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Pokemon Go takes over Ramsbottom – Episode 68

July 24, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

Pokemon Go takes over Ramsbottom

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You might be out enjoying Northern Grip festival today, but you would have had to have been living under a rock to have not heard the words Pokemon and Go uttered together in the past few weeks. The game has not only taken the world by storm, it’s also taken Ramsbottom by storm. How do I know this? Well, I was out in Ramsbottom *cough* researching Pokemon Go when I came across a group of lads playing it, then I turned the corner, and what seemed to be the whole of the smoking corner from the Grey Mare were playing.

I did have a fairly scary encounter, I was heading towards St Andrews Church, which if you’re not aware is a Pokemon Gym (essentially a place where you can take control of it for your team). It was dark, and I was alone. I rounded the corner to be met by around 6 glowing lights all heading towards me. No, it wasn’t a supernatural encounter, it turned out, I wasn’t the only one headed to St Andrew’s Church that night to play Pokemon Go.

Slightly changed image. Still Pokemon Go players from last night.

A photo posted by Lee Ball (@thisisrammy) on Jul 15, 2016 at 6:12am PDT

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Soggy Ramsbottom and Mic Flags – Episode 66

July 3, 2016 by Lee Leave a Comment

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Hello and welcome to another episode of This is Rammy. This week I was going to talk to you about what you can do in and around Ramsbottom when it’s raining as goodness knows we’ve certainly had a heck of a lot of rain recently, however, I want to give it some more thought rather than rush it out so keep your eyes peeled for that one in the future.

So today instead I’m going through a few of the things that are coming up on the Ramsbottom Calendar over the next few weeks.

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.

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.

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.