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Archive page for Monday, 04 February 2008

 Mo, Feb 4, 2008
Pancake day. Will you?
Pancakes with currents, sugar and lemon
Pancakes with currents, sugar and lemon
Flippin' heck - Pancake Day at risk of dying out, says poll: "The poll shows more than two-thirds said they would either ignore the tradition or make only a half-hearted effort to mark the occasion.

Shrove Tuesday represents the feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, and is traditionally the last opportunity to use eggs and fats before the 40-day Lenten fast leading to Easter.
My little sister Christine On St David's Day
My little sister Christine On St David's Day, back in the '70s


A glimmer of hope involves young people. The poll claims that the age group most likely to mark Pancake Day enthusiastically is 18 to 24 year olds. The group most likely to ignore the tradition, surprisingly, is the over 55s."

I'll be making really thin ones, with currents, sugar and lashings of lemon juice—just like my mam makes. It's funny, that many people aren't making pancakes any more. Because I was going to do a theme. After all, it's on my list of high days and holidays.

Looks like St David's Day is the next one. Did you see us win at Twickers—first time in 20 years! Man, I was jumping and jumping and jumping!

# Posted by Steve Hooker at 4/2/08; 1:55:34 PM to the Off topic dept.
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Pancake day. Will you?



It's the politicians that decide
BBC: School closures in Cumbria: The uphill battle against closure: "You get a group of teenagers together from this area and they don't know each other because they're all scattered around in different schools.
It's had a huge impact. We used to have harvest festivals in the church. The kids would perform in church.
They'd run errands for the older folk. Now that kind of thing doesn't happen any more."

# Posted by Steve Hooker at 4/2/08; 10:10:04 AM to the Education news dept.
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It's the politicians that decide