I think of myself as 'Nouveau Riche'!!! Because:
my dad ran his own business & my mother kept it going when he died
we lived in a 'semi-detached bungalow' that we owned
I was the first in the family to go to university
Oooo, how pretentious am I?!

Having just had a thought on this, if the woman, is talking on a mobile, who could she possibly be talking to as no one had mobile phones!! Not many people had a land line!! Still think somehow it is a trick of the eye. 8) Have to agree with this. About the only thing I can think of is: if she is r...

I saw this earlier this week as it was on the Yahoo News - the clip was repeated over and over and each time, it was zoomed in to show the figure. I sat watching it in disbelief thinking: nah, not possible, person looks like they're holding their face or something. (I'm a real sceptic!) The more I w...

I hope you don't mind me entering into the discussion! I have always enjoyed writing but never had anything published. (I have had my stories on a website until I had a fit of pique a while ago and took it all off!) I just wanted to offer my encouragement to start writing! I tend to feel if I put my...

Well. What can I say? Am stunned. I've got primary 1 in Scotland right now (age4-5) and considering they began school at the end of August their homework consists of a few (five) sounds to practise and reading. The reading at the moment consists of discussing a storybook with no words. Their is a st...

Has everyone heard this yet by Rumer?.....very like the Carpenters,see what you think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvYUfwMBCrU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Regards Pete Oh yes! This is brilliant - I heard it a lot during the summer holidays on radio 2 and it's just bri...

Thanks for the pictures, Petermax! :) If you'd buy such a car I'd definetly ask you, if you could give my mum and me a lift to the picnic venue again next May! :wink: :lol: 1970's cars never seemed to have problems with steering locks, far more simple, robust technology back then :lol: but then I r...

Ah, seeing this made me feel nostalgic! My dad had a Cortina estate - twice! He was obsessed with military and everything linked to it - he did his service in Jordan (I think) so he chose to have the Cortinas in the desert colours! I think one was Sahara! I always think of this when I watch the 70s ...

Guys Sorry - there's been a slight delay on the book (real life and work seem to keep getting in the way) but it is coming. Fret not. Gary Ha ha - I aint fretting! But being a teacher, there'd be hell to pay if your homework was late!!! :lol: My name may not be Jean but it is Brodie!!! Of course, I...

I was assuming we were all dying for a signed copy! He's got some work ahead of him - and I don't mean the writing of the book!

Oh I saw that when it was on! My mother had turned it on (while I was flicking through the paper) and I looked up, got interested then thought "isn't that Viv from the forum?' I told my mother that was who it was! I thought it was great!

Personally, I don't think it's more dangerous - when I was growing up in the 70s/80s we were warned about bad folk. There always has been bad people - how much was hidden in the past?

Mmmm... I don't know if I should add to this but I can't help myself! I find that people sometimes treat children as though they are older then are disappointed when the children can't cope. I also note that more (academically) is expected and earlier but it means there are other skills they had in ...

Sad news. I liked Michael Hinz as Uncle Quentin. :cry: I am sure he was an excellent actor, but I always thought he was a pretty dreadful Uncle Quentin. I guess that we all draw up different images of how characters appear - I wonder how much they differ? However, Mr Hinz, to me, was no Quentin. On...

Sad news. I liked Michael Hinz as Uncle Quentin.