Water In The Ground - Catherine MacLellan

Advantages: Kids will probably love it.
Disadvantages: Adults will be yawning their heads off through the predictable shenanigans.

...) loud pop punk. It?s not what you?d call inspired. ?Grounded: Unaccompanied Minors? is the kind of movie that will find its home on DVD or the Christmas TV schedules because it fits the template for children?s films so neatly. Those under the age of ten may well chuckle their way through it as the stuntmen take all manner of harsh looking falls (mainly during the improvised sledge chase) and the kids get one over on the adults. But grown-ups may find themselves snoring through the cheesy dialogue, predictable shenanigans and schmaltzy ending. And if your young ?uns are prone to imitating what they see, you might want to supervise them while they watch because the many stunts don?t appear to have any negative consequences. It?s an entirely unremarkable movie in all aspects. Tell you what, if your age is in single figures, add another star.... Read review

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Advantages: The strange but cool lyrics..
Disadvantages: The repetitiveness in some of the tracks..

...The 5-piece, The Vincent Black Shadow, were formed in 2000, through the collaboration of Cassandra Ford and good friend Rob Kirkham. The pair met in a bar and became musical collaborators, over the time Rob enlisted his brothers Chris and Anthony to join the band. Later on Mary Ancheta joined the group as keyboardist, in 2006, the group were enlisted by Bodog records and this summer went on the Vans Warped tour with bands like; Paramore, New Found Glory, Hawthorne Heights and Funeral For A Friend. The line-up at present is as follows; • Cassandra Ford - Lead Vocals (2006-present) • Robbie Kirkham - Guitar (2006-present) • Anthony Kirkham - Drums (2006-present) • Chris Kirkham - Bass (2006-present) • Mary Ancheta - keyboards (2007-present) Their debut album, Fears in the Water, was released in... Read review

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Advantages: Prolific author, over 90 books published
Disadvantages: none

...a family in Harton Village, South Shields, her weekly pay was nine shillings a week (45 pence), most of which was given to her grandparents. Any small amounts Catherine had left over after paying her grandparents was generally begged from her by her mother Kate, to subsidise her drinking. At 18, Catherine decided she needed a change and started work in the laundry at South Shields Workhouse, which is in the grounds of what is now the General Hospital (Harton Lane, South Shields). The work was hard and the hours long and arduous but Catherine found she liked the work and it suited her. Catherine left the North East for Hastings in 1929 where once again, she worked in a laundry. She struggled financially at first and took in paying guests to make ends meet. One of her tenants was Tom Cookson, a school master at Hastings Grammar School... Read review

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