Last night Jayne went to a dinner at the Gatwick Manor for a charity awards event. It was the culmination of a campaign run by one of the local papers (The Crawley Observer) and a local employer (Barclaycard). Over the weeks they have been publishing stories about local charities and then inviting readers to vote […]
Entries from December 11th, 2005
2 grand better off
December 11th, 2005 · Comments Off on 2 grand better off · Life
Tags: Broadfield·BYCC·Charity·Crawley·Local Papers
Mini Motorcycles
December 11th, 2005 · Comments Off on Mini Motorcycles · Life
A few interesting bits from the leaflet produced by Sussex Police entitled Mini Motorcycles – advice and guidance It covers ‘nuisance motorcycles’ – scooters, gopeds, trikes, quads and mini motos.
Broadfield Forum meeting – January 2006
December 11th, 2005 · Comments Off on Broadfield Forum meeting – January 2006 · Politics
The next meeting of the Broadfield Forum is on Tuesday, January 10th 2006 at the Broadfield Youth & Community Centre. Starting time is 7:00pm. Previous meetings have had very little representation from the Tollgate Hill area, in fact I am usually the only person there from this part of town. If there is anyone else […]
Boris Johnson
December 11th, 2005 · Comments Off on Boris Johnson · Politics
It was only a little story, tucked away at the bottom of page 4 of yesterday’s Guardian, but it says a lot about attitudes towards an MP’s job and what it involves. Boris Johnson has been given a job as shadow minister for higher education, and has resigned from his job editing the Spectator. He […]
Tags: Tories
Where’s Captain Kirk?
December 10th, 2005 · Comments Off on Where’s Captain Kirk? · Music
I can’t believe I made a 200-mile round trip to see Spizzenergi – a band I have already seen so many times I have lost count! On the way I made a small detour to pay my Dad a surprise flying visit in Letchworth. The band were playing at the Marquee in Hertford. A bit […]
Tags: Concerts·Family·Spizzenergi
Spectacular accident
December 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Spectacular accident · Life
There was a spectacular accident in Broadfield this afternoon. One of those ones where you can see the results but cannot see how it could happen. I don’t think anyone was seriously hurt, but they would have been shaken up. It was on the Brighton road, opposite the Squires garden centre, and a car had […]
Lets do the time warp again
December 7th, 2005 · Comments Off on Lets do the time warp again · Politics
William Hague is back on the front benches, Harry Redknapp is back on the manager’s bench at Portsmouth. What next? Galloway to re-join the Labour party??
What a difference a day makes
December 7th, 2005 · Comments Off on What a difference a day makes · Work
Yesterday I had 5 vacancies in my new department. Now I only have 3. One of the people who left on Monday has asked if she can come back. As she is extremely capable I’m more than happy for her to return. I’ll be interested to know how she managed to find a place to […]
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SIPP and go
December 7th, 2005 · Comments Off on SIPP and go · Politics
I can’t help feeling more than a little amused by the cries of complaint about the chancellor’s announcement that it will not, after all, be possible to buy property, fine wines and the like as part of a pension scheme with generous tax breaks. Various representatives of the financial services industry (tax avoidance wing) have […]
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Its a boy!
December 6th, 2005 · Comments Off on Its a boy! · Politics
The Tories have spent seven months deciding to have David Cameron as their new leader. Having already tried one inverted snobbery rags-to-riches leader they declined the option to try a variation on that theme and opted for someone even posher than Tony Blair. At least thats Tony’s breakfast for tomorrow sorted out!
Tags: Tories
