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[I'm Red Till Dead]

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Now this is ambition! Do you you think Rushcliffe BC would go for this?

No. There would be too many people complaining about their loss of light.

 

[Your Dad's Ashamed Of You]

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Now this is ambition! Do you you think Rushcliffe BC would go for this?

Absolutely no way I could watch a game there. My vertigo would kill me!

 

[vertigored]

Absolutely no way I could watch a game there. My vertigo would kill me!

Maybe a light spanking but I’d never kill you!

 

[Wes' Organ]

This was the only thing to drink on burton road cricket/playing fields on a friday night the nice man at the offy on conway road used to sell it however old you looked View attachment 54458

A bottle of 20/20 between Yates and Old Orleans got the night off to a flyer.

 

[MagicalQuakers]

A bottle of 20/20 between Yates and Old Orleans got the night off to a flyer.

Yatesy should probably cut back if he want to nail down a starting position in the team (and can Old Orleans play leftback?)!

 

[Notcher]

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Now this is ambition! Do you you think Rushcliffe BC would go for this?

If they went a touch higher it would almost be as high up as the away end at Newcastle.

 

[Lady Penelope]

I was speaking to someone senior from the club at a recent game. I had commented that the revised plans sounded exciting but presumably pushed development back by several years. However he was adamant that the owner is absolutely determined to push this through as quickly as possible. The club have developed a constructive relationship with RBC and are confident that planning will not be a major problem. Therefore they are hopeful that it will not be several more years before we see anything. The ‘up and over’ construction of the PT stand is crucial as it allows the club to maintain revenue, atmosphere and existing facilities whilst development is in progress.

It was the first time I had met this person so unsurprisingly, he didn’t divulge anything new or confidential, hence why I’m comfortable repeating. But it was reassuring to hear such a positive assessment of where we are from a senior club officer.

That's pretty much what I understand to be the case. I'd just add that the club have worked very hard to develop the relationship with Rushcliffe but also Highways, hence talk of road closures to allow people to get away safely and so on. Behind the scenes, including in the local councils, there is a willingness to get this done.

 

[Wes' Organ]

Yatesy should probably cut back if he want to nail down a starting position in the team (and can Old Orleans play leftback?)!

Yates' was Yatesy epitomised in a boozer, very underrated, cheap as chips and down with the common man.
Who remembers going into Yates' early doors when they used to chuck the tramps out at 7 to make room for the weekend crowd, poor owd Bazza never did make the cut.

 

[Strummer]

Yates' was Yatesy epitomised in a boozer, very underrated, cheap as chips and down with the common man.
Who remembers going into Yates' early doors when they used to chuck the tramps out at 7 to make room for the weekend crowd, poor owd Bazza never did make the cut.

Ah it would not have been the first time, going in there for a pint, and standing on that balcony like you were some Roman Emperor or some similar nonsense.

Sometimes, cheap and cheerful is what you need.

 

[Mr H]

That's pretty much what I understand to be the case. I'd just add that the club have worked very hard to develop the relationship with Rushcliffe but also Highways, hence talk of road closures to allow people to get away safely and so on. Behind the scenes, including in the local councils, there is a willingness to get this done.

I do hope we get a positive conclusion as I’m sick and tired of the delays and the whole episode seems emblematic of broken Britain: everything takes aeons to build at vast expense while other countries, including European, build enormously quicker and cheaper.

I understand the Planning system is broken but the Conservatives or Labour have (had) no vision or guts to reform planning.

And I’ve no confidence in the current two tier shower to get anything right: no backbone, no vision, no morals, and great at u-turns, and bankrupting the country with the highest tax take since the Second World: currently it’s FUBAR as the Americans said in WWII.

Until the Gordian knot is cut, any projects will be stuck in treacle and economic growth will not occur.

Positive hat back on: I hope a massively expanded world class stadium emerges and I, and my son, cannot wait to attend.

P.s - apologies if it strayed into politics tangentially, but the lack of planning reform is a massive dereliction of political leadership from both main parties. Just kick the can down the road and watch Britain suffer.

 

[Flaggers]

I do hope we get a positive conclusion as I’m sick and tired of the delays and the whole episode seems emblematic of broken Britain: everything takes aeons to build at vast expense while other countries, including European, build enormously quicker and cheaper.

I understand the Planning system is broken but the Conservatives or Labour have (had) no vision or guts to reform planning.

And I’ve no confidence in the current two tier shower to get anything right: no backbone, no vision, no morals, and great at u-turns, and bankrupting the country with the highest tax take since the Second World: currently it’s FUBAR as the Americans said in WWII.

Until the Gordian knot is cut, any projects will be stuck in treacle and economic growth will not occur.

Positive hat back on: I hope a massively expanded world class stadium emerges and I, and my son, cannot wait to attend.

P.s - apologies if it strayed into politics tangentially, but the lack of planning reform is a massive dereliction of political leadership from both main parties. Just kick the can down the road and watch Britain suffer.

Kudos for getting "Gordian Knot" onto the Forum today - phrase of the day. Bravo!

 

[Otis Redding]

I do hope we get a positive conclusion as I’m sick and tired of the delays and the whole episode seems emblematic of broken Britain: everything takes aeons to build at vast expense while other countries, including European, build enormously quicker and cheaper.

I understand the Planning system is broken but the Conservatives or Labour have (had) no vision or guts to reform planning.

And I’ve no confidence in the current two tier shower to get anything right: no backbone, no vision, no morals, and great at u-turns, and bankrupting the country with the highest tax take since the Second World: currently it’s FUBAR as the Americans said in WWII.

Until the Gordian knot is cut, any projects will be stuck in treacle and economic growth will not occur.

