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Nobody living in it because I would be dead.

There's no 'body' in it!

I remember seeing King Kong up Blackpool Tower.

We had smart meters fitted with monitor. Monitor and meters didn't work, had new ones fitted. We liked the monitor being able to check what we was using and it was sending information to supplier, until last year. All stop, no monitor, no readings sent to supplier, dumb meters now. We check meter readings every week to keep an eye on it. Supplier estimates are ridiculous so we send a reading and also reduce our payments. It has all been a useless exercise.

Watched the full series on ITVX. It was an excellent series. It did not focus as much on Sutcliffe but on the victims families and the survivors of his attacks. It showed up the incompetence of the West Yorkshire police at the time, how the the older officers didn't listen to younger ones. How sexist the police force were at the time. Thanks goes to the Sheffield Police who got him in the end.

We have a Frank Arthur Monks in our ancestry. He died 27 July 1973, motorbike accident.

Should have said we had tried other places and got told he had to be a customer. So even when there are customer toilets you can't always use them unless you purchase.

We visited Sheffield a couple of years ago with grandsons. We were on High Street at the time and one of boys was desperate to use to the loo. No where to go. His grandad took him to, I think was, McDonalds. There was a bouncer on the door and explained to him the desperate need to go and he showed him to the toilets, no problem. Still people around with common sense.

Still following the thread, Cuttsie, even though haven't been on for a while. I think, last time I was on I mentioned my husband was going for his PSA test (September). The result was high. He had another test in December and it had lowered again. They think it was due to him having a cold virus and URI. Will be thinking about you going through radiology zapping. I went through 33 days worth in 2003 and I am still here to prove it is worth while. As we live in West Yorkshire mine was at Cookridge Hospital, Leeds/Bradford. The daily travel took it's toll but the bacon butties in the cafe after the zap was worth it. Mine was the head area so I was pinned to a table with a tight fitting mask. The mask had the tattoos on it. To all out there, never fear treatment it can save your life. To you Cuttsie, as others have said, keep positive, keep fighting it. Good Luck. Going to get my husband to sign up so he can follow this and reply himself.

Like you, I live at top of a hill, but in Halifax. A good few years ago in my late 50s there was bad snow. I worked in Huddersfield and never was defeated by the weather. Dressed like you, in winter boots, spikes and two poles I went down the hill, managed to catch a bus that got me part way there and then walked the rest of the way down a steep fully iced road. Coming back on the bus I met my daughters friend who had a good laugh at my appearance 'Nanook of the North' comment. I got off walked back up the steep hill didn't fall once all day. The day after my daughter phoned to say her friend had got off the bus (on a flat road) fell down and broke her leg, even she had to laugh about it later when the pain had gone.

Pattricia, I am open minded on the subject but I have a few experiences that you might find interesting. In Dec 1985 my husband (your cousin) was due to have brain surgery for an acoustic neuroma. The night before, I woke up holding my dad's arm (he died in 1964 when I was only 9). I didn't see him but he said to me "he will be ok he is being looked after". He was ok. It wasn't until years later I found my dad's other daughter who I had never met before. She was looking at my husband and said "I know you, I was your nurse when you was in the Hallamshire with a brain tumour". Strange? I felt my dad again a few years later when I was crossing the road and a car sped up the road and went round the wrong side of a bollard where I was crossing. I put my hand out and got hold of my dad's arm and ran to safety. I think people do look over us whether it is it just our memories of them I don't know.

Moved onto what was the Waterthorpe Farm Estate 1975, opposite the field and Shortbrook School. It was called that because of the farmhouse that was at the top of the estate. At that time it was not classed as Shortbrook or Westfield it was a standalone estate. The estate was built by Hassall Homes. It was a resident committee run estate, we had to arrange grass cutting etc and upkeep of the estate. Lovely estate, really good for children. We lived on the Glen which was built in blocks of three houses around a centre grassed area. Safe for the kids to play outside and we could see them from the kitchen window. It did not last however, and after a few years it changed name to Westfield and the committee ended, some of us acquired extra bits of land at the side of our houses to upkeep. Around the estates were plenty of swings, parks and grassed areas and pubs! Our adult kids still say it was good being kids there.

Hello. I was interested in this thread after reading yesterday that civil servants in an Indian state have been banned from using the word Hello as it is too western. I have looked up a few other cases of people being banned from using Hello. I read one article from 2014 that said if a man says hello to a woman and the woman replies hello it means she is 'willing'. I also read that someone was banned from Discord for not saying 'Bye' at the end of the conversation. I know nothing about Discord, I don't want to. No one can say 'Hello' like Leslie Phillips, now he did have annotations with the way he said it (acceptable in those days but probably not now). It seems to me that the world has gone mad. Anyway, 'Bye' just in case.

