philmayfield 6,089 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 I’ve just Googled it and see the old Oxford has been replaced with a newer building further down. I did drink in that one when I went to the Mellish closing ceremony a few years ago. My wife dropped me off and collected me so I could have a few for old times sake! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 First girl I had a crush on, at infants school. Name of Susan Allen. I wonder where she is now. And I'm in there as well. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 15 hours ago, Beekay said: Can't say as I can recall my first kiss, it couldn't have been that memorable. What I do remember though was going out with a girl, whose dad was landlord of the Midland hotel, Wollaton Road. She was an identical twin and she and her sister used to swap and I never knew the difference. I must have been about 17. Good job you didn't try to marry one of 'em BK. You would never be 100% sure which one it was at the church. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 With my type of luck, I probably ended up marrying the father. Lovely pair of girls though LL. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 CT I know a Susan Allen, she was born Nov 1958, might be the same one? First kiss I remember from Junior school someone dared me to kiss snotty Angela who always seemed to have a cold and snotty nose, yuk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 Probably helped build up your immune system, Den. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 I had a crush on one of the boys at Berridge. Won't mention his name. He's probably still alive! He was a rather quiet, serious, good looking, very bright lad. Always well turned out. I don't do bug ugly, raucous, scruffy and thick! He avoided me like the plague. In our final year, I bribed a friend to lock us in the class stockroom together. I enticed him in there under some pretext or other and she closed the door and turned the key on the outside. The light switch was also on the outside and it was off, so it was pitch dark in there. He started to blub! Obviously afraid of the dark. Hmm. Wimp! Someone opened the door and let him out. He went to Mundella and I went to Manning. Never saw him again. I'm sure he was eternally grateful for that! He was an only child which would have meant problems with his mother, inevitably. We all know about mothers of only sons, don't we girls? Their offspring are never good enough for us! Edited to add that he was younger than myself by a few months. The only time in my life I've ever looked at a younger chap. Well, given the mental age of most blokes...you get no sense out of them until they are at least 32 and, in some cases, not much even then! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 I was an only son! Me mam welcomed the late Mrs. L. I think she was glad some gal was willing to take the hungry hound off her hands. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 It might have been different if he'd had a dog, Loppy. Or, better still, a cat! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, denshaw said: CT I know a Susan Allen, she was born Nov 1958, might be the same one? No, the one I knew was born around 1953-54. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 I met Mrs. C down the Forest ground one Saturday. You reds. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 26, 2020 Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 I did have a cat back then, Jill. Big tabby named Tibbles. That was my excuse for getting the girlfriend in the house. The fact that she also met my parents was incidental. When we married I left the cat with me mam. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 21 hours ago, denshaw said: CT I know a Susan Allen, she was born Nov 1958, might be the same one? First kiss I remember from Junior school someone dared me to kiss snotty Angela who always seemed to have a cold and snotty nose, yuk. Did she have a number 11? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted December 20, 2020 Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 Met the wife working in a shop obviously......our song is Arthurs theme by Christopher Cross....makes us go all mushy.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted December 20, 2020 Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 we started sparking early 80s and this song was on everywhere we went,,, thanks cliff ton for putting on for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,533 Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 Work Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 Picked my wife up....literally. I was a conductor on the 16A out of what was Granby Street. She'd missed the 32 and we were the next one along. She had her young sister with her, who I thought was her daughter, but they sat on the long seat at the back so I was able to chat to them from the back platform. Her sister is 12 years her junior and to this day I still say I married the wrong one ! That was back in 1963, the service was 15.02 from town. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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