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I used to get the tattie howking holidays—the week in October for the potato picking. Although I did not live in a rural area—I lived in Perthshire, just on the outskirts of Dundee—the city schools did not get the holiday.I also remember the Easter holidays not quite coinciding with Easter itself; to some extent, tho...
It would be nice if we could project how we would like life to be, but we have to live with how life really is.As I said, we used hard data from four major city agencies.
If the Irish life expectancy is higher, perhaps Guinness is good for you, but if everybody is going to live to 85, the Chancellor might have a few problems with his pension provisions and I do not know how much tax we will all end up paying.
There can be no doubt that the involvement of grandparents is very positive in the lives of children, particularly the lives of children who become vulnerable after a relationship breaks down.
Would an increase in the number of professional clubs be likely to result in a reduction in the number of local clubs? No. If you lived in the Borders and did the work that I did, you would know that the community clubs—the town teams, as we call them—are very important.