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Yes I was just going to suggest the same thing, and also what qualifications they already have.  I had a member of staff who was actually a qualified teacher, but had come out of that because of the pressure.  She had no NVQ and was doing her level 3, so I did count her in ratio.   

On 21/06/2023 at 04:44, Froglet said:

I remember having ‘Peter and Jane’ as the first reading books in school.

having a black and white telly that you changed channel by turning a dial on - I think things were permanently fuzzy.

Phone number being 4 digits long and then the excitement when everyone in the village got an extra two digits.

Handwriting assignments at university.

 I didn’t do O-levels but only just!

Cross country at secondary school actually being cross country.

My parents did the whole Good Life self-sufficiency thing when I was growing up and I hated having to pick prickly, hairy gooseberries (which I didn’t even like eating)! Looking back now I know I didn’t apprchow lucky we were at the time.

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Oh yes!  Our number was 3308 when we got married!   I remember what an incredible low digit number it was when I used to ring him from Leeds, it was 0900 3308 for the whole number in Cumbria, whereas we in Leeds had had the extra 66 in front of our number for a while.  We’d been married a few years before they added a 81 to the Cumbria number! Then we got that extra digit in the area code as well! 

It can’t be washed in the hotter temperatures that they need for germ killing as well as the allergy aspect.  

It had to be washable, that was all I was told when I was making knitted things for preemies. Not wool in case of allergies.  

On 20/06/2023 at 13:36, sunnyday said:

I'm loving this thread and the memories (very distant memories🤣) that it has stirred...

Did anyone else have to do Primary school P.E. in just knickers and vest? I knew that wasn't quite 'right' at the time - the boys got to wear shorts, can't understand the thinking behind that one at all...

Anyway - how lucky am I that I can remember such detail at the age of 103 🙃

Oh yes, and at secondary school, unless it was ‘that time’ when you were allowed to wear a skirt, but honestly, it was more of a frill than a skirt, hardly worth the bother.  Plus I always felt that it was advertising the fact - especially when I was the first in the class to be wearing one! 😳

Haha - I had an Auntie Win and an Uncle Bonk!   Also an Uncle Buzz - but he’d got his moniker flying Lancasters in the war, no idea about the other couple, just accepted it, as you did!  

Yes, I remember black jacks and fruit salads, two for a farthing, the little step we stood on to peer through the glass whilst making the selection.  All handled by staff with hands that were only washed at meal times or if the got sticky.  Flying saucers, those little rainbow drops that were a huge quantity for a penny, twists of rainbow sherbet……   The swizz when decimalisation came in and we worked out how much things had suddenly gone up, bags of crisps etc.  

Out on your bike all day and back when the streetlights come on - if you were anywhere near streetlights of course! And being late back and being told that half the police force of Yorkshire had been out looking for me (and then waiting for someone to ring the police to tell them I’d turned up 🤭)

Chopper bikes that my friends had, and I had my mum’s huge heavy thing with a basket on the front.  It was a bike, it didn’t matter.

such a lot of recycling went on - taking glass bottles back to the shops for the deposit back, milk bottles always in glass, always having our own shopping bags - never plastic.  Lunches wrapped in tinfoil that was then reused and reused until being recycled in the collection of milk bottle tops.  Collecting used stamps for charity and those Blue Peter random annual appeals.  John Noakes and Shep ……..  ahhhhh

we never had fizzy pop or chocolate biscuits in the house except for birthday parties, but my auntie Joanie did (a bike ride away) tra la la.  She also made tomato sandwiches on white bread where the slices of tomato actually overlapped!!!!  
 

happy, uncomplicated days …..

Such a shame for you xx 

I completely agree!   

On 18/06/2023 at 10:48, sunnyday said:

Hopefully you will get some today - had a look and you are under an Yellow warning for storms - actually most of the country is...

Yes.  I’ve been following the weather radar map in my app.  Fingers crossed that it’s not too savage and breaks everything 

Half a dozen drops here 😩

Virus 

Oh my!   I was wondering how he was faring with this heat, sorry to hear that he is struggling.   The rash sounds odd, I’ve not come across anything related to chicken pox that wasn’t chicken pox other than shingles!  Hopefully what we called a ‘heat rash’ back in the day.   Do you remember heat lumps?  I used to get them on my legs, they were incredibly itchy!  
 

We have also deferred Father’s Day to the following weekend when our son, DIL and granddaughter will hopefully be here.  

On 13/06/2023 at 16:41, sunnyday said:

Mr S has a cousin who he likes to fishing with - said cousin called round with his wife this afternoon - she said "oh, what are you knitting" - showed her and she said "let me write down the details, I've got loads of wool, I will make you some squares" - that's what I call a result!

