Skuds’ Sister’s Brother

When I saw the Tory ‘newsletter’ that came to our house today, my first reaction was to think that they are getting a bit worried by Ian Irvine’s campaign, and in particular the letter going out with his election address in which our erstwhile Tory and Lib Dem councillor, Marcella Head, urges her supporters to […]

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On Saturday there was a “Let’s face it” event in Broadfield, organised by the Christ the Lord church.  These events are where groups of residents get together to do something like clear out a pond or tidy up bits of land and the council helps out by supplying the tools for the job, a van […]

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The Broadfield branch of the Labour party had its AGM tonight.  I stood down as Chair - I think two years (or is it three?) is long enough, and now I can concentrate more on  Horsham.  That is the good news. The even better news is that one of our newer, younger members has been […]

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I was out doing some canvassing in Broadfield this morning when I saw this mess of trolleys. There are three houses with front doors which can only be reached by going down a switchback ramp - unless you want to use a slippery slope of muddy grass or a metre-high brick wall.
Unfortunately the ramp […]

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This broadband connection of mine is getting very annoying. We had a weekend where it was down more than it was up, and since then there has been at least one day a week, usually Sunday, where it is down.
I know its nothing wrong here because sometimes e-mail works but web connections don’t and […]

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I have been moaning about the state of Tollgate Hill for while now - how the overgrown bushes and overhanging trees were making it increasingly difficult just to walk along the pavement. Well this week, about 6 months after I started moaning, someone has tackled the rampant greenery.
I assume it was the council, assisted […]

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On Sunday we went over to the playing fields at Creasys Drive to play. “We” means a group of more than 20, including babies, children and teenagers. Everyone had a good time throwing frisbees around, kicking footballs, playing catch, racing, and picnicking. Well… everyone else did. I have some sort of sprain in […]

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At last night’s Broadfield Forum there were some concerns raised about the new shop (Tollgate Express) which is to open in Mann Close very soon. Some residents from that estate who are experiencing some nasty-sounding anti-social behaviour from groups of abusive youngsters there are worried that the shop may encourage them to hang around, and […]

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Good to see the police hanging around the Broadfield Barton this evening. One complaint we hear a lot is that you do not see the police around enough, which contributes to the fear of crime.
Not so good that they were just sitting in their car, letching at a passing girl, and they were parked […]

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I have been clearing out the huge pile of old newspapers for recycling, and having a quick look through them before throwing them out. In an old copy of the Crawley News I found a story which annoyed me at the time (May 30th) but for some reason I never actually wrote anything about […]

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