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Beeston Week post about Corbyn and the shadow cabinet that was.
A few days ago I did a post to my Beeston Week blog entitled 'Corbyn's critics condemn themselves'. It included this table I compiled (simply click on the table to enlarge it):What has prompted this...
View ArticleA 'worm' map you might squint a bit to see
This post is a bit of a cheat as it takes you to my new regular home at beestonweek.blogspot.co.uk where I have just posted a new diagrammatic map of public transport in the south-west of Nottingham,...
View ArticleA post-final note
Yesterday I was diagnosed with 'established' lung fibrosis following a chest x-ray on 8 May. The type of fibrosis has yet to be determined. I have decided to write about what it means for me in my...
View ArticleOver and out — moving on to pastures new
Well, this really is the end of my parkviews blog after seven years. My vanity has been appealed to by several of my regular readers, so I have started a new Beeston blog, which I aim to post once a...
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Blog on hold until 1 December...
... whilst Susan and I move house.RobertPS. In the meantime an event not to be missed if you are free. Susan and I will have to miss Pauline Lucas I am sorry to say because we are moving.
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Small Pinboard #3
As I prepare to leave Lenton I am aware that since starting this blog in February 2007 I have taken a lot of photographs of 'Lenton Faces' and a good few before. The next one will be of Lenton...
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Nottingham Uni migrates to Beeston just as I complete my extended map
On the Noticeboard page of today's Nottingham Post, under 'What's On' there is an entry for Beeston which reads 'The University of Nottingham is hosting a Christmas cake and craft sale… on C Floor of...
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Nottingham 1914 map
I recently purchased a booklet, The City of Nottingham — Past, Present and Future: Its special advantages as a commercial centre and as a place of residence, 'Officially issued by the Corporation',...
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Wollaton Park bus & stroll with cake and a chorus of ducks in the Five Leaves...
The past weeks has been consumed with house moving delays and sorting out the final problems. When it's all over and we have finally moved I will blog about the experience. For now, it's enough to say...
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Beeston Tram map - free master copy
I created my Beeston 'Underground' style Tram map a year ago, partly to use as part of a writing project called Foodie Heavens by Beeston Writers, but I couldn't find a sponsor, so the project got put...
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Beeston pubs and cafés map update
The Bean Around the World coffee bar on Station Road closed a few weeks ago, so I have updated my map. I'll walk the whole High Road and Chilwell Road, plus Station and Wollaton roads, in the next few...
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A Beeston deli with more than a name
Before another word, please follow this link and vote for Beeston's very own Local not Global Deli in the national Farm Shop & Deli Awards 2015.Yesterday morning (Thursday) I took myself off early...
View ArticleThe missing election link in 2015 – The Greens – and a truth we cannot...
When you read about the 2015 general election something is always missing - the Green Party. Recent opinion polls...
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Small pinboard #2
My second collection of images, all with a story to tell.No.1 is a mystery location. I found the photograph in Nottingham Local Studies Library labelled as 'Kyte Street, Lenton'. It was too good not to...
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Bilborough's hidden treasure, a 'Stargate' moment and a sad footnote
Last Friday (26 September) Susan and I took ourselves off to St Martins Church in Bilborough on a 35 bus (just a twenty-five minute bus ride) to learn more about the ongoing Heritage Lottery Funded...
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My stories get a home of their own
I started writing fiction at the beginning of 2011 when I first attended Beeston WEA's Creative Writing Class. I took a break after Christmas last year because I envisaged the whole process of moving...
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Towns in Britain full of delights
I wrote this book review for The Nottinghamshire Historian, but due to lack of space. it is being held over to the January 2015 edition. In the meantime, I thought I would share it with readers of my...
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History on a 35 bus reprise
Forget the date shown on the original poster. We're doing it for a second time on Saturday 20 September 2014, meeting at Bulwell Bus Station, 11am. To be sure of a seat contact TravelRight by clicking...
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Small Pinboard #1
My good friend Rosie, who inspired me to start this blog in 2007, includes in regular postings to her own blog, Corners of my mind, what I can only describe as mini-pinboards. It is something I like....
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