[Margaret Pilkington]

You are right Beechy.... we didn't have the expectations that the young people today have, because we weren't told to have those expectations.

It was a different time, almost a different world.....and we were grateful for what we had. That doesn't mean that we didn't strive for something better.....and we certainly wanted our own children to have better than we had.......otherwise the world would go backwards......but I do think we have to realise that not everyone is academic....and if they were who would do the so called 'menial tasks'........we have to see that talent comes in many guises, and practical skills must be valued alongside the academic stuff.
After all what kind of world would it be if we were all mathematicians and scientists.....no builders, joiners, binmen etc? Pretty poor would be my answer.