benjamin1945 16,160 Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 Think i mentioned before,,,,,but its worth repeating,,, Escorted Fenella round the big Coop.........afore taking her up the lift......... Then with that wonderful voice said ....'''i think youre wonderful'''........... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 Yes BK worked there,,i was but a mere boy,,,fell in love with Ivy and June....both on Provision counter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,306 Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 Ben lies about his age, you know. Given the number of shops he's worked in and the sheer volume of women he's dated, he must be at least 106 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 That Marsdens was in Bulwell market and the Manager was Jack Pinder.........it closed in the mid 60s when they opened 'Savemore'' on main street,,,One of the ladies from there is 'friends' with me on facebook after seeing my remarks about Marsdens shops,,,Ivy and June were also real people and lovely,,.......just been thinking both would be in their 90s now......bless em xx 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 Thanks Jill but I have one already lined up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 People shaking hands when they meet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,145 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Nottstalgians. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Men's stud on shirt collars. Must have been mentioned before. Was this an era when it was more important to look clean than actually being clean? Were the shirts worn for a few days/weeks but sporting a nicely ironed clean collar? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 As I recall my father put on a clean collar everyday but not a clean shirt. But then did we not have a weekly bath? I'm sure we all shower daily now. I've not been in a bath though for as long as I can remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 The only person who I remember doing collar changing was my grandad who lived at Grimston Road, Radford. I was always fascinated by that because I never came across it anywhere else. And to tie in with the other point, in all the time they lived at that house never had a bath or a bathroom. I believe they had a portable tin bath - but I never actually saw it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Again Nottstalgia has made me feel really old, I can remember when I started on the Fire Brigade in 1965 I was issued with blue shirts and separate collars. I had to go and buy studs something I had never used before. I think the shirts must have been stock left over from the war production and we had to have them to stop waste. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,306 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 I have a bath every Christmas, whether I need one or not! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 For the last few Christmases I have wondered who it was at the tap end .............. Now I know. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Men always used to wear a tie. Even on the factory floor. You also wore one to designate the regiment you served in or what club or association you were a member of. The last time I wore a tie was at a wedding some years ago and only then because it was a semi formal occasion. A tie nowadays is a completely useless and outdated item as indeed are shoes with laces and trilby hats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Never thought i'd get used to not wearing a Tie.......but being a Laryngetomee it would not be wise,,,must admit after two years don't miss them,,,and enjoy all the different Neckerchiefs,,which i wear all the time,,,got one on now as i type this....It covers my 'Stoma' and Button for speaking....i am vain (vane)? and enjoy the look on peoples face when i speak,,sounds very much like my old voice but deeper......amazing what we get used to,,, 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 I used to wear a cravat way, way back. It's just an open necked check shirt, old trousers or jeans and a gillet with lots of pockets to carry all my impedimentia now. The days of smart suits are long gone. I even wear a baseball cap when on the tractor. How times have changed. I don't need to dress to impress, I feel comfortable being scruffy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Phil, we’ll easily recognise you then if you get to a meet up! If ANY of us ever get to see each other again.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Cliff Ton said: The only person who I remember doing collar changing was my grandad who lived at Grimston Road, Radford. And to tie in with the other point, in all the time they lived at that house never had a bath or a bathroom. I believe they had a portable tin bath - but I never actually saw it. As you know CT I was born and lived on Grimston Road near your grandparents. The back upstairs room above the kitchen was our bathroom. I believe but am not certain it was always a bathroom as the hot water cylinder was in a cupboard in the corner with the airing cupboard. However that only left 2 bedrooms so I slept in a crib in the second bedroom with my older sister. I learned how to drop the side of the crib and I get in bed with her for warmth and it was decided I needed my own room. So the bath was moved downstairs into the pantry at the end of the kitchen. I remember watching the workmen lowering the cast iron bath, sliding it down a ladder from the back window having taken the sash windows out. The former bathroom became my bedroom but lord, was it cold. Later many people built flat roof extensions at the back for a better bathroom and inside lav. We still had the outside privy in 1971 when we moved out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,145 Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 41 minutes ago, MargieH said: Phil, we’ll easily recognise you then if you get to a meet up! If ANY of us ever get to see each other again.... Wots a "meet-up" Margie? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 Is the bird bath frozen at Christmas Jill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 Friends and nottstalgia members at meet-ups. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,306 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 I remember several friends who lived in houses where one had to walk through a bedroom to get to the bathroom...and no, it wasn't an ensuite! The houses were built without bathrooms and the smallest bedroom had been converted. I always thought it was an odd arrangement. In answer to your question Ian Finn, no the bath doesn't freeze in winter because it's full of coal! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,306 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54518336 This photo has made my morning! As we all know, I'm potty about cats of all sizes, but this just sums up the way I feel about what we're doing to our world. Let's hope these beautiful creatures don't become things we don't see anymore. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,145 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 2 hours ago, mary1947 said: Friends and nottstalgia members at meet-ups. It was asked with tongue firmly in cheek Mary1947 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted October 14, 2020 Report Share Posted October 14, 2020 Lovely picture it is too Jill..............I had a photo i had taken myself of our 3 cats in the 80s sharing their food with two Foxes on our Garden.....love to find it..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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