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Update: Power was restored earlier.
Update: Had many reports that the power is still off for a large number of Ramsbottom and local residents.
Electricity North West have confirmed that a power cut earlier today affected a large majority of Ramsbottom and other areas.
Power has now been restored to the areas, the reference number for this cut is 40676985
Ramsbottom is once again set to become gridlocked with more planned road works. This time however it’s not resurfacing of Bridge Street nor a closure for another (fantastic) festival, It’s not even to fix broken water pipes due to the heavy goods vehicles that use our roads. This time it’s gas. Gas pipe replacement works.
Twitter follower Alan Groves brought to my attention (cheers Alan) recently the planned road works ready to hit Ramsbottom this coming Monday which will undoubtedly cause congestion and suffering over all our already busy routes.
@thisisrammysite Digging up Rammy this summer https://t.co/55R3L9BaJf
— Alan Groves (@TheSameTimeLord) July 17, 2018
The planned start date for the works is Monday the 23rd of July 2018.
Legislation in Scotland could see pavement parking banned, reigniting the debate about the rest of the UK.
Source: Should the UK ban parking on pavements? – BBC News
How do you think Ramsbottom would cope if a pavement parking ban was put in place?
This is a common sight around Ramsbottom which if the legislation was passed would mean real difficulty for our parking situation.
Would it mean Ramsbottom would need to get the blue signs installed everywhere?
What do you think, leave your views in the comments below.
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It’s coming up to the May bank holiday this weekend and one of the regular events on the Ramsbottom calendar around this time is the 1940s weekend, or war weekend as it was previously known but for obvious reasons this name fell out of fashion.
This time the 1940s weekend has had a bit of an overhaul and one person leading this charge was none other than Jane Pritchard of Mrs P’s Ice Cream.
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Jackie Griffith’s and daughter Isabel are two people who haven’t sat around waiting for things to get fixed, they’ve had intention, direction, a purpose and have got s*&t done!
After retiring early to look after her parents, Jackie found that she had some spare time, and with her daughter Isabel, who had recently returned from a thought provoking trip to Madagascar, felt starting regular events to tidy up around Ramsbottom will be a great use of their time.
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