Chulla 4,946 Posted August 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Let's have you at Bulwell 'spoons tomorrow morning for breakfast. No excuse - you're not wokkin'. Ladies, afterwards you can stroll down Main Street and have a look in Gucci, Tiffani and Harvey Nicholls. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 And ending with a lovely 'Stroll'.............down the Bogs..................lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Is that what they're calling their kids nowadays, Chulla? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 What time do you call breakfast, Chulla? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Jill, 9 to 9.30am. But we will be there for a couple of hours or more so you could arrive later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 I shall be there. Wouldn't do to miss an audience with the man in the saffron robes. Can't have Joanna Lumley stealing a march on me! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,531 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 I might pay a visit. Doing 6-9 at Wilko Giltbrook. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 Any chance of Mr & Mrs Catfan turning up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Don't forget to bring your store detecting photos, our Ben! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Just got back from a most enjoyable breakfast meeting at Bulwell Wetherspoons with his holiness the Dalai chulla, Plantfit, Bubblewrap, denshaw and his lady wife and....our Ben, dressed to kill and, probably, with liberty bodice. Very pleasant smoked salmon, cream cheese and rocket bagel plus coffee. Poor old Bulwell, eh? Not been on Main Street since 1988. Hardly recognised it. Otherwise, a very enjoyable discussion about times gone by! 3 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 What a cracking meetup in Wetherspoons Bulwell this morning,I'll leave the writeup for Chulla but here's a couple of pics anyway from left to right, Chulla,Jill,Denshaw and his good lady Margaret same line up in second picture except Chulla taking this one and me on the far right next to our Ben who is studying the menu Really great turnout for a bank holiday,thanks to all Rog 4 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 I should have been behind that menu with Ben! Got my eyes closed again! What was your shutter speed, Rog? Needs to be at least 1/1000 to catch me awake! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Good looking group, but where's Bubblewrap? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 He left us before the photo shoot, KJ. Places to go, people to meet and knowledge to add to his astounding command of Notts history! There should be many more like him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Good looking bunch. Come on out from behind that menu Alf. We know who you are! . Thanks for posting them, Rog. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 He's shy, Loppy! But I can confirm he does exist. I've met him, in the flesh and he has two legs. Amazing we haven't pulled at least one of em off! He walked me back to the car park like a true gent...probably to make sure I didn't nick anything! Brought his store detecting photos, too! 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Without names, Jill was instantly recognisable by her cat jumper. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 That's me! 10% human, 90% cat! There were a few old Toms in Wethers this morning...not on my table, of course! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 It was a pleasure meeting all of you this morning, Notts folk are the best Rog 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Nice little meet-up....................lovely to meet Jill ,Rog, and Marg (dens significant other) for the first time,plus as always good to see Chulla ,Den and Bubble, altogether pleasant couple of hours,........think Jill enjoyed my rogues Gallery..........probably a couple of em in Wethers at the time.........lol. My old 'Geezer' mates told me not to try and sit with them in future because i abandoned them today,....but i know they'll have me back,just to take the 'Wee wee' out of my choice of drink and dress...............so once again lovely to meet y'all..(as Loppy would say).........next time Jill take you for a stroll down the Bogs...... 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 Smooth Ben,just smooth Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 I'm still trying to get my head round how Bulwell has changed since I knew it in the 70s. As I've been chipping tiles off the bathroom wall this afternoon, a clearer picture of how things were appeared in my head. I remember Steggles, the butchers, who also sold pastries, Austin Reed, the newsagents, the dress shop whose name I can't remember, opposite the Coop, now Wetherspoons, an electrical shop..Mick Godfrey? ...don't know where that name came from, another ladies dress shop, TSB, Ford's, famous for liberty bodices, and a lot of other places. Bulwell High Road is confusing me because I don't remember it being there at all. Main Street itself seems to end suddenly, just beyond Wethers so, presumably, buildings have been demolished. Well it is more than 40 years ago and things change when you're not looking! I confess, it has unsettled me a bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 I thought I would treat the missus today to a coffe (99p) and a cultural walk around Bulwell. It was nice to have a mini meet up, meet Andy and Jill and catch up on news with a few old friends she was very impressed. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted August 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 I hope you realise, Jill, that you will be added to the Bulwell Bluebeard's long list of wimmin acquaintances, and might be mentioned in his memoirs. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 He might also be mentioned in mine....if there's space! 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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