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Over £2000 worth of damage caused to Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary Ramsbottom charity shop

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Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary Charity shop has it's windows damaged
Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary Charity shop has it’s windows damaged

Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary on Bridge Street in Ramsbottom was this weekend subjected to damage to both it’s windows which will result in a bill for over £2000 for repairs.

This is a considerable amount considering that the general takings of the charity are barely over £1000 a week. This is a huge setback for their fund raising which was caused by mindless vandals.
The incident happened between the hours of 4pm on February 20 and 9.25am on February 21.

If anyone has any information, Police can be contacted on 101 free or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

Donations to the charity can be made on their website: http://www.bleakholt.org/donations-to-the-animal-sanctuary.html

Whilst you’re there, why not see if you can help by adopting a pet? http://www.bleakholt.org/pets-available/

And the prize, for Ramsbottom 2014 Best Independent Shop, goes to….

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Nearly 20 years of hard work has paid off for Jeff Lowe of Woodholme Supplies on Bridge Street. Not only has his local and loyal customers been purchasing their various items such as tools, lightbulbs, gas and many other essentials, but they had also been voting in the local award for Best Independent Shop.

I can honestly say I’ve been a customer of Woodholme Supplies ever since I moved to Ramsbottom, it’s a real life saver when you have that little DIY job where you’re missing that vital part, or if your light bulbs blows unexpectedly. Woodholme Supplies is always there, and it’s great to see that local businesses are recognised and rewarded in Ramsbottom.

Ramsbottom is made up of many independent businesses who all contribute to our local community, without them, our landscape of shops would be vastly different.

This is Rammy would like to congratulate Jeff Lowe on the award of best independent shop, and here’s to many more years of success and recognition.

ThisisRammy hit Chocolate Café for afternoon lunch

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Me and a few friends had a lovely meal in the Ramsbottom Chocolate Café yesterday afternoon, although the place was very busy, the service was second to none, all staff were very helpful and our food arrived promptly.

Unlike what you’d expect, not all of the food is chocolate based, however the chilli I had did happen to have some dark chocolate in it, but I feel that’s more for effect then taste, I couldn’t taste it anyway.

As I mentioned, I had the chilli with baked potato for my meal, but the crowning glory was the Milk Chocolate Hot Chocolate with Ginger, it was amazing. Very sweet and rich, I could only have one, but that would be one a day and I’d still never get bored of them.

Once you’ve finished eating you can head downstairs to buy some chocolate or just watch them making it in the viewing area. It’s difficult to not be tempted by the array of chocolates on offer. I bought some chocolate to remind me of my visit, sampled the free chocolate drops on the till area and paid our bill. The smell is great whilst they’re creating the chocolates, however given it’s so close to the till, it’s easy to become distracted when prompted to “Please remove your card”.

Ultimately, this is a brilliantly executed destination should you find yourself in Ramsbottom, if you don’t find yourself in Ramsbottom, why not make a special trip, there is LOTS on offer, I defy you to be bored. Plus, it’s hard to miss the Chocolate Café, it’s opposite the big metal sculpture, officially called the Tilted Vase but effectionately known to most as the Urn (or Urnie).

Some day you will find me… in a Ramsbottom Wine Bar

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…caught beneath the landslide in a champagne supernova in the sky.

Well Ramsbottom will this Friday have it’s very own wine bar, XLII.

A dedicated Wine bar has been lacking in Ramsbottom, we’ve got various pubs and restaurants that all do great selections of wine, and even a fantastic wine shop with The Vineyard, it’s just difficult to pour yourself a big glass when you’re only there to buy a bottle or two.

XLII as we all know is 42 in numbers, maybe its the meaning of life? Maybe it’s just the door number of the building, who knows, one thing is for sure, they will be serving Brewsmith Beer so not just wine. Quite the treat destination. The question is, will they have a beer equivilent of a sommelier or will they just be suggesting wine.

Nice to have a Ramsbottom wine bar though, certainly a very worthy edition to an already bustling array of nightlife establishments.

So allow me to provide a warm ThisIsRammy welcome to XLII to Ramsbottom. The first Ramsbottom wine bar.

‘Melt’ into National Chocolate Week 13th – 19th Oct

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This week is National Chocolate Week here in the UK.

According to the Oracle (wikipedia) the word “chocolate” comes from the Classical Nahuatl word xocolātl(meaning “bitter water”).

The chocolate we eat today is a million miles from “bitter water” though and since sugar was added to this original Aztec luxury in the 16th century its become a popular treat growing companies such as Cadburys into around a £12bn business.

One such business taking a more traditional approach is the ever popular Chocolate Cafe in the heart of Ramsbottom.
Although they say they’re doing “nothing special” for chocolate week, they quite rightly say “it’s always chocolate week at The Chocolate Cafe”

Which is as good a reason as any to visit I would say.

http://www.chocolate-cafe.co.uk