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#831. I agree with you Ben, although I grew up in Arnold and have only ever DRIVEN  through Bulwell so can't really make the comparison.  I've been in Arnold myself this afternoon and walked past bus shelters full of miserable looking folk.  There may be a few ladies dressed good enough for Ascot soon though ...... I dropped a few bags of gear into one of the charity shopssmile2

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Yes lizzie, years ago thought arnold was just about ok, but it was definately lacking any sort of character this morning, bulwell folk can be a bit in ya face,but give em a bit back,and you usually finish up laughing with em,

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Or a broken nose and a split lip !

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47 minutes ago, FLY2 said:

Or a broken nose and a split lip !

Had both a few times fly, but never in bulwell,

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2 hours ago, benjamin1945 said:

men of retirement age wearing 'flip flops' and showing their bare ugly 'pasties' wearing shorts that have never seen a washer.......with food and drink stains down their T-shirts,you could tell they had got out of bed put the neareset things to hand on,

What makes you think they didn't sleep in the same clothes, Ben?  Saves getting dressed!

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Exactly, I like a woman to look ladylike, not like a blooming navvy !

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As the song goes, women do get weary, wearing that same shabby dress, try a little tenderness. Lol.

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Going back I thought for men a 3 piece suit, nice cut jacket tailored trousers  and four button waist coat also loved a man in a real shirt. For women nice stiletto 4inch at least  a full skirt belt around waist, cap sleeve blouse, and hair done nice and tidy (long or short) won't  mention stockings with seems might get some members excited, OH for the days of Mary Quant, Vidal Sassoon and many other's.

To-days fashions well!!  I wish some of the girls/boys/men/women/ would just take a look at their selves before going out of the front door.

Though we must not tar every one with the same brush.

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Agree with every word, Mary. I love the elegance of late 50s/early 60s fashions. Never went out without my court shoes but now find wearing heels uncomfortable, so usually don ballerina flatties. As I'm not very tall, I miss the heels but comfort is more important these days! Otherwise, I still love elegant clothes.

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I had very little money when I started work, but I always managed to buy decent clothing. Worked in an office so always turned out each morning looking tidy. Every Saturday went into town to wander round with a friend, and always dressed up for the occasion. Would never consider wearing anything not clean, unironed and in holes!

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My late wife was always a very smart dresser from the day I met her.  Certainly caught and kept my eye.  She didn't break the bank to do it either.

 

i guess I'm just old fashioned, but I find little attractiveness in the way young women, (many of them) dress today.  Not many of the guys are any better either.   My ode mam used to say, 'manners (and clothes) make the man.

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I agree with all above comments, but I think in the late 50/60s it was fashion / fashion / and more fashion. Most of us can remember shopping at C/A British Home Stores (before Mr Green owned it) Marks and Spencer all though this at the time was for the hummm! older ladies. We did not get paid a lot but you could always buy from the catalogues  Littlewoods, Empire Stores and many more where you could pay a little money each week.

HOOOPS Sorry gents I forgot your fashions well best place to go for a suit was of course Burton's /John Collier/ or Hepworths.

The master all-ways chose  Burtons has you could have your own design,  pick what quality material you wanted and  all for about £3 00 to £8 00. Gents Please correct me if I'm wrong,

Getting a new 3 piece suit made to measure was the nearest thing to "Saveill Row " A would get.

Just one last thing if I remember, was not most of our clothes made in the UK. Now please don't read any thing into this last comment.. But it was better made clothing than we get today.

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Flat pack furniture,Mrs P had another good idea,"We need to replace the old bedside cabinet now we have a new carpet" so she had a bedside cabinet and matching single storage chest delivered then buggered off to the gym and left me with a box of bits and bobs and some uninteligable instruction,half the locating holes have not been drilled,the wooden dowels are a loose fit in the holes that have been drilled so they needed packing out and glueing,out comes the square and ruler and I decide to mark my own holes after "dry" assembling the thing,it has finally gone together and is probably a lot stronger now than the manufacturers intended,I am also left with the old cabinet to dispose of,it's looking like I might get everthing finished, tools put away and settle down with a coffee just in time for Mrs P coming home, and she'll think I've been sat down all day,bloody flat pack furniture

 

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I quite liked the challenge of putting up flat-pack but have not done so for a few years. I did erect a garden tool store last week with the help of my wife and it went together so easily that not one cross word was exchanged. That was a first!

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I've always had this evil idea of wanting to work in a well known Swedish flat pack furniture factory and substitute the 6mm allen keys with one quarter inch ones. This would not be noticeable to anyone until they came to try and assemble what they had bought as they would then find out that the allen key would not fit, it would be too big.

For those not of a technical bent 6 mm = .236" and a quarter inch is .250".

It also reminds me of this song.

 

 

 

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Having experience as I write this of self-assembly furniture.  This afternoon we went to a place that specialises in bar stools. Walked in the showroom and just didn't know where to start, there were literally dozens of different styles, in different colours and obviously mass produced in China.  We finally agreed on the style and colour we wanted, got a good deal on the price (if you don't ask you don't get), and got them loaded into the car.  Now the difficult part is following the assembly instructions.  We've got all the bits listed but have no idea where two 'spacers' are supposed to go.  Hopefully after a cup of tea we might work it out!!

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Yes please Ben, don't forget your tool box!  First instruction was 'Take cap off'.  We couldn't even work that out as neither of us was wearing a cap. 

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Tool box Ben........ I wouldn't trust you assembling a bleddy matchbox  !

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Other than wanting to see the weather forecast, I've not watched any news on the TV for days now. It's the same old depressing subjects regurgitated time and time again. 

If I hear the words 'Diversity' and 'Multiculturalism' once more, I swear I'll vomit !

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