Family Natters

If you or a relative are diagnosed with having a cavernous angioma (also known as cavernous hemangioma, cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) and cavernoma) you may wish to visit http://www.angiomaalliance.org.uk.  This site allows members to get in touch with and learn from each other.  Reading other people’s stories makes you realise that you are not alone, as does […]

Years after tearing my anterior cruciate ligament in a skiing accident, then completely rupturing it while trampoling, I finally decided to have it repaired.  I was at a stage where it was unstable even when I was walking the kids to school, and was swelling up for no reason I could think of.  I could do very […]

In this video that may be useful when teaching QCA hisory unit 9,  Alice remembers the Second World War.    Alice, who lived in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, talks about evacuees, rationing, blackouts, bombings, what people ate in the war, and land girls.

What are your personal memories of war?

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The next day she had a CT scan which confirmed a brain haemorrhage, and with a doctor and nurse, were sent off to a specialist hospital that had a dedicated ward, lights flashing and siren sometimes wailing.  Once there, for the first time […]

Annie had a cerebral haemorrhage due to the rupture of a cavernous hemangioma when she was 5 weeks old.  She nearly died and was in hospital for 10 days.  The doctors did not know for a long time what the problem was.   At 9 o’ clock in the morning she gave her first smile to […]

One of the best value canal boat day’s out is Pennine Cruisers of Skipton.   We hired one of their larger boats in February, and as it was their winter rate, it cost us just £85 for up to 10 people. 
The children loved helping to open and close the many swing bridges along the route, and […]