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Old Man Bottom

LarryWinger
December 27, 2019
2

I suppose in every language, there are idiosyncrasies that will trip just about everyone up. Things like that verse in the carol ‘Ding-dong merrily on high’ where the line ‘And i-o, i-o, i-o, by priests and people sungen’, and you’re…

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Business Infrastructure

New goods lift at the Co-op!

LarryWinger
October 24, 2019
0

So it’s a stock photo, because the Co-op’s new goods lift assembly and installation is all shrouded in plywood hoardings, that you can only just see from the deli counter if you look down the steps. I thought, ‘What’s that…

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Infrastructure

Surely, surely the cobbles will be sorted by now . . .

LarryWinger
October 22, 2019
0

We’re expecting to be back from our little jaunt to the Highlands & Islands today, ready to resume live diarising again. The past ten entries have all been facilitated by the blog schedule, having been pre-written over a conscientious five…

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Environment Infrastructure Services

The long and winding road . . .

LarryWinger
September 24, 2019
0

that leads . . . to your door Our track is in a constant state of disrepair. That is to say, we repair it each year, and without fail next year renewed attention is required to the new ruts and…

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Access and Inclusion Environment Infrastructure

Cobbling it all together

LarryWinger
August 8, 2019
0

Cllr Dave Crellin, Chair of Allendale Parish Council, shared this notice with ‘Allendale area notices‘ facebook group: “It’s nearly 20 years ago that work to relay the cobbles in Allendale Market Place was started. Funds were then not sufficient to…

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Environment Infrastructure Services

Domestic ‘Sewage Treatment Plant’ replaces ‘Septic Tank’ — who knew?

LarryWinger
June 28, 2019
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I’m indebted to the clear exposition of a popular ‘domestic sewage treatment plant’ served at CrystalTanks, for much of the information in today’s entry, which was inspired by a chance overhearing of a friend’s woes during their new building project….

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Environment Infrastructure Services

Mains water and sewage . . .

LarryWinger
June 20, 2019
0

The diary entry today owes its provenance to several comments and notes: i. Our own challenges with our private water supply and sewage system; ii. Peter Armstrong’s comment about dealing with the waste after the Sparty Lea Poetry Festival; iii….

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Environment Healthy Living Infrastructure Welcome

The River Path

LarryWinger
June 15, 2019
3

In the first of a new Saturday series featuring free activities to enjoy throughout the Allen Valleys, based loosely around the activities described in the Allendale and Allen Valleys Pocket Directory, Joan Morgan writes about her love of Allendale’s River…

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Infrastructure

The disappearing speed bumps

LarryWinger
June 5, 2019
2

Back around the end of October last year, while we were away enjoying ourselves in sunny Portugal, the county council roads department came into Allendale Town and laid down speed bumps that quickly became a cause célèbre. Apparently the Parish…

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Access and Inclusion Community Infrastructure

Local housing . . . a work in progress

LarryWinger
April 17, 2019
0

I’m going to try something different with this piece, and that is to try to leave it quite open-ended, as I’m waiting for feedback on my facebook query in Allendale area notices, about local affordable housing. So today’s entry might…

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