mary1947 2,099 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Morning siddah did you have your flu jab as well? Is there any chance that you can get to the meetup it would be nice yo meet more members? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,099 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Thursday Oct 6th off to the Theatre royal to see The Carole King Muscial Its all about the swinging 60s (I think) Well Sunday the 9th October is my Wedding Anniversary and I have worked it out that the master and I have been to-gether 59 years met 2 years before married in his uncles pub "Blue Bell" on Alfred / Robin Hood St And they said it would not last!!!!!!!! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,529 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 52 minutes ago, mary1947 said: met 2 years before married in his uncles pub "Blue Bell" on Alfred / Robin Hood St Not easy to find a photo of that pub; this is the only one which comes up. https://picturenottingham.co.uk/image-library/image-details/poster/ntgm013236/posterid/ntgm013236.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,099 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Thats the one cliffton if yu go on St Ann'sre-demolition there are a full list of pubs and photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Following Phil's comment, I was only last night saying to my wife we still have all this game show rubbish that I wonder who is promoting this broadcasting drivel and what for? I add to this the slobbering drivel of the dancing farce that features the embarrasing spectacle of poseurs and poseuses with crocodile tears and embrasing that I find quite sickening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,371 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Great find Cliff Ton, Just thinking, were Whitbread pubs common in Nottingham back in the day? The original Whitbread brewery was in London and apparently nowadays the have divested themselves of beer interests. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,091 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 I’m pretty sure that in the mid-70s, the Salutation was a Whitbread pub. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 On the coach to IOW. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Watch the locals they’re all intermarried. Years ago a friend went for a job interview on the IOW. The first question they asked him was ‘what do you know about the Island?’ He said ‘all the people here are supposed to be mad’. He didn’t get the job! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 @catfan Are you going to the same hotel as you went to before? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 I just checked my flying logbook. The last time I went to the IOW was in August 1980. Tollerton to Sandown took just 1 hour 40 minutes! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,235 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 Must be a great book to look back on Phil. To read and recall so many memories. You have my admiration. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 A friend of mine has a flying log book that belonged to none other than Hermann Goering! It was 'acquired' at the end of the 1939/45 war by his grandmother's cousin (female) who was part of the SOE, we believe, although she would never discuss it. She said the Americans pinched most of the good stuff but she 'liberated' the log book as a souvenir! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, catfan said: On the coach to IOW. Mrs Chulla was there last week. Had lovely weather, hope you do too. Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Further to the comments about the IoW I heard similar views of interelations on Portland! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 To be honest it used to be a bit like that in the villages around here 60 years ago. There was a commonality of family names and many people were cousins. Even I married a girl from the next village but both our families were what was known as ‘incomers’ or ‘townies’. Even we use those expressions now but there are older inhabitants than us so we are not fully integrated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 558 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 They used to say that about Gotham. My grand father used to tell a story about Baddleys pig (Baddley was a farmer) Some clown had given this pig liquid paraffin and the poor thing was tearing around squealing and shi…ng all over the village one night apparently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 20 hours ago, MargieH said: @catfan Are you going to the same hotel as you went to before? Not this time. Warner's holiday village near Yarmouth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,235 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 Last time I went there I had a very bad case of food poisoning. Doctor was called out about 2 or 3 in the morning and he gave me a couple of injections. Spent rest of Saturday and all day Sunday in bed, with just sips of water. Wife had to have all her meals in the chalet. Never heard a word from Warner. Been going to Warner for 32 years now, but you couldn't pay me to go back Yarmouth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 20 hours ago, philmayfield said: I just checked my flying logbook. The last time I went to the IOW was in August 1980. Tollerton to Sandown took just 1 hour 40 minutes! Took mine hours to get here yesterday. Don't ask. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,240 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 We flew there, walked into the town, went on the pier, had a cup of tea and were back home in time for dinner. It’s interesting because you pass directly over the dockyard and can see Nelson’s flagship, the Victory. I flew into Yarmouth once and had a look at the Broads from the air. Very interesting flying up the Norfolk coast and over the Wash. Skegness I’ve been into more times than I can count. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 No cash accepted now only card payments for everything. The cashless society is here. Been to Tesco and stocked up for tonight's liquid refreshment. Tesco accept cash......for now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 We were at Camden Lock about a month ago. Public toilets were 50p to get through the turnstile, debit card only! Bad enough having to pay that much, (I didn't!) But card only! Crikey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,235 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, catfan said: No cash accepted now only card payments for everything. The cashless society is here. Been to Tesco and stocked up for tonight's liquid refreshment. Tesco accept cash......for now. We've used our card there for years, at Thoresby hall, Littlecote house and Cricket St. Thomas. We always open an account as soon as we check in. We are Platinum club members so we get 20% off all purchases. They shove a statement under our room door during the last night. Then we settle up when we leave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted October 4, 2022 Report Share Posted October 4, 2022 I refuse to be told I must pay by card. I'll decide how I pay not Warner's & at their prices they can hide behind the card only system. I'll stick with cash thank you. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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