I was born and lived in Rearsby until marriage in 1954. In our teens we would walk to Syston on Saturday evenings looking for girls - anyone remember the "Flatten" and the railway bridge?? The words referred to in the many posts were well known to us outside the City and in fact most were common in southern Nottinghamshire. Following on Margaret's post, after the war I would sometimes have a pint or two in the Bell (long gone) where the tenant was a North - I can't recall his first name. The Cinema manager always seemed to ensure that the programme finished in time for those who wished (including himself) could get a drink before the pubs closed at 10pm (as they did then) and this was the nearest. I have lived in Syston since 1971 - almost unrecognisable from those days and now called a town with a Town Council. Dennis On 15/02/2012 18:54, fabis wrote: > I have connections with Syston too with the North side of my family, If > I remember correctly David North ran a pub in the village. Pubs seem to > run in the family on both my mum's side and also my dad's > > > Margaret > >