Willow wilson
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Owzthat. A fellow pupil in my class at Ellis in the 50s had one, I thought it was cool.
We later acquired one at home in the early 80s based not on facetted rollers but on 4 cubes like dice about 1 inch but with the scores and responses printed on them.
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3 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:
There is nothing like seeing the actual records, the primary sources of parish registers, wills, etc. It gives the research an immediacy that internet research just doesn't possess.
True, Jill. My cousin traced our family tree and it took the best part of 12 years. One of the forms for which cousin obtained a resized photocopy was my Grandmother's marriage cert. It was signed by my Grandmother as 'Her mark, X' .(The words 'Her mark' being inserted by the officiating person). It was quite a moving revelation moment for me when I first saw it. She and Grandfather lived in a tied cottage in Norfolk.
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Beautiful singer, Beautiful song, beautifully sung.
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As well as Malt and cod liver oil our family were given Virol which included a marrow extract in a fancy tapered jar.
Ed.
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In the Lace Market there is a Plumptre Street, Plumptre Square and a Plumptre Place. There are some similar places elsewhere in the county. All spelled with 2 'P's and 1'e'. Interesting factoid; Town Arms pub was in Plumptre Square between Pemberton st and Short stairs.
I believe the milkman daily delivered there many years ago.
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Night Mail, brilliant poem I remember from my schooldays. Thanks for the reminder.
This has triggered another memory from the 50s radio days, that being a story by a popular raconteur of the day about the sounds that trains make. He gave a 2 or 3 minute narrative using words and voiced sound effects representing wheels on rails (for example; diddly dee...diddly dee....diddly dee) and steam sounds etc. This mesmerised me as a child, can anyone remember it or perhaps throw any light on who the narrator was or what it was called?
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Elizabethan Serenade was mentioned in a thread somewhere recently. That piece along with others were part of the soundtrack of my childhood, thanks to the 'always-on' radio at home.
The following was another memory, a perfect example of a 'sound picture' which captured my imagination.
Others were-
Sleepy Lagoon,
Knightsbridge March,
Roses from the South.
All accompanied by their own various vivid 'picture show' in my mind. Marvelous things radios.
And this one, workdays in the mornings. Calling all workers.
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58 years ago. Packed a change of clothes, "transistor" and some money, week at Butlins with 3 mates.
I had my 1st car, pal had a Ford 5cwt van. We went everywhere man. We camped in the van on Liverpool seafront and went to the old cavern next day but dint go in. Skint.
A black 1946 knackered english car ain't really that cool.
Then in a few short years we got a bit older and all settled down, waiting for the Internet and Nottstalgia to come along.
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Allegedly cats can understand about 100 different human commands.
But they choose not to.
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Re DAVID W video above:-
Would I have been wrong if I thought there would be a group of girls from a local school, who had been clearly and expressly forbidden visiting the fair in lunchtime, finding their way to the ride shown at 1:18 and having 3 consecutive rides on it simply for the giggling rebellious joy of doing so?
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There's a refurbished victorian lace maker factory building on Talbot st at the top of Hanley St. It was owned by Lambert brothers and officially named Stanley House. It was made into offices sometime in the last century But in my time we knew it as Lamberts factory. It faces the CO OP down Hanley st. It closed sometime in the 80s but was saved from demolition and is now, I believe, accommodation. (Edited)
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9 hours ago, Beekay said:
Wouldn't be without my Kobo e-reader. Could carry 6,000 books in me pocket,
Me too BK. Kobo Clara is on my bedside table and also goes on hols with me.
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Some have a curved taper and these, when used correctly, sets the side angles of the sharpened cutting edge. Done properly the blade can be made almost razor sharp.
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4 hours ago, Dark Angel said:
What! No Rolls Royce with big mudguards, searchlight headlamps and chrome bumpers!
Would imagine the logistics would have put paid to horse & carriage.When we were in Norfolk three or four years ago we visited Sandringham. The Queen had a collection of personal cars of various vintage in a big stable at Sandringham. It Included a 60s mk 2 Zodiac 'shooting brake' with a 'woody' bodywork. There was a fire engine too.
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Drill sergeant to conscript Heraldry-ists in uniform on the parade square. "Platoon, quick march. Sinister, dexter, sinister, dexter....."
(Old ones are the best ones.)
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This has been covered by scores of artists. Written by Ian Tyson in 1960 and recorded by Ian and Sylvia Tyson in 1963. A superb 60s folk song imo. A simple II-V-I structure repeated throughout.
A wistful song with a bittersweet narrative further emphasised by the ending which finishes on the V chord, leaving a sense of being ended but unfinished.
Exquisite.
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Re telegram deliveries. There's no date on the photo above, the clothing looks 1940s but there's no traffic about on the roads. If the photo is pre 1948, then the motor cycle won't be a BSA Bantam, it would be different BSA model, B33.
My father began his PO career as a telegram boy in the 1920s and he delivered telegrams using a pedal cycle. The telegram boys wore uniforms with a cap, white shirt and tie and according to father, each morning on arrival at work they had to pass a uniform inspection.
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It also housed the telegram office. In the centre of the picture is a telegram rider setting off with a delivery. They delivered using red BSA Bantams.
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Just in case you miss it..
2 for the price of 1
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This would be an excellent sound track to a film of a North Notts resident wearing deerstalker driving the country lanes in an open topped car.
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I think there are 2 bridges in question here. The 1929 bridge was further away from Radford Boulevard than the present larger structure as stated above (StuartC) which is flush with the building line on the boulevard.
The big old 1884 Player's factory on the right in the '1929 bridge' picture caught fire in 2015 during conversion to students accommodation. The fire was attended by fire services from Derby and Leicester as well as Notts. They were in attendance for 10 days, the building being mostly demolished to get to the seat of the fire. It is being rebuilt 'in the style of' the original structure as, I believe, student accommodation.
I don't know exactly when the 'Student' bridge was built but must have coincided with Player's taking over those 2 office blocks on the Boulevard.
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The Ray, yes that looks like the adult size of the smaller bike I learned to ride on when I was 4 or 5. Rod brakes, one piece stem and handlebars. The inherited adult bike I referred to earlier was when I was about 11 onwards. I think that one may have been a 1934 Sunbeam Road Racer B; not a big stretch of the imagination from "Ray" to Sunbeam is it?
Caliper brakes 'W' handlebars. Good picture on bike museum website.
It was still going strong after being subsequently and serially owned by my younger siblings and finally re-enammelled and refurbished in about 1965.
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City centre pub with music hall
in General Chat about Nottingham
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There was 'The Old Vic' on Fletcher gate many years ago next to the Cross Keys pub. Old Vic had a few comedy and musical acts in its day.