This month we chatted to the Thompsons about gigs, statues and nightclubs...
Gigs
We always go with Liz Baxter. In 1996, we went to see the Hell Freezes Over tour, which was the original Eagles at Wembley. They opened with Hotel California - fantastic. But we paid 55 pounds a ticket, and we said then we will never ever pay more than that again. Well, Lizzie Baxter buys all our pop tickets now. So we see heavy metal, like Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, White Snake, all that sort of ilk with her. A month ago, we went to see Alice, Cooper, and at Birmingham and she treated us. So we buy her gorgeous champagne and something from Molten Brown.
Statues
Brian Clough shouldn’t be there, he should be outside the Forest Ground. They could have Jimmy Sirrel, he was just as famous. He was the manager of Notts County, and he got them from the fourth division to the first division. But they should have Jesse Boot. Or one of the typical housewife. Until 1976, men earned enough money to keep the family, but women kept the house and organised the finances. A thankless task. But men do more these days. A month ago we had five men in the shop and they were all doing the cooking. Years ago you never saw a man in the kitchen.
Nightclubs
We always think nightclubs are strange places. It’s the dead of night - you should be in bed. It’s not normal. When Victoria Centre was built, they had this nightclub and Bill Haley and the Comets opened it. They had a revolving dance floor. Surely you’d break your neck. In the 70s there used to be 300 nightclubs and pubs in the square mile of Nottingham. There are probably that many now but we don’t know where they all are.
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