Oct

2

Lucky yellow socks

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After a month or more of campaigning, the Fishwick by-election concluded yesterday in a rather substantial victory for Labour county councillor Jennifer Mein.
It would be dishonest of me not to own up to feeling rather deflated but I’ve learnt a lot, received a tremendous reception from others on the ward and feel I can deservedly [...]

Sep

23

Should a vibrant and entirely self-funded sports and community centre be knocked down to create a bus turning circle?

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Tonight was a hustings meeting for Fishwick by-election candidates at JALGOS, a sports and social club in Preston city centre. Neither the Labour nor the Conservative candidate were able to attend.
The Conservative (who lives just down the road) claimed she didn’t receive the invitation until Monday (three or four days after the same postman delivered [...]

Nov

22

Things not to say when turning on Christmas lights

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I lead a sheltered existence, where Jo Brand, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Paxman and Babs Windsor [1] are celebrities, so I hadn’t heard of Paul Danan until today. He is apparently a former Hollyoaks actor and has been sacked from Preston’s prestigious panto for swearing at hundreds of kids as he was supposed to be turning [...]

Nov

4

More of the same… and a zebra crossing

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Download dads lead the iPod generation | Money | The Observer
iTunes is an a la carte model: you see the track you like and pay your 79p. A big drawback with iTunes is that it has inbuilt digital rights management (DRM), which prevents you playing ‘your’ music on anything other than an iPod [my emphasis], [...]

May

3

Exciting people

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Apparently, a current TV advert describes children as the most exciting people. In today’s Lancashire Evening Post that keen letter writer Nameand Address-Supplied of South Ribble writes about how these exciting people constantly annoyed residents during the Easter holidays with their football games.
The letter concludes:
Basically, if their entertainment is not provided electronically at the push [...]

Nov

29

Brockholes Quarry Wetland

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Lancashire Wildlife Trust have just four weeks to save the wetland down the road from my house from development. Every one pound donated to them releases three hundred pounds of funding. Please donate.