Tommy Lawton Interview

[LaxtonLad]

He lived more or less opposite my old school, the Good Shepherd, on Somersby Road. A shame things went sour for him at Notts, because really there should be a statue outside the ground for one of our finest ever players. Go up to Liverpool and you can stay at the Dixie Dean Hotel, but we’ve never been very good about marking our heritage in Nottingham.

Quite right, the world has never heard of Robin Hood.

[51Magpie]

Quite right, the world has never heard of Robin Hood.

Who did he play for?

[Old_pie]

Who did he play for?

The Mary Men versus King John's (cheating) Sherriff.

[nw6pie]

Quite right, the world has never heard of Robin Hood.

I know, all those thousands of tourists flocking to visit Maid Marion Way every year. But go on, tell me how Nottingham is marking/monetising its past.

[Old_pie]

I know, all those thousands of tourists flocking to visit Maid Marion Way every year. But go on, tell me how Nottingham is marking/monetising its past.

Wasn't Maid Marion Way famous for being voted the ugliest street in Europe?

Ah yes: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/...mments-wrapper

Is that an Austin 12 (HTV 344), if so learnt to drive in one of those (1939 model)