There was a funfair along Worthing seafront today. When you see a sign that says “Warning – this is a very boisterous ride” it is very hard to resist…Â Â so I went on it to keep Chrystal company while Jayne minded the bags and camera. Boisterous is not a word I have heard to describe […]
Entries Tagged as 'Worthing'
Chrome
July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Chrome · Life
We went down to Worthing today.  The main reason was to get some shoes for Chrystal (there is a Brantano shop there with a decent choice of large sizes) but really it was an excuse to go to the seaside too, and get a Sunday roast at the Warwick. After lunch we walked round the […]
Meeting Tony Benn
July 1st, 2009 · Comments Off on Meeting Tony Benn · Politics
Today I went down to Worthing for ‘an evening with Tony Benn’.  This was a fundraiser for his grandaughter, Emily, who is the parliamentary candidate down there, and a very pleasant evening it was too.
Tags: Blogging·Heroes·Labour Party·Worthing
Even more comedy election material
May 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on Even more comedy election material · Politics
I did not receive this Tory election leaflet, because I don’t live in Worthing, but it is still a funny story. Basically, the Worthing Tories were obviously taking some sort of template or boilerplate leaflet and then ‘localising’ it.  One piece of text they forgot to change was a URL for their website so it […]
Go Wild In The Country
August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
As the kids were both otherwise engaged today Jayne and I went out for a drive. The idea was just to get a change of scenery, and we ended up in Worthing. We didn’t know we were going there, we were just heading South and veering West, taking the smaller roads through places like Handcross, […]
Worthing wood
March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Worthing wood · Life
There must be something in the water down in Worthing… There is some video at the Argus demonstrating how the wood on the beach there could have been cleared by using Star Trek spaceships. Fools. Have they forgotten that the beach is guarded by daleks?
Tags: Local Papers·Worthing·WTF
Beach burns down
February 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Beach burns down · Life
A couple of Argus headlines 2:52pm, Saturday 16th Feb Fire chiefs warn about washed up wood bonfires 8:34am, Sunday 17th Feb Washed up timber set alight The free-for-all comment section on the second story raises most of the points that occurred to me, like: Is all that wood still there? Was it an amazing piece […]
Tags: Local Papers·Worthing
