Anthony's Blog

energy saving light bulbs are very efficient. some...

2011-12-15T07:02:33.972Z

energy saving light bulbs are very efficient. some light bulbs consume a huge amount of electricity so we really need to have energy saving light bulbs.

A quiet one but with a crucial meeting on Tuesday,...

2011-12-06T13:23:30.660Z

A quiet one but with a crucial meeting on Tuesday, Anthony ;-)

Janet, The move to exclude carboard from the gree...

2011-11-13T17:35:06.522Z

Janet,

The move to exclude carboard from the green bins, is an interim move prior to further changes that will happen early into next year - when plastics will also be collected from the doorstep.

The reason it's been done this is way is due to a deadline from county on removing cardboard from the food / garden waste collection.

This week they had some operation problems with the collection that delayed collection on the estate until Tuesday but they should have still collected all bags

I wonder why the green bin has not been kept for c...

2011-11-11T21:02:43.510Z

I wonder why the green bin has not been kept for cardboard and papers, and exclude food and garden waste. This seems more of a solution than what has been recommended.
The food can be wrapped in newspaper, which the council are telling us cannot be put into the bin.
If the blue bags get full, we are told we can use carrier bags, something which we are all being advised to use less of.
Our bag wasn't collected until Tuesday, and one bag left out by someone was left altogether.
I have a lot more cardboard and papers than I do garden waste or food. people won't be having much garden waste over the winter months will they?
What do you think?

Janet Mills

Well, anthony, we have had 3 Reunions, one in 2000...

2011-11-07T10:04:32.615Z

Well, anthony, we have had 3 Reunions, one in 2000 after 15 years, another in 2010 after 25 years, which we repeated 6 months later, all 3 were a huge success and i can recommend,it is great to renew old frienships, and you find nobody has really changed.

i think demand for grit salt is going to be higher...

2011-10-24T11:00:23.989+01:00

i think demand for grit salt is going to be higher than ever this year, but it does seem that companies and councils are preparing more adequately this year as sales on http://www.rocksaltshop.co.uk have started earlier and sales to local authorities are up on last year.

Love Jack and the Beanstalk as a pantomime story. ...

2011-10-06T09:34:13.844+01:00

Love Jack and the Beanstalk as a pantomime story. Definitely a classic (:

Fiona Pendry would make an excellent candidate IMH...

2010-02-22T09:30:14.235Z

Fiona Pendry would make an excellent candidate IMHO.

A friend just failed to be appointed to a job that...

2010-01-20T17:44:52.042Z

A friend just failed to be appointed to a job that SHE WAS MADE FOR!!!!

My tip is therefore that sometimes it's THEIR LOSS if they are not clever enough to realise your potential!!!

Nice blog. Many content it's good for me.

2010-01-07T07:27:49.105Z

Nice blog. Many content it's good for me.

AAAAAAAAAARGH! I wish someone would learn to pron...

2009-11-20T15:42:47.558Z

AAAAAAAAAARGH!

I wish someone would learn to pronounce "Apartheid" correctly! It's an Afrikaans word, not a German word. It's pronounced "apart-hate", not "apart-height. Eish! What you were opposing, and we were overthrowing, may not even have been the same thing...

Just how do you respond to the claims that it is f...

2009-11-20T14:20:34.215Z

Just how do you respond to the claims that it is factually incorrect??

"scandalous mess of parliamentary allowances&...

2009-11-12T17:19:02.617Z

"scandalous mess of parliamentary allowances"?
no! Scandalous abuse by certain MP s. Mr Levitt still has not got the honesty too admit that he got caught out.Thank god the TELEGRAPH consorted with "criminals",they certainly brought down a few thieves with their hands in the till.

The advice from the BBC etc is that all the (main)...

2009-11-05T09:01:19.690Z

The advice from the BBC etc is that all the (main) channels should be back on by the end of the day

Although, the BBC channels have worked on the swi...

2009-11-04T23:10:21.295Z

Although, the BBC channels have worked on the switch over the ITV channels have failed in Tintwistle and in the Queen's drive area having tried them both today 4th November 2009 at two different addresses!

I applaud anyone who backs the carbon monoxide awa...

2009-09-12T14:25:30.646+01:00

I applaud anyone who backs the carbon monoxide awareness campaign. FireAngel are also extremely focused on co awareness and by manufacture carbon monoxide alarms with extra long battery life, notification when battery becomes low, plus a number of other new features.

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Good article and great read! Thanks for sharing it...

2009-08-24T03:04:40.978+01:00

Good article and great read! Thanks for sharing it buddy. NFL season is going to start again and somehow i can see good channel from my tv.

Happy birthday. I should do a post of my own in pr...

2009-07-28T11:20:23.874+01:00

Happy birthday. I should do a post of my own in praise of your blog and its sheer unrelenting consistency. Most of the stories have little direct relevance to me of course, but it's great to see a local blog keep on doing what it's good at.

How many posts have you written over 4 years. I reckon it must be about 10 a week, 50 odd weeks a year, so 2000?

Well done.

I have known Reg Mann since my early childhood in ...

2009-06-11T03:58:42.771+01:00

I have known Reg Mann since my early childhood in Glossop, having been school friends with his sons Ian and Graham. Reg was the first person who really inspired me to take an interest in politics, particularly during the dark days of Thatcherism when he and his colleagues in Derbyshire County Council showed that another way was possible, as well as raising Glossop's profile and promoting its interests down there in Matlock. A hugely intelligent yet down to earth and likeale guy who put so much effort into fighting for Glossop and for social justice over the years. Reg's untimely passing is a great shock and sadness, a loss to Glossop and means that there is one less decent person in the world on the side of social justice. RIP.

Hi Just to say that both Barbara and Roger were d...

2009-06-09T13:01:49.632+01:00

Hi

Just to say that both Barbara and Roger were decent, hard working Labour Councillors and they will be sorely missed by us in the Labour Group and by the people they represented.

I hope you'll allow me to add that the Esperanto A...

2009-05-12T22:02:00.000+01:00

I hope you'll allow me to add that the Esperanto Association of Britain offers a free Esperanto postal course. Suitable for those who would like a quick taster, this course gives an overview of the language in twelve bite-sized portions. Once you have received the first lesson, simply return your answers with an SAE. Your tutor will reply with guidance and the next lesson. All you pay is postage! Tel: 0845 230 1887 or write to:
Esperanto Education
Esperanto House
Station Road
Barlaston
Stoke-on-Trent
ST12 9DE

nice picture of the back of my head!

2009-05-11T17:00:00.000+01:00

nice picture of the back of my head!

I also received one of these calls on Monday night...

2009-04-29T17:54:00.000+01:00

I also received one of these calls on Monday night (27/04/09), and phoned BT after to check account - it was fine. I phoned the police to report and they said that it was good I didn't give any details over the phone to this man. This hasn't been very well publicised though - I found very few news articles about this particular scam on the net.
- Libby

good grief!! we definately need these warnings in ...

2009-04-16T15:05:00.000+01:00

good grief!!
we definately need these warnings in this day & age.

>anne :-)

Thanks for the post. We're also planning to summa...

2009-04-08T11:11:00.000+01:00

Thanks for the post. We're also planning to summarise the proceedings to glean the most helpful bits for councillors and officers.