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  1. 4 points
  2. I don't know what any of the Manning staff did during the war but the deputy head was so combative, I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't start it!
    3 points
  3. We sat all our GCEs in the gym and, since it couldn't be used for its usual purpose, the sports staff were called upon to invigilate. As I sat my English Language GCE, I chose from a given list of options, to write an essay on those who had taught me for the previous two years. I couldn't believe my good fortune! Not only that but Pickleface spent most of the session standing behind my chair, reading what I was writing. Much of it referred to her and she couldn't do a damned thing about it. As we left the gym when the exam was over, she hissed in my ear, "One of these
    3 points
  4. Reading recent comments on the Manning School topic about what our teachers did in WW2 has prompted me to source the following link about my French teacher (and form teacher for 2 years) at Carlton Le Willows in the mid 60s. Eve Leadbeater was known back then as Miss Prager, a great teacher and we kids had no idea about her background. http://www.gedlingeye.co.uk/news/eve-Leadbeater-event-Vernon-Coaker-Netherfield/.
    2 points
  5. Bit of a mystery because of a wrong transcription on the 1891 Census ! After a quick (but stressful ) look Edwin Mee was born 1875 (Berties father) and Isaiah Mee born 1881 . They both had Merrin as mothers maiden name and were born in Belper registration district . (1901 Edwin gives birthplace of Leabrooks) . This was Isaiah on the 1891 Census , difficult to find as he been transcribed as Josiah ! Edwin must have been elsewhere as he doesn't appear with his family . He does appear with them in 1881 when they were living Leabrooks Bridle Lane, Alfreton
    2 points
  6. I gave up the idea of veg gardening years ago when my son and family took over the last 2 floors of our house that led out to the land at the back. We had an orchard and I started off every type of veg I could but as it was on an upward slope I found it difficult to carry on. Then during the summer when everything was ready it was too hot to do anything. Now the only thing we have is a fig tree that I bought for € 1.99 and has at least 10 figs on it already and 3 lemon trees two of which were € 1.99 from Lidl and they are full of tiny lemons. We have herbs in the rockery garden and that
    2 points
  7. I've got a couple of old volumes of books called 20 Years After by Maj Gen Sir Ernest Swinton, compiled in the 1930s , comparing photos of bombed out WW1 scenes as to how they were later in the 1930s . It covers a few countries but there are plenty in France and Belgium . Example below : This was the same modern scene (I think) on Streetview
    1 point
  8. Sad news but nice to know that you loved him, Colly. I'm sure, in his own way, he returned your affection.
    1 point
  9. Sorry to hear that, Colly.
    1 point
  10. The problem is maths teachers who have a natural leaning toward the subject and can’t comprehend that others may find it difficult. There is a big difference in knowing a subject and being able to teach it so that others can understand it.
    1 point
  11. Yes, Bob McCandles was a really nice bloke and knew physics inside out.
    1 point
  12. A few years after leaving school, I decided to enter the teaching profession for which O level maths was mandatory. I obtained it without any difficulty via a night school course and was totally flummoxed when the tutor suggested I might like to take A level maths. But, I protested, I was useless at the subject. It was only then I realised that I'd had no problems at primary school. It had all been caused by Mrs Davy! Having said that, figures don't interest me at all. Words fascinate me, numbers just bore me stiff. Looking back, I often wonder what my school chum Kath
    1 point
  13. Well done Mrs Col and Nonna for making face masks. We have some of these horrible face masks, courtesy of our son who posted them to us weeks ago, together with a dozen little bottles of hand sanitizer. We haven’t worn one yet and doubt if we will. Suppose I should consider finding some of those blue soft ones ........ however I won’t be thinking of going on public transport in the near future.
    1 point
  14. I always thought that WOG stood for ‘westernised oriental gentleman’.
    1 point
  15. They look good Col. Is she selling them? I'd buy some
    1 point
  16. I was never very good at maths. I became an accountant but apart from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division which I learnt at primary school I never came across any of the more advanced maths we were taught at grammar school. I've never seen a quadratic equation since I left school. A knowledge of Ohm's law and Newton's laws of motion usually solve most problems!
