Bill Gibbon

Someone from RAF Waddington had a lovely morning.

She (Sarah) wanted to called 'Clemence' when she turned up.

Long handled broom and gardening gloves for leaves. Had a leaf sucker/shredder ... was brilliant 10 years ago but these days? It's too blummin heavy!!

Indeed, and there were sets of ‘text books’ - Objective English, the Unstead history books, Scottish Primary Maths, Pirates reading schemes, SRA Reading Labs (!!) Alpha/Beta Maths etc …

Yup .. “Harnessing Technology” programme, “Strategic Technologies Programme”, “Beyond Current Horizons programme” etc. all running from early noughties until kiboshed by Gove, and libdem Nick had a hand in that too ..

Parents’ evening next week …

In the seventies I just had a queue outside my room. Worked a treat.

A Barbara Hepworth Sculpture ...

was about to reply a Barbara Hepworth Sculpture ... probably will anyway!

RSA Newcastle Network Encounter tonight. Tyneside Cinema Bar/Cafe.

Government tackles postcode lottery of school technology Every school to have reliable, safe tech in classrooms as government rolls out plans for the future of digital standards to ensure no child is left behind

Well indeed … www.gov.uk/government/n...

Children offered chickenpox vaccine on NHS All young children in England and Wales will be offered a free chickenpox vaccine by the NHS from January 2026.

People cannot catch shingles from someone with chickenpox. But they can catch chickenpox from someone with shingles if they have not had chickenpox before.

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#health

Office - cactuses!! Classrooms - ferns!

Would love the King to tell us today in his speech why he gets £132m a year for charging rent to Wind Turbines for worthless seabed.

The money comes straight from your energy bills, £3.30 each.

Don't rush - but Morrisons have mince pies on sale already ...

However - I loved your pics from Nice - one of our favourite places to be. Used to be able to fly cheaply from Newcastle for a long weekend, but now it's only possible via Amsterdam and it's getting a little too busy, and therefore more expensive! x

Would normally ‘like’ all your posts that I see, but not going to this time. Xx

Good luck everyone involved in Results Day. May the tears be mostly happy, and the unhappy ones turned around after a couple of phone calls.

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Your OH does a wonderful job. I did that for years - it was really hard turning away some eager young people, but seeing the elation in the eyes of those we accepted (we had to interview) after they'd experienced a bad result was just fantastic. And then seeing them graduate later was even better.

To quote an old line, the average IQ of both parties has gone up.

Defining Culture Shock. A couple in their mid seventies walking down Dean Street in Newcastle on their way to a theatre on the Quayside. On a Saturday evening.

So there’s the first Xmas card catalogue in the inbox.

DMA statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...

Bravo to Durham Miners’ Association 👏👏

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Oh dear. Domaine n waiting for configuration? Bad link.

It’s a wingless (or runner) Wyvern?

We went to Blaydon Races, ’twas on the 9th of June, Eighteen hundred and sixty-two, on a summer’s afternoon…’. Happy 163rd anniversary of your anthem, Geordies!

Not reading emails or social media after 7pm or writing 3word responses …

On the other hand… why was it delayed? Do they not want her until after Xmas? Need to talk to the offering HT.

Negotiate. Let her go.

London's new tube map: Bond Street shuffles, step-free changes, and Cutty Sark closes It’s June, and that means many things, but one of them is also the release of a new tube map on the TfL website.

It’s June, and that means many things, but one of them is also the release of a new tube map on the TfL website.

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