 

That’s fabulous!   Yes, that’s a real result! 

On 12/06/2023 at 19:18, sunnyday said:

Oh Cait how fantastic (what a shame you couldn't be there) - I am off to check out the website!

Here’s a new one!  The small lady standing next to him is called Kate Giles and she has written a fascinating book about the wall paintings.  I’m really pleased she was able to be there to explain them all to him.  

We had a visitor in Pickering today!   I couldn’t go and meet him as we are still post chemo quarantining.  But I’ve been bombarded with pictures from friends who went along.  If you go to our website (pickeringchurch.com) you can see the pictures on the home page.   

On 12/06/2023 at 15:30, sunnyday said:

My brother rang at lunchtime "have you got any water up there", I replied "yes, but I don't how long for"... just had an email from South East Water asking that we are only to use water for essentials...'ere we go again ☹️

Ugh.  Not again!  

Like this.  This doesn’t seem to have anything to help hold the quilt open. 

On 10/06/2023 at 21:04, zigzag said:

After a foggy start here it then became unbearably hot and sticky now I’m sitting with a blanket over me as it’s cold!  Very confusing weather!

Yes.  I’m not sure what to put on!  

On 10/06/2023 at 13:14, sunnyday said:

Sending him kind and healing thoughts Cait

Wow - it is amazingly hot here - why do I feel the need to wash everything in sight when we have great drying weather?

Sadly, some selfish ******* has lit a bonfire - I'm so cross - poor Mr S struggles to breathe in heat without bonfire smoke in the air - grrrrrrr - and, of course, I would rather my washing was smoke free...

Both dogs are fast asleep - it's all too much for them - can't imagine how hot it must be for a golden retriever in his beautiful fur coat...I really need to go and water in the polytunnel but he will want to follow me so need to leave that for now and keep my fingers crossed that everything is okay...I could just shut him indoors but then he would fret...might try 'sneaking out' but highly doubt he will not notice! 🤣

If you’ve got a fan, set up a cooling tent.  Open up a king size quilt cover and put a couple of chairs in to hold the hole open, put a fan at the hole end and it will open up like a hot air balloon and be deliciously cool inside, hopefully you can persuade the dog inside.  

On 09/06/2023 at 20:40, sunnyday said:

I said to a friend at knit and natter - 'can I help you there, that's all a bit of a mucking fuddle' 🤣 that was a new one to her, 'fraid I use it a lot 🤷‍♀️ anyway, all good she thought it was funny - phew!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭. Seeing you in a whole new light!!!   🤣🤣🤣🤣

Zebedee’s 6th chemo went well yesterday - he is gently glowing as normal for the next day.  I’ve made him a batch of his favourite carrot cake as buns, so he can enjoy them before his sense of taste goes.   Buns are easier as I can bung them in the freezer and just get out and frost what we need.  Obviously he would prefer a good slice of cake, but with all the steroids we are keeping an eye on the scales.  He will probably have 2 buns today, which will equate to a good slice of cake! 🤣🤣🤭. They are muffin sized.   We took some to the nurses yesterday - we always take them something when he goes, but no nuts in theirs of course.   No nuts allowed in hospital.    

Will you still get whatever it is? Do you know what it is? 

On 08/06/2023 at 15:31, sunnyday said:

Oh my actual goodness - I have well and truly blotted my copy book...

There was a village meeting yesterday evening - quite a big affair - I had received a special invitation to attend supposedly to talk about Knit and Natter - I had said "thanks, but no thanks, trying to keep the group quite small, don't want to make a noise about it" - then it was "please, come along anyway, you don't need to say anything" - then several friends had asked if I was going - I thought 'this is so strange, why is everyone so keen for me to go', especially as I have 'dropped out' of most village things that I was previously involved with...anyway, needless to say I didn't attend

It transpires that I was to be presented with some sort of 'Community Service' award - this to be given to me by no less than the Mayor of our nearest town 🤦‍♀️ - well, honestly, how was I meant to know 🙃 🤣 the friends that kept asking if I was going were obviously in the know...

Goodness - I feel that I need to hide - especially as I can't help but find it funny 🤣

I wasn't the only recipient so hopefully I will be forgiven and if not 🤷‍♀️

Whoops! 🤭.  It is a bit funny though.   Someone should have slipped you the wink.  

So I’ll be 15 years next month, apparently.  Will my apples go red? 

Yes I’d spotted them earlier, but thanks for the explanation - I was wondering what each stage looked like x