The last days of August

Monday is of course a Bank Holiday which generally means people either go out doing last minute return to school shopping for things that traditionally meant stationery such as folders for projects, pens, paper and pencils, geometry sets and bags.

Most parents should of sorted out uniform items by now as either they're the same as last year or if it's a new school all of that was set out in the glossy prospectus together with any required stockists for certain items.

The other thing is and I'd rather parents did it, is to take them out for a day trip for a picnic and a stroll because however we wrap this thing up it has been been a stressful time and some of the stuff around schools has not helped with that.

After a fashion our parks reopened for boys and girls to play in although truth be known a good number had been using it before being lifted over the gates by parents and the happy sounds of children chattering has returned to it although locally a number had been around on foot and on bikes playing.

Coming soon is this five cd set of classic children's songs and rhymes most of which aren't really nursery songs but more what was played on children's radio shows when it was recognized that children were that not pint sized adults who liked funny songs rather like the sort we'd sing at scout gang shows and camp.