Bill Gibbon
@billgibbon.bsky.social
Ex teacher, adviser, HE tutor, Policy Adviser etc .. more fun being retired though.
Probably Saturdays …
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Probably Saturdays …
Mind the weather - don't go near the seafront!
January 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Mind the weather - don't go near the seafront!
I was 27. Now 75. Now have perhaps 6/8 flights a year, since 2004/5. (some of those are doubles - transfers at Heathrow/Amsterdam for instance)
January 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I was 27. Now 75. Now have perhaps 6/8 flights a year, since 2004/5. (some of those are doubles - transfers at Heathrow/Amsterdam for instance)
Wonderful. I really miss it.
January 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Wonderful. I really miss it.
Twitter used to be full of stuff from BETT ... Bluesky not so much. Still miss the buzz, but at 75yo can't really justify the expense! Have a wonderful show.
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Twitter used to be full of stuff from BETT ... Bluesky not so much. Still miss the buzz, but at 75yo can't really justify the expense! Have a wonderful show.
Have a wonderful time. Take pics and post ‘em ..
January 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Have a wonderful time. Take pics and post ‘em ..
Still have my copy. Somewhere.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Still have my copy. Somewhere.
One head I worked for ‘treated’ us to his wife‘s company at the staff night out at the local pizzeria. We were expected to pay for his and her meals as our present to him …
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
One head I worked for ‘treated’ us to his wife‘s company at the staff night out at the local pizzeria. We were expected to pay for his and her meals as our present to him …
She (Sarah) wanted to called 'Clemence' when she turned up.
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
She (Sarah) wanted to called 'Clemence' when she turned up.
Long handled broom and gardening gloves for leaves. Had a leaf sucker/shredder ... was brilliant 10 years ago but these days? It's too blummin heavy!!
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Long handled broom and gardening gloves for leaves. Had a leaf sucker/shredder ... was brilliant 10 years ago but these days? It's too blummin heavy!!
Indeed, and there were sets of ‘text books’ - Objective English, the Unstead history books, Scottish Primary Maths, Pirates reading schemes, SRA Reading Labs (!!) Alpha/Beta Maths etc …
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Indeed, and there were sets of ‘text books’ - Objective English, the Unstead history books, Scottish Primary Maths, Pirates reading schemes, SRA Reading Labs (!!) Alpha/Beta Maths etc …
Parents’ evening next week …
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Parents’ evening next week …
In the seventies I just had a queue outside my room. Worked a treat.
October 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In the seventies I just had a queue outside my room. Worked a treat.