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Last reply... 6th May 2002
RATS
I know Rats have been around for hundreds of years, and there are bound to be some living in the inner city, but I couldnt beleive my eyes when I saw several cross Derby Road in Canning Circus on Fiday night and more in Bulwell. Am I the only one to have seen these and are we in for an epidemic ??

S McCluskey
Nottingham

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Of course there are rats living around Derby Road and Canning Circus. They are on their way to Bulwell for a 'night-out' But not to worry S.McC. When the NET tram is operational, the rats will travel to Bulwell by the tram, so you won't see them very often. All's well that ends well Eh!

b.clyde
Wilford.

Last reply... 6th May 2002
Ever seen "They"
This isnt an actual ghost story that I was going to submit, but i just wanted to take a chance and ask anyone reading this a question. Somewhere between 1990-1999, HBO had a movie on called "They". I believe that it starred Venessa Redgrave but I cant quite remember. The story was about a 12 year old girl or so, who went to her ballet recidal dissappointed that her father had missed it while at work. After the recidal dad shows up in the parking lot and the girl decides to ride home with mom instead. the mother gets in a crash, and the girl dies while having unfinished business with her father. The father sees a photo of this secluded house, and finds it one day which happens to be filled with the spirits of young ghost children, the only deal is-The old woman who owns the forest/ house can see them all and guard them all even though shes blind. I cant seem to find this movie! anywhere, so if anyone has info on this movie, where i can buy it or even if u know what the hell im talking about and liked it as well, you can email.

Alice

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Alice, yes I have seen this film, it's great, i'll have a search round & see if I can find you a copy. Claire.

claire
Nottinghamshire

Last reply... 26th April 2002
Tolls
There are two issues for me, firstly the cost of public transport and secondly the length of time it would take to get to work. Travelling by bus from North Nottinghamshire to the City would cost me over 拢4 a day return fare plus another 拢1.40 return to Sandfield Centre. The first bus on the time table would pick me up at 7.30. I would arrive at work around 9.30 a.m. (That's if the bus actually turned up)I would never get to my early morning meetings and would not be able to do my job effectively. For the same amount of money and in less time I can take my son to school at Rainworth, my daughter to work and my other son to University. I will leave you to guess the amount of bus fare it would cost all of us for the week. Why would I want to go back to using the bus? Charging a toll to get into the City seems may deter people from coming into the City at all. Workplace parking levy - fine, even parking meters - a necessary evil but Tolls - no thankyou. Let's have a bus serives that meet the needs of travellers, trains that run on time and are fairly priced; more proper cycle tracks rather painted lines on pavements which are causing distress to pedestrians who are starlted by cyclists approaching from behind. Let's be more creative and better better use of our canl and River systems for public transport. Once upon a time therte was a railway a railway track from North Nottingham I could have hopped on the train outside my backdoor - those were he days hey?

Margaret Simms
Nottingham

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Tolls I am generally in favour of the toll to enter Nottingham City the city just has to much traffic passing through it, you can smell the pollution from the vehicles on a still day not to mention the noise. Regarding the cost of fares on buses this really I would think a chicken and egg scenario. No doubt the fares are high as not many people use the services so perhaps if this toll meant more people on buses perhaps the prices would come down. From memory you used to be able to buy a card, which gave you, unlimited travel for a month for a one off payment this was a good saving. The same is true regarding the bus routes really not much point putting on a new bus route if there is little call for it. As for bike tracks well we have all seen the pathetic attempts at this one as Margaret has already said proper cycle tracks in stead of the white painted line. Which if originally was a part of the pavement the pedestrian still use's as a pavement and if was originally a road the m! ot! orist still drives down or park cars on it

John Foster
Arnold Nottingham

19th April 2002
st georges day march
people in this country are affraid to wave are countrys flag i don't mean the unin jack i mean the st george's cross. Weve just celebrated st patrics day so why can't we spend money on a march to celebrate this country st? i'll tell you why because people in this are scared of being acused of being a racist .If people are gonna be scared of raising are flag lets change it to the Jamacian flag. i say don't be scared i say go to central london or where ever you live and march with pride. James hogarth april 10th 2002.

james hogarth
bristol

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Saint George's Day
Saint George's Day reply to James Hogarth I whole heatedly agree with James Hogarth, St George's Day should be made far more of, when I was at school many years ago The 23rd of April was celebrated as a matter of coarse. From memory the on the nearest Sunday to the 23rd of April the Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides and Brownies used to march through the street of Nottingham and all finish up at one of the larger churches in Central Nottingham. The streets would be lined with people cheering and waving the English flag. I must confess that I am not aware that this is still carried out perhaps it is? I think England still is a great place to live in despite its many problems, which inflict it. Perhaps the English no longer care about this country which is very strange when you hear of people from other countries taking extreme measures in attempting to enter England. I have heard talk of extra bank holidays perhaps 23rd of April would be a good one to go for. If you search the Internet there are few pages covering St George's Day, I wonder how many English children even now about St George? I suspect very few. The URL's below may be of some interest to some one ? http://www.bombardier.co.uk/stgeorgesday.php http://www.april23rd.org.uk/ http://www.malhatlantica.pt/comenius/SpainLegends/celebration.html http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g1htl.johnfoster/george/george.html

John Foster
Arnold Nottingham

5th April 2002
garden competition
This is just the type of nonsensical scheme which should be stopped. The Council waste tens of thousands of pounds on "Nottingham in Bloom" & associated competitions. All this causes the council Tax to go up year on year. They should just stick to essentials & stop trying to gloss over the underlying rot.

bert fegg
notts

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6th April 2002
Nottingham Garden Competition: Reply to
I accept like most things some is going to object and take the opposite view, I personally think the gardening competition is a good idea along with many other activities the Nottingham and other councils do. Bert Fegg suggests that this and other activities cause's the council tax to go up year on year. I have in the past been involved with some of the council activities and from my own experience little money is spent on these activities. The people that wish to take part in these activities have to pay to take part, also there tends to be sponsors which donate money, gifts and people to assist the activity. As for Nottingham City and the local councils taking part then I see nothing wrong in this. The council tries to promote Nottingham by whatever means and by doing this, attracts people and business to Nottingham. This in turn generates revenue in Nottingham for the people of Nottingham. I am not suggesting that this gardening competition will in itself bring in directly revenue to Nottingham but indirectly it will. By make Nottingham a little better-looking place to visit. As for only supplying essentials well one man essential is another non-essential. I do not think Nottingham is glossing over under lying rot, but some times the progress may appear very slow.

John Foster
Arnold Nottingham

1st April 2002
Nottingham Garden Competition
The process of judgeing this competition should use the following order of subjects,Design, Interest.Originality,All year round interest,Use of trees,shrubs and perennials,environmental use of cuttings,division and seed saving etc. The last subject to be considered should be the utilisation and planting of annual bedding plants [especially if purchased in bulk from garden centres] On the whole such plants are wasteful of earths resources and should be avoided if not from ones own seed savings.

R.F.Grigg
Wollaton/Nottingham

6th April 2002
Shout
In reply to R.F. Grigg, of Wollaton. The garden competition is judged taking into consideration the design and general arrangement of the garden; the flowers, shrubs and perennials growing in the garden, and the neatness, tidiness and cleanliness of the garden. Whilst the competition is judged during the summer months when annual bedding plants can be seen in abundance, the judges do consider the garden as a whole and commendation is given to those entrants who develop their gardens from cuttings and seeds.

Nottingham City Council

20th March 2002
Skateboarding
Skateboarding shouldn't be illegal downtown. I think skateboarding shouldn't be illegal because there is nowhere you can skate. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darnit
Nottingham