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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.

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.

What to do in Ramsbottom at half term – Episode 62

May 29, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

Ramsbottom Brewery 1940s Weekend — Thanks to AJ Read on Twitter for use of the photo

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We’ve had some lovely weather so far in Ramsbottom for this year’s 1940’s weekend, the highlight of which was the flyover by the Spitfire.

Not only is it 1940s weekend but it’s also half term next week and with that in mind I’ve decided to throw together some options if you’re stuck for ideas with the family this week. If you have no responsibility for any children, you can pretty much do what you want anyway so make your own list.

It would be great to see your photos if you do manage to do any of these things. This is Rammy is the major social media networks so sharing them to This is Rammy on Twitter or Facebook would get them seen by me. I love getting suggestions from you too so if you have any other things you like to do over half term I’d love to hear them.

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.

Ramson Day 2016 – Episode 58

April 24, 2016 by Lee 2 Comments

IE-RamsonDay — Thanks to Incredible Edible Ramsbottom for the photo from their Flickr Page

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It’s Ramson Day! I know, it’s the day you’ve all been waiting for with Christmas coming a close second, but seriously, hear me out. If you’re listening to this when it is released, Sunday the 24th of April, get yourself down to Ramsbottom Station where Incredible Edible will be cooking up a storm using locally foraged Allium Ursinum (which sounds like something out of Harry Potter); this is better known as Wild Garlic, which is also known as the Ramsbottom namesake the Ramson.