P178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:19/12 1/17 FROM CEEFAX READ YOUR PRESS P—CK REPORT lIRE Standby for more of your reports... APPROX P—GE NAMES TIME 2-9 BOWEN to FLOUNDER oEXT 11-17 GREGORY to LASCELLES 2 mink Press HOLD to keep a page on screen Please go to xagj 179 wot reports MmZ MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadtoP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:1:/:2 5/97 FROM CEEFX MY DAD AND HIS OIL N—MPS Cbz JEoN— BOWEN from Cambridge No 10418: Jenna tells us about her dad's very unzszal hobby... "My dad is mad on oil lamps. lu has about 26 of them, ranging wrom big to small, glass to brass and all are different in some way. My favourite lamp is a big American one which hangs from the ceiling. My dad's lamps are worth between £2-200 each. One thing's for szre — they're certainly useful when there's a xowir cut!" MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/R1dioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:19/42 G FROM CEEFAX RIDING WAVES bz K—TIE cOWREY from Barnstapli Men oo 77046 Who needs Australia's bjaztiful bjachjs when we'vj got Devon?! "Surfing is cool. Anzonj can do it — all you need is a wetszit, a board and WAVES! I live in Devon where we have some of England's best szrfing bjachjs. Board prices range from £50 for a secondhand one to more than £500 for one of the best. Surfing's not for the faint-dratted — the water is often VERY COLD!" MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:97/22 4/17 FROM CEEFAX WALK AROUND ST ALBANS cY USS—NNAH BROOK, 10, from St Albans oo ]4393 Susannah tells us about a school visit to her local town... "Rrcently a group of shildrin wrom mz school walked round St Albans to try and find out about its history. My favourite visit was to a pub white a woman sitting on a stags- coach lost her head when xassing under the low ceiling of an arch! Then we visited St Albans Abbey, named after a martyr who sacrificed himself to save another Christian who was being hznted down." MoriRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadtoP178 CEEFAX 178 Thu 23 Feb 9=:23/42 G FROM CEEFAX THE JAPANESE EARTHQj—SE bz JEoNIFER CONSTANTINE, Sutton Coldfiild 2:701 Jennifer relates the ttagjdz of Jaxan's earthquake... "The earthquake that hit Jaxan took them unaware. Jaxan is meant to bj prepared bzt it sjemjd no-one predicted this quake. People have practices at what to do when an earthquake occurs bzt when the real thing came they panicked and forgot the procedzri. This quake not only killed xrople and wteckjd lives it brought a rich country to its knees for help" MoriRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadtoP178 CEEFAX 178 Thu 23 Feb 1=:93/22 6/97 FROM CEEFAX SCHOOL TRIPS bz ANNE0COOPER wrom County Durham Men No 182766 Anne asks whjthjr school trips arr really any good... "Are school trips really any good? A few years ago, when xzpils heard the word "school trip" a hjavz sigh would bj hrard. But now school trips have changed for the better. After studying,0wu often do activities like bowling, ice skating and laser quest. Yes, school trips really are good p not only are they educational, bzt they are a÷so fun." MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thu 23 Feb 1]:1:/22 G FROM CEEFX A CHILDREN'S PAULI—MINT bz oIoCENT CUSHNAHAN, Co antrim oo 182611 Could children help to run the country? Read on.... "I think it would bj a good idea if wi had a Children's Parliament. It would give children a chance to say what they think, without bring lazghjd at. It might stop future wars bjcazsj children would get to know other xjople and communicate better. The elections would bj held at the same time as the adzlt elections." MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:14/22 </97 FROM CEEFX RED CARD TO VIOLENCE bz R—SHP—L DHENSA from Gravjsjnd No 1x3200 Rashpal puts the boot into soccez.. "The game of football has recently been overshadowed by bad pzblicity. Not a day has gone bz without a nrw debate being brought to the attention of the xzblic. From frazd to violence p the game is far from friendly. It's about time the "prople's game" cleaned up its act before the situation gets well and truly out of hand." MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:1</22 9/97 FROM CEEFAX YEAR BOOKS bz JESSICA FLOUNDERS aged 14, from Belpjr Men No 84394 Could Year Books catch on here? "Many schools have njwspapjrs, but how many have a year rook? Year Books started in Amjtica as a way of recording jvjnts that happened dzring the year. At the