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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Late October Spring
17 degrees today, no wind, a watery sun. Set out across the Fylde and hundreds of geese were flying south in constantly changing V formations quite low. Opened the car window to hear them talking to each other. Where had … Continue reading
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X factor prediction
Started watching X factor last year and was hooked. Discounting YouTube hits, here are my predictions, it was harder than I thought – and probably completely wrong. 9th – Lloyd - nice bloke, a bit overwhelmed, voice not strong. 8th – Ollie … Continue reading
Posted in Not particularly Preston, Uncategorized
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Royal Lancashire Show to end. Perhaps?
The show has had empty years before but today the Royal Lancashire Show committee put into place actions to put it on ice saying the costs of 2 flooded years have been too much. The Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society also say … Continue reading
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National Football Museum Deferred Decision
The leader of Preston Council says on his blog. “Our bid (from Lancashire County Council, UCLan andPreston City Council) is the only one that guarantees the museum financial security. We are offering £400,000 a year plus up to £3.5m to … Continue reading
Posted in Preston North End, Uncategorized
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Tithebarn Syndrome and Blackpools Casino
Is Preston heading along a cul-de-sac with the Tithebarn Project? For many years the Casino was going to be the saviour of Blackpool, the ‘Las Vegas’ of Lancashire. When the rug was pulled Blackpool had a spell of total loss … Continue reading
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Forensic Science Services Laboratory at Euxton to close
There has been speculation about re-organising the Forensic Science Service (FSS) for a few months and today it was announced the laboratory in Euxton, near Chorley, will close with the loss of 185 jobs possibly in 2011. The jobs will … Continue reading
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Internet Explorer Version 8 and 10 minutes to get football results in the brave new digital TV world
As a part-time web designer I find IE8 has gone from the extreme of earlier issues to the other extreme in terms of using web-standards. My web-design software puts special code into pages to allow for the foibles of earlier versions … Continue reading
Posted in Not particularly Preston, Technology
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Grosvenor pull out of Tithebarn
Grosvenor pulled out of the £700m Preston Tithebarn development today saying they want to focus on smaller developments. Lend Lease the other developer say they are staying in. It had seemed Grosvenor were the major developer but on looking at … Continue reading
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North v South and the meaning of life
Watched John Prescott on TV last night with his wife on the subject of north v south. Quite like John Prescott he’s a down to earth type who can stand his corner, although him and his wife especially like their fancy … Continue reading
Posted in Not particularly Preston, Political, Uncategorized
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Visit to Manchester
Drove to Manchester for a Saturday excursion, weather was very nice as well. Almost didn’t when we heard about the demonstration planned but we didn’t see anything like that although police on horseback were prominent. Manchester gets more impressive each … Continue reading
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Duke of Edinburgh’s wise words about TV technology
The Duke of Edinburgh is reported as saying TV remotes are too complex. I guess over 95% of the population are probably able to use them eventually without difficulty even if they don’t use all the functions. I have an elderly … Continue reading
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Councillors Driver and Hudson man the barricades
Two councillors, Geoff Driver of Lancashire County Council and Ken Hudson of Preston City Council have had a letter published in the Times (8th Oct) defending the location of the National Football Museum in Preston. This was after Matt Dickinson the Times … Continue reading
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Preston FM your community radio
Driving round Preston the other day a radio station I hadn’t heard of popped onto my radio. Preston FM 103.2MHz. Sounded a bit ‘localish’ although I’ve listened to a couple of their music programmes and they’re OK. So I’m giving … Continue reading
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International and National powerplay week
Interesting week. Irish vote to sign the EU Reform Treaty also known as the Lisbon Treaty. It’s now a bit of a tightrope for the Conservatives as to whether the Poles and Czechs sign before an election in the UK. If … Continue reading
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BAE SYSTEMS and SFO
BAE SYSTEMS, the biggest high tech employer in Lancashire and the UK, is in the news today. The Serious Fraud Office are saying they will ask the Attorney General to press charges with a punitive £1000 million fine for offering … Continue reading
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