special days cause so much trouble

I think I'm a bit older than you Ana!

I lived in Didsbury when the children were young and they went to Beaver Road and then on to secondary school. Sometimes I wish those days were back again life seemed so much easier than it is at the moment.

I shared a flat in Didsbury in the early 70s when I was a student too - but I don't think it was with joannapiano (although of course you never know!).

joanna apparently Owens Park is going to be demolished because it is no longer 'fit for purpose'.
When I was at Manchester it was fairly new and the 'in' place to have a room.
I lived in Withington which was nearer to the university than Didsbury, but it still necessitated a bus ride to get there. There was one bus driver who would call out 'Manchester Holiday Camp!' as the bus drew up outside the Students Union on Oxford Road

I shared a flat in Didsbury when I was a student, and had a boyfriend who lived in Owens Park in Fallowfield.

That counts.

I did once visit a friend in Didsbury about 40 years ago. !!

it's the posh bit

Apparently it is

Is it worth a day trip?

#gettingcuriousnow

...er.....I've just been out for lunch in Didsbury.....hee hee

any more? Lurkers welcome.

Haven't lived in Didsbury, but Dd lived in Fallowfield in her final year at Manchester in a street behind the Fire Station and we too used to take her to lunch in Didsbury!!

When my GD was a student and lived in Fallowfield, I used to take her to lunch in Didsbury. Does that count?

Really, though (back to OP as I have never been to Didsbury) it isn't the "special days" that cause trouble, it's the people involved in them, isn't it? The awkward, the difficult, the angry etc family members are the ones who cause trouble.

And yes, I do see that a special occasion will exacerbate the problems.

Ok. Another 'hands up'. Anyone who hasn't lived in Didsbury?

I don't like being left out of anything so.... I lived for a while in Fallowfield just off Wilbraham Road, and would push DD in the buggy to Didsbury and we used to go to see the Police horses which were stabled there.

Because jingle the story of Mothering Sunday being celebrated so servants could visit their mothers is something that must have passed me by. I thought it started centuries ago and had more to do with the church. I would imagine the servants having the day off to visit their mothers would have happened much later.

Same as Halloween which had its origins in England, Scotland and Ireland. Many of these traditions would have been continued by immigrants from the UK and are still celebrated in those countries where many of the British settled. Just nowadays everything is very commercialised.

anno I didn't realise you lived in Mexico

It's called Mother's Day in Australia (like the Americans) and it is celebrated in May.

I don't think Faye is actually Australian, although I know she lives there now.

Now that makes it sound like I'm criticising Faye in particular! I'm not criticising anyone!

God! Things can get misinterpreted on GN!

Not patronising. Just a bit surprised.

Well, jingl, I'd never heard of Mothering Sunday until I came south of the Border so it's hardly surprising if an Austraiian member didn't know of it. Don't be so patronising!

Crikey Faye! How have you managed to reach your ever-so-slightly-advanced-years without hearing about that?