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by Whyperion
06 Mar 2024, 17:26
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 6835
Views: 916887

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

Anyone remember the School Board Man. I always thought so called cos they would come round your house with a clipboard and check on the reason - pregiven or otherwise - why you were not in school that registration period (they would check afternoons sometimes). I didnt realise at the time Local Educ...
by Whyperion
06 Mar 2024, 14:40
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16432
Views: 1893998

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

I thought Sugar Beet was partly fed to cattle as cattle cake , etc. Meanwhile the Chancellor mentioned the removal of "Multiple Dwellings Relief" and the justification for it. Now this appears to be a Stamp Duty (SDLT) thing where if two or more Dwellings are purchased in a "linked tr...
by Whyperion
06 Mar 2024, 14:25
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16432
Views: 1893998

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

. LV used to be the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (est. 1843). However: Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited was deregistered as a friendly society and registered as Liverpool Victoria Financial Services Ltd. on 2 January 2020 with the company focusing on life insurance, pensions and i...
by Whyperion
06 Mar 2024, 14:19
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
Replies: 3243
Views: 468036

Re: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!

Banking hub opens tomorrow. I will test it's services when I bank the weeks takings for the shop. That is unless Andrew 4 Andrew is in the way with his photo opportunity. :ohno: I am likely to have a lot of coinage as we have had a clearance sale this last week at the shop where all items were redu...
by Whyperion
06 Mar 2024, 14:07
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312036

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Household Support Fund I doubt many in need actually benefited from this , with admin costs , a lack of some folk to seek help when they need it . Of course decent benefits and cheaper housing havent been put in place to help either. the 2p NHI Cut for Lower Paid workers will be enough to pay the n...
by Whyperion
06 Mar 2024, 14:01
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312036

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Tripps wrote: 05 Mar 2024, 13:57 George Galloway took his seat in Parliament yesterday. , so he had to make do with a chap from the Alba party
I assume the workers whatsits of England did a deal not to stand against Alba in Scotland as part of the 63 target seats ?
by Whyperion
02 Mar 2024, 23:11
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16432
Views: 1893998

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Formula 1 Race Day being Saturday (as it will be next week) rather upsets ones routine of a post sunday lunch watch or listen. The reason is being in the middle east next Sunday is Start of Ramadan , so things had to come forward one day. (Thursday Practice is nothing new, Monaco has a religious hol...
by Whyperion
02 Mar 2024, 23:08
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
Replies: 7578
Views: 840726

Re: MEDICAL MATTERS

Big Kev wrote: 02 Mar 2024, 19:25 I thought my cold was a bit heavy...
local news websites to me report 35 new admissions to hospital had covid this past week, that might be a rise.
Apparently the last year or so has seen overall a lower number of "expected deaths" compared with (ahh, which 5year average) in the UK
by Whyperion
02 Mar 2024, 23:06
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS
Replies: 2221
Views: 324617

Re: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS

Schools Looking at Crystal Structures From my MSN news feed , apparently some High Schools have been engaged by Hartwell (?) Oxon to look at calcuim carbonate crystal growth in sea shells. (results read / dealt with by high speed x-rays ) Interesting as chemical compounds (and elements) arranged in...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 20:37
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16432
Views: 1893998

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Gaza Truck, 100 lost their lives BBC Verify https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68445973 at best , a muddle, certainly a result of unnecessary military action , (<insert date of your choice here>) deliberate by "one side"? who knows but should never have got to this state of affairs
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 20:00
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16432
Views: 1893998

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

Rishi keeps saying Labour will take us back to square one. Honestly , do some of us think that might be no bad thing ?
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 19:57
Forum: TV
Topic: GOOD TV
Replies: 3721
Views: 488627

Re: GOOD TV

Upcoming is the last in the present series of Call The Midwife. The timeline comes crashing into my memories, which I dont think were quite the same of London compared to how scriptwriting portrays it , but then my wanderings to East London were more on what was shown on TV (Town and Around in pre N...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 19:50
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
Replies: 630
Views: 70861

Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business

Binge watching YT, Dealing with issues in/with Mum's Flat (permanently ongoing) , Forgetting to go to some local council/community meetings, getting annoyed at Banks and Banking Apps/Onlines etc. loosing Mobile Phones (and sorting new/replacement ones), posting facebook local history to do with mum'...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 19:31
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
Replies: 7578
Views: 840726

Re: MEDICAL MATTERS

Nice to know the more frequent trips to the loo are less painful than fewer in pain! I only need about 100ml of the juice daily for the potassium to stop the leg pain and it's not enough to make a significant change to frequency of bowel movements. Oh, I normally have 1 litre a day, oops. Please te...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 19:28
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312036

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Slightly disappointed that a local candidate didnt get enough votes. I am told that the islamic proportion of voters is about 25percent in Rochdale, which is high , but if Galloway's 37percent of votes is proportional to turnout then he has a following beyond that demographic. Sunak and Starmer seem...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 02:42
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312036

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Rochdale Turnout 40percent roughly. Good Grief there were plenty of candidates to choose from
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 02:32
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
Replies: 630
Views: 70861

Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business

Tuga Dash Cams and Observations appears to have been posting on You Tube for a few years. Seems to be based in Barnoldswick, so this one looked interesting, warning might be addictive if you look at the channel


by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 01:46
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 6835
Views: 916887

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

A newspaper is also becoming a forgotten corner 😉😁 Becoming difficult to get the fires lit in the steam locos apparently (though rags burn better) But dont you plck up the free "Metro" on the bus weekday mornings ? (is the MEN still free twice a week - not got into Manchester since mid co...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 01:43
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9150
Views: 1051915

Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

Is it sweetcorn or sweet potato? I need to know. . . . :smile: I've never had a sweet potato, I have tried sweet potato, but doesnt quite work taste and texturewise for me (although it is a root I dont think strictly it is of the potato family). You can get frozen sweet potato chips in bags at Sain...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 01:38
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: MEDICAL MATTERS
Replies: 7578
Views: 840726

Re: MEDICAL MATTERS

I'm still taking my prune juice and can now walk much better. It only needs a small amount each day and I can tell if I've forgotten to take it. After so many years of pain in my legs when walking I'm now free of it. Such a simple `intervention' with an amazing result. :smile: Nice to know the more...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 01:24
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: 'Owt else or Any Other Business
Replies: 630
Views: 70861

Re: 'Owt else or Any Other Business

Another bus fire A35 . No mention as to whether it was a battery powered bus, but the ferocity of the fire looks a lot like it. Remember the explosion and fire at the High Court in London last week? Apparently that was the battery from an electric bicycle, and there was another such yesterday in a ...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 01:07
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312036

Re: POLITICS CORNER

It would help in selecting MPs if there was a clear definition of what constitutes anti-Semitism. In my book criticising the Israelis for their anti-Palestinian actions is not anti-Semitic. Precisely Stanley. If you listen to the recording of what Azhar said in the supposedly private Labour Group m...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 00:54
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312036

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Mr Galloway is mainly targeting Rochdale's Muslim population, who make up about 30% of the electorate, Not correct I think BBC - 30% of the population - but about 20% of the electorate / voters. With a low turnout it will still be enough to win though if they are all "whipped" to vote for...
by Whyperion
01 Mar 2024, 00:48
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1312036

Re: POLITICS CORNER

He can rely on my vote. Much as I distrust Starmer and his brand of politics I have to support Labour in a national election even if it is on historical grounds. See THIS for yet another disgraced MP that could possibly trigger another by-election. MPs have approved a motion to suspend Blackpool So...
by Whyperion
03 Oct 2023, 21:28
Forum: Animals and Pets
Topic: PET'S CORNER
Replies: 1387
Views: 272680

Re: PET'S CORNER

No Minnie pictures yet as she is still hiding, an expert we reckon. We think she has an invisibility cloak as well! We have tried to keep her downstairs to the through lounge and kitchen, checking each time we opened the living room door to go upstairs. Master plan was to open up a bit more of the ...

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