This is Rammy - Page 70 of 76 - News, Information and an award winning Podcast right from the heart of Ramsbottom

Incredible Edible Ramsbottom with Pam Smart – Episode 8

April 26, 2015 by Lee

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:52 — 20.0MB)

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | More

Pam Smart of Incredible Edible Ramsbottom — Pam taking some rare time off from her hectic Incredible Edible Ramsbottom schedule.

This week on This Is Rammy we have a conversation with Pam Smart from Incredible Edible Ramsbottom.

Incredible Edible started life around 5 years ago when a founder of the movement came to provide a talk to the community, from that day forth, Incredible Edible Ramsbottom was born and the rest is history.

Incredible Edible are a Guerrilla group, but don’t worry, they’re not the scary kind. They are activists though, by planting trees and growing plants on patches of land which are either disused, or have been offered as a space where the group can help to spread their green fingers.

All of the edible plants are free for people to use, they are for the public, however, please just take what you need so that there is enough for everyone.

Ramsbottom benefits from record average house prices

April 22, 2015 by Lee

The Guardian recently announced a record high in average house prices across the UK.

Although these record average house prices are good for existing home owners, it’s sadly not that beneficial to those yet to get on the housing ladder. Something that was raised with the parliamentary candidates recenlty in Ramsbottom.

Last Sunday (Sunday the 20th of April) at the Pre-Election debate in Ramsbottom, one of the talking points was what the parties will do to help people get onto the property ladder, and part of the reason was that due to the shortage of houses in the UK, the prices have increased. Thus putting them out of the range of first time buyers.

Based on this recent information, I set out to graph the average house prices across the UK and compare them to the average house prices for the North West.

David Agnew of Ramsbottom Festival and The MET – Episode 7

April 19, 2015 by Lee Leave a Comment

Where would Ramsbottom be without Ramsbottom Festival?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:35 — 8.0MB)

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | More

For the past five years, David Agnew and his team have been putting on one of the biggest events for Ramsbottom each year, the Ramsbottom Festival. This is a massive occasion for Ramsbottoms events calendar, with music, shows and entertainment across three days, it’s always a busy fun packed weekend for all the family.
[Read more…] about David Agnew of Ramsbottom Festival and The MET – Episode 7

Avalanche on Everest One Year On

April 18, 2015 by Lee Leave a Comment

12 Months ago today there was an avalanche on Everest which took the lives of 16 Sherpas.

Today there is no climbing as a mark of respect and reflection on the tragedy.

Melanie who we interviewed a few weeks ago is there now, she had this to say on Facebook:

A sad day today. One year ago exactly, I was sat in this self-same lodge, the Himalayan Hotel in Pheriche, when an English man named Tim, shaking with nerves, walked in and announced that there’d been a bad avalanche in the Khumbu Ice Fall. It’s a ‘black day’ for the whole of Nepal – with businesses closed and Pemba and myself staying put for the day, to remember the sixteen lad’s who lost their lives that day…Rest in peace

Melanie is climbing Everest and is raising funds for Canine Partners, you can donate on her JustGiving Page here: http://www.justgiving.com/MelSouthworth

Wishing Melanie all the best in her expedition and a safe return.

Molly Bloom live at Buchanan Social Club

April 17, 2015 by Lee Leave a Comment

What do you get when you cross a Flute and Classical Guitar with a Drum and a Bass? Molly Bloom of course!

You can see Molly Bloom live at Buchanan Social Club in Ramsbottom on May the 1st.

So, if you like your music a bit harder than most, you’ll be glad to know not only is Molly Bloom performing, but in total there are three acts performing at Buchanan Sports and Social Club in Ramsbottom that should rock your proverbial.

Molly Bloom are being supported by Ten Foot Wizard and PIST, all pretty local bands who have similar sounding music. Essentially, if you like one, you’re almost certain to like the others. One track of Molly Blooms I particularly from their All Pressure album is Run if you want to, in which the video also features imagery from Scooby Doo, who wouldn’t like that?!

The doors open at 7pm on the 1st of May and entrance price is £5 per ticket.

You can find all the bands and their music mentioned at their respective websites below:

Buchanan Sports and Social Club: http://www.buchananssc.co.uk
Molly Bloom: http://www.mollybloom.co.uk
Ten Foot Wizard: http://tenfootwizard.bandcamp.com
PIST: http://www.pistband.com