Manchester Blog

My wife has experienced the complete chaos that is the CRB check for working in schools.
I applaud any effort to keep pupils safe but I really think these CRB checks are a completely red-tape bound waste of time.
For example my wife sent in an application to work at schools through an agency and 3 [...]

I was at Manchester Central today having arrived at the G-Mex station via Metrolink. Inside the exhibition hall they were running Business Northwest, incorporating BEX Conference.
I met some great people there, including a balloon artist called Andrew Smith. He created some fabulous balloon sculptures, including this one of Goofy and a fantastic one [...]

It’s funny, you think you live in a relatively crime free area.
The suddenly…WHAM!
You get stuff stolen and children threatened and beaten up.
It started when my brand new Walkman mobile went walkies by itself from the house. Hmm…
Then the eldest child (EC) borrowed my brand new replacement phone and unbeknownst to me goes into Manchester [...]