Today the new school term started......it has been anticipated for many weeks at my daughters house.
The uniform had been bought, name labels attached to everything....and everything kept in a neat little(or not so little) pile....waiting for this day.

Her little lad, formerly known as 'Tiddler'
was due to start at 'big' school.
He couldn't wait. This event has loomed large on his horizon for what seems like an age.

He has been wanting to go to school for the last two years....and the last few weeks at pre-school, he felt, were very trying.
This was because he saw himself as a 'big boy'.......and no longer wanted to be associated with the 'babies'.
He wanted to be doing different things...

Margaret Pilkington

Yesterday I was telling you briefly how accyweb came into being, I think it only fair to let you know how the meets actually got started, I found a thread about it and will post it lower down.

Sometime around September-ish 2003 Mother hen (Mez) arrived on site and it changed for ever. Being the sort of person always ready for an excuse to drink it was suggested that we have a Christmas party, this was duly arranged (By Mick) and held in the Oak Tree on Blackburn Road, Benipete was the Landlord back then and he welcomed us to his pub, his Daughter Vicky did the eats.
(The evening so traumatised the pair of them that they were reluctant to go on line and become members until earlier this year).

It was suggested...

Less