[lace-chat] Travelling in the UK/Opals

2008-06-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Liz, you are so lucky. I absolutely love opals. I've got a ring, earrings, and bar brooch all with small green opals, which I bought for myself, but very much regret that, when my grandmother died in the 1980s, no-one knew what the large (about half an inch by three quarters of an inch)

[lace-chat] Travelling in the UK

2008-06-02 Thread Jean Nathan
Dora wrote: But I thought that in England taking a train was routine. It is routine for people who commute from home to work. It's usual for people, for example, to live in Brighton on the south coast and work in London. It would be madness for them to attempt to drive to London. The train

Re: [lace-chat] Travelling in the UK

2008-06-02 Thread Sue Duckles
Hi All Soapbox out We give all people over 60 a free bus pass which entitles them etc... however parents who live within 2 miles of their local school cannot get free travel for their children!! My son is 16 and still in full time education at school. If he walked he'd have to walk