Slightly later than normal – Its that time of year again, for a short note to highlight the passing of 15 years, since the start of this blog. This annual (usually) August post flags up that due to the nature of the topics covered, this blog is sometimes not the most interesting of blogs. However, […]
Gamesley 999 Day: This coming Thursday (22nd August 2019) from 11 am until 3 pm on the Winster Mews car park, will see an emergency services fun day. The fun day which has been organized by the local emergency services will see a range of displays including police, fire and mountain rescue dogs, emergency service […]
Blog 14th birthday / A brief reminder: Its that time of year again, for a short note to highlight the passing of the 14th birthday of the start of this blog. This annual August post flags up that due nature of the topics covered, this blog may sometimes not be the most interesting of blogs. […]
2018 is nearly drawing to a close, but before we move on to looking at the year gone by and the New Year festivities next week, first it’s Christmas, and I would like to wish a Happy restful and enjoyable Christmas to you and yours. If you need information on local services over the Christmas […]
Wear a hat day: Over the course of a week, I quite often get emails from various charities seeking support for one thing or another. One this week, as referenced by the photo tweaked my interest in it as it featured an event called ‘wear a hat day’. The charity in question is Brain Tumour […]
Part four and the concluding part of the not so quick review of 2017 covering the period from October to December. October October started off with a first for me, in terms of visiting the Co-operative Party Conference in London. In its centenary year, the Co-operative Party has done a whole host of events across […]
Part three of the not so quick review of 2017 covering the period from July to September. July The start of July saw a trip to Birmingham for this year’s Local Government Conference, as always the conference covered a whole range of interesting topics including a growing focus on what Brexit will mean for local […]
Part two of the not so quick review of 2017 covering the period from April to June. April Our run through April starts off the G52 Easter Fun Day which saw a range of craft based activities and games take place during the Easter Holidays. Thanks to Easter Egg donations from a branch of Frankie […]
Well, however your 2017 has been it’s now coming to an end, but before the chimes and the seeing in of the New Year, I thought I’d share a few of the events from during the year. Just a quick note, the events (aside from date wise) are in no other particular order – but […]
2016 is nearly drawing to a close, but before we move on to the New Year festivities next week, first it’s Christmas, and I would like to wish a Happy restful and enjoyable Christmas to you and yours. This year, as common for the last few I’ve not sent traditional Christmas cards, instead making a […]