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Ramsbottom Against Fracking – Episode 50

February 28, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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This week for the podcast I visited the third meeting for Ramsbottom Against Fracking.

What do you know about fracking? For me personally, other then it’s been all over the news and some minor research, I’ll be honest, I didn’t know much.

Thankfully, I was recently invited to attend a Ramsbottom Against Fracking meeting. With this invitation in mind, I set off on a chilly full moonlit night on the 22nd of February, destination Lolos Vegan and Raw (the meeting location) to find out exactly what fracking is, and how it affects us.

A brief history of Ramsbottom Paper Mill – Episode 49

February 21, 2016 by Lee 5 Comments

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In the last few weeks we’ve seen the iconic chimney stack of the old Mondi Paper Mill start to be demolished. Although it will not be completely removed – just having a third of it’s current height taken off, it will still change the scenery of Ramsbottom which has remained since the mid 1800’s.

The primary reason for this is safety, having sat unused since 2008 the chimney and site have both became unsafe. In 2014 a 60 metre exclusion zone was constructed around the chimney and site to prevent accidents.

Since the chimney is changing forever, I thought I would dedicate an episode of the podcast to go into a little detail about the history of that iconic chimney.

Date night at Oscars Ramsbottom

February 19, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

Oscars Ramsbottom, not one sign of a gold man or Di Caprio anywhere to be seen…

Me and my wife on Wednesday the 17th of February went to Oscars for the first time since moving to Ramsbottom. It’s a place that we pass regularly, but we’d never actually put the effort in to booking a table, or just heading over.

So, for Valentines day we went and had a meal out while Grandma looked after our son. (What, you didn’t go out on Sunday the 14th? No, of course not, that’s insane).

We had a table booked for 7:30 but we ended up being ready quicker then we’d anticipated, so rather then sit around and wait for half an hour, I rang ahead and asked if it were OK for us to head over for 7. They said it was fine, and we set off.

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Local Singer/Songwriter Jennifer Hardy – Episode 48

February 14, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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Originally hailing from Derry in Ireland, Jennifer Hardy has moved around quite a bit. Having lived in places such as San Francisco, Sydney, Perth and Edinburgh. She has now been living in Ramsbottom since 2015 and is loving it – especially the eating out part in places like Levanter.

In 2009 Jennifer was even a finalist in the Red Stripe Music Awards.

In 2013 Blackened Eyes, Jennifer’s debut album was released.

Jennifer is currently working on her follow up to Blackened Eyes and planning a UK tour, but you don’t need to wait! You can hear her support Fred’s House on Wednesday the 17th of February, so when this is released, just three days!

The House of Beer Ramsbottom opens

February 12, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

I have aince interviewed Clint for the podcast.

Ramsbottom has a brand new shop, and if you like beer you’re in for a treat!

The House of Beer first opened for trading on February 12th 2016. Promising:

…to bring you the very best local, national and foreign beers.

I’m sure you’ll join me in welcoming The House of Beer to Ramsbottom.
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