The Locksley-Oakenshield Academy of Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy

[ComeIntoTheSinisterGardenMaud]

All specialisms catered for. We offer courses in

Hairdressing, whether for long hair or a more conventional short back and sides

Manicures

Skincare: facepacks and other beauty treatments

Body art

Advice on styling and personal grooming, ranging from
formal evening attire to casual wear, with specialist sessions on military uniform.

I prefer Mar-eye-ah to Ma-ree-uh although I like Mhairi even more.

Maria like Maria Aitken? Yes, I like it. I also like Jasper and Marcus, although less keen (profuse apologies) on Venetia. What about Atalanta?

::rather fond of poncetastic names emoticon::

::Imagines going on refined tea-shop-crawl with LadyD in Cambridge::

Lettice always amused me. Laetitia, I quite like, though, if you wanna be ponce-tastic.

::Realises that as LadyD is a mere strip of a girl she would no doubt prefer to go to low dives and dubious bôites::

Meanwhile, has anyone noticed the name of the new Greek PM?

Hmm, not sure on Atalanta. Too much like Atlanta. ::waits for Maud to reveal it's Girl's name::

Most of GH's female characters' names aren't very useable to be fair; my favourite heroines after Venetia are Frederica, Annis, Drusilla, Anthea, and Judith, none of which I can imagine shouting across a playground!

I wanted Cecily for a girl but LordD refused to even add it to the shortlist.

Maud, sadly the best teashop in Cambridge shut down recently. Perhaps we could go for a punt down the Cam and then for a decorous stroll along the Backs?

Tee hee, Massive I had to go and check it wasn't Spiro.

But if you mean Fitzbillies, LadyD, it's about to reopen, I hear.

::Love the Fitzbillies' buns emoticons::

Back again - Mr S has retired so I can watch DVD and tap away at the same time!

We had no trouble agreeing on DD's name, although her middle name changed three times. Found out very recently that not only is her middle name a derivative of Mr S's nan's, her first name is a version of my great nan's!

We have never been able to agree on any other names since though, so just as well we've stuck to one.

I like lots of names that begin with the same letter as our surname which really doesn't work.

That idea just needs tweaking a little bit, Massive. Mr Thornton and I will take an elegantly-chauffeured punt down the Cam while dear Jasper uses his épée to punt LadyD towards Grantchester.

IS IT? ::squeals:: Hooray. I hope you have that on good authority...

The Adventures of Maud and LadyD in Cambridge.

My favourite boy's name alliterates with our surname so I couldn't have that either.

::should have married someone else emoticon::

I'd known for ages what I wanted DD to be called and the colonel agreed with me. She's mainly known by the shortened version but has a very traditional grown up name attached! When I named her the shortened version was on the names list in about 3000th place. Last year it was way inside the top 100! all because it has been used on a few notable TV series recently and by a couple of sleb parents!! I like to think I started its rise in popularity!!

Loving the decor of the commune - do hope small isn't intimidated by all the demands!!. Lucas or JP's room for me!!

Right best get upstairs. The colonel just had to send an email to his father who we've not seen in over 10 years or had much contact with since then to tell him his ex-wife is dying. So he's understandably in need of some attention!

Knight all

Oh just quickly that reminds me. According to Vampboy Knights are nocturnal as they are only active at night and spend all day asleep in bed! I think he's got a fabulous understanding of our knight in particular!!

Pretty good authority, LadyD. ::winks:: If I hadn't been so poorly this week, I would have gone to Cambridge and could have done some reconnaissance.

Maud and LadyD encourage Mr Thornton to take part in some impromptu swimming

Now, I'm liking that part of the excursion an awful lot, Maud.

Dear Claude has captured us beautifully here

KnoctuRnAl Knights! Mmmmm...

Oh, I say , Maud. Didn't you forget your cossies?

Looks like a fab tea shoppe! Cambridge is where the colonel and I had our first few outings so it has a special place in our hearts too!! Have you room for one more I'll ditch the husband and bring JP!

Sorry, LordD has just come in from choir practice and is distracting me .

Let's try that again, Dear Claude has captured us beautifully here.

And your source is very reliable indeed.

Have we had this interview?

I think we have tbh, but am getting withdrawal symptoms with so little news from Hobbiton.

The colonel is watching newsnight by the way I'm not ignoring him!!

It is all very quiet on the new news front isn't it! How's the plans going for the academy field trip down under?

Claude has captured us at Fitzbillies?

We were at the Newnham Riverbank Club, Massive. Costumes are considered to be de trop there. And actually, LadyD, on second thoughts you can organise your own swimming party with dear Jasper.