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Category Archives: Personal
Lord Paul Dean and Anne Bretherick RIP
It was with great sadness that I learned over the last two days of the deaths of Lord Paul Dean and Anne Bretherick. Both played a very important part in our life in North Somerset in the 1970s. Paul was … Continue reading
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Adult Ed gets good report
It’s rather pleasing that Kingston’s Adult Education service has had a good report from Ofsted. Those that run it are, justifiably, proud of their achievement. We ran a major scrutiny exercise on the service from the Residents Services Overview Panel … Continue reading
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‘News’ of the World
Gasp! Shock!! Horror!!! Three years ago Prince Harry used two naughty words on a private video soundtrack. These words had racial connotations. The ‘News’ of the World is full of it and Sky ‘News’ last night was treating this ‘story’ … Continue reading
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The pleasant part of council work
Last night I was asked to present the awards at School Lane Estate’s gardening tournament for 2008. The residents set out to show what could be done in an estate of maisonettes and sheltered flats to make the environment more … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Health and Community, Housing, Kingston, Personal
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39 years on
So OK, this is a picture of Daphne and self at someone else’s (much more recent) wedding. But yesterday was the 39th anniversary of our wedding at St, Winefride’s RC church Lymm, Cheshire. Ruby wedding coming up in 12 months. … Continue reading
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Credit card fraud: lightning CAN strike twice
For the second time this year I have had to react quickly to an email from a credit card company informing me that my on line password had been changed. For the second time this was news to me. Contacting … Continue reading
Congratulations Helen and Marcus
Daphne and I join all their friends in wishing Helen Whately (our prospective parliamentary candidate) and her husband Marcus all the very best on the birth of a son, George, on 3rd August. Another new member for Conservative Future!
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