@debsdustbunny I couldn't have put it better myself! My mum and I were agreeing this morning that forced jocularity, party games and being obliged to spend at least 6 hours with (usually v drunk) people you wouldn't normally give the time of day to is just insupportable!
Listening to grim stats on @BBCr4today about unemployment amongst young people. Why not learn a traditional craft skill? There is a massive shortage of the right skills to work on our old buildings. Lucy our trainee is doing well, just look at her lovely window tracery repairs!
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond's belongings can be seen in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries in the triforium of the Abbey. https://t.co/P7feazvGn9
Totally agree Carenza! Interesting clues in the Athelstan charter for Ambridge for starters! We should get the Kibworth team together again: is Paul Blinkhorn free?
One lady had a Toy Stall, full of knitted ducks and cars and baby dolls in bonnets. And there, at the very back of the stall, behind a lot of other toys, was -
DOGGER!
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