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Hi Katharine We also have The Pichi Richi railway in the Flinders Ranges, but can't comment on that, having not travelled on it yet. and the Karumba railway up in Queensland which runs through forest, beside waterfalls etc down the steep side of the mountain range. Spectacular. (For those going to ...

Hi Katharine We also have The Pichi Richi railway in the Flinders Ranges, but can't comment on that, having not travelled on it yet. and the Karumba railway up in Queensland which runs through forest, beside waterfalls etc down the steep side of the mountain range. Spectacular. (For those going to ...

Its a challenge for schools, not 'of' schools, isn't it? Oh, I interpreted it as a challenge between schools. As I see the question it is a challenge for schools and between schools. I can't see any element of ownership by any school or schools so I would omit any apostrophe. This would make it sim...

Katharine wrote:We hope it will all be jolly good fun! However there is a little part of me that feels 175 years since signing an Act of Parliament is not really something to celebrate.

Your thread name says it all. Think of it as a thank you to staff.

David

I got eight but by the half way point I thought I might get away with only 2 or 3!

As for how many times I go to the loo - who's counting? I suppose the "average" person wants to know!

I suppose Land of Hope and Glory is OK, but I'd prefer Jerusalem . I wonder what Fiona would pick ? Isn't "Jerusalem" ( which is a wonderful bellowing hymn) already the anthem for a football team ? No-one has mentioned " Rule Britannia " yet - or is it just a trifle too national...

May I offer just a small word of caution? There were many women who lost either fiancees or boy-friends in the war, particularly in the RAF, who could not bring themselves to take up with another man because of their memories and a feeling of loyalty. Thus, there were many "spinsters" in ...

J.R. wrote:............and didn't he take Grace in the Dining Hall in our day, David ?

I was about to write that he was head of the RAF section of the CCF (but RAF became FAF as in FAF about with gliders on the rgby pitches behind Coleridge).

Yes, he was the gavel man.

Hmm, cynical old me is thinking what the taxable benefit of this perk might be - HMRC have had enough off me in the last few years for perks :evil: Certainly it IS a taxable perk and the employer should include it in their annual return to the taxman. The exception MIGHT be if attandance is compuls...

Slightly off topic but related. For over 15 years I worked as a rescue marshal on motor racing tracks in several countries (clearing up, putting out fires, getting injured drivers out of their cars after accidents etc.) To get to our posts we usually drove our own cars round the track but had to mai...

Already made the point, Zoe, in the Forum, that I had arranged to get to the Coleridge 20 yearly reunion despite innumerable other needs but for an annual event I can't afford the time. Since you chose to change the date of the Coleridge event without reference to those potentially involved to one w...

We all looked up the meanings of our surnames about 1969 - always remembered the meaning of the name of Janessa Fletcher ! Munch More than exceptionally useful here. A very good restauranteur locally cannot understand my name, especially when I phone to book a table but he knows my voice and rememb...

so what's everyone's big issue on motorways (or should I say, lack of, on dual carriageways)? Are they not simply motorways with two lanes? And a few motorways only have two lanes anyway, coming to think of it. Quite often there is an intangible difference. Motorways are used by professionals - tru...

gemmygemmerson wrote: I have my House allocation!. It's Coleridge B . Can anyone tell me anything about Coleridge B. All I know is that it is the House closest to the dining hall. Very Happy Mid A 15 answered: Look out for the ghost of JR!! :wink: Who :? JR , Gemma. Definitely scary ghost. Into very...

My main fear is motorway driving! I feel this is completely rational, but I can make myself do it. 60 mph in the slowest lane - terrifying. Munch I agree with that one; went up the M1 once - bottom section where it is 4 or 5 lanes, in heavy rain so you couldn't see 200 yards, amongst lorriies which...