My wife is now settling in

[Arthur Little]

The other big thing is the communications now, back then it was letters and BT charging £1.87 per minute!

... modern communication methods have made things so much easier - as well as faster - where LDRs are concerned, Andrew.

Thankfully, too, BT no longer has the monopoly it once had.

And, of course, we now have 'Skype' at our "fingertips", so to speak.