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Education

The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call It a Day

19th December 2025 Going Postal 0

When I handed in my resignation/retirement letter to the Head Teacher, Mrs Easthope, she agreed to move the usual end of term assembly from the morning to the afternoon. I wanted to give this speech, [more…]

Education

The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call It a Day

12th December 2025 Going Postal 0

By March 2020 I’d been doing the job for over 9 yrs. We’d all seen the videos coming out of China, people falling down dead in the street, the welding of tower block doors and [more…]

Education

The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call it a Day

5th December 2025 Going Postal 0

There are many reasons why I took on the job as caretaker. The school is just across the road, the pay is reasonable for the hours worked, I am, technically, my own boss and I [more…]

Education

The Party’s Over, It’s Time to Call it a Day

29th November 2025 Going Postal 0

It never entered my mind that I would be doing this job for… checks retirement date …more than 15 years… It was around March and Mrs C. was working at the school as a dinner [more…]

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Review: Kärcher WD2 Wet and Dry Vacuum

18th August 2020 Going Postal 0

I’m not someone who usually suffers from FOMO but having purchased a new wet & dry vacuum recently and seeing as it is de rigueur to post reviews of vacuum cleaners on GP I thought [more…]

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Gtech HyLite model SCV100 – product review

27th July 2020 Going Postal 0

‘I started Gtech to create sensible, easy-to-use products, which do a great job’ Nick Grey – inventor and owner of Gtech. Well, I think Mr Grey has achieved that in this case. Read on to [more…]

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