mention the colour again " gingerism" , I thought it was up the cul-de-sac but with my memory you will be right, but it was around that area on Andover road.

Yes another one here had his hair cut at Osbornes, also re the cul-de-sacs on Andover revived a memory of a mate who lived up one of them a Graham Standbridge , Nottstalgia strikes again.

RR why did you have to write that, I have just spent time looking for that button and now spending time trying to find what it is for. Please please please let me know as I have other things to do, well she has other jobs for me . LOL

Jill size 12 just think of the millions of people who would love to be that size, myself I want to lose weight but with being banned from the kitchen and the wife preferring food that tends to be high in calories, no chance.

LizzieM my wife has the same problem with weight, due to other health problems she regularly gets called to the doctors to receive her lecture from the GP and nurse to put on weight. They don't believe what she eats chocolate, cream cakes biscuits etc but no weight again. After the evening meal all you can hear is the rustle of wrappings being taking off treats. We have a draw that has always been called Grans doddoo draw by the grandkids since they were babies , now they are in their teens and early 20s and still go to the draw and laugh as its always has a plentiful supply in there. Don't w

SG don't berate yourself you are doing well, as for smoking in the middle of the night I sleep at the wrong times and regularly wake up and smoke several in the night, which is silly really. Keep it up.

CT I wonder in how many branches our resident charmer has broken the hearts of members of staff, not forgetting the customers as well.

She is very understanding , she says I am not completely useless but for what use I am I might as well be. I thought she was complimenting me.

Jill I have sleep apnoea that is also not very exciting, but I do use it to my advantage, if I haven't done something I promised to do its my excuse , I fell asleep.

Euthriod, that sounds naughty and exciting, so I am not going to look up what it means as it might destroy my imagination.LOL

Best of luck SG, I wish I had your will power to start stopping smoking, if that makes sense, I have tried numerous times but failed, will you give us updates on how you are going, it might encourage me.

Margie H and MelissaJKelly your not on your own, count me in. I wouldn't go so far as liking him and his methods, but I have do like the broad principles he holds.

To be quite honest it bothers me not the reason people buy poppies , the most important thing is that they do buy one . The cash generated and the use it is put to is the most important thing.

Looking at the photo of Cliff tons on the railway embankment running along Hucknall road you can see only a few trees growing , I always remember it with loads of trees, then look at the google link provided by DJ360 you can see how nature has taken over. With the rail lines gone in the 60s wild life must have also taken over , it looks a good place to explore again.

Ben this is one for you to answer.

Gem I don't know the area that well , but here is one of further down the road with Bentick school in the bottom right hand corner.

PP I found the picture on Britain from Above , number EPW054990 , I have enlarged it but it is not very clear.