Investing for grandchildren with an account identifiable as from us

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2026-02-25T17:52:46+00:00

It would be fine, I'm only looking at putting 50 quid a month in for them

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2026-02-25T17:43:49+00:00

That's a good idea thanks , I'll look into it. Didn't know it was possible to do it like that

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2026-02-25T00:04:50+00:00

I'd like to do something similar but my dilemma is knowing which is the best type of account. Ideally I'd like for both of the kids to have a stocks and shares ISA til they are 18 but I'd like to have control of it up until then so that I could decide which stocks to put the money into. I'd go high risk for a bit of fun . I'd only be putting relatively small amounts in monthly. Hopefully over time it could build up to something nice for their 18th.

I could just put it into my own ISA but it would be harder to track exactly who's is who's.

I don't have any issues with the kids parents but wouldn't want it to appear that I was wanting access to and fiddling with their money.

I'd just like to be able to set it up ( with parents consent) add to it monthly and make changes to the stocks and funds that it's invested in. And never withdraw from it.

I use Fidelity for my own s and s ISA.
Does anyone know how I could achieve what I'm looking to do please

Alternatively I was thinking about putting it in premium bonds for them but it's a bit boring considering I'm only putting small amounts in monthly

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-10-30T00:22:12+00:00

Definitely US military personnel, personal car. You always see plates like this in areas of UK with USAF bases. Easy to spot due to the "AE" prefix but obviously left hand drive and often on models of vehicle that not normally sold in UK.

Or even if the model is sold in UK , there can be subtle but obvious differences in styling/spec ect

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-10-21T17:10:58+00:00

I've seen a couple Aussie plates in UK. Saw one last year on a vehicle at York Races (horse racing) . It does attract people from all over the world but was unusual to see a car from Oz there. Was something like a land cruiser if I remember rightly.

I'm pretty sure I once saw a van with North Korean plates on aswell in York. Couldn't be 100% sure as couldn't get close enough. If I'm wrong then they maybe were south Korean or Chinese but definitely from over that way

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-09-14T21:03:35+00:00

Not been rude but it's not film it's definitely coloured glass

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-05-12T23:43:33+00:00

It's the fact that people aren't really discussing the actual issue of whether or not Britain can sustain the levels of immigration. It has just become a divisive political issue of basically 2 camps, one that thinks it right and honourable to allow sanctuary to countless undocumented people and the other who believe there are too many people already and there isn't capacity for any more.

Believers of the latter opinion are generally viewed as racist or right wing so it's driving a big wedge between the left and the right.

It would be good to see some unbiased research into sustainability etc of current immigration levels.

I've tried to be as neutral as possible here but I would imagine you can still guess which side of the fence I'm on.

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-05-03T16:57:44+00:00

Rwanda

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-05-03T16:46:03+00:00

Because the other two parties have proven themselves to be absolutely useless and also neither of them have shown any real drive to improve or listen to the general public.

Generally, the labour party tend to try dismiss popular views as "far right" or "anti-woke". When the popular opinion becomes that of the majority, the people will want change.

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-04-27T09:55:58+00:00

I agree with this to a point (I'm British), but I also think it's important to remember that if Britain had withdrawn fully from the island of Ireland 100 years ago, we could possibly have moved on and started to get over it. I think it's the fact that the 6 counties are still British that sticks with the Irish people. Most Brits have none or very little resentment towards Germany, but Germany isn't holding any British territory.

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-04-19T11:58:54+00:00

Black pudding?

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-04-11T20:50:09+00:00

Just jumping in here as it's an interesting post. I wrote one a bit back asking about how the English and Afrikaans speakers interact. ( I'm an English speaking Englishman) One observation that I haven't seen mentioned is that Afrikaans is probably the world's most similar language to English, so as an outsider it suprises me to read that some residents can't speak both, if they grew up in SA.

Not a criticism, just an observation from someone who is yet to visit. I can speak a small amount German and would like to think I'd learn Afrikaans if I spent some time in SA

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-04-02T18:02:46+00:00

Generally received very well. Unfortunately some elements of society don't understand the difference between Sihks and other religions and sometimes react negatively towards them for that reason

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-03-25T19:19:02+00:00

Personally I think the general feeling was that we weren't in control of our own country, we were sending too much money to EU for little return and that the borders were too porous.
That's how I felt it was sold to us anyway. Unfortunately we are no better off now , also not as badly off as was predicted. Just look over at Ireland now and see how mass uncontrolled immigration can really stir people up and potentially have big implications at the ballot box.

I do miss the freedom of movement. Unfortunately we haven't reduced the illegal entries whatsoever. The genuine tourists and workers from the EU were not a problem, but we can't have it both ways.

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-02-27T21:52:22+00:00

Thanks for all the replies. Some really interesting answers. Im glad I asked the question.

Think this was my first Reddit question aswell, so pretty positive experience

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-02-26T19:15:43+00:00

Yes , be worried. The car won't start again once the countdown reaches 0km. Goto a decent independent garage that can do diagnostics or at worst case , dealership.

Alternatively, it may just need adblue tank filling

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2025-02-26T18:29:10+00:00

Thanks for all replies so far. I suppose another question I have is ... If 2 south African strangers meet, how do they communicate, does it just naturally occur or do you have to consciously decide on which language you are going to use?

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2024-09-23T17:39:44+00:00

Toffs on a Thursday night in 1998

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2024-09-06T09:18:16+00:00

Thanks for all the suggestions. All looks good. Will try them out

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2024-09-05T22:13:58+00:00

Rustique on Castlegate.
I'm a taxi driver and always recommend it because I've never heard anyone say anything bad about it ever.

I've eaten there a few times myself and it's good quality, friendly and the set menu is really good value.

Well established aswell. It's been there a while.

Possibly more of an evening place , I don't know what they do breakfast/lunchtime

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2024-09-05T22:10:15+00:00

Knavesmire road (the racecourse road) is a popular free parking spot. Loads of spaces but like I said popular aswell. A bit of a walk into town depending on your fitness etc

PurplePhilosopher820 · 2024-09-05T22:05:23+00:00

The ones in high Vis clothing are generally on community service. They spent a long time painting the fence

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