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Entries from March 16th, 2005

Where are all the trees?

March 16th, 2005 · Comments Off on Where are all the trees? · Life

Broadfield seems to be losing half its trees! First of all there is some building work going on near Broadfield House. An area which used to house pre-fab council offices is being developed for housing. The only problem is that the new houses will need access and that means cutting a road through a piece […]

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Post Office

March 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Post Office · Life

I was at the Broadfield shops this morning, picking up a few emergency groceries, and while I was there I was told that the Post Office is going to close soon. The reasons are not clear, although someone did say it was because the PO could not guarantee the security of the place. Now that […]

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Chairing

March 4th, 2005 · Comments Off on Chairing · Politics

I had a very lucky escape on Thursday evening. It was the AGM of the Crawley Labour Party, which is where all the jobs are dished out. Supposedly various people are nominated to posts and everyone votes for who they most want to do it, but I can’t remember the last time there was more […]

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(anti) racism

March 1st, 2005 · Comments Off on (anti) racism · Life, Politics

Last week Jayne and the kids were trying to buy some of those anti-racism wristbands. Every sports shop in Crawley had the same story: as soon as they get any in they sell out straight away. It seems to me that has to be an encouraging sign that plenty of people are concerned about racism […]

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