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Were you a bluecoat Bamber?? I bet you have a few stories to tell hey?? I remember Neville King really well, & that horrible old puppet Hi de Hi was remarkably true to life. So many parallels with my time as a Bluecoat. As for stories. Well we had an entertainments manager sacked for running a fiddle and then there are the juicier ones that are not suitable for such a wholesome environment as Nottsalgia. Suffice to say one or two involve mothers and daughters "enjoying" themselves together :o Cheers, Bamber Anyone guess how I got the user name Bamber. The answer is out there

Neville King used to work with Grandad. I remember working with him one summer season at Pontins when I was a Bluecoat during the University holidays. :lol: Regards, Bamber

Total and utter guess but it wouldn't have been: "Good morning, Crossroads Motel"? Cheers, Bamber (with far too much time on his hands :D )

African Patrol, starring John Bentley as Patrol Inspector Paul Derek B)

I was always under the impression that they made Woodbines from the sweepings

Norman Vaughan? No idea how they originated.

Anyone remember the sheets of rub down transfers that came with Shredded Wheat? There was an illustration on the back of the box and you applied the transfers to create the scene of your choice. Simple pleasures, eh? :lol: Cheers, Bamber

I've got one of those. Every Christmas, as a kid, I would insist on hanging it on the tree as a decoration along with the the other baubles. It became a family tradition. Cheers, bamber

And how of on earth could I forget: "They asked me how I knew it was Esso Blue, I of course replied, With lower grades one buys, Smoke gets in your eyes." Cheers, Bamber

IIRC the Esso Blue advert always used to appear in the advertising slot before the start of ATV's "Star Soccer" on Sunday afternoons. Just after "All our Yesterdays" and before the "Beer at Home Means Davenports". Cheers Bamber Bum, bum, bum, bum Esso Blue, How are you? Very well thank you, Dr Who!

Is it The Arboretum?

I believe that there is one of those small, circular green plaques somewhere in the Old Market Square.

Driving around town every other pub seems to be advertising itself as a potential business opportunity to the wannabe landlord

Sadly, Tug died quite a few years ago. We could do with his like in Nottingham City Centre now. Instead we get a motley selection of Neighbourhood Wardens and WPcs: no substitute for a copper who is still as well known as he was 20 years ago.

Seeing the old photo of Dennis "Tug" Wilson" reminded me of one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed. Not surprisingly the Wilson family were/are all very tall. His daughter, Sherry, even at the age of 11, had the nickname lamppost and their son was even taller. So imagine my amazement when I saw them all packed into the Wilson family car one day. A MINI

The Pretty Windows was so known simply because the pub has a large expanse of windows. I don't know why this nickname has fallen out of common useage in Nottingham. The Pretty Windows murder goes back to 1963 when the then landlord, George Wilson, was brutally stabbed to death. To this day the police know neither the identity of the perpetrator or even a possible reason for the crime.

The Fox and Grapes, aka The Pretty Windows, used to open very early in the morning to provide refreshments for those working in Sneinton's wholesale fruit and vegetable market. The Pretty Windows hit the headlines in the 1960s when it was the scene of an as yet still unsolved murder. The City Police believed that locals knew who the perpetrator was but were met by a wall of silence. Now known as Peggers the pub opens at more usual hours since the wholesale market moved to Meadow Lane a few years ago.

Another first for Nottingham was the first video recorder designed for the domestic market. It used a reel to reel format rather than a cassette and was made by the Nottingham Valve Company - it never went into production. This item was split from another thread by an Administrator. Should this be from another Decade, Notify a Moderator, who will move it to the appropriate decade forum

I think you mean The Falcon. The Spread Eagle was on Goldsmiith Street.

And how could I overlook The Chateau at WB! BTW The Commodore was never a Berni. ISTR that the Berni at the top of Market Street was called The Black Boy in honour of the original on Long Row East.

The Britannia (on Huntingdon Street) and the Flying Horse were both Berni Inns at one time or another. There was also a plan for one in the Vic Centre originally but the site opened as The Welbeck Pub (next door to Chelsea Girl).

Can anyone remember the name of the "girl" that used to do chalk drawings on the pavement in town? She sold The Post for a while from a stall at the bottom of King Street. She was very thin and IIRC she came from a very good background. Cheers, Bamber

Apparently it has been converted into a nursing home :o

Da da ... It's the Star & Garter, now known as the Hazleford Ferry, at Hazleford near Bleasby.

Yes. Peter Shilton wrapped his Jag round a lamp post