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Oliver will buy woodbine!!

Found it!

Ahhh! You found it... By Wendy Cope! She's very funny!

I always thought Roy and Hayley would get Mrs Antrobus's house when she died - but that never happened. I think the Grundys will be allowed to stay on at Grange Farm as tenants, but problems will arise again when Oliver dies (how old is he by the way?) though they'll still somehow be allowed to cling on in the end. It's sort of an ongoing Archers theme (there have always been Grundys at Grange Farm). I'd love someone to buy Ed and Emma a house - I really felt for her when Fallon was showing off the house in Borchester and implying it was really second best after Woodbine - but realistically who gets a house bought for them by a kind benefactor? I suppose he might lend them a deposit - I like the idea of Ed building a house for them with the help of Neil (who has experience after all). Do we know if Caroline had made a will - from Oliver's cluelessness about what to do with any of her things it sounds like she hadn't. That would be an interesting storyline (currently struggling through probate for an intestate relative myself - similar sort of unexpected death, planning to get round to it, but hadn't quite done it) especially as Caroline had so many assets.

do we know if Caroline had made a will - from Oliver's cluelessness about what to do with any of her things it sounds like she hadn't.

Earlier in the week, he said something to Shula about how they'd talked about death when they were making their wills together. I'd have thought her family background and business skills and so on - I think she'd have recognised the importance of a will. (Must update mine.) I don't think either she or Oliver would have been a total stranger to solicitors, and I don't think she was one for putting things off.

I shall miss Caroline/Sara's voice.

Thanks - yes I remember now. Surely she would have discussed what she wanted to happen to any particular items then? Maybe he just forgot.

Or maybe some of them just weren't that significant to her.

Meanwhile, back at the Justin/Matt power struggle.
Justin has (pretty much) admitted to Matt that he ruined the Investment Day. Matt has supposedly conceded defeat, realising that he can't compete against a big beast. I'm wondering what Hugo Melling makes of this. Do we think that Matt will set one BB against another and bide his time in the background until they have destroyed each other, re-emerging to pick up what's left (Lilian, inter alia).

Re. Caroline's will, I got the impression that she had one but that it probably didn't specify what was to happen to small items like jugs and other ornamental knick knacks. I know when I started my will I tried to make an inventory of every little thing but then gave up and went down the route of everything to dd except a couple of specific bequests.

When someone dies suddenly there is a lot of stuff to sort through (relatives who have died after an illness definitely did the 'getting affairs in order')

So I can see why it's a bit much for him. Going through personal belongings is tough

I just listened to the last 1\3 of the film and have a large lump in my throat ,such lovely acting from Oliver and Ed. Though I reckon he owes more to Clarrie for his good sense than Oliver and Caroline.

I thought that Jill would throw something at the Duxfords, clever writing, making it happen accidentally and before the fete!

So the deadline for abstracts for Academic Archers 2018 is this weekend... Anyone submitted anything or planning to go? It's at the British Library on 17 Feb.

Is the BL the one in Euston Rd? Okay YH just across the road!! When in Lincoln l was saying it was dh's turn next year. Wondering now if we can just chuck a peanut butter sandwich and an Oyster card at the two resident sons (both win developmental problems) and both go. I'm certainly not presenting anything except myself maybe.

Anyone reckon that Emms is going to be a bit peeed off at Fallon's good luck with bagging a quite wealthy bloke.,with nice parents. who treat their children fairly.

I can't believe what a pair of scroungers Harrison and Fallon are turning out to be! Letting his near to retirement parents extend their mortgage so H&F can get Woodbine

The Ambridge Money Fairy strikes again!

Isn't that just reality these days? I don

Oops. I don't think many people their age can afford to buy without help, especially a prime property in a pretty village.

If necessary we would remortgage to help our DC get on the housing ladder. They will need a lot of help, even in "cheap" areas prices are out of reach for most normal salaries. We've made money from rising house prices but the only way to access this "money" is via a remortgage.

When I was a young un you bought within your needs and accepted that your first home wasn't going to be a prime property

i would never have asked my parents to go into further debt for me - no matter how much I felt they had given my sibling

Point being they don't need help - they want help so they can buy something nicer

Hmm. I would say Woodbine Cottage is a good investment (assuming no post-Brexit property crash).

Maybe H's parents are taking the long view on what's good for the family, grandchildren etc.

I would believe that if they had been to see the properties etc etc

It sounds more like he guilted them into it

Exactly - they don't need to borrow money from parents. Harrison's got a decent deposit for another place. I do hope he's going to get a legal agreement protecting the amount of money him and ma and pa have put into the property!

Yes Imbroglio and mummytime We've helped our children too. It's normal ain't it? If you've got the money . I believe in treating each child equally too.

I would feel guilty if I was helping just one of our offspring.