Academy of Armitage Studies: The Research Continues

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Welcome to the new campus of the Academy for Advanced Armitage Studies, part of the University of Milton-Northern.

We offer courses at all levels from introductory to advanced and opportunities for independent research. Come and share your learning with us.

Well, we've had Robert Owen and New Lanark. I have to hand it to Robert Owen; he founded a school on very progressive lines whereas Mr Thornton merely (although this is still commendable, of course) paid for a child to attend a school.

Ok. Dropping off comms for a while. Will be back later if not snowbound and/or excessively intoxicated.

Meanwhile, here's an urgent delivery for Theresa (look in the basket) and .

Dear Johnny was not too well off though, what with the price of cotton sky-rocketing. And he failed to invest in those dodgy schemes because he was too Upright and Worthy.

Have fun, and be good! Thanks for the parting gift which I shall unwrap at leisure

So sorry Flowers, yes it was your DD - I misread who had posted, as MrsLN's post was immediately after yours. That's twice today I've done that - goodness, what is up with me today?! Maybe that Lucas picture I posted had more of an effedct on me than I realised :)

You know what's putting me off TTL more than anything at the moment? He can't use apostrophes correctly.

Shame I've gotta go out. This ought to be Victorian Mill-Owner Night. Keep the flame burning for me, Theresa, although obviously not in the mill as that would provoke Mr Thornton's wrath.

I'm watching Sparkhouse!

How is it, Oyster?

It's good, but don't want to spoil it. It's been a while since I watched it, good to watch the whole thing, rather than just the bits you see in fanvids.

Will watch that at some point. I am just BURSTING to watch N&S though, I think I may implode before Christmas.

I forgot about this! Not really a spoiler - somebody hanged the dog!

at incorrect apostrophes, Boden. I am glad I am not the only one who fusses about that sort of thing.

Did you know that the underside of Nottingham is riddled with caves? I didn't but you'd think script-writers would have made much use of such helpful plot-devices.

Oh Boden - N&S is less than a fiver new at Amazon - watch it for goodness sake!!!!! do you have to wait till Christmas!

Sparkhouse is one of those gritty northern dramas that you'll sure you'll hate, but it's actually quite watchabe and it has very good acting and although Mr A does not have a lead role, it's an important and significant one and well worth the £3.99 or so I paid for it.

I must put that on my (long) list then, Oyster.

I think I must have paid the least of anyone for a copy of N&S, they gave it away free with the Daily Mail a couple of years ago. As I think I've related rather gleefully before.

Oh, who's that rather interesting chappie with the cravat sez I. But being more interested in the social history aspect I didn't really twig on till RH hit our screens a few months ago.

Oyster, yes I have to wait because it's being bought for me for Xmas, dammit :) I put it on the list before I realised what an important study area it would be (I didn't really know anything about it at the time).

Re. illiterate Lucas, he keeps using apostrophes for plurals - pot's and Leprechaun's being today's offences. FGS, the Real Lucas would be enough of a class act to know how to use sodding punctuation.

So had you not seen Spooks until a few months ago either, Theresa?

So now we know it's Kevin and Perry, Boden.
Ye shall know them by their greengrocers apostrophe's.

Agreed, even after eight year's years in a Russian prison, Real Lucas would not do that.

No, Boden. Or rather I had seen series 1 and I think some of 2, but not series 7 or 8, I had to get the DVDs for that. After being intrigued with YT and other stuff posted here.

:o at calling them greengrocers apostrophe's - how delightfully observant!

Have you gone straight to 7 & 8 then? Having only seen 9, we're watching them chronologically (up to S3 at the moment - poor, lovely Tom!!)

Gotta dash now - happy studying, all.

Yup, I thought why mess about, might as well get down to the nitty gritty. And I couldn't afford to get all the others anyway, with other things prioritised

I don't think I shall ever be able to watch series 9. Series 7 and 8 are so sad for him all the time. I just want to cry every time he is on screen with those sad blue eyes. :(

Oh, I didn't know that 7 & 8 were sad!! Oh, poor Lucas :(

As for not being able to afford all the others, well... we didn't exactly pay for them, nudge nudge, wink wink...

He's always remembering Russia, and being tortured, and then there's the Sarah thing, that betrayal.

You must watch Spooks 9 - if only for the thud factor.

Some nice moments in Sparkhouse! And some angsty ones too!