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My daughter starts school today Only seems five minutes ago she was born - don't know where the time has gone. Looking on the bright side - means I get Tuesdays to myself now

Vonny wrote:My daughter starts school today Only seems five minutes ago she was born - don't know where the time has gone. Looking on the bright side - means I get Tuesdays to myself now

My oldest is nearly 21 and the twins will be 18in a few months, still firmly glued in this house.

I remember the feeling well Vonny. I think Mums suffer more than the children, mine loved it when they started. They even liked being sent off to prep school at just 8 ( we were in Borneo at the time)

My younger son is 31 and is STILL at home. He has yo-yoed (is that a word?) back and forth with depression. Currently after a bout last Christmas he is with us and is working as a buffet steward on the Ffestiniog Railway, not a thought what he will do when his contract expires at the beginning of November.

We have two grand-daughters starting Secondary school today.

Anyone seen my zimmer-frame ???

I still remember my first day at school...

I turned up at Housie in a kilt! (... and I was only fairly distantly Scottish).

Macaroni cheese under the shark picture which was then in Dining Hall

Great Plum wrote:I still remember my first day at school...

Likewise for my primary school. Only 6 teachers plus the headmaster and I can still remember all their names.

Well all went well. When I dropped her off I did get a "goodbye" but she had her back to me & was inside the wendy house

Well at least she's having fun!

Great Plum wrote:Well at least she's having fun!

She seemed to enjoy it and can't wait to go again on Thursday (they are doing every other morning for the first two weeks ).

shoz wrote:

Great Plum wrote:I still remember my first day at school...

Likewise for my primary school. Only 6 teachers plus the headmaster and I can still remember all their names.

Sounds pretty intimidating; one teacher (Miss Welch), one class for 5 to 11 year olds and abpout 12 pupils.

Two memories - having to write a letter of apology to some government official because I had broken something and a new pupil (Christina O**n) who cried for all her first day and never came back. (I later found out that that was the day they buried her mother).

I started at a small village school of about 60 pupils. My teacher was an old lady with a limp called Miss Watts. (this was 1959). I later discovered (FRU) that this 'old lady' had retired in 1992 at the age of 60.

If you can't be bothered to do the arithmetic she was 27 in 1959.

I remember that when I went to university there was a 'mature' student in our year - she was only 27 and we all thought she was really old.....

englishangel wrote:I started at a small village school of about 60 pupils. My teacher was an old lady with a limp called Miss Watts. (this was 1959). I later discovered (FRU) that this 'old lady' had retired in 1992 at the age of 60.

If you can't be bothered to do the arithmetic she was 27 in 1959.

A limp what ??

J.R. wrote:

englishangel wrote:I started at a small village school of about 60 pupils. My teacher was an old lady with a limp called Miss Watts. (this was 1959). I later discovered (FRU) that this 'old lady' had retired in 1992 at the age of 60.

If you can't be bothered to do the arithmetic she was 27 in 1959.

A limp what ??

Blimey, JR. You're desperate for a laugh today!