colly0410 1,181 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I wanted to read about my old home village of Gotham (left when I was six) so put it in google, as you do. Page after page was about the fictional not real Gotham City of batman gubbins, wasn't till about page 5 I found the REAL, NONE FICTIONAL, PROPER GOTHAM. I was very annoyed that a fictional, none real city was deemed more important than a real lovely Notts village. I still go to visit my niece who lives there, still seems a nice place.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 And then you get the people who don't pronounce it correctly. The place colly0410 refers to is Goat-am. I know because I lived just down the road from it for more than 20 years. Most people don't even know it's a real place, and when they discover it they refer to it as Goth-am, using the Batman pronunciation. The one south of Nottm has never been Goth-am ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Plenty of results if you Google Gotham Nottingham & on the first page too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham,_Nottinghamshire http://gothamvillage.org.uk/ http://www.gothamhistory.org.uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Probably, as it's a HAMlet, the real name would be Got HAM. don't HAM's originate from Viking settlements? or were they Norman settlements? Either way I'd say someone by the name of Got gave it it's name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Someone at QMC where I used to work had never heard of Gotham, she burst out laughing when I said I started school there, she thought I was joking, she lives a Bilborough. I told her about the 'wise men of Gotham' but she'd never heard of them either. I thought all locals new about the 'wise men of Gotham.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 The cheese rolling down the hill, tell her about that one, "The madmen of Gotham". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Gotham was always known in my time as where bagged plaster came from, it had a couple of gypsum mines and the BPB Gotham works. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 I had two schoolfriends from Gotham back in the late 50's early 60's.........Carole Taylor born Christmas day 1945 and Pamela Coppin born November 1945, I wonder where they are now ?........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 When I was an apprentice we re-wired the Gotham school. That would have been about 1964. I later worked with a guy who came from Gotham. I had thought it was well known in the Nottingham area withe wise men, cheeses etc. nice little place, now in the shadow of the power station and EM airport. I always wished transatlantic flights could get in there it would have saved the commute to London. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 # 6. Are you joking Ayup? I've witnessed the cheese-rolling at Brockworth in Glos but didn't know it happened in Gotham, didn't think there were any hills there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Sure Gotham has a hill, a few actually from memory, the cheese rolling was to stop a King from coming to the village hundreds of years back, the King was told they were loony, back then it was thought insanity was contagious. I believe it's been an annual event ever since. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 I just found this story on the NP site. http://www.nottinghampost.com/villagers-celebrate-800-years-fantastical-history/story-19863810-detail/story.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Insanity is contagious isn't it? You get it from your kids. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 #9 Loppy That was my first school, my teacher was miss/mrs Smith, There was a Mr Naylor, he scared me to death for some reason. It was very genteel in comparison to Trent Bridge where I later ended up when we'd eventually moved to the Meadows after moving around the Country.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Never saw any of the teachers or kids, Colly. We did the rewire during the summer holidays. Had the school to ourselves. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted April 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2018 When we lived at Gotham we had an electric cooker as there was no gas in the village back then, (think there is now though) when we moved to the Meadows (Glapton Road) we had a gas ring as well as an electric cooker, for some reason I was scared to death of the gas ring, later when we got a proper gas cooker I was scared of that as well. I remember Gotham was supplied by overhead electric cables & every time it thundered we had a power cut, Mam'd think the shilling had run out & put a bob in, then when the lights didn't come back on she would look out the back window to see if South Notts bus depot lights were on, then it would be "oh no not again, whinge, moan, chunter." The bus headlights would shine through the bedroom window & my sister would say "the bogey mans coming to get you!" & I'd scream blue murder, lol... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted September 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Was discussing the 'wise men of Gotham' & their daft antics with some friends earlier on when I piped up that I used to live there & that's where I started my school life. They fell about laughing & speculated that that's the reason I'm so daft; the cheeky bu**ers. I threatened them with a biffing but they then laughed even more. Humf, so unfair, whinge, moan... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Used to work with a guy from Gotham. He was a smart cookie. He understood the workings of the Hoover Keymatic inside out. He went on to get a degree in 'Linear Mathematis." I'm not sure I even know what that is! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Is it the ability to do sums laying on your back loppy ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 9 hours ago, loppylugs said: He went on to get a degree in 'Linear Mathematis." I'm not sure I even know what that is! I'll bet J S Bach did! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Was it king John who was due to visit Gotham to collect taxes but if the town or village was populated with "loonies" they were exempt from paying taxes, thats why the villagers made up these stories, or sommat like that, When I were a kid (about ten years old) we would walk from Clifton to Gotham on a Wednesday afternoon (remember Wednesday half day shopping?) because the sweet shop at the top end of Clifton was closed until five o'clock, by the time we walked there and back with our sweets the Clfton shop was open, they used to open for the evening papers, the things we did when we were young, still, it got us out in the fresh air and we got plenty of excersise so not a bad thing,fond memories of Gotham Rog 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,140 Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 We used to go to Gotham woods to pick blackberries. It must have been a lengthy ‘bus trip from Woodthorpe! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just noticed I spealt 'mathematics' wrong. See, I can't even spell it never mind do it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 It don't batter one Mit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just wanted to add, for Jill. JSB probably invented it (linear mathmatics) if the adagio to the bwv 564 is anything to go by. I was working on the Adagio because the Toccata and fugue are really tricky. I like adagios because they are nice and slow and give you time to think. Just towards the end though it gets really awkward with some four finger chords, and mixed half, quarter, and eigth notes, not to mention the footwork. I doubt I will ever get it. I've got too much stuff half learned. I tend to learn the easier bits and move on when the going gets tough. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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