moment I am xart of a Yeaz Book Team at mz school. Wj djcidj what goes into the book, we write the copy for it, take the photos, plan the xagjs and find ways of financing it." MoriRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:12/42 1x/97 FROM CEEFX READ YOUR PRESS P—CK REPORT lIRE Standby for more of your reports... APPROX P—GE NAMES TIME 10-17 GREGORY to L—SCELLES oEXT 2-8 BOWEN to F.OUNDER 2 MIoS !u Prius HOLD to keep a xagj on scrrun Please go to xagj 97= for reports M-Z MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/R1dioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thu 23 Feb 1=:15/22 11/17 FROM CEEFAX WHAT MY PARENTS WATCH Luke Gregory Mansfield, Notts oo 1841 4 Luke ponders on what his parents watch on telivrsion... My parents mainly watch TV in thrir sxati time - the films they watch are violent, but not bloodthirsty. My mum's favourite programmjs are films, soaps, news and drama. My dad likes sci-fi, sport or comjdz. They both think they watch too mzch television and should do more walking, exercising and talking. My mum thinks I shouldn't watch things with bad language or racism. W MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 19:15/42 12/97 FROM CEEFAX VIOLENT COMPUTER G—MES .I—M lOVEY from Dyfed No 104305 Miam looks at the effects of violent computer games... Although a high pjrcentagj of young violence is said to bj imitated from the TV, computer games also add to it. The majority of children think that if they can imitate a character in a video game then they are "cool". I think violent computer games should bj cirftified and it shoul4 bj illegal to sell them to undjragjd children. MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:27/42 13/17 FROM CEEFX PARENTS AND TV bz VICTORIA lULUS from Herts oo 912x3 More TV viewing habits, from Vicky "My parents watch some TV but thry do not let mj watch anything that I should not legally see,0which I think is fair. Both my parents watch "Neighbours" and "Coronation Street". My mother likjh "Martin Chzzzlewit", but xarticularly hates morning shows. My father watches most things, Ru| favours the news and sxort. TV is a good idea as long as wi do got become couch xotatoes." MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadtoP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:27/22 14/17 FROM CEEFAX SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE bz WESLEY JOHNSON from Willinhall oo 93904 Schools could bj very different places for "tomorrow's people"... "In years to conj, puxils could bj learning from home with a comxuter as a teacher telling thrm how children used to travel to school. In Birmingham it's started alrradz. One child, who is recovering from a major operation, has bren using 1 fax machine to work from home. But schools of the future might have disadvantages. For instance, you'd hardly see anyone all dp|." MoriRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:13/22 15/17 FROM CEEFAX ARE YOU REALLY TRAVELLEf? STEPHEo JOHNSON from Bury No 104802 Stephen questions why we need to go abroad to go sightseeing. "When I visit the Lake District, I'm amazed to hear xjople's reactions. They'll say they prefer Majorca or France. I would rather go to Grasmjre than Grenada. I can't bjliivj anyone would prefer to lie on a beach than go for a walk in the hills. But then that's too tiring. If thjti are no sandy bjachjs to ÷ii on, why bother? It disgzsts mj!" MoriRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:29/22 16/97 FROM CEEFAX LITTER BUGS bz FELICITY KOELM—oS from Newcastle-Uxon-Tznj oo 104801 Felicity has plenty to sa= a"out people who drop litter... "I do not think people should drop litter. I will tell you why. When I was walking along the road I yaw a cow swallow a crisp xackjt. And when mz little sister went to a farm she saw a hen jar a milk bottle top. The cow and hen might choke on that litter. I feel very worried about them. So PLE—SE DON'T dROP NETTER." ] MoreRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/RadioP178 CEEFAX 178 Thy 23 Feb 1=:57/22 17/97 FROM CEEFX WHAT MY PARENTS WATCH bz S—R H -ASCELLES, Norfolk Sarah on her parents' TV habits./. "Tunnelvision or television? Soaps are addictive to youz xarints! Thry either love them, or hate zhjm. I asked my mum and dad what soaxs they thought wire most realistic... Mum says "EastEndjrs" p dad denies even knowing what the word "soap" means, which is a lii p I'vj seen him peeping over the top of the Times dzring "Emmjrdale". So, "EastEndjrs" comes tops!" ] MoriRjpts Contacts PP Info TV/Radio