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Soggy Ramsbottom and Mic Flags – Episode 66

July 3, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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Hello and welcome to another episode of This is Rammy. This week I was going to talk to you about what you can do in and around Ramsbottom when it’s raining as goodness knows we’ve certainly had a heck of a lot of rain recently, however, I want to give it some more thought rather than rush it out so keep your eyes peeled for that one in the future.

So today instead I’m going through a few of the things that are coming up on the Ramsbottom Calendar over the next few weeks.

This is a podcast episode, dont forget to click play above. — This is a podcast episode, don’t forget to click play above.

Busy week for Politics, not so for Ramsbottom – Episode 65

June 26, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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Welcome back to another episode of This is Rammy. This week we’ve had Father’s day and the result of one of the biggest voting decisions in living memory for the UK.

Yes, we voted as a country, just about, to leave the EU. However, that’s not what this show is about and I’m sure you’ve heard plenty of that news in the past few days.

So, on with the show.

Swings and roundabouts, Nuttall Park gets a revamp

June 18, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

The largest and arguably best park in Ramsbottom had a couple of upgrades to the play area earlier this month.

The additions include a seesaw, large tee-pee style roundabout and a trampoline floor.

Me and my son had a go on the various items the other day, but we were having too much fun to remember to take any photos, thankfully the This is Rammy audience were on top form and shared their photos with me (at the end of this post).

If you’ve never been to Nuttall Park before, it’s a very central park in Ramsbottom with the River Irwell running through it as well as the East Lancs Railway line towards Bury.

New Equipment:

Trampoline Floor - Photo thanks to Debbie Varney — Trampoline Floor – Photo thanks to Debbie Varney

New See-Saw - Photo thanks to Janet Murphy — New See-Saw – Photo thanks to Janet Murphy

TeePee Roundabout - Photo thanks to Janet Murphy — TeePee Roundabout – Photo thanks to Janet Murphy

What was it Wednesday

June 16, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

Unfortunately I have decided to end What is it Wednesday.

After a year’s worth of “guess the place or thing” around Ramsbottom with What is it Wednesday I’ve decided that it just doesn’t work well enough on social media to make it easy for you to play.

The main reason for this is that Facebook doesn’t necessarily show you the clues in the correct order. For example if clue2 got popular, even though I’ve already revealed the answer people may still be getting presented with the first clue.

There is also the issue with Twitter where I had to submit the post several times, however due to it’s more flowing nature, I had less of a problem with this than I do with Facebook.

In addition to those problems, it’s a lot of work to create something that is not easy to play, which sadly means I’ve made the decision to end it so I can use that time elsewhere.

I’ll still be doing #throwbackthursday each week as these are easier to implement but I’m afraid the 15th of June was the last What is it Wednesday.

Thanks to everyone who played each week, especially Anne and Michelle who were always first to have a guess and generally got it right each time.

Thanks for the fun and helping me to enjoy our town,

Lee

Ralf Little walks into Levanter… – Episode 64

June 12, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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This week in Ramsbottom we’ve had some drama on Tanners Street with the road opening up and threatening to swallow anything that wants to get anywhere too close to it. Yes, we had a sinkhole on Tanners.

Thankfully the “Road Closed” signs were obeyed and cars used alternative routes… Well, of course not, people were still driving up and around Tanners bringing with it more risk to the road and safety of others.

That road is a nightmare at the best of times. It’s a 20Mph road with people flying past like they’re at Silverstone, some people really need to consider other people at times. I’m glad we didn’t move onto that road, we had looked at a house on Tanners at the time, the house was lovely but with a young child I really didn’t like how busy the road was right outside the door.

Hopefully the road works are completed soon but currently it looks like it’s going to be well over a week before it gets completed.