Beekay

Margie, when I worked at SPD. One of my delivery areas was Ely. Had a very nice coffee in the cathedral last year, on my way to Thursford Christmas show. Had a very nice teacake too !! B.

Don't you remember me delivering your persil, radient, comfort and sunlight soap etc !! Back in the day. B.

Look out Nottingham, Beekay's coming up in December. Going to stay at Thoresby hall to meet up with family. Will try and have a ride on a tram if possible. Is it worth going into market square?, not that I recognise anywhere any more. Trouble is, nobody seems to remember me anymore.(wonder if I'm still on the wanted posters?). Did nobody attend class 4a at Radford boulevard in 1958?? Cheers one and all !! Beekay.

Thank you Oztalgian, I'll try even harder now I have a comrade in arms 'down under. This one of the things that amazes me, the fact that I can be in contact 24,000 miles away or someone in the next county. It's great to be able to join in on topics and converse with so many wonderful people. I'm filling up now so I'll shut up. Beekay.

They're all great, with custard on !!! B.

I would like to keep posting if possible. I have been away from Nottingham for over 30 years now and though I still have my memories, I would hope I had something to contribute without boring folks silly. I try to get up to nottm. when I can to see my older brother, ( my two younger brothers have sadly passed away). Although I was a bus driver for four years, I hardly recognise the place now with the modernisation that's occurred. I still think that the market square was Better when it had the flower beds and underground toilets etc. I'll never forget my eldest lad being invited to the council

Whoops, I sincerely hope I haven't opened a can of worms. B.

Thanks Fly2. Much obliged. B.

Thank you Jill, I wish I knew where Utopia was then I could come and bring you a saucer of cream/ milk. Then again you wouldn't want a 75 year old recycled teenager flirting !

When one wants to go to bed and turn ones tablet off, does one have to sign out or just switch off the tablet. I realise this sounds daft, but then again I am a daft bu**er. One doesn't want to do it wrong.

Thanks KatyJ, ive just noticed the info above my avatar as changed from newbie to Nottstalgian and colour bar has changed colour. Does that mean I've been accepted into this wealth of knowledge?

Thank you for the lifebelts.

Wot the flipping eck are they though?

I think I've just entered the twilight zone, can't keep up hopping from one subject to another ! Throw me a lifebelt somebody.

Was it a Wurlitzer organ? And what the hell is a kunzle cake?

It looks like zimmer frame Margie. Gonna put my order in for one ! Can you get them with go-fast stripes?

Hi L.L., in reply to your question is in truth i dont know. They had a huge array of batteries underneath though. Where we came adrift, Boden st. is downhill so we virtually coasted down and on to Ronald st. We crossed over Ilkeston rd. and i put the poles back on and we carried on to Wollaton park terminus, behind the one we should have been following ! The batteries would be charged up during running. Beekay. Can I add a belated comment on buses, 56, 60 and 13. As an ex driver on these services out of bilborough depot, I seem to recall that the 56 ran every twenty minutes, on the hou

Once, when I was a conductor I was working on the 39 out of parliament St. Up derby rd. to canning circus and don't know what happened but instead of going onto Ilkeston road we went on alfreton rd !! Went as far as boden St. and removed poles and went on boden to Ronald St. And back on to Ilkeston rd.(on batteries !). Nobody said a word. Funny what you remember when prompted. B.

Thanks for getting back to me Margie. This is my problem, I don't know if folks have replied or whatever, I see xxxx has reacted to or xxxx has posted. I don't know yet what it all means or how to find etc.. Sorry I'm being dim. Kindest regards, Barrie.

Hi Marji, did you reply to my Elizabethan rooms info? If you have I don't know how to find it. Bale me out sweetheart ! Barrie..

Regarding the Elizabethan rooms at the co-op, I had my wedding reception there back in september,1965. Beautiful venue and a great meal, ( a proper dinner, not this buffet rubbish !). The only downer was walking from the taxi and through the store to the lifts, although we did get some admiring looks. I was a bus driver at the time and booked a bus for for our guests with no transport. It was suggested I drove the bus and my new wife on the back in her wedding dress as a publicity stunt. Didn't want to miss my ride in a wedding car though. Barrie.

Ow do! Ben, your probably right, I could have delivered to your stores as part of multi- deliveries. SPD was the transport branch of Unilever. Used to carry loads of stuff. We always used to say that SPD also meant ' sex provided daily' though never had to prove it. Regards, Beekay ( or Barrie if you prefer ).

Your right DB. I stand corrected. I think I mixed it up with denewood. The 22 used to run out of bulwell depot, along no.7. I'm still new at all this "memory lane stuff", still brushing the cobwebs off my memory shelves. There's some much information on all the different topics that I'm getting bogged down with facts and figures. Apologies for my mistake. B.

I spent many an hour queuing in Anderson's pawn shop with my dads shoes or his best suit. There used to be a queue at the back door even before the shop opened. B.

Still is !!!