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Yes Mel puts it in but to be honest I am not that fussed on cheese

Jean and Bernie, was that an in joke as I couldn't see any recipe of Rick Steins??? have you had a go yet Jean, we had some nice food while Mel was here, sent for a good easy Turkish cook book from Amazon going to have a go, there food don't seem to be as fattening as you don't have piles of...

;)Not in the bedroom anyway Mossy;);););)

Started at 13 working Thursday and Friday from school till 8 Thurs and 10 Fri at Mavis's hairdressers, then 7 till 6 Saturdays, loved it though and was eager to learn all. I did people hair at 15 which I wasn't supposed to do but I used to practice on nearly everyone in our street and even at...

I'll tell you a REALLY strange thing, after they had gone home on Monday I decided to have a clean up, I had had to put the glass off the bedside tables under the bed just incase he fell out of bed on them. I went to get them and noticed something else under there, only small so I got the coat...

Well spotted Sylvia

Thanks he is a bundle of fun, the house is so quite now. Glad it snowed though, we have made a snowman for the past 4 yrs it has snowed for him. He was 5 this year it's great he can have his birthday with us

Few more hope I havent doubled up Whoops looks like I have sorry forgot what I'd picked

Here are a few of Demir while he was here

Yes I second that.

How strange you have picked up on this thread today, they have been here for 2weeks and are going home tomorrow. Demir is 5 now his birthday was yesterday, he is always here for that. We had a party and today he is off to his other granddads for another party, then back to Istanbul Sunday. It...

Yes Jean I remember some big wooden fences and one was the bookies my dad went in and what was in the one next to it? they were just down from the houses that lay back quite a way from the road, Trevor Bagshaw and Johnie somebody cant just think of his name lived there. Johnie Jordan that's it...

Jean if you click on it to open it up then click on it again, it will go to the side of the page(well it does on mine) then run your mouse over it and you should see a small blue cross in a magnifying glass, click on the photo again and it should enlarge so yo can read it. Do try it it lovely...

This is my favorite when I go to Istanbul, it is like a very thin nan bread and has this spiced lamb spread thinly over it with different spices on then baked in a kiln oven like they do pita's, then you put lettuce onion and tomatoes on, fold it, bite it and just go to heaven, go on have a try...

I didn't live on summer lane but my old boss used to work there before she bought her hairdressers. Cant remember the name of the hairdressers on summer lane she was at but it must have been near Trueman's the butchers as she started going out with the son Peter and later married him. when I...

Yes Max I used to spend a lot of time in the bowling alley in the upstairs bar never played, there was a big group of us used to met up most night, and The penguin club didn't last long they had real penguins in a tank, my friends husband worked on it and told me a few storys I cant repeat I...

Yes Max the women that owned it was called sissy and she run it with her sister. when dad came home friday night a bit worse for wear he would bring fish and chips in, mom was never amused and would say what a ridiculous time to bring them in and he would pick them up and give them to Mrs chance...

Found it this is, I got the name wrong it was the aston social not the labour club my dad is the taller one at the front

Yes Max but you don't realize till you leave the area what you had there. Dad used to take me round when I was very young and i used to go to the park to play as you could in those days but i didn't realize how wonderful it was till later

Max I left in 65 so perhaps it changed hands then?? can anyone remember it being nightingales I'm sure I'm not imagining it?