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

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 >