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Are you sure you're ready to take your test? WE asked members on our We grew up in Worcester page on Facebook for their memories of driving tests and lessons – and things didn’t take long to get out of first gear! Margaret Loder had four goes before passing, but as she says, “At the same time I was sitting my O-levels ,so had a lot on my mind! “The test centre was on the corner of St George’s Square and Barbourne Road.” Cliff Slade was first in with an old chestnut: “My eyes have never been brilliant – before my practical test I was asked to read a number plate on a blue Mini. I said ‘what blue Mini!’”
IT’S one of the age-old questions: is it right – and so, when – to make your children contribute something towards their keep while they are earning and still living at home? Research carried out by Loughborough University and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation a couple of years ago concluded that young adults should be paying at least £100 a month to their parents for living at home. They found that on average parents spent an extra £15 a week on “cupboard food” and cooked meals for their offspring, who were also making a big saving on rent, worth more than £90 a week. We grew up in Worcester