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Yes, daughter's first pair are the real McCoy. Obviously blue and flowery ones are 'fashion.

We bought our daughter DMs for her 17th birthday (the boots not the shoes) and she is still wearing them at 22. Not every day obviously but I bet she's still wearing them at 30. (she is a meeja person so can wear them to work). She has since bought a blue pair and floral pair herself.

and no longer a child of course!

Caroline, did you mean this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe4qk7Mijlo

Ryan Giggs is not often homesick but sometimes he does Miss Wales.

no-one is safe from the forum heh heh heh!

OMG did it really?
He is in concert in Ramsgate on July 2nd, perhaps I could cadge a bed from son in Canterbury

Man Utd fans will today unveil a '19 times' banner at Old Trafford... In recognition of the number of times they touched the ball on Saturday!

There was certainly something on a Saturday because I remember seeing The Tremeloes with Len (Chip) Hawkes (sigh!!!!).

:offtopic: I had real trouble as I only ever needed about 8 hours sleep even at primary school, so 8pm to 7am in the summer was extremely difficult. At home I would go to bed and read until midnight, at the age of 11. Thank goodness I went into a cubie in year 9 where we had bedside lights. I would ...

Flick Colby choreographed TOTP until 1981.

August to Easter lowest form prep finished at 7.25, back to house and straight upstairs.

After Easter bedtime was 7.45.

J.R. wrote:Sad news.

Babs was always my favourite. Something definitely h0rny about her.

Still happily married to the actor Robert Powell, I believe.

"Beautiful Babs, I don't know what her name is!" Fletch in "A Good Night In " Porridge 1974

An OB friend on Facebook (and rarely on here) pointed this out last night and credits her with her career in dance. I can't think how we watched it at school, I know I watched it at home.

At Hertford each house had a board above the fireplace upon which was painted (in gold) the names of the monitresses (mons) each year. In the school hall was a similar set of boards showing the girls who had won major prizes at Prize-giving (Head Girl, service to the school etc). When the girls move...