Do You Still Read A Newspaper?

[carni 10,094]

Haha, I remembered something from the past but couldn't remember what or when, though I suppose remembering one out of three is good for me. If it was two out of three (Aint bad) I could say I feel a song coming on ? Four years ago, they say time flies when you are having fun aye. Anyway, I too would like to go back further in the archives, but I can't see any way how for now. Perhaps an offer will come up.

[loppylugs 8,427]

75.  Always thought kaka meant bad.   ya learn summat every day.

 

I bet the Romans had cream cakes they were a decadent lot. . I hasten to add, the Romans were decadent not cream cake lovers.  

[carni 10,094]

Mmmm, It seems the Romans liked  Cheesecake and Ice cream, Fruit,and nuts rolled up in pastry and fried in honey. Mainly they liked Fruit and Nuts, they can't be all that bad then.........can they.

[Jill Sparrow 10,304]

#82

 

The Romans certainly had their barbaric side but as far as culture goes, we owe them much, although I didn't think so when I was sitting in Latin class at the dreaded Manning declining their verbs: ambulo, ambulas, ambulat, etc! 

[carni 10,094]

A bit beyond me all that Latin Jill. I struggle with the English most of the time. I'm afraid I didn't do to well at School. I got to 14yrs and lost the plot for the rest of my school years. 

[loppylugs 8,427]

Sounds worse than Greek.  Had me share of that although at least many of our English words come out of it.  Pharmakia = Pharmacy.  Graphe = write.  Photo = light thus photography = light writing.  Porniea = sexual uncleanness.  Thus pornographe = Writing about, or in our day photographing such behaviour.  Lots more but I can't remember most of 'em now.  Just use a Greek /English dictionary when necessary.  The New Testament was written in Greek.  So sometimes going back to the original word helps you get a better grasp of what is being said.

[Brew 5,410]

My latin tutor had a phrase he muttered:  stultus est sicut stultus facit - every time I wrongly conjugated verbs.

I'm not certain he didn't mean it.

The language tutors were like comic book stereotypes. Latin, about 300 years old white haired. German, square jawed iron grey almost crewcut hair. Doc Chapman, French - blue/black wavy hair five o'clock shadow always on the scrounge for a Woodbine.

[Jill Sparrow 10,304]

Our Latin master was very nice. Alan Langley. Compared to the tweed suited, brogue wearing battleaxes, he was a soft touch but he only taught Latin which meant that few of the girls came across his radar. As soon as the news of Manning's future switch to comprehensive status was announced, he left us as there would no longer have been any need for his services. I always thought he would be more at home at Oxford, Cambridge or a public school environment. A gentle soul, rather like a fish out of water at Manning.

[MargieH 7,599]

Our Latin master at Carlton le Willows was called Mr Mortimer.  He was a really good teacher,  I thought.  I mainly remember his striding up and down the classroom telling us the story of Icarus and his 'winged talaria'   The words rolled off his tongue quite beautifully and he kept repeating them.  Wonder why I remember that particular thing about him.... that, and his black gown which 'ballooned' as he strode up and down.

 

Brew, that was a bit of an unkind phrase to use about you.  It wouldn't have been acceptable to say it in English - well,  certainly not today!

[Brew 5,410]

To be fair he said to everyone who only managed to get as far as the second declension and then mangled the rest.

[sue B 48 1,226]

Just reading the latest BYGONES it's a special edition for the year 1967 and finding

it fascinating. I think most of us on here can relate to that time in our life.

[Cliff Ton 10,459]

I've been re-reading the thread about the girl (Sally) who used to sell newspapers on Long Row - with a very well-spoken accent.    

 

https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/913-painter-girl-newspaper-seller/

 

Made me realise that you don't see newspaper sellers on the streets now. And there's a reason for that; very few people buy one.  The circulation figures for the Evening Post are spectacular. They now only sell around 8,000 copies a day. In the 1970s it was in the region of 90,000 a day.

 

[philmayfield 6,115]

From what I see of the Evening Post online it has very little to offer in the way of quality journalism. I do subscribe to The Times and get both the online and hard copy versions. A newsagent in Lowdham delivers the newspapers to boxes in some of the outlying villages and the papers have to be collected from the box. My wife walks up for it as it gives her a chance to pick up the local gossip which we used to get when we had a village shop. It took her an hour to do a mile this morning!

[radfordred 6,284]

Can't say I've read a newspaper or seen a news channel in years, sometimes Google the odd thing to see if it’s still happening.

I'm a regular commenter on the Nottingham Post site without reading the story, I'm currently serving a ban 

 

[DAVIDW 1,681]

If you have a library card and pin number , you can view 100s of online daily newspapers and magazines for free .

 

You need an app called Pressreader and best viewed on tablet/ laptop rather than a phone.

 

More details here :

https://virtual-library.culturalservices.net/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.beds_libraries/online_resources_pressdisplay.htm

[PeverilPeril 3,279]

I read the 'I' every day. It's a brief no nonsense, well balanced paper, with a good puzzles section. AND it's cheap at 65p. It is also excellent for when I gut and clean a trout.

[David sheridan 159]

In the 70,s used to pinch the horseracing page out the back of my Dad's Nottingham evening post , any horseracing enthusiast will remember Donovans selections , when i was at school in Bilborough (Denewood crescent ) i got caught by the teacher ,ticking off my horse selections , can you still buy the Nottingham evening post nowadays ?

[David sheridan 159]

Remember the first time my dad sent me out to buy a newspaper,  he said nip up the road and get me a mirror ,

I was confused and said , Dad why we've got one in the bathroom , good job he didnt ask me to nip out and get a star , i was only 3 foot 2 inches  , couldn't of reached if i wanted to !!!