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AD Plant has never been “appealing” – Episode 45

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Welcome to another episode of This is Rammy, your podcast for Ramsbottom and the surrounding area, but generally Ramsbottom.

I hope you’ve had a great week, we’ve had some strange weather again, a cold start to the week with Snow last sunday and subzero temperatures followed by a week of mild weather and rain. I won’t claim to understand it, but it’s strange is all I know.

This week has seen a couple of news stories regarding our favourite town.

 

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Do you want to build a snowman? – Episode 44

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Welcome to another episode of This is Rammy, you might be aware I’ve been feeling pretty crappy this week as I’ve been struck down again with flu.

We’ve been fortunate enough to have had another week of being visited by the Flying Scotsman and I know that some of you listening have been lucky enough to even go on it, Anne Lockett and Christine Gillies to name just two.

If you took a trip on the famous Flying Scotsman, I hope you had a truly magical time.

As of when I’m recording this, which is just before midnight on Saturday the 16th of January, we have snow. There is currently around 3-4 inches on the ground, and it’s still snowing, only lightly, but snowing all the same.

If you don’t need to drive anywhere today, don’t, even though roads have been gritted, well at least my road has been, they can still be icy so please take care.

I know I’ll be out today with my son, freezing and still ill, but it’s worth being pelted by snowballs to see the enjoyment on their face, then snuggling up under a blanket watching TV with some steaming hot chocolate.

So as it HAS finally snowed, I thought I’d give you my top four activities you can do in the snow. You should know at least two of these.

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Summerseat Players with Stephen Gill – Episode 43

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It’s 2016! We don’t have flying cars yet, but we have hoverboards that are being banned left right and centre in America, including a raid on at a recent electronics show CES.

I don’t think they’ll be “taking off” in Ramsbottom anytime soon though.

This week I interviewed Stephen Gill of Summerseat players and I looked at how Summerseat Players actually came to be in Ramsbottom.

In 1990 what was then the “Buskers Showbar and Snooker Hall” (formerly “The Royal Cinema”) was purchased by the Summerseat Players. It was renamed to what is now, the Theatre Royal. It then underwent lots of changes to create the theatre and in September 1991 it opened to the public with their production of “Stepping Out”.

Interestingly, Stephen mentioned that they had also looked at the old Co-Op Building at the time, but access was considered too difficult and costly to correct. I spoke to Stephen Marley about the old Co-Op building in episode 41.

I also found out how many people it takes to actually put on a production.

 

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Floody Hell – Episode 42

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Several places have been in the news recently due to terrible flooding, Cumbria being the worst hit. We’ve got family in Carlisle who have been flooded out of their house and it’s unknown when they’ll be able to actually return.B06661 Kenyon Street, Ramsbottom

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What does the future hold for the Co-Op Building – Episode 41

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This week’s interview with Stephen was one of the most fascinating I’ve had yet. If you’ve seen the Co-Op building from the outside, you’ll understand that it’s clearly a spectacular building, but it’s the inside that really holds your breath.

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