@Kaytee posted:

Ridiculous prices Dame....someone is profiteering 😱

and the meals are sh*te to be fair, when I was at school we had our own cooks and the meals were lovely. Not bloody £3 quid for a premade sodding wrap

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

plus £60 lunch money, I really don't know how people manage

lots of lovely scenery from the trains in Scotland

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

         

dunno how much your school meals are Ros, ours about £3.50 a day depending on what they have

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

and the meals are sh*te to be fair, when I was at school we had our own cooks and the meals were lovely. Not bloody £3 quid for a premade sodding wrapwhe

yep same here - and yes its disgusting dammeeee

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes similar kaytee - not sure about the uni but colleges are- if they live outside the catchment its the local bus  ,pay ,walk or lift

Outside the catchment is a different borough.....we are like a peninsula on the edge of London so have borders with at least 3 non London boroughs....so I don’t know what happens then

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

lots of lovely scenery from the trains in Scotland

some wonderful old train stations bulldozed in England...our was lovely, now we have a glass shelter

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

lots of lovely scenery from the trains in Scotland

Gorgeous

@Kaytee posted:

Outside the catchment is a different borough.....we are like a peninsula on the edge of London so have borders with at least 3 non London boroughs....so I don’t know what happens then

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yep same here - and yes its disgusting dammeeee

profit profit profit...kids, what kids

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

and the meals are sh*te to be fair, when I was at school we had our own cooks and the meals were lovely. Not bloody £3 quid for a premade sodding wrap

Me too....but the meals were still awful....I took a packed lunch most of the time

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

some wonderful old train stations bulldozed in England...our was lovely, now we have a glass shelter

yes its shocking dammeeee same in Eccles - they did the same thing - it takes away the character

I love Busy Lizzie ...especially the New Guinea type ...usually plant then in the front beds

@Kaytee posted:

Me too....but the meals were still awful....I took a packed lunch most of the time

ours we're really nice...local recipes made by Mrs Gibbons

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

some wonderful old train stations bulldozed in England...our was lovely, now we have a glass shelter

Ours is listed because it was built in the 1930s.....Art Noveau and all that,  it’s ok inside but the outside has to stay

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes its shocking dammeeee same in Eccles - they did the same thing - it takes away the character

such a shame, when you see these volunteers doing their best to keep the old station looking lovely

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

ours we're really nice...local recipes made by Mrs Gibbons

Ours were diabolical 🤣

@Baz posted:

I love Busy Lizzie ...especially the New Guinea type ...usually plant then in the front beds

I haven’t got any at the moment, not been to the garden centre yet,it’s always rammed

@Kaytee posted:

Ours is listed because it was built in the 1930s.....Art Noveau and all that,  it’s ok inside but the outside has to stay

before

after

@Baz posted:

I love Busy Lizzie ...especially the New Guinea type ...usually plant then in the front beds

yes they are lovely

@Kaytee posted:

Ours were diabolical 🤣

Mrs Gibbons and her sister had a bakery...it was local fine dining to us kids

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

before

after

only  got the after dammeee

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

before

after

That’s sacrilege!.....Here you have to keep the facade for buildings ,whatever you do behind

@Kaytee posted:

Ours were diabolical 🤣

So was ours 🤣🤣

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Mrs Gibbons and her sister had a bakery...it was local fine dining to us kids

You were bliddy lucky🤣🤣🤣

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

only  got the after dammeee

awful eh...must have been pulled down in the 80's

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

such a shame, when you see these volunteers doing their best to keep the old station looking lovely

@Kaytee posted:

That’s sacrilege!.....Here you have to keep the facade for buildings ,whatever you do behind

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

awful eh...must have been pulled down in the 80's

yesshame

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

before

after

What a shame Dame

whoever was on that bridge must have a black face now

have you got the before image dammeee-

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

whoever was on that bridge must have a black face now

Yes

@Baz posted:

What a shame Dame

really was Baz, the council should hang their heads

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

whoever was on that bridge must have a black face now

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

They did the same in Sunderland....tore down the Victorian station and the TownnHall....and built 1960s rubbish instead

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

have you got the before image dammeee-

here you go Ros

@Kaytee posted:

They did the same in Sunderland....tore down the Victorian station and the TownnHall....and built 1960s rubbish instead

I hate to see old building destroyed in years to come there's nothing left to represent our era

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

here you go Ros

still not showing dammee

@Dame_Ann_Average posted:

I hate to see old building destroyed in years to come there's nothing left to represent our era

yes agree dameee