Waddon Pete: It's my turn now to claim this post for *my* year of birth !

I enjoy this thread, too - I was so glad to see it's return last month. I'm just back tonight from a trip to Northants doing some Shakespeare workshops. Today we were in a residential Rudolf Steiner School for children with special educational needs and had a great time. I so admire the staff working there who are clearly doing a wonderful job. Yesterday had an afternoon off and visited Stoke Bruerne canal (and end of the long canal tunnel) - such an interesting place with so much history. Saw some fascinating old photos of the barge people and the beautiful lace bonnets the women wore. Lovely, lovely. It's so true what someone said here at the table recently: there is so much to explore here in the UK on our doorstep.

- jeanie