jonab 1,642 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 Regarding the Nottingham Post article, It mentions the fountains in Slab Square dating from 1927. I remember those fountains being built in or around 1972. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 261 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Also got Sherwood Rooms ..Astoria Ballroom wrong..but i was wondering where the Astoria Ballroom was, so learnt something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 261 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/billie-holiday-anniversary-death-jazz-age-cause-a8997656.html%3famp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,557 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 If you were posh "cheese domes" if not "cheese dishes" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,682 Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 Bee Top Sauce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,449 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I remember these, but haven't seen - or used - one for years. Kids today wouldn't know what they are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,901 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I still have and use them regularly CT. There are two flavours in my desk drawer Black and Blue, there may even be a couple of red ones somewhere in there 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,449 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I haven't used anything like that since I left school. These days I'm totally a cheap biro person - or keyboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,600 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I'm like Brew CT, I still use inks and a fountain pen. Trouble is no bugger wants to write to me. It's all, "I'll text ya, or I'll email ya". The art of writing seems to be dying. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 9,644 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Here are two bottles of ink from my desk drawer. I use a fountain pen for birthday and Xmas cards. Bottled ink keeps for an amazing length of time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 9,644 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 On the subject of writing; I still use the contents of this packet occasionally. 50+yrs old and still works! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,901 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 The two bottles I have, both Parkers, have not been opened for awhile, you need a grip like Garth to do it... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 9,644 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Garth! Now there's a blast from the past! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,600 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 He's still in the Daily Mirror Compo. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 9,183 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 I have several fountain pens, one of them in excess of 100 years old. It still works well but doesn't take cartridges! I use the pens for writing cards, birthdays, etc. My hand writing is awful, so far quicker to type. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,901 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 37 minutes ago, Compo said: Garth! Now there's a blast from the past! I knew someone would pick that up... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 9,644 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Caught red-handed, Brew - or at least green or sapphire handed in my case. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,117 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 6:51 PM, Beekay said: I'm like Brew CT, I still use inks and a fountain pen. Trouble is no bugger wants to write to me. It's all, "I'll text ya, or I'll email ya". The art of writing seems to be dying. My handwriting has always been appalling and is now becoming painful to execute . However, when I try to communicate my exquisite erudition and unparallelled prose via the alternate medium of the internet, I'm apt to find myself in receipt of criticism that my offerings are excessively verbose. One simply cannot win! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,117 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Compo said: On the subject of writing; I still use the contents of this packet occasionally. 50+yrs old and still works! Aahh see thet stuff is Seowth Effrican.. Et says et's Blick. Aah wander if they also did et en Bluy, Grin, and Rid? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,742 Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 DJ, you have reminded me, with the above, about the New Zealand accent. When we were there, they were having a heatwave. We would put on the Morning Show on the telly while we got ready. The 2 hosts, a man and a woman would have a little banter. In N.Z. the letter e is pronounced i. So the woman asks the fella, 'are you going to sit on your dick this evening with a cold beyah? No, says he, I'm still working on it, it's not finished yet. We couldn't stop laughing. Next day, she asked if he got it finished? No says he, I'm still hammering nails in my dick. They were completely serious, it all sounded normal to them. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,705 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 I remember going for breakfast when our ship was docked and unloading containers in Aukland, the waitress said how would you like your "iggs". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,901 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 3 hours ago, DJ360 said: My handwriting has always been appalling and is now becoming painful to execute . However, when I try to communicate my exquisite erudition and unparallelled prose via the alternate medium of the internet, I'm apt to find myself in receipt of criticism that my offerings are excessively verbose. One simply cannot win! Gerr aht onit, yer only sayin that 'cos it's true... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,600 Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Talking of Kiwis, the last hospital my son was in, he had a NZ nurse. She used to say " Come along Mr Keeng it's to get you back inta bid". 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 9,644 Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 This was a posh one....Toilet roll, not newspaper! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 9,644 Posted October 6, 2019 Report Share Posted October 6, 2019 Was this the world's worst cheese ever? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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