    1 point
  17. Reading recollections of maths teachers at ACHS and the difficulty in recruiting same, made me think Manning must have been scraping the underside of the maths teacher barrel when they appointed one of ours, whom I usually refer to as Barmy Colleen. Mrs Davy was a disgrace to the teaching profession and should have been permitted nowhere near a school. Whether, in her younger days, she had been capable of educating her charges in the mysteries of mathematics I do not know but of one thing I am certain: by the time we encountered her in September 1970, any pedagogical prowess she ma
    1 point
  18. Your photos aren't visible, Col. Try again - I'd love to see the masks
    1 point
  19. To me, it seems obvious that an infected person wearing a mask is a bit less likely to spray droplets around.. and a non -infected person is a bit less likely to catch said droplets. Not exactly a 'win-win'. but more of a 'lose a bit less -lose a bit less'. It all helps.
    1 point
  20. I used to be a regular at the Rock Disco at the back of the Imperial. Saw a few bands there too including Gaffer, or was it Gaffa? and Desperate Dan. We also used to see live bands at the Hearty Goodfellow including a band called the Medium Wave Band who had a girl singer. Later on there used to be a rock disco at the Old Volunteer in Carlton, and we also used to go to Rock night at the Grey Goose, which is where I met my wife, 35 years ago.
    1 point
  21. Started to gather and eat a few things. Just salad leaves and radishes so far but broad beans only a couple of days away. Runner beans if full flower in the greenhouse and dwarf beans flowering outside. Lots of flowers on the various tomatoes too, so we will have plenty of produce in a week or so. Even the Pentland Rocket potatoes are flowering.
    1 point
  22. Langley Mill have a problem with traffic at the moment due to idiots queuing for McDonalds. To make matters worse it's situated next to a traffic island so no room for a queue. Have you missed anything? yes and be glad you have!.
    1 point
  23. Not politically correct, Compo. I used to have a Golliwog as a kid. Probably get locked up for that now.
    1 point
  24. Here's an enamel Golly brooch from Robertson's that I have in my little museum of 20th century tat:
    1 point
  25. You can still buy them Jill, in some souvenir shops. It was possible to make collection sets. I remember one set consisted of musicians forming a band. There was all different sorts, sports etc. All were very popular.
    1 point
  26. I remember children at school collecting the paper gollies hidden behind the label. When you had collected enough, you could send for an enamelled golly brooch. They were rather nice. My mum, born in 1926, always said the golly was her favourite toy as a child. One of her friends bought her a golly for her 75th birthday. She loved it!
    1 point
  27. Alert, Alert, you can't show Gollies anymore. Unless o fcourse it's for historical interest only. We went half Metric in the early 70's so may have been before then Of course the Jam jar may have had screws or nails stored in it in a shed for 30 years.
    1 point
  28. Here's summat as you don't see anymore. A 1lb jar of jam with a golly on the lid. I was digging out a hedge to extend my little orchard when my garden fork came up with it stuck on the prongs. I wonder...1. How long has it been there? (We've been here 26yrs and it's not ours); 2. When did they stop using imperial measures for jam jars? and 3. The hedge is mature so think of the quality of manufacture that has kept it so good for so long underground.
    1 point
  29. A bit like the Morons who climb Snowdon etc., wearing only Jean's and teeshirt , then rely on some poor sods bailing them out when they get in trouble.
    1 point
  30. Lemmings have more sense. I am convinced the human race is a lost cause. Let them get on with it but the NHS has more important work to do than pick up their broken pieces.
    1 point
  31. Can't help thinking some people need protecting from themselves. Obviously the deaths of some 50,000 people has not registered with them and what the result of not being cautious could be. I agree with you Phil, another lockdown is on the cards and next time it could be even more severe.
    1 point
  32. They’re all queuing for chips at Skeggie, no doubt berating Dominic Cummings or saying ‘if he can do it so can I, except of course that he kept his distance. I foresee another lock down.
    1 point
  33. OZ pretty much the same here. We are coming out of it so they say but the death rate although low increases then decreases, recoveries continue to rise. New cases vary but are low. Restaurants are open but many have decided not to open or close completely because they can't afford to reopen and some are selling up. 80 seems a lot of people to have in a restaurant but I suppose it depends how big the restaurant is. Also it's difficult to arrange tables to keep social distancing depending on shape too. We went to my daughters restaurant the other night and all the tables were in lines. Usually t
    1 point
  34. I have posted this before but here is a copy of an early 20th century postcard
    1 point
  35. By strange coincidence, in a book I picked up only a few weeks ago.....
    1 point
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