Jill Sparrow

It is one class, @katyjay. Photos from that era do show enormous class sizes. Berridge was always two form entry, two classes per year group. Nowadays, it's three but they are far smaller.

I think I'm possibly remembering seeing his name, which includes both Lymn and Rose.

Wasn't the firm actually known as Lymn & Rose at one stage? Not recently, though.

@The Pianomandefinitely not dry. Morrison's stock it, so right on your doorstep!

@The PianomanHave you tried Mavrodaphne? I don't usually buy wine from supermarkets as I order it from Laithwaites but a friend recommended that one and I tried it. It's a fortified wine and I rather liked it. Not expensive and, as I have a sweet tooth, quite palatable.

Saw this on the BBC News website. I always feel sorry for people who are terrified of dying. Wonder if they were terrified of being born? Once here, you have to leave again. Death has never bothered me. It's just part of a cycle to my mind. I can't see how hanging round the funeral parlour is going to allay one's fears of dying. Each to their own. I hope it makes her feel better in some way.

Aha. We won't ask what your response would've been. Wouldn't want you to incriminate yourself

This photo dates from 1957/8 and shows Berridge Junior children born in 1948. Thanks to Carole and Kathleen Sheeran for both photo and names. Back row L to R David Sentance, unknown, unknown, Gerald Hazeldine, Tony Grainger, unknown, John Sutton, Derek Winstanley, Michael Goodwin, Stephen Cockram, Kenneth Merritt, Robert Wren, Neil York, unknown, Michael Allport. Middle row L to R: Tommy Smedley, Sybil Applebaum, Susan Wyer, Josephine Jordan, Glenys Williams, Carolyn Pike, Kathleen Sheeran, Brenda Cooksley, Sheila Bond -Lindsay, Elizabeth Heason, Glynis Davis, Susan Har

That has to be better than a paralytic Glenda Jackson! Of the two, Jackson was the more talented although I don't concur with her political views.

One of the most difficult aspects of the historical abuse cases was those who brought allegations of physical abuse. Corporal punishment was legal and widely implemented until relatively recent days and it has to be remembered that present day laws cannot be applied retrospectively to events that happened fifty years ago, for example. Some were, possibly, hoping to gain financial compensation for having been rapped over the knuckles with a ruler, which wasn't what the investigation was about. The purpose was to identify and apprehend those who had perpetrated extreme physical abus

I recall playing that for an Associated Board exam at some point. I generally like Mr Schiff's work but that is a tad on the romantic side for me.

Civilization has a very thin veneer, you know.

There's life in the old hound yet! Woof!@loppylugs

@loppylugs Happy, slightly belated, birthday Loppy. Hope you got plenty of dog treats!

A man of taste!

A few Christmases ago. The supermarkets were doing Brussels sprouts with Marmite. I love both (although a lot of people can't abide either) but I wouldn't want them together. I well remember the problems I used to encounter when teaching at persuading children to eat Brussels sprouts. Most had never tried them and weren't willing to do so. So be it. Brussels sprouts, with or without a sprinkling of grated cheese....but not Parmesan!! Delicious.

The chances are that you won't like it, Malcolm, since you weren't brought up with it. Better leave it alone....that means more jars for those of us who love it!

It's perfectly true that you either love Marmite or loathe it. It has even been suggested that it's genetic!! A friend recently mentioned that she'd never tried it so I gave her a taste on some toast. I knew she'd hate it...and she did. She was born into a family who never bought Marmite, probably because they didn't like it, and it was almost a certainty that she wouldn't like it either. As children, my sister and I ate Marmite on bread 'soldiers' with boiled eggs for breakfast. Loved it. Still do.

I recently tried Marmite with truffles. I'm an avid fan of Marmite, always have been as I was brought up in a family who loved it. Marmite with truffles? No thank you. I'll even eat Marmite with peanut butter. Sounds yukky but actually it's not bad. Prefer Marmite on its own. Not everyone's taste but I love it. They keep doing these Marmite combinations but you can't beat good old plain, B12 soaked, Marmite.

I know lots of soldiers did things like that during WW 1, in particular helmets, but I wouldn't want anythng like that in the house, still less on my person.

I think @benjamin1945had far more interesting storylines in the Brum area

Cardboard scenery that moved every time anyone coughed! Amy Turtle who could never remember her lines. It was usually on at tea time but I wasn't an avid watcher.

Many are deceased. Some have moved overseas and some are brought to account for their crimes. In many cases, they just can't be identified. Sadly, professions who work with children and young people will always attract those who are out to abuse. Weeding them out would be simple if they all had 'child abuser' branded on their foreheads...but they don't. And it isn't that simple, either.

Jenifer (yes, it only has one 'n') Harrison who started this part of the thread was in my year at Berridge. She is on Facebook if anyone wants to get in touch with her. She hasn't visited this site for many years.

I almost drowned playing bob apple when I was a four year old at infant school. I fell, face first, into the bowl of water. Wouldn't happen today. Elf and safety! The cats are falling out about who's riding pillion on the broomstick later tonight.