Oh Linda, naughty girl, shame on you - lol   It's 'Lumb Lane' in Bradford. Two or three years ago a similar thread of memories appeared on the list & I downloaded them all & offered them back to listers.   I had an enormous response, especially from overseas emigrees & I wish someone would do it with this thread.    Unfortunately I have deleted most of the early ones & I am too busy to undertake this task this time.    Any volunteers!!!!!!!!!!!!! June Fleetwood, (nee Rainbow) West Yorkshire. From: Linda Chapman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 13:14 Subject: Re: [LEI] Caf's and Cakes <g> A few years ago we wanted something that we couldn't quite afford and I offered to "stand on c&a corner" and hubby, whose not from leicester, looked at me gone out lol On 14 February 2012 12:29, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Linda > > Thats the one, I mentioned it the other day but could not remember what it > was called > > That was the usual meeting point on that side of Town, another was the > Clock Tower outside Baileys > > Its funny what you remember when its triggered eh <g> > > Talking of newspaper notices, my mother in law once put an add in the > Mercury , she was looking for > a job > > She was an innocent soul and put "Work at home wanted, anything considered" > > Some of the offers she got were not exactly what she was expecting :-O > > She was a bit more careful with her wording after that :-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > kemps clock is still there, opposite what was woolies but now bhs > > > > my mum and her friend read a notice in the mercury one night [in the > > 1950's] that someone wanted to meet a particular girl under the clock and > > they were to wear a red rose each > > > > so about a dozen girls turned up wearing one, but he didn't appear lol > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I won't be here from tomorrow as am going to do some research in cumberland or I would On 14 February 2012 15:38, J FLEETWOOD <[email protected]>wrote: > Oh Linda, naughty girl, shame on you - lol It's 'Lumb Lane' in Bradford. > Two or three years ago a similar thread of memories appeared on the list & > I downloaded them all & offered them back to listers. I had an enormous > response, especially from overseas emigrees & I wish someone would do it > with this thread. Unfortunately I have deleted most of the early ones & > I am too busy to undertake this task this time. Any > volunteers!!!!!!!!!!!!! > June Fleetwood, (nee Rainbow) > West Yorkshire. > > From: Linda Chapman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 13:14 > Subject: Re: [LEI] Caf's and Cakes <g> > > A few years ago we wanted something that we couldn't quite afford and I > offered to "stand on c&a corner" and hubby, whose not from leicester, > looked at me gone out lol > > > On 14 February 2012 12:29, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Linda > > > > Thats the one, I mentioned it the other day but could not remember what > it > > was called > > > > That was the usual meeting point on that side of Town, another was the > > Clock Tower outside Baileys > > > > Its funny what you remember when its triggered eh <g> > > > > Talking of newspaper notices, my mother in law once put an add in the > > Mercury , she was looking for > > a job > > > > She was an innocent soul and put "Work at home wanted, anything > considered" > > > > Some of the offers she got were not exactly what she was expecting :-O > > > > She was a bit more careful with her wording after that :-) > > > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > > kemps clock is still there, opposite what was woolies but now bhs > > > > > > my mum and her friend read a notice in the mercury one night [in the > > > 1950's] that someone wanted to meet a particular girl under the clock > and > > > they were to wear a red rose each > > > > > > so about a dozen girls turned up wearing one, but he didn't appear lol > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >