Young BNP (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tomorrow as is my duty I will be on parade for Remembrance Sunday. I will be parading and so will many of the officials of the party in the South West. All arms of service are represented, Royal Navy in Dorset, Marines in Somerset, and Army and RAF in Wiltshire , to name but a few. Things you wont see tomorrow may be poppy selling outside the Muslim Council of Britain HQ or a mosque, and Jack Straw...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A STRAND of Elvis Presley's hair which is expected to fetch up to £250 at auction by Henry Aldridge and Son, in Devizes, Wiltshire, on November 14. The strand of Elvis' hair collected by his personal barber is 12 by 22 inch and is mounted in a frame alongside a photograph of The King...
Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | yesterday
Conservative party members in the constituency of Gosport are apparently angry that their potential candidate will not be a local. Gosport is the seat of Sir Peter Viggers , or "duck island man" as the media would have him. Fair enough, Sir Peter was born in Gosport and grew up there, and has been the MP for more than thirty years. But an MP does not need to be local. It helps, but it should...
Stamping Ground (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I have another question. Part of my quest to be known as the nosiest blogger on the whole wide interweb I guess, but this morning as I was tidying - well, 'putting away' would be a better description, I realised that my 'scrap' box is taking over my life again. It's about 7 inches deep and about 10 long, and sits on my desk, supposedly to hold anything that is not a whole sheet. Its presence encourages...
BigLee's Miniature Adventures (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The BBC have a photo report on their site featuring the soldiers who survived WWI and lived to old age. The pictures are taken from a new book Great War Portraits by Kieth Collman. (Bill Stone, Harry Patch & Henry Allingham) The book is Hard cover (with dust jacket) 251 x 251mm, 108 pages and with 83 B&W photographs of the veterans. The men (and one woman) featured are: Alfred James Keep -...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Military personnel, civic leaders and residents line streets of Wootton Bassett The body of one of the army's most respected explosives experts, who was killed while defusing an improvised bomb in Afghanistan, was returned home today amid emotional scenes. Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, 30, died on Saturday in Helmand province a few days before he was due to return to the UK. His body was repatriated...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Seven teenage stowaways found inside a lorry in Devizes are to be cared for by Wiltshire Council until they reach 18.
Keith Robinson's blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I am writing this on the train to London where I am speaking at an event for new unitary councils organised by the Improvement & Development Agency. I am doing a double act with John Tench, who until recently headed up the North West Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership. John has worked off and on with Wiltshire for several years, stretching back to the early days of the Comprehensive...
Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
'Oldest working petrol pumps in country' found A set of rusty petrol pumps owned by a 65-year-old mechanic are thought to be the oldest working set in the country. Battling against the rise of modern supermarket stations buying and selling fuel for much less than he can, owner Bernard White has done everything in his power to keep the old relics working. The same pumps have stood on the forecourt of...
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A set of rusty petrol pumps owned by a 65-year-old mechanic are thought to be the oldest working set in the country. Battling against the rise of modern supermarket stations buying and selling fuel for much less than he can, owner Bernard White has done everything in his power to keep the old relics working. The same pumps have stood on the forecourt of Laurel garage in Ramsbury, WIltshire, since...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A dozen post boxes in the Melksham and Trowbridge areas of Wiltshire are damaged by explosions.
Dog Without A Bone (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The closing date for the Round Britain Rally , in which participants are challenged to find and photograph one or more landmarks for every county in England, Wales and Scotland, has passed and I have dispatched a CD of photos to the committee. This means that I can actually reveal the places I visited! At last! Google Map here . Green bikes are ones I've ticked off, red blobs I didn't manage. There's...
Veg Plotting (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Some dates have a resonance. Your birthday is one of these of course, plus any where one of life's milestones is met along the way: graduation or marriage for instance. Sometimes other dates acquire significance, seemingly at random. For me, today's one of the latter. Five years ago, it was the date I finally 'phoned in sick at work and told them I couldn't take the stress anymore. A year later, it...
Derry Hill United News (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The official opening of Derry Hill United FC’ s new Clubhouse took place at the end of October and local people in the Calne area were there to celebrate. The Club were delighted to welcome Wiltshire man and Swindon Town legend, John Trollope, to formally open the building, and unveil a plaque celebrating the occasion. Members were also treated to a display of best wishes and inspirational sporting...
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Tireless British National Party councillor and campaigner Michael Simpkins has announced his intention to apply for a £1,600 grant from the Wiltshire County Council to celebrate white history month — because that was what they paid towards this month’s black history celebrations in the region. “I was delighted to read in the Wiltshire Times how black history month was celebrated...
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