Mrs Manktelow

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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My partner, Gordon, was in need of a hip operation and went to have a consultation with his surgeon whose name was Mr Manktelow. He and I were discussing this rather unusual name on the way home. That evening I picked a book of short stories from our book shelf and, as I never read short stories in order, dipped in to the book about half way through. The main character in the story was Mrs Manktleow. Wish I could remember the author (may have been H E Bates).....
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Date submitted:Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:23:48 +0000Coincidence ID:6005