Advantages: Great rates, easy to set up
Disadvantages: Far away

...and feuding, which ended in an agreement that the parents of the children would be the trustees for the account but the accounts were to be set up at the Harpenden Building Society, only a few hundred miles from our place and about two from my uncle's. Now, I can't comment on opening my original account but when I became eighteen I had to convert my account to from a 18 Club Account to a 21 Club Account. The procedure was very simple. I received a letter from the building society listing my options i.e. converting my account to a 21 Club which gives you the option of continued 5% interest, which the 18 Club Account offers, but with the advantage of the possibility to make up to three withdrawals a year; or I could close the account and receive the money straight away. I decided to convert my account, all I had to do was fill in a simple form... Read review

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Advantages: Charity that makes a difference for disabled
Disadvantages: None

...of North London). When you borrow the vehicle - this is where you will pick it up from and return it to. Where can you find more information (send donations to)? The Co-Ordinator (Julia Pryor) The Barbara Bus Fund 42 Granby Avenue Harpenden Herts AL5 5QR Phone 01582 620123 Email Julia@barbarabus.com How did my cousin get on? Well thanks to the Barbara Bus Fund - we were able to use the vehicle "Rose" for one week. It meant he could visit England and see the sights of London. He had a wonderful trip and was so glad to be able to get around. So if you know anyone who is wheelchair bound for whatever reason and they need to borrow a vehicle for a period of time - please net them know about the Fund - they are only too willing to help. We have found them to be extremely kind, considerate and helpful. In addition to letting us borrow... Read review

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Advantages: Linguistic high jinks
Disadvantages: Air of public school prankery

...dance to avoid bumping into someone), harpendens (protracted endings to telephone conversations), and of course, everyone’s nightmare, the tumby: “the involuntary abdominal gurgling which fills the silence following someone else’s intimate personal revelation”. It is the precision of definitions like that which, for me at least, are the core of the book’s appeal. It sets Lloyd and Adams firmly among British comics like the Pythons, Alan Bennett, Victoria Wood and Stephen Fry who delight in the oddness, variety and sheer expressive potential of our language. For instance, they can spot the nuances of dread and drabness – with just a hint of forced jollity – in the word “drebley”. They then go on to yoke it to that daily phenomenon, the punsome shop name. Their definition (“Name for a shop which is supposed to be witty but is in fact... Read review

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