Good news from the Shropshire Star. Work to allow the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway to reopen will start on Monday. There had been problems establishing who owned an unstable wall beside the line, but these must have been overcome: When the railway was closed in December due to the discovery of a serious fault in a retaining wall to the funicular railway, 14 of 16 of its staff members were made redundant. But following the news that repair work is due to start on Monday, the Cliff Railway workers are celebrating. "We are over the moon," said Peter Bridger, 77, who ...
This weekend Terence Towles Canote is running a 'blogathon' - what we used to call a blog carnival in the days when blogging was a thing - on his A Shroud of Thoughts blog where people write about their favourite television episode on their own blogs. There are already 14 posts listed, and all except mine on Softly, Softly: Task Force are about episodes from American television series. Subjects dealt with so far include Scooby Doo, Falcon Crest, Moonlighting, The Golden Girls and The Twilight Zone.
This post is written for the 9th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon on Terence Towles Canote's blog A Shroud of Thoughts. It's 1968 and downstairs I can hear the theme music for Softly, Softly playing. But it's eight o'clock and I'm only eight years old. Not suprisingly, I long to watch the programme. A couple of years later, when I could watch it, Softly, Softly had metamorphosed into Softly, Softly Task Force and it is an episode of this latter series - Copper Wire, first broadcast on 1 December 1971 - that I shall be writing about here. But ...
Sat, 07:39: Because you needed to see this: King Philippe of the Belgians, on a skateboard in South Africa. https://t.co/wO59ZtOdSg Sat, 07:44: RT @rogermacginty: @nwbrux This is precisely what the internet is for. Sat, 10:45: RT @BrusselsTimes: King Philippe tried his hand at skating: he climbed onto a skateboard twice, which earned him applause, but also the vis...
Ed Davey gave a speech at the York Spring Conference that received two standing ovations: one, as you'd expect, at the end; the other when he spoke about the "elephant in the room" – how our entire political establishment continues to ignore Brexit. However, after briefly mentioning red tape and improving relations, the speech rushed away from the topic and into the safe hands of president Putin. It was a missed opportunity, as the standing ovation made plain. A previous article argued that far from being a liability, the issue of Europe and Brexit could be our party's election thunderbolt. ...
Shropshire Council has placed provisional tree preservation orders on 18 oak trees on the west side of Bromfield Road, along with a plane tree. Three limes on the cricket ground are also subjects to TPOs. The oak trees on the opposite side of Bromfield Road outside Ludlow Motors are already subject to TPOs. The new TPOs are temporary and will be confirmed after six months unless there are material objections. We have had more than our fair share on tree troubles in Ludlow. That makes these orders particularly welcome. New TPOs We have lost trees on the Foldgate Lane development, ...
Time Out has the story: According to a 2022 study conducted by the Bill Plant Driving School, the borough of Islington has more potholes in its roads than any other part of the UK. The survey discovered 3,804 potholes in 148 miles of road: a staggering 25.74 potholes per mile, 22 more than the national average. The runner-up was the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, which boasted a still-impressive 19.74 potholes per mile in comparison. I better do some more pointing and reporting... and perhaps we better invite the pothole killer to Islington. Sign up to get the ...
The BBC report that the potential loss of Covid bus grants in a few months time has sparked fears of large scale cuts to services across Wales. They say that fears about the impact of these cuts are so great that two Labour Council leaders have come out into the open to criticise their party colleagues in the Welsh Government in a letter, saying that cuts to bus services could be "devastating" for groups that rely on public transport: The letter to First Minister Mark Drakeford raised concern about the recent roads review that scrapped all major road building projects, ...
Former President of the United States Donald Trump was on Tuesday expected to be arrested for one of his many alleged crimes. He, of course, claimed that the arrest was another chapter in a long-running political witch hunt and called on his supporters to take to the streets and protest. And they did – all ten of them. Ten is an exaggeration, but not by much. It was certainly true that there were more police officers and people demonstrating against Trump outside the Manhattan court house then there were those protesting his innocence. The opinion polls show him leading challenger ...
Michael is pictured at one of the entrances to the Victoria Park playpark. We have asked for repairs at the gates and for proper latches to be fitted to each gate, following a number of residents raising this with us.
