Stan 386 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Well chaps and chapesses, I shall be in Notts over the summer,and would really welcome help and guidance on reasonably priced (anything up to 10 bob) on eateries in the area. Thanking you in anticipation. Stan. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 What dates will you be in our fair City Stan? Could be another excuse for a meet-up ....... not that we did much of an excuse! A reasonable nosh and pint in the Roebuck on a Wednesday night .......... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Would definitely be a good excuse for a meet up It also depends what kind of foods you like Stan! Preferences? P.S. I have no idea what 10 bob is equivalent too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 50p. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Ten bob in old money was half a nicker..LOL Or in todays money 50 pence, half a quid, ten shillings in old money or 120 old pennies... How's that?? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Haha that is very confusing!! Thanks for clearing it up though! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Where you thinking city centre Stan ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Melissa, you should have been around in the old money days, no calculators or till's that registered the change, we had to calculate everything in our heads, try doing that on a Friday night or Saturday night behind the bar of a packed pub!!! Was bloody hard work, both mentally and physically... Then just when you've tallied up ten pints of bitter, five Babtchams, two double whiskey's twenty Park Drive, been given a couple of pound notes, all change worked out, "Oh, and two packets of cheese and onion crisps please" RATS!!! Start again..... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Sounds like a nightmare Ayupmeducks! In a way I'm glad I wasn't about, but I suppose no one knew any different! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Inches, feet, yards, chains, furloughs, miles, ounces, pounds, stones, cwt's,(hundred weights) tons, pints and gallons as well.....I still work in most of these. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Been there Ayupmeducks! I remember one night when I was working behind the bar a football team came in and each ordered a pint. By the time I'd pulled the eleventh pint the first guy wanted a refill ...... and so did everyone else pushing up to the bar. All the time I was the only person working, while the landlord stood gassing to his cronies at the end of the bar. When he yelled at me for breaking a glass against the pump I told him to stuff his job! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,191 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 No need to have got mardy lizzie, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Ayup, you remember a bushel = 8 gallons or a peck = to 2 gallons but used for volume with dried goods. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I was young, had a decent proper job and didn't need to be working there but he'd begged me to go and work behind the bar (where I used to go and have a drink with my parents). After that little incident even Mum and Dad stopped going in, haha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,191 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I REMEMBER THE SONG,i love you a bushel and a peck" who sang it and what was the next line? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,191 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 which pub was it lizzie? i shan"t go any more either, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Major Oak, Arnold. I haven't been in there for 45 years but it looks a right dump from the outside! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,191 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thats the last they will see of me anall, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Here is your answer, benjamin1945:- I love you a bushel and a peck A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap A barrel and a heap and I'm talkin' in my sleep http://www.metrolyrics.com/a-bushel-and-a-peck-lyrics-doris-day.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 I did bar work part time Lizzie, Fri/Sat/Sunday's and when I left the pits I was Manager Wednesday nights while the boss and his wife had a night out. I was paid "under the table" and if I wanted a drink, was told to pour one for myself...Problem there was weekend nights was just too busy to drink!! We did used to wind down after closing up for the night......LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 It sounds like a real rough pub, ayupmeducks, if you have to hide under the table... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Stan If you like curry the finest restaurants I have been to every one. They are on the corner of Mount Street and Maid Marian Way. 4550 Miles from Delhi, Me'em Sahib and the best of the lot, Laguna. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 My favourite place to have curry has to be Tamatanga in Trinity Square. £6.95 for a drink and a curry before 6pm! And the food is heavenly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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