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When my eldest daughter started at her sixth form college, after years of private school, she got labelled “posh”. For one thing she said “prep” instead of “homework”. Posh kids say “mummy I haven’t got any prep tonight.” Apparently. I bought her one of those old school badges you can get in novelty shops that […]
Just over a week ago we got that dreaded call, the one where your child’s school phones to say there has been an accident. “Come immediately,” they said, “we think your son has broken his collar-bone.” A trip to A&E proved them to be right. The x-ray showed a clean break just by his shoulder joint. D would […]
So far I have tried to steer clear of politics on my blog. Baking, for the most part, is about escaping and let’s face it the state of the country (which ever one you live in) is top of the list when it comes to that. Unless you really have opted out – and if […]
Feather, Leather, Weather…..those words rhyme with my name. When I was in primary school these words followed me in the playground. The other kids thought it was funny. All the other girls were called Nancy, Susie, Sammie, Julie, and Betsy. They had the “cutesy” names I wanted. It wasn’t fair. Why had my parents given […]
