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It’s one of the most iconic buildings in Ramsbottom, and probably does more than you realise.
The prestigious Ramsbottom Civic Hall is located on Market Square at the top of Bridge Street where it lies overlooking our historic market town of Ramsbottom.
Situated opposite the famous ‘Tilted Vase’ sculpture, the refurbished Hall is conveniently located where it’s ideal for ceremonies, wedding breakfasts and evening receptions.
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I was just putting together the show for this week when I came across some news that really saddened me. The newest shop in Ramsbottom, Bang and Olufsen had been broken into. Not only did the thieves break into it once, they broke into it TWICE. Bang and Olufsen has only been opened since the 1st of June this year and in just five and a half weeks to be broken into twice could be massively demotivating.
I spoke to Karön of Bang and Olufsen Ramsbottom to find out exactly what happened and how it’s been in the days since the break-in. Karön was great and despite what’s happened was very upbeat and positive about the town.
This raises the question though, why is there not more CCTV in Ramsbottom especially given the steady increase in crime around the town?
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It’s July already, how did that happen! Despite that fact that July has crept up on me, as I’m sure it has you, it has been good to have a dry weekend. After weather that’s been too hot for my pasty skin and recent weather that’s been too wet (of course I’m never happy, I’m British!) it was good to get out again.
Me and my son went to Nuttall Park where after searching all over for some stones that a local girl had placed. We saw a post on Facebook the other week where she had painted up about 20 small stones and hidden them around Nuttall Park for people to find. I can only say that they must be well hidden because we looked everywhere and couldn’t find one.
We opted for me struggling up the banks of The Irwell (slipped down twice), some scooting around on his balance bike and then some time in the play area.
Some time later we saw a strange sight, a couple carrying their dog at speed back to their car, the dog did not look well at all. It looked to be a pretty young dog, at a guess a Labrador. It was difficult to watch, and I felt helpless just standing there but I knew there wasn’t much I could do, they were only a hundred meters or so from their car.
I’m hoping that this isn’t another poison issue, and I don’t say that out of the blue because there has been an issue with poison in Nuttall Park in the past, I just hope that this is something natural and not malicious.
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I’ve just witnessed a family rushing their limp dog out of Nuttall Park in their arms clearly concerned for its welfare.
Nuttall Park has had issues in the past with poison being apparently placed in areas where dogs walk assuming as some sort of sick act.
Bury Times – Vet voices concern following string of suspected dog poisonings in Ramsbottom
I hope the dog makes a full recovery and that it wasn’t another issue of poison in the park.
17:45 – Signal has now returned widely to the area. Last update from Three stated:
There is currently an ongoing outage affecting at least EE and Three mobile networks has been ongoing in Ramsbottom since around 8am this morning.
No signal is available at all on these networks but engineers are aware and are working to get it resolved.
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