David sheridan 159 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 The cut out dolls , remind me i asked my mum to save me any boxs , cornflake boxes were my favourite , i used to cut piece and put racehorse names on them and race them around the carpet, them days we made our own toys and things to amuse us , no cellphones or playstation not like now !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 I remember as a little kid, getting hold of a shoe box, and using scraps of material etc, making a bed in it. I put a small hole in one end of the box and fixed string in the hole. I then dragged my pet conker around in the box! You had to play with whatever you could lay hands on, ha ha. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,310 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Times were hard, then, but imaginations were limitless! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 @Jill Sparrow very true , when my dad worked on a building site he'd bring home assorted blocks of wood , abit like yer 60s version of jenga or tetris block ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 @katyjay wot did you name your pet conker , i remember we used to throw sticks up the conker trees near morley school, st anns well rd i think ? Hoping we'd get a good,un !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,086 Posted June 26, 2022 Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 Thoes Big Red Boxes with large black telephones in. Telephone Boxes with a phone in. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 26, 2022 Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 @mary1947 very true a telephone box that actually works instead of plants and reading books in it , and occasionally saucy ladies calling cards , not that i ever availed meself of a card mind !!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 David, I don't think I named my conker! It was a substitute for a dolly in a pram. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,180 Posted June 26, 2022 Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 Kath, you coulda called it, William the Conker. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted June 26, 2022 Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 Kath had ‘dolly phobia’ but managed to conker it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 26, 2022 Report Share Posted June 26, 2022 @katyjay could of called it Donker !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,086 Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 Remember BT Buzzby ""It's Good To Talk"" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 @mary1947 my wife said that it's good to talk , then again she is a chatterbox !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,086 Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 Ban The Bomb Symbol Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament women camping out in Greenham Common. Did it do any good? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,180 Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 Summat else you don't see= Brooks Morning Coffee biscuits. Not seen since 1960. Could get through a whole packet with a cup of tea. B. Mary1947, As per your above post, No, it did no bloody good at all. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 552 Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 It seemed like a good idea at the time, pity it wasfutile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,423 Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 Was it really futile? How do we judge? How do we know how things would have turned out had there been no protest, if their continued presence did not keep nuclear arms in the public eye, and in the mind of politicians? The airbase is now gone, so who can say for sure the protest did not have an influence in the decision to close it? The CND is still active as an international movement. We have to admire the tenacity of those women if nothing else 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 12 hours ago, mary1947 said: Ban The Bomb Symbol Did you not watch Macca on the Pyramid Stage & the hours & hours & hours & hours of main stage footage? It's been up there since the 70s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 The CND protest at Greenham Common was nonsense. The CND campaign had chosen a soft target with which to publicise their aims. Has it made any difference? No! I noticed with irritation that these, so called, nuclear disarmament martyrs never attempted to make their presence felt against the Russians. They probably silently applauded the Russian Bear who, over subsequent years, were devising and plotting the spread of evil, lies and murder across national borders with impunity. If the nuclear martyrs are still active or still harbour, their naïve views try protesting on the streets of Russia. If they seek further publicity for their lost cause, they can be sure of a rapid and painful response. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesley Red 80 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 3/26/2022 at 8:50 AM, benjamin1945 said: Double Decker Red buses number 84 ......going to and from Sutton in Ashfield to Nottingham........ I still call it the 84 and the 61 for us in Annesley Rows Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesley Red 80 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Championship football 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,423 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Alpha said: The CND protest at Greenham Common was nonsense. The CND campaign had chosen a soft target with which to publicise their aims. Has it made any difference? No! Alpha, I've always thought your posts quite erudite, though I disagree with a lot of it. This latest diatribe however is, quite frankly, nothing more than assumptive nonsense, and you entirely miss the point. As for protesting abroad, you obviously forgot that there were peace camps, protests, blockades and marches all across Europe at the time. CND organised the human chain from Aldermaston to Greenham. But the peace camp, as far as I can recall, was purely down to the women in the peace camp. And quite frankly, only women had the stamina to keep it going for 19 years in my view. Did they win? Did they fail? I don't know, but they committed a big part of their lives to something they believed in, i.e., they got off their arses, and right or wrong, actually did something. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,874 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Can we keep political views out of this thread please and get back to the original light hearted memories. Den. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,180 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Righto Denshaw, let's you and I talk about Bilborough depot. 1962 to 1966, the best years of my working life. Although I probably didn't think so at the time. B. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,086 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Sorry folks i just thought it was something you don't see anymore. Did not intend it to get out of control. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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