Public Decency

The Times has the following item:-
A chief examiner told the paper he gave two marks to a GCSE candidate who wrote “eff off” – for accurate spelling and conveying meaning successfully.
It is worrying that such standards are now treated as acceptable by those who educate our children.  Sadly, this sort of language will be all [...]

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Raft Race

Local people will know of the Raft Race which took place each year on the May Bank Holiday, sailing 7 miles down the River Ribble.
I was first involved building a raft for a team at the Jobcentre but soon wanted a raft of my own.  My mate and I decided that winning was not going [...]

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Strange goings on

I sneaked along to Church yesterday to see what the youth club was doing.  I’m not sure that it was a wise move.  The first thing I came across was a side room full of people throwing plates of shaving foam at a giant poster of our Minister.  There was foam nearly to the ceiling [...]

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Sniffer dogs

Muslims travelling on trains from Brighton have objected to sniffer dogs being used to search them for drugs and bombs.
The trial by the British Transport Police  on all rail passengers travelling through the station prompted complaints from some Muslims who said their religion did not allow direct contact with dogs.
Should the law be applied equally [...]

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Clearing out the rubbish

I have just been tidying up at home and throwing out piles of papers which have accumulated over a couple of weeks on the sideboard.  What is noticeable is that items which seem important at the time soon loose their significance and become so much clutter.  Could I not have determined the real value of [...]

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Muslims take over

The following article gives cause for concern.  Could it happen here?
Newcastle High School in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, is a Christian-majority school.  It has over 1000 pupils of whom only a few dozen are Muslim.  It has become the centre of a nationwide religious debate because a group of Muslim parents has seized control of the [...]

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Garstang

My parents were both born in Garstang and my mother tells of the time when a local youth, Jerome Grayson brought his dog along the street.  He was noted for sending his dog after the cats with the command – “cats Rover”.  My mother had a cat and was concerned for its safety but her [...]

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Mystery solved

I think it only fair to share the fact that I have found more about  www.shirleymeth.org.uk which seemed to be a home page with nowhere to go. 
It seems to have been replaced by  www.croydonmeth.org/page12.html .   I have informed them of the problem so we will monitor the situation!   
Now that we have sorted that one out – [...]

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Time to think anew

Today I wanted to comment on a blog but the blogger has chosen to have no comments so I’ll have to do it here.
whatsyourpointcaller.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/time-to-think-anew/
Firstly, forgetting what others have said – if 6 have to be chosen out of 9 then however well qualified or suitable they are 3 will be unsuccessful.  There is a sense [...]

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New Methodist President

We are fortunate to have in our District the Rev Stephen Poxon who, in July becomes the President of the Methodist Conference, which is the head of the Methodist Church in the UK.  A farewell service was arranged this afternoon at Church Rd, St Annes to allow all the Methodists in the North Lancashire District [...]

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