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Ramsbottom 101 – Episode 101

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I’ve decided to take the opportunity of episode 101 to recap on a bit of Ramsbottom information, maybe you’re new to the podcast or new to Ramsbottom in general.

Let’s be honest though, episode 101 was a great chance to do a Ramsbottom 101, or a basic guide to Ramsbottom in audio form.

If you’re new to the podcast, I’m Lee, a local resident of Ramsbottom and each week (that’s the dream at least) I provide some information, entertainment, or at worst some light relief.

Ramsbottom is a small-ish town around 4 miles north of Bury. Bury itself is around 12 miles North of Manchester in the North West of England.

Ramsbottom, although your typical Milltown in construction with its many classic stone buildings all helping to provide a spectacular backdrop to your daily life has an anything BUT typical vibe running through it.

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Ambient Ramsbottom – Episode 100

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It’s sort of a tradition amongst Podcasters to do something slightly different for their episode 100, so for the episode 100 of This is Rammy I’m going to take you to three places in Ramsbottom.

The They are The East Lancashire Railway Station, Nuttall Park by the River and Bridge Street on a quiet Sunday afternoon. Just a few of the places I think help to provide sounds of Ramsbottom.

The crazy thing is, I thought this moment would be a great grand point in the podcast but it’s actually ended up giving me a case of “Podcasters Block”. That is now put to rest, and it’s onwards and upwards from here.

I hope you like this break away from the regular podcast and that you come back with episode 101 where I’ll have another interview with a member of our fantastic community.

Thanks for sticking with the podcast for so long, especially in these past few months where I’ve been otherwise engaged with the birth of my daughter, caught up in the enormity of an “episode 100” and other things that get in the way of producing the podcast.

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Boffins Develop “Wet Summer” Predictor for Ramsbottom

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OK, not just for Ramsbottom, although rumour has it that it could be renamed to “Ramsbottom Summer” predictor (da-dum-tish).

Last year, the BBC reported that scientists have “found a connection between sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic in March and April and the subsequent summer’s rain or shine.”

What does this mean for us I hear you say. Upon review of the paper, it states that the predictability of getting soaked whilst cooking food next to our rusty infrequently used barbecues is around 56% (0.56 where 1 is would be a perfect prediction and 0 would be just a guess).

If this becomes commonplace, this could change everything. Festivals would be prepared for bad weather in much more realistic ways to avoid a repeat of the Y Festival last year as well as better stocking of items in local shops such as sunhats if we’re going to have a great summer or fancy umbrellas for the expected rain.

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Ramsbottom features on BBC MasterChef Final

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If you happened to be watching MasterChef: The Professionals on December the 21st on BBC One you might have noticed some familiar sights whilst one of the contestants was talking.

That’s right, Ramsbottom was filmed (but labeled as Bury) for MasterChef.

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Ramsbottom CC on tour in Perth

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One Eagle-eyed Facebook user (Darren) noticed this post on the Blackburn Rovers Facebook page and wondered who was behind it.

This flag has been seen at WACA Stadium in Perth. Nice to see Ramsbottom in the sunshine, feels like it’s been a while.

Ramsbottom Cricket Club probably wasn’t expecting to feature at the WACA anytime soon.

Some sleuthing on Neil Webster’s part and the responsible party was identified as Lee Kenyon.

Nice work Lee! Does anyone else have any examples of where they’ve taken Ramsbottom on tour?

You’ll need to go quite far to beat our own Mel Southworth though who managed to put a Ramsbottom flag on the summit of Everest (it’s not in the photo above, Mel is though).