General

As you are no doubt aware, we’ve got another general election on the 12th of December 2019.

There are a variety of polling stations around Ramsbottom and which one you need to go to will be written on your polling card, however you can use the polling station finder by entering your postcode to look it up.

However you choose to vote, please do go out and vote if you are able to.

Ramsbottom Polling Stations

Polling district	Polling place
AA	The Eagle and Child, Whalley Road
AB	Foundation Unit, Peel Brow School, Fir Street
AC	Ramsbottom Library, Carr Street
AD	Hazlehurst CP School, Geoffrey Street
AE	St Andrews Church, Bolton Street
AF	Mobile van on car park on Lumb Carr Road

Taken from the Bury Council website

October the 12th, non-league day. What was originally setup as a social media experiment by James Doe in 2010 meaning this is the 10th anniversary of it being setup.

His inspiration for the day was brought about by a pre-season trip to Devon to watch Queens Park Rangers play at Tavistock.

Now, non-League day is backed by Premier League and Football League clubs, MPs, celebrities, media organisations, charities and most importantly the non-league clubs themselves and the fans who turn up on the day.

The BBC have got a celebration of the day in a few photos on their website.

Today, on non-league day, Ramsbottom United take on Colne in the FA Trophy in Ramsbottom. Kick off is at 3pm. The weather looks pretty decent too. Go on, why not ⚽ 😉

There are other matches that take place in the football calendar, and the non-league website has them listed here, you know, just in case Ramsbottom United are away or something.

There are a couple of things I like to think I know a little bit about, one is generally “stuff” about Ramsbottom, the other is whisky, I’m no buff, but I know what I like.

Well, I was a little surprised when I found out that not only does The Fisherman’s Retreat (in Ramsbottom, thing 1) create their own whisky (thing 2), but they’ve just released their fourth and fifth editions. Granted, I knew that they’re big on whisky, but I didn’t realise they actually had their own.

Now it might seem hard to believe, but The Fisherman’s Retreat is now in its 27th year and they now stock over 500 different Scottish single malt whiskies. Not only that but they recently launched their online shop which showcases some of their more fine and rare whiskies. This is some way from where they started back in 1992 when an overheard fisherman’s chat about where to go for lunch helped start it all.

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