IrishDIY 1 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hey folks - only just heard of this site - over on the Facebook 'Nottingham' page. An avid reader of local history, fancier of awful rusty vehicles, enthusiastic supporter (and player) of local music, aging punk rocker. Consistently frustrated by barred and gated entry to the more interesting under and overground places of interest! Always been into Urb-Ex, and general random exploring. Nottingham defo the best city for it that I've lived in (4+ years) so far. Came here via Belfast, Bradford and Leeds. Hello to yez! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I cannot tell a lie, but it was I who posted the links to this site, welcome on board IrishDIY and here's to a load of memories from you. (At a guess I'd say it was the link on the Welbeck picture that you found us by.) I won't make so rude as to wish you "top of the morning" as that's like saying "Ayup me duck to someone from Essex ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome Irish.......I can't wait to hear your stories, bet they're interesting!! You're right Nottingham IS defo the best City........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hi ...how do....welcome aboard....there two sites on facebook connected with this site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Someone had posted a pic and mentioned us, so I slipped a linky in, glad somebody else spotted it ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishDIY 1 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Nice one for replies folks! Very very glad to find this site! Am getting a bit of a name fer meself as a history nerd. Guess I'm not on my own eh? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 One flew over the cuckoo's nest, springs to mind...............................it's good 'ere, 'cos the lunatics have taken over this asylum.................. Just wait till Mick gets 'ere................... be careful, he may try to pretend he's sane, this week 'e are mainly bein'.................Santa Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 "Evening all"; saw the man himself: Jack Warner ('Dixon of Dock Green') last night on the TV. He was starring in a World War 11 Drama: 'Carve Her name With Pride'; about the life of British secret agent: Violet Szabo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Is that the one with Virginia McKenna jackson? Very good film....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hi Gibbo, that's the one. Violet was so brave, committed to her country, despite suffering terrible torture. I'm sure the film must have been entirely based on fact: Violet and two other female, British, secret agents were ordered by Hitler to be shot dead in a pit, not long before the war ended. In March, 1947, Violet's little girl was awarded the George Cross - on Violet's behalf - by King George. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome to Nottstalgia, IrishDIY. I look forward to reading your posts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Yes jackson, very brave indeed. I will never stop admiring our heroes......makes you feel humble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome Fella ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishDIY 1 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Fair play folks, although I must say that much is being made of my posts to come... I dunno what I'd post about just yet! Am very much enjoying everyone elses bits and pieces, and still playing catchup I guess. I'll be lurking around here and sniping in once in a while fer now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome IrishDIY. Here's a bit of the blarney now - me, meself having a fair drop of the Irish blood flowing through my veins - I apologise for getting a bit carried away with the title of your topic: "Evening All" - Jack Warner was on the TV last night and I haven't seen him for yonks!! He was a favourite of mine - 'Dixon of Dock Green' - when I was a kid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Looking at your interests Irish, there seems to be a lot to talk about!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Welcome IrishDIY. My last experience of Irish DIY was on a course with a guy from the Garda, After visitations to the bar, I was dragged into his room and a mug was thrust into my hand. Then there followed some kind of ceremony with 'Jameson's' Sugar and a kettle. That night I arose to go to the loo, collapsed knocking myself out on the urinal! Apart from that, I have been normal for the majority of my life. If anyone says any different, I originate from good Cork stock Mick2me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I'm sure a couple of your own memories of Northern Ireland wouldn't go too awry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishDIY 1 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 On a Nottingham forum? Hmmmm.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Like I said it wouldn't go amiss. Comparisons to then in Belfast and the now in Nottingham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Nowt wrong with us irish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 welcome irishdiy we all love to hear each others childhood memories and the games we played specialy me did you play the same kind of games in irland as we did in nottingham or are there things you played that you have never seen or heard of here that you played Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Hi Irish, I took my first trip to the Green and Pleasant Land a few years back. I was mighty surprised that the surname: Jackson was quite common, more so in Northern Ireland. My guess is that the name was taken there around the 18th Century by the English Landowners. Do you have any knowledge of this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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