What part of the world are you in JJ? One of my pet frustations is policy makers in London - where school places are plentiful - assuming that school places are plentiful everywhere. Because in Great… (View Post)

I feel more like some slightly pitiable character by Alan Bennett taking a slightly obsessive interest in the characters passing his house, to be honest. But thank you. (View Post)

Haha, no, I get the reference, but no, he's a nice fella. Chat on here had revealed three key facts about him: he lives near me, he plays golf, and he doesn't have a car. And the number of … (View Post)

Off thread, but I have just bumped into fellow pb-er @ManchesterKurt . Feeling quite pleased with myself for working out who he is in real life from a handful of clues on here. (View Post)

On Rollo: I am a descendent of Rollo. (As of course we all are.) My Dad did some family tree tracing, and got back to some Mancunian bigwig with an unusual name, from where there was a link back to s… (View Post)