jimmy87notts 22 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Im moving to Mablethorpe in August... Really not looking forward to, as i dont want to leave Carlton and Nottingham but needs must apparently. Is there anyone else on this forum from the Mablethorpe/Skegness area? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I think there are lots of ex Nottingham people in that area, but I think most of thwm are O.A.Ps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Looking at the "Member Map" across the top of the Nottstalgia Forums page, two people come from that part of the world - Beachbum and seaside walker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 it's funny jimmy, you don't come across as Polish in your post! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 and sea side lady who used to live in chippy top of debil st from this site but i know quite a few from carlton and netherfield who now live that way most perhaps a bit older than you but will have lots of same memories and i have always found mabo a nice friendly place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Mabo's not so bad - there are many worse places in this world! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 like Skeggy...................chip alley!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Mable Thorpe nice girl...... I new her sister Freda Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 She has a Lincolnshire friend Mavis Enderby and one in Essex called Sybil Headingham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 What about Maude Foster near Boston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Sorry I was thinking of Burt n' Joyce, and their son Arnold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Ah yes, good old Arnold Lane (Don't do it again). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 you did not go chip alley in the good old days then paulus brief encounter cafe still in same place and still has the same name after all these years its changed a bit though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I can well recommend the East Coast on a lovely, sunny day - dreamin' at the moment - beautiful beaches and the leafy, Lincolnshire lanes to drive or cycle through. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Ah yes, good old Arnold Lane (Don't do it again). By Pink Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 by the way, 'which one's pink' ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I don't like to spread gossip but there's a rumour of an affair between Kim Berley and Clif Ton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I understand that Kim Berley has an ill son. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 What about Kimberey Shipstone? Now she would have been a lass worth knowing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 and what abbout mables brother who lives next door truss thorpe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 and of course her close friend donna nook Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 and her cousin clee thorpe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Her uncle was a copper I believe. 'Hog' Thorpe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I always quite like the idea of Mablethorpe and nearly always when I visit the Lincolnshire coast for the day go to nearby Sutton on Sea just a couple of miles down the road. Perhaps during the day, especially if the weather is disinclined towards sitting on the beach, I'll walk up to Mabo, either via the prom or on the sand, and have a look around. I always kind of want to remember it as it was when I was a kid - or even a teenager - but apart from me as the observer obviously changing and getting older, it invariably disappoints me. This is not so much a knock on Mablethorpe as I have some fondness for it, but I always imagine how it could be with its natural assets - its potential. What I see are endless tat shops et al. One thing we can't change in the UK is the weather and of course that has become a huge factor for the likes of such home-based resorts but nothing ever really changes or gets updated, with a few exceptions, in the likes of Mablethorpe. Of course, part of it's 'charm' are the traditional donkey rides, amusement arcades, fish and chips etc but if you're not interested in that side of things you begin to struggle a little. You can get a very decent plate of fish and chips in the area but how many places serve up a decent dinner otherwise? I'm sure there are a few places if you know where to go but as an occasional and formerly regular visitor I wouldn't know where to find that. I'd always applaud any attempts to fire a bit of life into the old resorts because I find it very sad to compare them with how they used to be in the cases of smaller towns like Mablethorpe but I see little change from what they were offering to people when I was a kid. New initiatives such as facilities and businesses tend to be a bit lowbrow and poor quality - stuff that wouldn't appeal to you that much back in Nottingham, or wherever you live. It's probably largely an investment issue but I'd welcome a little bit more up to date and imaginative thinking in the old places. I think they could do more. As I say, it's definitely not a knock on Mablethorpe and the like, I truly have quite a bit of affection for these places, but I'd like to see them offer a bit more in 2012 and onwards as I'd very much like them to to prosper as best as possible. In the meantime my East Coast jaunts will remain at quieter Sutton (outwith visits to the Yorkshire coast). It remain an unassuming little place that's decent, civilised and reasonably unspoilt, and like Mablethorpe, boasts a magnificent beach. Sutton on Sea 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I had two friends go and live near Mablethorpe. I wonder if you know them, Ken Wick and Al Ford. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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