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Do you think that Play Streets could work in Ramsbottom, or even if they’re a good idea? Our MP James Frith has recently posted on Facebook to encourage residents of local communities to get involved in the Play Streets initiative.

James goes on to explain in his Facebook post that:

Play streets are quiet residential streets that are temporarily closed to through traffic so that local children can have the space to themselves for a few hours each week.

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Doug says:

“Parks and open spaces are for playing on, not streets. Rather than parents just chucking the kids out onto the street so that they can relinquish their parental responsibilities, they should actually improve family life by taking them to the park.”

Chris says:

“Wonderful way of creating a community, it’s not just the children who benefit it brings neighbours together great idea”

Michelle says:

“Good idea, I remember British bulldog and also may we cross your golden river games”

Ann says:

“As long as were given notice so we can get cars on driveways etc I think it’s a great idea”

You can find more about play streets on the Play England website.

Several bits of news for Ramsbottom hit this week which is in the podcast, last Sunday Ramsbottom featured in National Geographic

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…according to Tripadvisor…within a quarter mile radius…as of June 2019.

OK, I agree there is some room for error here, however to try to avoid any bias, I’m taking these ratings and reviews directly from TripAdvisor as of the 24th of June 2019.

Does your favourite restaurant make the cut?

To give you an idea of what a quarter mile radius looks like, here it is:

After some discussion on social media about where is the centre of Ramsbottom, which many agreed was The Urn, I used Free Map Tools website to create this fetching green circle above.

Ordinarily, I’d have the full list here, but I’m going to keep the suspense and ask that you listen to the podcast episode (just click on the play button above or even better, subscribe) to find out exactly who made the cut.

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It should come as no surprise that Ramsbottom is up for another award, ok technically it’s not RAMSBOTTOM, but I would argue that when anywhere in Ramsbottom is up for an award, then Ramsbottom as a whole is up for the award.

The award that is on offer this time is Baratxuri is up for Neighbourhood Restaurant of the year as part of the Manchester Food and Drink Festival.

Baratxuri have won awards before, in fact they won TWO amazing awards back in 2017 so let’s get voting to get another award back in Ramsbottom, especially as it looks like

You can vote for Baratxuri on the voting page here.

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