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Comment on Ex-Patriated school children by clrussell

clrussell — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:49:25 +0000

Good luck as you continue to settle into your new home. Thanks for following the Why The Writing works blog.

Comment on Ex-Patriated school children by kerindat

kerindat — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:41:59 +0000

As am I! I’m not saying there won’t be hiccups. I remember at first the two city councils fighting over where he would go because that is where the funding dollars would go – scarily similar to a U.S. fight we’ve had before. Luckily, that has been the only hiccup we had. Once he’s in the school, they really do seem to care about getting him educated. YAY!

Comment on Ex-Patriated school children by linzk425

linzk425 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:50:24 +0000

I’m so glad the UK education experience has been a positive one so far!

Comment on Ex-Patriated school children by linzk425

linzk425 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:48:40 +0000

Your boys are lovely – and I’m so glad the education experience has, so far, been positive!

Comment on Settling In by kerindat

kerindat — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:36:31 +0000

His wings are invisible? It’s actually quite apparent that his arm and the ball fell at some point – the ball is supposed to be held high above his head but is not, and his arm is held on by black duct tape now.

Comment on Settling In by Dave H

Dave H — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:16:07 +0000

That’s not a statue, it’s a winged angel. If you see an old blue police box appear then get really worried…

Comment on Southport Air show by Lynda

Lynda — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:58:33 +0000

What a shame about the house in Woolton Mount. Woolton is a lovely village, and I went to Woolton Primary school, and way back then it was a great school. Your new house sounds lovely though. I used to take my children to Knowsley Safari Park when they were small, but I don’t know Knowsley itself. I will look forward to lovely pictures of your house when you move in.

Comment on Southport Air show by kerindat

kerindat — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:20:37 +0000

Hello, Lynda! I am happy to have you as a reader as a fumble my way through your country.

We had actually originally decided to settle in Woolton, when we were house hunting in May. The house we’d picked was called Ashtor, and it was on Woolton Mount. The boys would have been walking to Woolton Primary. Since our visas got delayed (and some shenanigans on the part of the landlord, as well!), we didn’t get that house and were unfortunately unable to find something else that suited quite as well. Now we will be settling in Prescot, in an old farmhouse really close to Knowsley Safari Park. Are you familiar?

I will try to do justice to your hometown with my words! Thank you!

Comment on Southport Air show by Lynda

Lynda — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:09:33 +0000

Hi – I was directed to your blog through Rachel’s ‘Tales from the village’ blog, which I have been following for a few years. I am very interested to read about your impressions of Liverpool. I was born in Liverpool and lived there until 5 years ago. I was born in the suburb of Woolton, and went to school in Gateacre . I then moved to Crosby, which is about half way between Liverpool and Southport. So it is very interesting to read Rachel’s blog as she discovers Southport too.
My grown up kids all still live in Liverpool and I visit often – so if I hear any American accents next time I visit I will say Hi.

Comment on Southport Air show by Dave H

Dave H — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:46:54 +0000

It’s a Hurricane. Hawker is the manufacturer. There were more Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain than there were Spitfires.

You’ll have to come down to Duxford one day, see all the aircraft they’ve got stored there where you can walk around and see them up close. You can even walk through one of the Concorde prototypes.