We revisited Nottingham's most opinionated grocers this month...
The burning of Nottingham Castle in 1831
Was that about? Not being able to vote I suppose… As we keep saying, women got the vote a hundred years ago, but the common man only got it in the parliament before, so there weren’t any free men really if you were poor. One of our customers, her father worked for the Le Marchants who owned Colston Bassett Hall and all the land around it. If you worked for them it was on the verge of slave labour, and when her father died they had a fortnight to get out because it was a tied cottage. And this was in the 60s, so not that long ago.
Forest Women
We thought they already were a professional team. But Notts County Women's were just as good. Didn’t they have four England players at one point? They disbanded when the new owners took over unfortunately. Maybe they could do a collaboration - a joint Nottingham women’s team. Years ago in the 60s they wanted to have a shared ground for both teams on Holme Pierrepont because they can’t play on the same day as the police can’t cope with it.
Raves
I tell you what, we were on the way to Southwold a couple of years ago and there was a rave going on. The police had cornered the whole lane off and the traffic was snarled up just because some kids wanted to play some loud music in a barn. We don’t know what all the fuss is about, as long as there’s no trouble of course and they don’t get too excited on the alcohol. It’s just dancing in a field. But the sound is always poor if there’s a wind. Anyway I’m allergic to wasps so I’m not going to go to one.
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