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Author Paul Jenkins with Requires Improvement – Episode 061

May 22, 2016 by Lee 2 Comments

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Have you ever thought about writing a book? Well my guest this week has done that, and not only is he now published, he is published by a method that me or you could do tomorrow, not that it would necessarily be successful.

That method is the very popular crowdfunding concept. If you’re unaware of what crowdfunding is, allow me to provide a brief description. Crowdfunding is where people with an idea can put forward that idea online and anyone who thinks that they would like to see that idea happen can “back” that idea, essentially invest in it.

They do this by agreeing to pay a certain amount of money, this is often rewarded with perks, for example with Pauls book, one of the perks included an invitation to the book launch, your name in the book and a copy.

Going out and doing it with Simon Holland – Episode 60

May 15, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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Thanks for coming back for another episode of This is Rammy, the podcast where I interview local businesses, people and generally talk about what’s going on in and around Ramsbottom as it’s our town and it’s full of fantastic stories.

This week I caught up with the ever busy Simon Holland. When he’s not volunteering for Ramsbottom Rotary Club or putting on his Friday Night Networking evening you will find him at his business Jacob’s Ladder Letting Agents.

Helen Nugent with Northern Soul – Episode 59

May 1, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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From “bunkbeds” to fearing if the person smiling at you was about to kill you, London provided a lot of “entertainment” for Helen in her 15 years there, but despite all that excitement she felt it was time to come back up North where she was originally from and get to know a community.

I was so used to London, where if someone talked to you on the bus, you thought they were going to kill you.

Living in Ramsbottom has provided not only fantastic views for Helen whilst she works from home, but also a real sense of community that I’ve heard many people say you just don’t get in a big city like London.

The House of Beer – Episode 56

April 10, 2016 by Lee 2 Comments

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Welcome to this weeks episode of This is Rammy. This week I caught up with Clint from House of Beer which is based on Silver Street.

Clint explains that his background wasn’t in beer, he’s been a teacher for a large majority of his life, but the teaching profession now, just isn’t what it used to be, there are pressures from external factors that detract from the teaching he wanted a change, and that change came in the form of being his own boss and running his own beer shop.

Andy of Arcade Club Bury – Episode 52

March 13, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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This week I got to relive some childhood memories and got down to Arcade Club in Bury, the biggest arcade in Europe and 4th largest in the world. Did you know we had this right on our doorstep?

Andy and his team do an amazing job at keeping these old machines running, he mentioned that some of them were only ever designed to run for two years, and here they are decades later, still going strong.

One thing that shocked me about Arcade Club, was the price. In this episode you’ll actually hear an audible gasp when I realise just how long you get for the price of entry.