Broughton High School, north of Preston Lancashire (Now Broughton Business & Enterprise College) is where I attended from 1991 – 1996. Here is the school leavers photo from the “Class of ’96″. The photo links to the Facebook photograph or you can download the full size (5mb) image.If you did attend, join the Facebook Group, [...]
BT’s planning application for a wind turbine at Fanny House farm Heysham as part of their Wind for Change programme has been APPROVED. They plan to build a single 110m 2MW turbine behind the Windermere Park estate, on Heysham Moss.The application was approved by a vote with 12 Conservative, Green & Labour councillors voting FOR [...]
Residential Management Group (RMG) has sent out letters to residents on the Windermere Park estate in Heysham (Millers Green & Meadows Reach) to say they are the management company selected by Miller Homes & Persimmon Homes. The letter states they will be invoicing for service charges for public liability insurance and maintainance of common land [...]
Empty Homes are a blight on this country, with house prices falling, landlord’s unable to secure loans to repair unused properties, the number of empties has increased to one million.In response to Empty Homes Agency’s Facebook question, a possible solution :- Enforced Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO) : Residents can issue a Management Order Similar [...]
Charity Collectors (“Chuggers” – Charity Muggers) now have restrictions imposed on them by Lancaster City Council licensing department on when and where they can attempt to persuade you to part with your bank & personal details on the streets of Lancaster. Collectors may ONLY collect in the following locations and on the following days (9am-7pm). [...]
I love Liz Lemon (Tina Fey)….. there… I’ve said it. I’ve re-discovered my addiction for crazy ladies, for the cringeworthiness, for hot blondes on NBC… (ok .. more crazy ladies) Watching Season 5…… who’s with me!? 30 Rock Seasons from Argos
Today (15:20 ish) I was on the 2A Stagecoach bus from Lancaster to Morecambe, sat upstairs watching the world go by, and I was overhearing a conversation between 3 guys on the back couple of rows of the bus. It was two mormon missionaries talking to a 16 year old on his religious views on [...]
Just Do It is a film about direct action environmental activism and is filmed through an embedded journalist who chronicles the highs and lows over the course of a year. The film covers G20 protests, interactions with the police and how the decision making process occurs within the groups. But specifically how anyone can become [...]
Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) working with Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and Ordnance Survey have produced a Map of Public Assets showing council, health authority and central government department assets, both land and building. View the Public Assets Demonstrator Map The public dataset available lists all the assets in its raw format. [...]
I’ve just received this Laptop Messenger Bag that I ordered from Viking Direct after seeing an offer on Hot UK Deals.com, normally I don’t tend to buy much stationary but my old laptop bag was fraying a bit. The bag cost £3.60 inc VAT and their FREE Postage deal.Contents include:- Laptop bag (suitable for laptops [...]
This is a mini programme for mobile phones & devices to instantly record the date and time of when a particular voter came to cast their vote. It is designed to be used by “Tellers”, supporters of a political party who want to help by asking voters to see their polling card, to record their [...]
This thought-provoking video, shows the dangers with crossing the road in New York at a busy “intersection”. It quotes a scary statistic that 4 people are killed on the roads every day. It is interesting to watch the video and you can almost hear the people scream “I’m walking ‘ere”.
Today I received a letter from the “Dental Access Service” (based in Blackpool) after being on the NHS waiting list since June. I’ve now not been to see a dentist for over 6 years, having moved around the country. As each dentistry service is localised I ended up joining the list in an area at [...]
I would like to thank Morecambe’s The Visitor for featuring my tweet, following Morecambe & Lunesdale David Morris MP‘s comments encouraging the use of “non-lethal” weaponry by the police. I replied via Twitter with – Would you support @lancspolice when a member of public dies after being shot in face by police bullet [Link to MP's Parliament [...]
Historically I’ve always considered myself as a liberal thinker and politically motivated myself through the following ideology “That anyone can do anything so long as it does not negatively affect the life or dreams, or paths of anyone else”, a classic libertarian view point. However, a true libertarian would apply that ideology to the interaction [...]