philmayfield 6,089 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Both my parents families ultimately moved out of the Meadows into the Sneinton Dale area. That was a step up in those days! One family moved to a council house on Greenwood Rd. and the other, all six of them, to a small terraced house on Lyndhurst Rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, philmayfield said: was born with a silver spoon but it does say EPNS on the handle! That's why they put him head first in Goddard's Silver Dip twice a year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 I still come out smiling though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,713 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Kids walking to school. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Kids walking anywhere SG. B.x 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 490 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Cherry B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 792 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 My dad was an instrument mechanic he worked on Sunderland flying boats after the war he would service and repair clocks includind the Clock Tower at Skeggy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 Women washing down the front door step ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 David can we add on to your post also women sitting on window ledges to clean there windows. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 Mary, 'er indoors still does sit on the window ledge when cleaning. And we live in a tent ! B. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 15 hours ago, Stavertongirl said: Kids walking to school. Must be a regional thing because around here, twice a day, the pavements are full of kids walking to/from school....as well as those who get chauffered by their parents in SUVs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 Have to agree have you not seen Crown Island/Wollaton Rd/Russell Drive when Glen-Bott/Bluecotte/Fernwood turn out, bedlam, try leaving the house Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 15, 2022 Report Share Posted July 15, 2022 Ladies in seamed tights Just for the girls Whiripool bras Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 17, 2022 Report Share Posted July 17, 2022 All this hot weather when we were kids and it was hot the gastar bubbles would form in the curbs and you just had to burst them with your thumb, then you would gat coverd in gastar, The only way to get it off your finger was with lard or butter. Are there any roads left with gastar running dow the curb side? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 @mary1947 Gas tar bubbles , brings back memories of the hot summer in the 60,s me and my brother sitting on the kerb at Leicester street , st anns , with a box of matches and dipping them in the tar , also i remember , a song blaring out someone's transistor radio too , it was called Bernardette sang by the Four tops , motown legends ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 To have the gas tar bubbles you must live on a road with cobbles .Of cause where there are cobbles you must have chocks. Chocks not sure of spelling but it was a hole between cobbles for your marbles games. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 Love Letters with words on the envelop I can only remember ITALY I TRUST AND LOVE YOU Can any member think of any more? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 SWALK 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 822 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 NORWICH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 B U R M A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 Maybe I'm not old enough, or I'd just lead a sheltered life, but I had to look up those two. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_postal_acronyms 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 Oh I say! Some of those are VERY rude! A male friend of mine always writes SWALK on my Birthday card envelopes, bless him! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 21, 2022 Report Share Posted December 21, 2022 On 7/25/2017 at 7:38 AM, mary1947 said: blue sugar bags, Give me 5 mins to think about them. Come on @mary1947your 5 minutes is up, what's theses blue sugar bags you speak of? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 Sorry radford had to look back at my post to see about the 5 min rule. Bliue sugar bags ?? you don't see any more maybe my mum and dad used them all up, Dad brought a all night burner (fire that use wood or coal) and to keep it going all night the Blue Sugar bags that you speak of were filled with slack and yes the fire did stay in all night. but hay!!! we got though a hell of a lot of blue sugar bags. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 Just asked Paul if he remembers blue sugar bags and he immediately said “yes, they were dark blue”. I can’t remember them at all - probably because I wasn’t interested in the process of cooking food (mum did all that) and i never had sugar in tea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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