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With the school’s closing for summer very soon, parents and grandparents are worried about the cost of keeping kids entertained.

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00:00It puts on a lot of pressure. I work in education and you see quite a bit of that with, you know, if you were having an open evening, for example, through a single parent household, you might not be bringing one child. So that's probably three or four sets of bus fare each way. So in a holiday, it's a nightmare. It's alleviated by breakfast clubs and schools, free lunches. So you're really, in some cases, relying.
00:24Like, I think bills just closed in Durham. We're offering something for the summer holidays, but everything seems to cost now.
00:33It's a bit of a struggle to find some place. Normally, you just have to sort of resort to spoons.
00:40You know, our parents would all go up the street and collect some money and they'd put on a party for us. They'd put on a show. They'd put on sandwiches.
00:47We'd have entertainment. We'd have all a lot. But everyone had chipped in. You know, parents do a great job in this country. They really do.
00:54They do a fantastic job. You know, when you consider that the pressures are under.

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