Glad to hear you are getting no side effects. As said before my husband has been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer so we are following this thread with interest. Something I would like to ask is have you changed your diet and if so, has it helped? I have been reading lots about changing diet can reduce your PSA ie no dairy products, no red meats and eat more fish, tomatoes, brazil nuts, avocadoes, olives. I have totally changed our diet to between vegan and Mediterranean. I must admit we are enjoying the food. My husband goes for his 6month PSA test next week, let's see if there is a change. I would like to see this thread being at the top of the list to get it home to men to get checked. All the best to you.

We have our hot water set to switch on for half hour 6am then half hour 5:30 pm. We have enough hot water for 2 showers, 2 pot washing and anything else that might need hot water. Washer is cold fill. We used to have water on for 2 hours a day but did a test with 1 hour and found it ok. Might trial half hour a day next.

Just finished watching The Cane Field Killings on All4. A gripping, serial killer series set in South Africa starring Iain Glen as a Hannibal Lector type. Well worth watching.

Thanks F & M. I have read that there may be a second series, I hope so. It was a modern 'kitchen sink drama'. Kitchen sink dramas weren't always accepted in the past as they portrayed real life. We talk or do something and I keep saying we are no different from Sean and his wife, we manoeuvre around the kitchen the same, we do day to day things the same. Whoever made this series has really studied people.

Well, that's BBC for you. Most of their programmes are mumbling these days. Happy Valley was very difficult to listen to.

3rd part tomorrow, 4th next week. We jumped the gun and watched it all on BBC iPlayer.

Just finished reading The Lost by Simon Beckett ( Sheffield lad from Frecheville School). I couldn't put it down. Like all his books especially the David Hunter series.

We nearly didn't start watching the series after the write ups on here. We decided we'd give it a go and make our own judgment. We watched it all on iPlayer. Glad we did. It was a very good series, realistically depicting life. The Mail Online review by Christopher Stevens was spot on "Couples in prime-time serials are expected to have bifold doors opening on to landscaped gardens filled with firepits and off-road parking. Where's the designer fridge? The marble-topped island? Where's the wine rack? Is that a bedroom without and ensuite bathroom?" Some people do not want reality (unless it is dancing or talent or some other rubbish like that). This is about a couple who have been married 27 years making their way in life. He has been made redundant and is lost what to do (Sean Bean portrays this so well). His wife is not getting taken seriously at work and this is frustrating her (played well by Nicola Walker). They have a grumpy parent to care for, They are a couple who have lost a son and can't talk about it to their adopted daughter. The boring daily chores are real. We could relate to them sharing the kitchen and the kitchen duties. You just get on with it. You do dig at each other a bit but usually end up laughing. We go into restaurants and see couples eating a meal and never speaking. We are usually talking and laughing all the time. I must defend Sean Bean, he did well with the roll, looked the part with his oversized track suit bottoms. He does tend to do the Sheffieldish a bit too mush but Michael Caine never changes his accent even when he is a German. Only one thing I didn't like about the program was the music...Partita for 8 voices:No1 Allemande. Stick it out to the last episode it sorts out a few things.

Exactly. My son has the idea that if you don't know about it you haven't got it. Not just men, there's women who won't go for cervical/breast screening in case they have got it, I don't understand them. When I was asked how I found out I had a brain tumour, I told them an eye test. How many said they would not go to get an eye test! Get checked as early as possible it is the difference between life and death.

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. It's about time we pay more attention to men's wellness.

First off, hope you are doing well Leo. My husband was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in November. At the moment he is on active surveillance as he was diagnosed early stage low grade. We will be following your thread with interest. Re your comments about getting tested. I totally agree but, however, don't rely on your doctor alone. Over 30 years ago my husband had been treated for continuous catarrh for over 15 months. He had balance, hearing and eyesight problems. He went to see an Optician who sent him to see a private specialist. The day after he saw the specialist he was in the hospital and booked in for an emergency operation. He had an acoustic neuroma, a tumour that was very large attached to his acoustic nerve. Years later I myself had been misdiagnosed twice by my doctor, once ending up with major surgery for a meningioma brain tumour. Both times it took me approx 2 years to get the correct diagnosis. Re the brain tumour, even a specialist at a private hospital said I had tinnitus and sinusitis. The one who diagnosed I had a problem was an Optician. Therefore, a simple eye test could also save your life.

The old saying "history repeats itself". We need to be prepared.