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Conspiracy Theorists are easily recognisable by the vocabulary they have used repeatedly for over two years for example in the last few hours: 'project fear' 'propaganda' 'addling your brain with the MSM' 'pitiful' 'pathetic'

The thing is we shouldn't celebrate criminals, he wasn't a nice bloke and a memorial is a memorial to his crimes. We celebrate idiots too much these days, some idiots dies in a car they were lovely lads when in reality they were really not

My two dogs have just gone up in my estimation , They are both mongrels , but they are now called lurchers by the dogy mob . Out Tabs is a big sod , he stands 3ft 7inches high , he is as handsome as a George Clooney and as daft as Boris Johnson ' The other is a lass called Rita she is shaggy ,nasty and scruffy , nowt gets past our gate wiout she tells em to pith off . But this morning in my I newspaper I have learned summat, Dogs are worth more than my car , Some dogs are worth thousands , they have special names like Cockapoo ,and French Bullies, They have special beds and designer collars wi jewels in em , some of em never get to scramble about in the ****e and mud like our two who cost now't as they both got chucked out by previous masters and mrsers who could do now't wi em . So should I cash in ,advertise em in hare and hounds as well bred , then think of a fancy name , gee em a wesh and trim , its attractive but will have to wait till they come back from chasing that bleedin cat .

Cheers you are right , they keep me fit and sane , well most of the time that is .

You really are proving yourself to be an idiot

Brass monkeys

I think you get a feel for the school. A chance to look round. A chance to find out what else is going on in other age groups. In Primary you also usually get a chance to look at your child's work. You can also compare it with work on the walls etc to see how their's compares. You might also get a chance to chat to other parents. There's more to a parents evening than just facts and figures, you can get a feel for the personality and warmth (or lack of it) of the teacher. Teacher's also get a feel for the parents. They always say it's not the parents they see that tells them about the child, but often the parents they don't see...

I’m just imagining him clearing his senses when Freddie comes along and says “Hi Taylor, John and George are onto something new, let’s give them a hand mate”. Well it makes me feel better.

I used to like going to parents evenings and I have never liked Skype for example. I could never understand people (admittedly not many people) saying it was almost as good as meeting someone. It is not, no where near. In fact I can remember when Skype started getting popular and people were forecasting the end of business travel, it didn't happen because people like / need to see people face to face. My wife was talking to a friend of hers whose kids go to Foxhill primary, they are only offering face to face parents evenings, and a good thing too, these semi communal events all helps "Team Foxhill School". I was talking to a teacher at a school in York and they had a vote for online or face to face and it was 2/3 in favour of face face. My wife reckons because we live in Oughtibridge, which has become a middle class dormitory town, a high proportion have been working from home via Zoom and now think interacting with people like that is normal. In most circumstances is not normal and we should not be teaching our kids that it is. In the long term no good can come of it Actually, Lockdown, and being forced to use it has made me dislike Zoom and all that stuff even more than I used to. I also think 9 minutes is pathetically short and the fact the soddin' thing literally cuts you off mid word makes me mad, it's so dismissive and ignorant.

Seems to be far too much rose tinted nostalgia to me. Firstly, I frequent Sainsbury's on a regular basis as I work nearby and don't have to face any 'gauntlet' nor am I constantly surrounded by Spice users. On the rare occasion, god forbid, I do have an encounter with some vagrant I do exactly the same procedure as I do in any other City across the world. I say no thank you and keep moving. You must have lived a very sheltered life not to have seen the realities of humanity out on public street, spice is just the latest trend. So what if you happen to see one? as long as they're not bothering you.... let's not get all hysterical as if it's some major crisis where we can't so much as step out of our front doors without tripping over one. Let's also not pretend for one second that drunks, beggars, vagrancy and drug use wasn't prevalent on our streets back in the so-called good old days. Ive been around long enough to remember Peace Gardens version 1 or that Prize winning dank cesspit known as the hole in the road or had to deal with many a creature of the night bus. If you are wanting a TV in the city centre, Atkinsons has a department selling them, Argos has pages full of them in their catalogue, you could click and collect from John Lewis and pick up at Waitrose or a short journey further I'm sure you will find one of the many Currys stores that sell televisions or pick up a television sold nowadays in any large supermarket....... it's almost as if somehow the world has moved on and the trend of buying large bulky goods from city centre locations has evolved. It's as if there's some alternative to shopping within a city centre that people are attracted to these days. I wonder what that could be..... Of course parking is more difficult and costly than yesteryear because unsurprisingly, there's a global trend to get people out of their cars and on to other modes of transport. That is not just in our city but every city on the planet. In any event, our parking is still much cheaper compared to many of our so-called rival cities. Now, whilst I admit that our Arena is losing out some of the more prestige gigs in favour of the new and shiny Leeds one, let's not forget that we have also had nearly 30 years ahead of Leeds on the arena front. We still also have one of the largest Theatre complexes outside the West End, our own Comedy and documentary festivals each year and several films and television shows still being made and produced in the city boundaries. The arena, city hall and theatres all have a full schedule and the more populist touring acts still reaches us. Finally, as for your comments on London, I can tell you as someone has to travel there very regular for work - you must have been extremely lucky. I don't know where you went but I have seen plenty of Street Homeless in all parts of London including the more exclusive areas of Belgravia and Sloane Street. Of course you would find it "looking rather pleasant" considering it is our Nations capital and gets the vast majority of the money share. Not much different from any other capital city in the world. Hardly a fair comparator with Sheffield is it.

Are you a viewer of talkingpicturestv, they do lots of nostalgia stuff.

Beware the cashless society. That gives banks total control over your money. What happens when computer says no....

Be tarmacced over

They probably don’t want anyone to tell them the end, I recall the same when Battle of Britain was released. 😉

That site is the wrong shape. The footprint of the present stadium won’t fit on it.