A dedicated week of action starts today (2nd November) to demonstrate the work being carried out by partners to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in our communities. Not in My Neighbourhood Week runs until 6th November and will see neighbourhood policing teams, resident organisations, local authorities, Neighbourhood Watch, Lancashire Fire and Rescue, drug and alcohol action teams and other agencies...
Early last August a friend and I found ourselves in the Forest of Bowland , by the simple expedient of following a little road out of the back of Lancaster, under the M6 and up over Appletree Fell. After passing a little observation tower erected for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, from where it was possible to see just about everything westwards from Blackpool Tower to the far side of Morecambe Bay, we...
It has been reported that the British National Party's leader Nick Griffin is to attend and speak at a BNP by-election rally to be held at the Frank Townend Centre, Kensington Road, Thornton Cleveleys at 7pm on Tuesday October 13th. Although the local authority is under no obligation to allow this meeting to go ahead, Wyre Council's chief executive has allowed it, despite the fact that the Centre will...
Following a comment made about a previous post, I decided to have a look in more detail at the idea of someone being both an MP and a Member of the European Parliament. When someone serves in two legislatures simultaneously, this is called a dual mandate . Before the June 1979 elections, every MEP had a dual mandate, as the European Parliament was effectively a parliamentary assembly. With direct elections,...
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a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about Cleveleys (England) written by oldchem Cleveleys is a Lancashire Seaside town on the Fylde Coast, about 4 miles north of Blackpool and 2 miles south of Fleetwood. It is part of the Borough of Wyre. Officially the full title of the town is Thornton and Cleveleys as the town incorporates ...
Ex-mayor faces underwear charges The former mayor of a Lancashire town has been accused of breaking into homes and stealing women's underwear, police have said (they finally caught the knicker nicker - no doubt with his trousers down). Ian Stafford, 58, who resigned as mayor of Preesall after his arrest in June, has been charged with three counts of burglary over the missing lingerie. Women in Preesall,...
BBC Pravda provides some light amusment. The former mayor of a Lancashire town has been accused of breaking into homes and stealing women's underwear, police have said. Ian Stafford, 58, who resigned as mayor of Preesall after his arrest in June, has been charged with three counts of burglary over the missing lingerie. Women in Preesall, Poulton-le-Fylde and Stalmine called in police after their underwear...
Obama Administration Courts Midwesterners on Energy, Climate [Fraud] - Washington Wire - WSJ A high-level White House meeting today dealt with the concerns of a group that will be crucial to winning support for energy and climate legislation: Midwesterners. No nudes day as event is cancelled - Lancashire Evening Post Plans for a nude camping festival in Wyre have been scrapped – because punters...
On Sunday 19th July, 4 members of the newly formed Wyre BNP group attended Fleetwood's hugely popular Transport Festival which is also known as Tram Sunday. The event is named as such because Fleetwood is the only town in the country to have tram cars running down it's high street. The event is a family fun day celebrating Fleetwood's heritage for which the main town centre streets are completely closed...
Thanks to tea-pot-maxx for today's headline, hehe, get it? Ah well, the Sharks roadshow headed up to Hudson's farm fishery today which is situated in St Michaels on Wyre, a picturesque part of the world in deepest Lancashire. It's a crackin' little fishery comprising four lakes, the biggest being a 21 peg match water stocked with carp to 6 lb, berties, cruicians, tench, skimmers, roach, perch and rudd....
Melanie from the ‘Thornton Through Time’ website (otherwise known to our forum readers as ‘History Hunter’) has been busy recently. She’s the best researcher Wyre Archaeology doesn’t have. One of these days we’re going to convince her to sign up proper. (I’m extemporising again, aren’t I? Best get on before everyone disappears to You Tube in search...
The 2005 story of Joe and Helen Roberts - an elderly Christian couple from Lancashire who were interrogated by police because they criticised a 'gay rights' project being run by their local council. In this new video, Helen speaks about how intimidating it was to be questioned by police officers for over an hour. The officers told them they were near to committing a hate crime which carries a seven...
Wyre Council in Lancashire are using a dog fitted with a camera to catch dog owners who do not clean up after their dogs!Bloody hell, it's getting worse.
TWO mysterious stones found on Fleetwood beach have been sent for analysis at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. The stones went on display at last week’s monthly meeting of the Wyre Archaeology Group at Farmer Parrs, Fleetwood. Ken Emery, group secretary, said: “We had a good turn-out of 20 people and the stones were a big talking point. The general consensus was that they...
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