Ethel hasn't posted since last year:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/ethel/
I remember her stating (possibly on a thread which no longer exists) that she'd had enough of all the hassle on AB (or, more specifically, on CB) and that she'd no longer be posting on this site so, hopefully, her absence is only due to her own choice, rather than to any ill health.
(Incidentally, there were several posts which suggested that I should have been writing 'he', instead of 'she', above!).