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Just got back from QMC again........the last eight days have been a bit Traumatic to say the least,,...blood tests,,X-rays,,and today a visit to a Consultant........cut a long story short......problem

Result........CT Scans all clear......just got letter..been sweating for a fortnight......

Two years ago today..........my life changed forever,,,about this time i was on my way down to the operating theatre for what turned out to be a ten hour operation...........its been life changing in

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No Zimmers BK,, They all still pretty fit,,, going to sort my CDs out,,,get the place in the right mood,,,music will be loud cos most are a bit deaf,,,must get some Cherries in,, for their Babychams,,,

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How about this lot,,to get em going,,,,,,,,on entry,,

Just the way you are''''.........Barry White,,

I'm not in love''.......10cc

When a man loves a woman''.......Percy Sledge

Save the last dance for me''  .....The Drifters

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No Brew.......thats just while they are having ''Canopies''' and Nibbles''.........much more to come,,,,,,phew glad i'm not inviting any blokes...........

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42 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said:

must get some Cherries in,, for their Babychams,,,

..Do.I get an invitation? I think you owe me a Babycham or three!  No zimmer frame, no hearing aid though. At only 61, I might be a bit young! :Shock:

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Righto ! Jill Sparrow, I'll  take the job and you'll  be on my Christmas card list from now on. Got to admit, allus wanted a baby sister. hearteyes

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Ah, Clay's. Used to go there with dad to buy our shoes as children. We wanted patent, kitten heels with bows on the front. We got...sensible, round-toed, clodhoppers with segs in the soles!

 

Sis complained that she felt and sounded like a carthorse, walking to Peveril in the mornings.

 

Dad's response was, "You can have what you like when you're paying for your own shoes. Til then, you'll have these!"

 

Always wanted some of those silver, sparkly dancing slippers in the window.

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Think your'e right Loppy..........going to have to request no more PMs......for details of when its occurring ,,its only a Bungalow you know,,,,,

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10 hours ago, Beekay said:

After Marsdens we could nip to Clays for some socks.

Been thinking about this and I'm not sure whether the Clay's you're referring to also sold shoes.

 

Sometimes, our shoes were from Eric's, which was on the corner of Alfreton Road and Hartley Road, next to FLINT'S newsagents. Sandals for summer usually came from Eric's and I once wangled a pair of silver dancing slippers from there. Clay's was the place for sensible shoes and I think dad knew the chap who owned it. I can see the window in my mind's eye but I cannot remember where the shop was. Anyone recall the location? Shoes from Clay's were always wrapped in a long brown paper bag, never in a shoebox!

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As we were talking of decades ago, it doesn't  really matter Jill. I never mentioned shoes, it were SOCKS. Their  location was opposite the Sir Garnet Wolsley,  at the five ways island on Denman street, where Norton street crossed Denman st. Can't  remember the street that ran aside of Clays, I  wouldn't  have thought it would be on Mr Google.

Bet CT comes up with a street map to shoq me my errors. Cheers little sister. smile2

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11 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:

Been thinking about this and I'm not sure whether the Clay's you're referring to also sold shoes.

 

There was a Clays on Clifton, very near where we lived. I'm not sure if it sold shoes, but I remember going in there with my mum to get her supplies of knitting wool, cotton, sewing needles etc.

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I think they must be different shops, CT. The one I remember only sold shoes but might have run to socks. Certainly not knitting wool, etc.  The shoes were slight seconds, I believe, and therefore a bit less expensive. It was a no frills sort of place. Run by an older chap who wore a brown overall. I can still remember the smell of shoe leather when we walked through the door.

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Racking my brains about Clays. We called them Clays the cobblers and I vaguely recall having shoes repaired there.

Were they on Alfreton Rd? Either just below Skills or opposite the Spread Eagle? One or the other was probably Erics. This is back in the late 40's early 50's. They may have stopped cobbling by young Jill's time.

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