Crockford's Clerical Directory 2004/2005: A Directory of the Clergy of the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church of Ireland (Church House)
Missives From Doktorb (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Summer, 2006. In Lancaster, local Liberal Democrats are helping collect signatures for a petition against Home Office plans to merge police forces in a drive to improve services and drive down costs. Some wag has printed posters warning against the safety dangers of taking "CaLPol", the unfortunate potential acronym for the new Cumbria & Lancashire police force. A chubby young man with...
anticant's arena (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
I recently mentioned that for a while in 1950-51 I lodged in the same Hampstead house with Rowland Kenney, without realising that he came from my grandmother's native Saddleworth, or that he had led a distinguished and varied career including intensive involvement in the early Socialist movement and, during and after the First World War, as a British diplomat. A leading trade unionist (John Hodge,...
The Cult of the Dead Fish (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The sound of carol singers at the door at Christmas is as traditional as mince pies, mulled wine and roast turkey. But one town could be dispiritingly silent this festive season after householders were urged to turn Scrooge and ban carollers. Householders are being handed postcards that warn carol singers will not be welcome this Christmas because many residents are 'uncomfortable' with having groups...
WELCOME TO THE WESHAM FORUM 2009 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Wesham Pays its' Respects Wesham's Community attended in large numbers at the Remembrance Day Service .Wreaths were layed by the following organisations:-Medlar-with-Wesham Town Council; Fylde Borough Council; St Joseph's Catholic Church; The Armed Forces; Christ Church Wesham;Lancashire Constabulary;St John Ambulance;The Scout Association;Th e Guide Association;St Joseph's Catholic Primary School;...
Moonshot and beyond (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
I've been a long time supporter of Fair Trade and Trade Aid and I've noticed that much more companies and businesses are now working to give the workers who produce much of our coffee and chocolate a fair deal. Take coffee: Fair Trade coffee was once only available at Trade Aid shops, then came Hummingbird Organic coffee and now Caffe L'affare 's Primo beans are now Fair Trade. According to Oxfam,...
Preston Society - Natural History and Birdwatching (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Our most recent talk, "Yellowstone - The Sleeping Giant" by Geoff Evans, attracted an audience of almost one hundred. Geoff gave a concise account of volcanic activity, their relative sizes and effects, and the probable effect of the overdue blowing of the Yellowstone giant. Food for thought! * Our next talk sees another new speaker to the Society, Cat Altouynan of the Lancashire Wildlife...
Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
From The Times October 22, 2009 Andrew Norfolk and Mary Bowers The villages of the ancient parishes of Broughton, Marton and Thornton nestle in a corner of North Yorkshire that is perilously close to the Lancashire border. And even closer to Rome. For the rector, the Rev Canon Nicholas Turner, editor of the traditionalist magazine New Directions, the Pope’s decree was the fulfilment of a long-held...
A Very British Dude (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
In his divine comedy, Dante suggested that the deepest circle of hell was reserved for schismatics, people who split the church. I thought a 'son of the manse' would be able to come down on the side of good vs evil. Which is better League or Union? You know , the funny thing is, I think rugby union is more and more like rugby league. The speed at which rugby league moves...and I have always enjoyed...
It's the Norm (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
I wasn't intending to blog today. I still have an unfinished post awaiting completion so I didn't think I'd be writing a new one... but when I found out that yesterday was officially Apple Day I thought that I needed to mark it in some way! This might not look like a particularly happy apple, but believe me I was happy when I found it; and the many others that were sitting in a box on a driveway with...
Good Food Shops (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
I'd intended to go to Stone Food and Drink Festival today, but at the last minute decided to go to Tarporley to see their Country Market. Despite the forecast it was a lovely morning, and the brass band was playing outside the Swan. The country market is in two bits. One half is by the Chestnut Pavilion where stalls included fish from Chirk Trout Farm , meat from Jim Stratton's farm, and puddings from...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Both Michael Billington and your headline writer ( Orton's pun recycled for chronicle of a death far better foretold , 1 October) do a small injustice to Joe Orton's lover Kenneth Halliwell. Although Billington rightly points out that the title Prick Up Your Ears "has seen a lot of service", he doesn't mention that it was coined by Halliwell in 1967. Despite his obvious cruelty towards Halliwell,...
The Brooks Blog (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
. . . as determined by the recent National Student Survey 2009 in the UK. Results can be searched here . The results (for those with enough data and note the area is 'philosophy, theology, and religious studies '): 1. Exeter - 98% 1. Stirling - 98% 1. York St John - 98% 4. Essex - 97% 4. St Andrews - 97% 6. Aberdeen - 96% 6. Trinity UC - 96% 8. Chichester - 95% 9. Greenwich - 94% 9. Newman University...
a swift one... (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Last Friday a group of hardy individuals met up in Wetherspoons in Huddersfield for a trip into the unknown, well may be not the unknown but 3rd Lytham beer festival. Fortified by breakfast we set off by minibus for the Lancashire coast, arriving there to see a long queue snaked outside the Lowther Pavilion, the venue for the next few hours sampling. A large single roomed venue, with most beers on...
Ladies With Bottle (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
Baeckeoffe is a traditional casserole from Alsace and consists of 3 different meats cooked with potatoes, prepared in an earthenware or ceramic casserole dish. It's a little like a Lancashire Hotpot but includes Pork and Beef as well as Lamb which have been marinated overnight in Alsatian white wine and juniper berries. Leeks, thyme, parsley, garlic, carrots and marjoram are other commonly added ingredients...
Thomas Thorp blog (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
I’ve been in Lancashire a whole year now and feel very settled. I like the people and the countryside, though I can’t say I know my way around very well, and have made a lot of friends at church. My first year of work here has been productive and I feel I have gained experience and knowledge. I have now moved wards again; to a geriatric ward – but still in Chorley. I feel I have been...
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