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siddha last won the day on March 27 2020

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  1. An education in a RC school during the 50s and 60s was most interesting and certainly damaged some people in a variety of ways. The curriculum was slightly skewed by the dogma and the decor included religious iconography and the passage of the school day would observe some ritualistic behaviours. The teaching fraternity ,both religious and lay, could include inspirational educators, zealots and nutters much like any other school. It was a decent preparation for life particularly if your further education included borstal or young offenders or perhaps a seminary.
  2. Ah! we were further down towards town near the chip shop. Cubs and scouts in one building, brownies and guides in another. A great way of learning about the world and other people!
  3. Ah Melissa what a shame I seem to recall that you went into teaching..........could have been another Nottstalgian......... Anyway Margie is right, the opportunities are out there and you cannot know what is round the corner. I know that life has many crossroads and the decisions you make are what you live with. Do you know the Robert Frost poem "The Road Not Taken" ? I am sure that something will be there and then you will not look back. All the very best.
  4. What great work Beekay you are lucky with this talent. I envy anyone that can draw or paint.
  5. Just woken up!! Is it still Christmas?
  6. Brew and DJ you have points you would like to make. Some of your points are more valid than others according to the particular lens you are choosing to view the matter through. It is extremely unfortunate that Ruth Perry and her school were so poorly tret because an Inspection team did not do their job well. ( Just to be clear , I do know that) It was extremely unfortunate that Baby P and Victoria Adjo ClimbiƩ died because our Safeguarding (Child Protection) arrangements were not followed through as they should have been. Good Safeguarding arrangements are necessary.
  7. DJ I think it interesting that you conclude that this is a Tory failure. I reckon no political party has failed but a lazy complacent civil service has not been responsive to to the feedback from within the profession. Many of our regulatory bodies are flawed for varieties of reasons. OFSTED has always been problematic in generating an aggressive culture. When thinking about children and their learning they have a relatively short time in school and lazy/comfortable leadership in schools can leave poor teachers in place doing a poor job. A good and robust professional developm
  8. My Mum made the pork pies for her family and my Dad's family. Some years were better than others!! There were stories and accounts kept by those who couldn't/wouldn't cook. My Mum kept that tradition going into her late eighties when she decided there were too few contemporary family members left to offend or please depending on how well her batch turned out. My memory is of, to me, the disproportionate amount of time spent in church praying, singing carols and all the other seasonal stuff.
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0674l4b "Mardy"a poem based on Nottingham dialect. From Radio 4 Poetry Please - Tongue and Talk. More here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4xDyV5CQKLMDPcrnyWMBLj8/an-ear-for-an-aye-listening-to-englands-dialect-poetry
  10. We have a Plough Sunday nearby with associated music dancing and singing. I play the fiddle for a local Quire and have also played for a Morris Side though I think accordians/squeeze boxes more suitable having better volume. I like Plough Sundays, particularly when you get more than one local Morris Sides vying with another for who has the most elaborate and noisy new dance variant.
  11. DJ you continue with the polite discussions with those that you choose. Ignore the irrationalists and the sadly bigoted it really is waste of your time and energy. You are like most folk......... some of what you say makes good sense and some doesnt.
  12. Yeah Annesley Red, it could be about the right time to begin shopping for Xmas 2024.
  13. Like Lizzie I use my phone. I have box in a drawer of what were considered exotic mechanicals. These need to be flogged off before the daughter skips them on my demise.