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  1. NoddKD

    What did you wear?

    The boots are but sadly little old me is far from fashionable these days.LOL NoddKD,sadly out of date.
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    What did you wear?

    That's the ones. Happy days. NoddKD
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    What did you wear?

    Does anyone remember baseball boots? They were ankle high in black and white made of very firm cotton. I badgered mum for weeks for a pair,finally got them in time to attend a school friends party. I thought I was the bees knees until my friend,whom I adored, said she didn't like them. Thank you...
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    When Everyone Wore A Hat...

    Not off thread at all. All these weapons are fired by the firing pin striking the percussion CAP. NoddKD.
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    When Everyone Wore A Hat...

    My mum hated two types of drivers.Other women and old men in hats. I wear hats/caps but NEVER whilst driving. NoddKD
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    Happy Birthday John L

    Happy Birthday, hope it's a great one. NoddKD
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    Happy birthday Pete (mw0njm)

    Happy Birthday Pete,hope its a great one with only a mild hangover. LOL. NoddKD
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    Old Naval Expressions In Daily Use

    Shepherds hut on fire wins it for me. NoddKD.
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    Happy Birtday NoddKD

    Thank you everyone. It's a quiet one today. I had lunch with my children and their families on Saturday. Dinner out tonight with she who must be obeyed. Avoid scales for the next week The lunch party. Thanks again and have a great year. NoddKD Birthday Boy.
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    Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous new year 2026

    Wishing you all a Happy New Year,may you get all you wish for in2026. Thank you to all the mods for their hard work keeping us in line and informed during 2025. NoddKD,in appreciation.
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    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    Tried it on the windows of my flat in Deal.It took until Easter to remove it. Never again. NoddKD
  12. NoddKD

    Tea on a saucer

    We,my brothers and I, always wanted to copy Dad and drink tea from a saucer.Mom absolutely forbade us as she considered it common and rude. To this day I can't bring myself to drink from a saucer. NoddKD.
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    Shaftmoor Lane

    Either could be correct. It depends on which side the flag pole is and the wind direction. NoddKD.
  14. NoddKD

    Remembrance Day 2025

    We will Remember Them.
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    Happy Birthday Astoness (Lyn)

    Happy Birthday Lyn. Hope you have a great one. NoddKD
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    Do You Still Carry Scars

    Hi Lyn, I think we spoke about this just after I joined the Forum.The girl I was chasing was Sandra Rose. We were both in the same class.I think my time in the school was from January 63 to July 64 when I went off to Icknield St boys. Do you remember a bus that was parked in a road behind the...
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    Do You Still Carry Scars

    Chasing a girl across a bomb peck en route from the annexe back to Farm Street School I caught my left thigh on a piece of corrugated iron.Hardly noticed it until I got into the playground and heard girls screaming and pointing at the large hole in my leg. Four stitches later and an afternoon...
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    19 Lode Lane - Solihull Cottage Hospital

    I was born in Nether woods Hospital in 1953;I don't remember much about it though I do know that a nurse/midwife prompted my mother to give me a Christian name that I have hated my whole life. NoddKD
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    Linotype operator

    Is letterpress printing in use or has that died out? NoddKD. Briefly a machine minder apprentice.
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