Here's what The Thompsons had to say about the hot topics in April's issue...
Torvill and Dean
We’re going. Lizzie Baxter got us our tickets. They could sell the whole tour in Nottingham if they wanted to. Forty years ago, when they did the tour with the Bolero and got perfect 6.0s they did a put-up ice stadium on the Forest and we went with our mother. It’ll be fantastic, they’ll get a standing ovation. Of course it was a slower paced dance - all the world champions copied them but they went the other way and started on their knees so the time didn’t start until the ice skates were on the ice. It was absolutely perfect.
The Palais
We went to a school reunion there, which was a long time ago. Nottingham prison was there before. Our Auntie Marjorie and Uncle Frank met there. Two months later he was called up to go to war, but he came back. Of course, they’re doing discos for the older generation now - 3 til 9, what a good idea. When someone else had it, they took all the panelling out and it was gorgeous. It’s got a sprung floor, and it’s only one of four places in Nottingham to have one. We’ll have to go back.
City Centre Walled Gardens
We’ve never been to Bromley House Library, we’re not sure where it is. But we know a few people who are members. Mr Simpson is a member, and [staff member] George is one. They do interesting talks there, don’t they? They’re not the only place in the city with a walled garden though - the cathedral has one, and Freeth, Cartwright and Dickens, the solicitors had one, and Paul Smith. It’s a bit like rhubarb all over again - we had a man in the shop say he’d been to the last rhubarb farm in the country. We said, ‘Don’t you believe it, there’s loads of them.’
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