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If you’re out tonight at the Ramsbottom late night Christmas shop, or on your works Christmas do or even at the last of the years Friday Night Bite, I know you’ve all been really waiting for the Christmas bin schedule.
Well, wait no more as it has just arrived on my doorstep, so I thought I’d share with you here. Hopefully this is clear enough, you should be able to click on the image to get a bigger version.
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It feels like it’s becoming almost a yearly event, our country has had yet another election allowing us to cast our votes, and the results are in.
Bury North was one of the closest fought constituencies with a recount called and the final total only being announced in the last few hours.
Conservative Party 21,660
Labour Party 21,555
Green Party 802
Liberal Democrat Party 1584
Brexit Party 1240
This means James Daly is our new Conservative MP for Bury North.
Saturday marks the 7th annual Small Business Saturday on the 7th of December. 7th on the 7th, has quite a nice ring to it. If you’re not aware of Small Business Saturday, here’s a direct quote from their website:
Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities.
Small Business Saturday UK – https://smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/
In short, what Small Business Saturday aims to do is highlight small business success and aims to encourage us all to “shop local”. This doesn’t just mean in shops though, this means local businesses too.
[Read more…] about Ramsbottom gets ready for Small Business Saturday
There’s recently been an application submitted through the Bury Planning Portal (64644) which is open for comments regarding the change of use of the old Dream Doors shop on Bolton Street into a bar: “Change of use of ground floor from shop (Class A1) to drinking establishment (Class A4)”
If you’re unfamiliar with the location, possibly you recognise how it used to look?
I know there are people in the community who are dead against any additional restaurants and bars coming into Ramsbottom. I can also absolutely see their argument. Bars and Restaurants already make up a large percentage of the numbers of businesses in Ramsbottom.
In addition there are a number currently closed, so what would this new bar bring that the others couldn’t?
Ultimately, this would mean that another premises that currently has the use as a “Shop Class A1” being changed to a Bar.
I’d love to know your thoughts, feel free to leave them in the comments section below. You can also have your say on the planning application on the Bury Planning Portal on this link. If that doesn’t work just search for 64644
It’s not uncommon to discover things whilst going through some home improvements. An old newspaper here, a height chart drawn on a door frame there, or, in this case, a work of art under the wallpaper.
Ramsbottom resident Bobbie Dowding posted to the “What’s on in Ramsbottom” Facebook group asking to help track down a mystery artist:
So my mam has stripped the wall in my sisters room and uncovered this art work 😂 it’s been signed at the bottom right hand corner by ?.Holden. We’ve lived in Ramsbottom since 2000 so she’s curious to find out who painted it all those years ago and hopes that they might see this post, if anyone might know who this is then please tag them 😊
Bobbie Dowding – Facebook
It’s a little tricky to see the signature, but after asking Bobbie, she has provided a better shot, and it looks like R Holden.
I did a little digging into the cartoon piece, and I believe it’s originally from Asterix in Britain:
Are you the mysterious R Holden?