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Hi, Jean Poole was my mum. She passed away in June this year. Why are you looking for her?

The worst holiday i've ever had was in Dacia in Corfu. The beach (?) consisted of nothing but pebbles and cigarette ends, the apartment (?) was situated in the middle of some fields, we were surrounded by chickens, cockerels, goats etc and there was no street lighting (luckily we had been advised to take a torch). We had to hire 2 fans so that we could breathe at night (we daren't leave the windows open cos of the mozzies), and i got bitten to death by the bloody things and ended up at the medical centre. Never ever again.

Also, I'd just like to say that i love Malta and am thinking of going there again later this year.

Same here in Mosborough, since 10pm last night. My daughter who lives in Stannington says hers is working ok. Ironic that as i'm typing this a 3 advert with 'the network built for the internet' is on tv

It'd imagine it's up near ulley reservoir, up penny hill lane

 

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Yeah that's the one at B&Q distribution centre heading towards Manton Wood Industrial Estate, that is a beast!

The huge turbine at the B&Q distribution centre terrifies me, I have to put the sun visor down whenever i drive past so I can't see the big swishy arms! (going cold just talking about it)

Could i suggest this.

Ha ha!! Tried them but can't sleep as I can hear the blood rushing round in my ears!!

Five pages of posts and I'm still no wiser as to what the plane was flying round for!! It stopped me from getting to sleep in Mosborough last night, and I've felt rubbish all day at work today, so will whoever it is please go and fly somewhere else tonight as I'm working tomorrow too.

the road out.....

they have put up my retirement age twice which now means I can't retire until I'm 66 - it should have been 64 which was bad enough, but then they decided to up the retirement age early which means that I got clobbered twice.

I have a copy of "a popular history of Sheffield" the author is j Edward vickers. The book was published in 1978 and is about 250 pages with illustrations. The isbn number is 0715812416. It is a good book and you might find one on Amazon etc. Thecauthorvwas a well known local historian and artist. He lived off abbey dale road. I met him once and bought one of his paintings (of norton). Hope this is of use.

Hi I have this book too, its really interesting and very informative

Just wanted to say a big 'thank you' to Avante Removals for an excellent job when we moved house last Friday - you guys were great and made a stressful day a lot easier. Cheers!

To be honest we've had no problems with Haybrooks at Gleadless. We got a valuation from them which was what we were expecting, and they got us quite a few viewings within the first 2 days, and the house was sold within 5 days. They do seem to shift a lot of houses in our area.

A couple who live near to us have just paid £12,000 to have solar panels installed. It's going to take a good few years before they start to make any profit from them

My cuckoo clock that I bought 31 years ago - it stills works perfectly

Personally I can't think of anything worse than putting my feet in a tank full of fish - yuk, it makes me cringe!

I have a feeling that in the 60's, the GCE 'O' level was graded with numbers, 1-6 being deemed passes and 7-9 failures.

Yes that is true, when I sat my 'O' Levels in 1970 they were indeed graded with numbers, as above. OMG, it was a long time ago!!

Hi we have been looking at a house in the Westcroft Drive area and not knowing that district very well, are wondering what it is like as an area to live?

My husband and I did it a few years ago. We were due to have a week in our caravan at Skegvegas and the weather was awful, so we had a look on teletext, phoned up and booked a week in Majorca, leaving the next day. We picked up our tickets at the airport and had a brill holiday with 90 degrees temp every day!

Our pooches have James Wellbeloved, another top quality dry complete dog food - costs around £7.50 - £8.00 per 2kg bag depending on where you get it from

Don't forget matches to light your camping stove if its not got electronic ignition. We learned this the hard way!!

I think they must be the same people who we saw at Rivelin Valley last weekend - but they were horizontal rather than vertical.

Don't forget that the ruins of Sheffield Castle are underneath the market - maybe something to do with that?

Our Cairn Terrier is obsessed with the adverts on TV - he'll even come running in from the garden to watch them. He knows every advert that has a dog in it, and even growls at Churchill (oh yes!) Also since the Libyan saga started, he's decided that he doesn't like the foreign correspondents who report on it on the BBC, and he howls at them too. He's a strange animal!

Below is an email I received last week - I'm up for it and eagerly await my payout!!

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

Please find below some suggestions for fixing England's economy.

Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the

money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.

You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:

There are about 10 million people over 50 years of age in the work force.

Pay them £1 million each severance for early retirement with the

following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire.

Ten million job openings - unemployment fixed

2) They MUST buy a new British car.

Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -

Housing Crisis fixed

4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university -

Crime rate fixed

5) They MUST buy £100 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week ......

and there's your money back in duty/tax etc

It can't get any easier than that!

Our cordyline too has suffered really badly this winter, and as we walk our dogs we have noticed that many round where we live have suffered too. I looked on the internet and one website said to cut the top 6 or 7 inches off the trunk and seal the top with wax to protect it. If the rot has not gone too far down the trunk, then it should start resprouting come the warmer weather. We are going to give this a try and see if it works.

Urgh I can't stand the stuff!