Annie Drynan

I agree. And he’s a proud man and used to being self-employed and doesn’t really get that being a casual labourer & paid little means he doesn’t get to pick and chose the jobs that he likes most. It can’t last. #TheArchers

But those boys are surely at an age when they don’t need/want to be palmed off on their grandparents every 5 mins? #TheArchers

Indeed. I keep thinking of Clarrie and Joe’s toenails! #TheArchers

An elaborate way of saying “Tracy would never work for Helen again if it was the last job on earth!”

#TheArchers.

(I had totally forgotten she’s had a previous run in with B Farm)

Because Susan also has all the right kitchen equipment & somewhere to store it, doesn’t have to worry about the energy bills and has a fridge/freezer big enough for bulk freezing. And I wonder who cuts Bert’s toenails? #TheArchers

Plus Ambridge has a pretty rubbish bus service so anyone outside the village young enough to be prepared to be bossed about by Bridge Farm and provided with minimal training is going to have to have their own transport ie be within realistic biking distance. #TheArchers

Pedant’s Corner: Clarrie is only 71. #TheArchers

I suspect Clarrie might have resigned from the dairy by now, given her problem with arthritis. #TheArchers

B

I suspect Josh only wants to work for himself. I don’t think he’s that interested in the farm - he just doesn’t want Pip to get it all. I really think he should go and entrepreneur somewhere else. I can’t see him as being an Entertainment Development Manager at Brookfield. #TheArchers

Is this the Borchester Show? Where Ed shows his Texels. (Ooh er, missus) surely we go there every year? (Was between rooms so may not have caught the name right.) #TheArchers

Did he kind of take up with Marjorie “the dog woman”’ Antrobus? (Who was herself a bit of an Aunt Laura.) But I’m those days I just accepted people without any idea why they had fetched up in Ambridge. #TheArchers

I think it’s the wedding market she really wants. Takes the pressure off the bride’s house bathrooms. She can do make-up touch ups all day at the venue. A bit niche but I bet she could charge a lot for people who want to be seen having a stupidly extravagant wedding. #TheArchers

I think it’s more “yes, I know her. She works hard and is honest and believes she can pay you” Can’t see Alice signing any paperwork over it. But I do love the way Chels hadn’t thought about where to keep the horse box during the makeover. #TheArchers

Sorry. Didn’t spot you were writing in ironics. It’s been a long day. #TheArchers

Hey, what’s with the stereotype? #TheArchers

She wants to work wedding venues etc. & establish a brand a bit more distinctive than the standard - head-over-the-kitchen-sink mobile hairdressers (who obvs do a great service for those who have difficulties getting out) #TheArchers

Not interested in farming. But interested in his parents’ wealth? Unless he really is the other-worldly Angel some believe him to be. #TheArchers (he could put the money to good use in the NHS, after all. )

Wouldn’t you act “weird” if Josh Archer came round to your house to snoop? #TheArchers

Bit unfair to cut Ben out in that case? #TheArchers

I think whole Akram thing isn’t trying to make him look stupid. It’s to highlight the importance of proper “onboarding” processes for new staff & how rubbish Bridge Farm is. Tom seems to believe in telepathy, not a paper plan of the poly tunnels. & Why was Akram left alone in the dairy? #TheArchers

I thought I heard some days”where Carol USED to live. Presumably she is on The Laurels these days. But no reason to let the house rot. #TheArchers

Busy day. Fantastic production of The Seafarer at Putney Arts Theatre. And we managed a couple
of hours at WWT Barnes in the morning.

@juleschao.bsky.social Sorry, I didn’t want to trigger anyone with my slightly flippant comments. I just meant that I think my parents were reactive rather than having their actions planned out.

How about Akram for hen manager? Or maybe Ruairi? #TheArchers

I wouldn’t! #TheArchers

Once he’s graduated he’ll be ready to go wherever has the best master’s course. And hopefully not care about the obnoxious gits. #TheArchers

More Armstrong and Miller, I think. #TheArchers

Never thought I’d see the words “spark” and “Rex” in the same sentence. #TheArchers

A screen shot of a very grainy page from the Brighton Guardian of April 1850.

Back to the #Archives today. I’d forgotten that vizzing through microfilm can bring in a vertigo attack. Luckily I remembered in time and looked away!