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"Capital gets first new primary school in 30 years"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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South of the city is very popular with families, also with those moving to the city from elsewhere. I suspect there's also quite a few families moving to the area from other parts of Edinburgh to ensure their kids get into Gillespie's/Boroughmuir.
Not just the south side though: Towerbank in Portobello also a victim of its own success, currently building a large extension over what was a lovely garden for the kids. Again, it's the search for PLU leading to a lot of families moving to the area.
Meanwhile, other schools not in the catchment for the better state high schools are below capacity.....having said that, my son's class at Abbeyhill is huge, so there's a general population boom across the city too. My theory is that there's a lack of mobility for many families, who can't move to the suburbs as the stagnant housing market means they can't sell their flat or can't afford to upgrade to a better area/larger place in Fife, etc.
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PLU? (presumably not pacific lutheran university as wikipedia suggests)
Posted 12 years ago # -
Perfect Learning & Understanding?
Pre-Later University?
Practical, Literate, Unable-to-pay-private?
Place to Limit Uninformednes?Posted 12 years ago # -
@WC, all the above probably. But it's a phrase beloved of certain types who don't want to get into discussions of broader class/background issues: "People Like Us".
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Product Line Unit. Official name for the "bar code number" in M&S
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Aha! I'll bet Kirsty Allsop uses that one (must warn, I absolutely detest that smug, self-satisfied, excuse for a TV presenter with her 'homemade' home that consists of paying other people to make very expensive bespoke items.
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Oh and the Beeb made a great TV series of the same name around the turn of the century. Brlliantly observed mockumentary with Chris Langham. Well worth checking out on DVD. Much better than the superficially similar The Office which followed soon after (and arguably copied some of the ideas from PLU), which must be the most overhyped comedy series of that period.
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Not quite the same, is it?
One Of Us implies membership of a defined class or group, eg. went to the same school, member of the same political party/faction, gentleman's club, secret society, military detachment, religion, ethnicity, etc.
People Like Us implies only similarity, not necessarily belonging. Similar tastes, interests, aspirations, attitudes, lifestyles, jobs, level of education, etc. But not necessarily the exact same background/group membership/class.
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People Like Us feels more 'created' and therefore based on a level of snobbery that can only come from determining that you yoursefl are those 'people' and only want to assciate with other 'people' you deem good enough to be like you.
Crowriver, I'm with you on the Office. Occasionally mildly amusing, but generally passed me by (much like most of Ricky Gervais' output).
The Day Today, however, I loved, so PLU sounds like my cup of tea.
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Chris Langham rather than the mighty Chris Morris, @WC.
For the record, I thought The Office was very funny. ;)
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I realise that *rolls eyes* but Langham tends to have been in satircally-type-Armando-Iannnnnnuccccci type stuff of a similar-ish vein.
But hmmmm, your Office admission is slightly worrying. What are your thoughts on, 1. Michael McIntyre, 2. Miranda Hart, and 3. Russell Brand?
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1 no.
2 yes (but the falling over gets a bit boring)
3 prefer his serous stuff but liked Bedtime StoriesPosted 12 years ago # -
PLU was made at an interesting time, when the Beeb's digital channels were experimenting and BBC3 (or "three" as it called itself then) actually commissioned some good stuff; ie. before it decided to bet the house on appealing mostly to narcissistic teens/twentysomethings who are obsessed with looks and their own problems.
Remember Monkey Dust? Also BBC3, around the same time (maybe slightly later?).
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