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“Bar” Humbug! – Episode 40

November 29, 2015 by Lee

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Literary and arts festival round up.

Last weekend saw the first Literary and Arts Festival to hit Ramsbottom.

Regardless of what you think with regards to the volume of festivals taking place in Ramsbottom, celebrating the arts in the way that was achieved on the 21st of November was hugely important, not just for the town but for our younger generation too.

Far too often I hear how our attention span is decreasing, it’s currently reported to be around 8 seconds

Events such as the literary festival that took place is a nice change from the usual food based events in Ramsbottom. It helped to fuel reading and poetry amongst other things. [Read more…] about “Bar” Humbug! – Episode 40

Eagle and Child with Glen Duckett and Eve Townson – Episode 39

November 22, 2015 by Lee

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A very wet Tuesday morning saw me visiting the Eagle and Child to have a chat with Eve Townson and Glen Duckett.

If you’ve not heard of the Eagle and Child before, they are a multi-award winning family dining pub situated overlooking Ramsbottom.

Providing training and experience for many young adults; helping them learn a trade whilst building up their confidence in the hospitality industry. Similar to what Jamie Oliver did with Fifteen back in 2002, Glen Duckett is doing here in Ramsbottom.

Finding your place in the community – Episode 38

November 15, 2015 by Lee

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This week has been terrible, a terrible week of weather! Even this weekend it’s been a rare occasion for it to have stopped raining.

Hopefully you’ve not been too negatively affected by the weather. I saw lots of photos of flooded roads, but not too many of flooded houses. I think we all probably saw that stranded Ice Cream van. Who’s buying Ice Cream from a van in November?!

Budge with Team JMC – Episode 37

November 8, 2015 by Lee Leave a Comment

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When Budge (Andrew Burgess) first started Team JMC, it was created out of a desire to have a social group based out of the company JMC.it. Andrew has since sold this company, but he still maintains Team JMC and it’s as big as ever.

With some members setting world records, it would be easy to think that this is an elite team with no room for you to join. Well, you’d be absolutely wrong, you can join if you are simply doing a 5k run round a park, do it with Team JMC and get the support of the team behind you.

Ramsbottom Literary and Arts Festival – Episode 36

November 1, 2015 by Lee Leave a Comment

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This week I went down to the Hare and Hounds where they were hosting, for the second time an Open Mic night as a precursor to the Literary and Arts Festival that is due to take place in Ramsbottom on the 21st of November.

It was a great night, I met a lot of people I hadn’t met before and listened to a lot of great poetry. Many people think that it’s stuffy to listen to poems and get in touch with feelings, to those I say come down to the Literary and Arts festival and relax, you’ll enjoy it, I promise.