tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post7227833249411734318..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Playing by the riverRob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-21536291653290850622013-02-24T08:47:28.501+00:002013-02-24T08:47:28.501+00:00Thanks for the comments. Yes, Margot, might be a ...Thanks for the comments. Yes, Margot, might be a longer story here.<br /><br />Marina, I think even older boys would reference the more recent Lewis over Morse (which ended in 2000). 18 year olds now were 5 then. It's one of my problems when teaching - finding cultural referents they can remember. With the exception of mature students none of them were born when Thatcher was in power or the Berlin wall came down! I was talking about a choke on a car recently and they were all looking at me as if I was mad. They remember from about 2002 onward with any kind of clarity. They're making me feel old - the summer of 1976 was the first time I can remember well.<br />Rob Kitchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-10444037407683563972013-02-24T08:19:13.033+00:002013-02-24T08:19:13.033+00:00Ha! I like the reference to Lewis and Midsomer Mur...Ha! I like the reference to Lewis and Midsomer Murders - which gives us a clue about the age of the boys (older ones would have referred to Morse, perhaps?).Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-5994746414749407092013-02-23T12:15:11.846+00:002013-02-23T12:15:11.846+00:00Oh this is great, Rob! Now I'm intrigued...I c...Oh this is great, Rob! Now I'm intrigued...I could see it as the beginning of a story actually. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com