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Indeed Mundella had houses named after stately homes. I was Hardwick and yellow. There was a definite movement within Mundella in the 70s to make it more almost socialist. I have never been competitive, which is a good thing for those in the caring professions, but the abandoning the principle of Houses left a void of "Well, with what do I identify with?"

Definately ice pops

Oh compo I wish I had known. I was heavily involved in the roll out of digital hearing aids in 2014. If you have service related hearing loss then it would have been a priority under law. All I would have needed was your letter from Blackpool Veterans Agency. For anyone else, who has a hearing loss, take this very wise advice. Do not be seduced by the adverts which promise many things that are not possible. Go to your doctor. Get a referral to the ENT clinic. Get an NHS audiologist to test your hearing. This will usually be at the same appointment. Get the best technology available for yo

Charles Dodgson was by birth from Cheshire, hence the cat, but effectively grew up in the north east, very close to where I live. Croft on Tees (We never say its Croft on Tees, just Croft) Some of the imagery he describes so magnificently can be ascribed to actual objects, I feel it is unfair to judge him by todays standards. I do not think he was a paedophile, but a very accomplished man who adored and understood the mind of a child. He did feel comfortable with them, and not just Alice Lidell, but many other children. He was also a man of his time, where he met the ones who laid the fou

Last night, at 00:16 I had a drink of whisky. As I do every 6 June. It was the moment when troops dropped into Normandy on D Day. About 30 minutes later, I drank a toast to Cpl Bartle, who to my knowledge, was the first Nottingham soldier to land on D Day. I hope that I find many more Nottingham connections to battles so I can keep drinking whisky.

You dont often see Mike Ashley and integrity in the same sentence very often. I wonder if it was something to do with him having to go to parliament or to jail? Tough choice fat Mike.

You lovely people.

There is little doubt that he was a legendary sportsman. I did find him racist.

Sorry for the quoting mick, but this is important, at least to me. We are all here for you. Those are exactly the words you want to hear. I have been through some wars, literally, and as you would expect, as a nurse I have seen some people through horrible things. The essential point about those very kind words is that when you feel like you are falling down, there is someone there. Someone will help. Even to know that there is someone there is enough. To listen, to console, to advise, to support.

For all of you, you have no idea how comforting your words have been. God bless you all.

A small story. My dad was of a big family and went into national conscription. My uncle Cyril died but that is an aside, My dad told me that on the day my dad got onto the bus to go into conscription his father, my grandfather, kept his distance but saw my father off with a wave onto the bus. When I joined the army it was a bit tough. When I went through P Company it was more than that. I thought about quitting on one evening. I just put my pack on and went to the bus stop. I wanted to go alone. I got on the bus and he waved me off. it was a display of immense compassion. To this day I h

Lizzie I am proud of him. Not enough is said about the parents who do it right, and provide well beyond their means. Although I got some sponsorship I passed out at Sandhurst. My parents were there. FRom Hyson Green to Sandhurst is a long path, but I made it and made my parents proud.

With deep sadness I report that my dad is not with us. Stubborn old bogger. He lived for some days after having a bad fall and suffered a severe brain haemorrhage and he is now at peace. Please, my friends here, give him a prayer tonight and bless him peace. As a father I could wish for nothing better. He made my childhood delightful, and my Christmases very special.I told him this today and hugged him in his final hours. I could wish for nothing more. He was a strength and a source of wisdom. A family organiser, as I am sure that you know that role within a family. He was a kind and gen

Catfan I would like it to be that I could make a better cup of tea than anyone else and this is the challenge. Its actually a decent and realistic challenge. No one wants a bad cup of tea. I hope they have subsections for green tea and black tea, and also tea with milk or not.

Just had a look at Wiki regarding steampunk. Any subculture which has battle croquet and clockwork snail racing as competitive sports is going to get my support.

I have an imac and an ipad. One of the reasons why I made the move was because of MS upgrades which effectively made my computer a box until the download finished and had to reboot. All I wanted to to was check emails and such. Unfortunately Apple has followed a similar path and can now cause problems on a daily basis due to upgrades. One of the worst was when they recommended that I turned on Firevault to protect my computer. Anyone who has an Apple - DO NOT DO THIS EVER. It will lock your computer completely and render it quite useless. There is a way to stop it but its not easy and coul

Dickie Bird must be one of the most loveable and most respected people in sport. He is genuinely as kind and good natured as you would think. Still has strong opinions about cricket, particularly with the technology issue, but as I said to him, Dickie, not everyone was as good an umpire as you. You didnt miss much. I would dearly have loved to see Harold Larwood bowl. The actual technology cannot say how fast he was but certainly he was extremely quick. The thing with fast bowlers is that they dont do that well on their own. They get tired too quickly. A spin bowler can keep his wend up by h

It is such a tragedy, but not as bad as it could have been. No one needs another Muamba episode. I was carefully watching Taylor as he developed into a test standard batsman. He was the most likely candidate to partner Alastair Cook as an opener. It was great to hear him on TMS as another summariser, but he certainly does not have the quick wit of Mr Swann but if he applies himself to it he could be good.

It seems to be a little late in the season but that looks nice.

Steampunk is artistically very creative and interesting. If young* people want to get into it then that is great. It is a totally harmless idea. At its best it can be artistic, similar to Roland Emmett. It is not like subcultures which have some violent overtones like mods, rockers or punks of the 1970s. *Or for that matter people of any age, as it is essentially not restricted to a young person's culture.

Equally I must say that it is possible to read really great works of literature which never make it to the exams. Sillitoe was certainly excluded form any exam I ever took, although I did write an essay about his work at RMAS.

trevorthegasman Sons and Lovers, the film with men wresting naked in mud? Never been a fan of DH Lawrence. It was part of the curriculum at Bilborough College but I hated The Rainbow. Later I learned that it is quite possible to despise "famous" works of literature without actually studying them for exams.

My first beer? Shippoes Bitter at the Wheatsheaf at the bottom of Bobbers Mill Bridge. I hated it. It was a summers evening when the beer garden and the area in front of the pub was full of families. I did get a taste for Shippoes bitter a little later. I still do.

Mary, you didnt know how bad us lads had it. I recall that some "modern" underwear in the late 70s and early 80s was synthetic instead of cotton. It caused a rash from your navel to your knees and was as comfortable as having a troop of hedgehogs camping in your skiddies.

Reminds me of a Harry Chapin song