Positive hat back on: I hope a massively expanded world class stadium emerges and I, and my son, cannot wait to attend.

P.s - apologies if it strayed into politics tangentially, but the lack of planning reform is a massive dereliction of political leadership from both main parties. Just kick the can down the road and watch Britain suffer.

In fairness H, the current government is undergoing a process to radically reform planning laws. It was a central part of Labour's manifesto to try and increase growth. Unfortunately, the problems trying to unravel and dismantle decades and decades of legal complexities involved in planning law, often against resistance from the legal system, is anything but an easy task.

 

[Lady Penelope]

I do hope we get a positive conclusion as I’m sick and tired of the delays and the whole episode seems emblematic of broken Britain: everything takes aeons to build at vast expense while other countries, including European, build enormously quicker and cheaper.

I understand the Planning system is broken but the Conservatives or Labour have (had) no vision or guts to reform planning.

And I’ve no confidence in the current two tier shower to get anything right: no backbone, no vision, no morals, and great at u-turns, and bankrupting the country with the highest tax take since the Second World: currently it’s FUBAR as the Americans said in WWII.

Until the Gordian knot is cut, any projects will be stuck in treacle and economic growth will not occur.

Positive hat back on: I hope a massively expanded world class stadium emerges and I, and my son, cannot wait to attend.

P.s - apologies if it strayed into politics tangentially, but the lack of planning reform is a massive dereliction of political leadership from both main parties. Just kick the can down the road and watch Britain suffer.

I agree. It's not just to do with the colour of the rosette that the politicians wear, it's whether they have the vision and the bravery to address the glaring flaws in the system. You've got me going though ...

Recently, and again, I have been face on with the health and social care system. I still am as I write, and it is painful to watch older people suffer in their final days whilst bureaucrats fiddle about. It's cruel, inhumane, and frankly we are in a third world situation in a number of ways.

What might change things? In my book, it's about your personal values. A key question I ask anyone who wants to work for me: "If the product or service is not good enough for you, what can you do to change it for the better?". I'm sorry to say, and not just in my recent battles with health and social care but also time and time again in the day job, that I come across far too many public servants who act as though the public are there to serve them, not the other way around. Please don't be offended if you are one of the many thousands working in the public sector who do care a jot, but I am tired, I am angry, and I am offloading at those who don't give a flying f**k.

Rant over. Get me three points tomorrow Forest, I need a bit of cheering up.

 

[Barry]

Yates' was Yatesy epitomised in a boozer, very underrated, cheap as chips and down with the common man.
Who remembers going into Yates' early doors when they used to chuck the tramps out at 7 to make room for the weekend crowd, poor owd Bazza never did make the cut.

Only ever went in once, saw it was full of townies and f**ked off elsewhere

 

[Wes' Organ]

Only ever went in once, saw it was full of townies and f**ked off elsewhere

Gotta have a system Bazza and never drink in a place where the men wear matching shoes is as good as any I suppose.

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

Gotta have a system Bazza and never drink in a place where the men wear matching shoes is as good as any I suppose.

A pair of shoes, you say?

 

[Wes' Organ]

A pair of shoes, you say?

A rare sight in T'wood.

 

[Eddie Yates]

Only ever went in once, saw it was full of townies and f**ked off elsewhere

Did ya f*** off somewhere upmarket & classy Bazza?

The Thurland?

 

[Eddie Yates]

Yates's was ok but I preferred the QE or the Fountain

 

[All I want is a boat]

I agree. It's not just to do with the colour of the rosette that the politicians wear, it's whether they have the vision and the bravery to address the glaring flaws in the system. You've got me going though ...

Recently, and again, I have been face on with the health and social care system. I still am as I write, and it is painful to watch older people suffer in their final days whilst bureaucrats fiddle about. It's cruel, inhumane, and frankly we are in a third world situation in a number of ways.

What might change things? In my book, it's about your personal values. A key question I ask anyone who wants to work for me: "If the product or service is not good enough for you, what can you do to change it for the better?". I'm sorry to say, and not just in my recent battles with health and social care but also time and time again in the day job, that I come across far too many public servants who act as though the public are there to serve them, not the other way around. Please don't be offended if you are one of the many thousands working in the public sector who do care a jot, but I am tired, I am angry, and I am offloading at those who don't give a flying f**k.

Rant over. Get me three points tomorrow Forest, I need a bit of cheering up.

It’s fine to rant, you’re not alone with your opinions and experiences. I have similar questions at my employee interviews.

 

[Wes' Organ]

Yates's was ok but I preferred the QE or the Fountain

One of my customer's mum ran the QE for years, definitely had more than one cuff round the tabs from her when I was 14 or so for fukcing about when we were supposed to be lugging shit about for the DJ.
Small world sometimes.

 

[tjhooker]

Thought I'd revisit this thread after we nearly didn't sell out Porto. How the hell would we fill a 50k stadium with our fickle lot??

Oh and fortified wine in Yates's was the way to go!

 

[Mr H]

Kudos for getting "Gordian Knot" onto the Forum today - phrase of the day. Bravo!

Thank you - I’ve always liked that phrase.

 

[Dino]

Yates' was Yatesy epitomised in a boozer, very underrated, cheap as chips and down with the common man.
Who remembers going into Yates' early doors when they used to chuck the tramps out at 7 to make room for the weekend crowd, poor owd Bazza never did make the cut.

The Australian white wine which was more like sherry at Yates's was a killer, was shit faced on that stuff many times in my younger days.

 

[Colin Addison]

Thought I'd revisit this thread after we nearly didn't sell out Porto. How the hell would we fill a 50k stadium with our fickle lot??

Oh and fortified wine in Yates's was the way to go!

Didn’t it used to be called Australian wine?