Pat Regan's Blog, page 13

It's ELECTION TIME – but have YOU been conned?

 

When self – publicity is the name of the game. Could an election be close at hand.

Councillors and their candidates must be publicly judged on the merits of their entire workload ‘throughout the year’ and NOT just on the massive volume of superfluous pre-election, happy clappy, photographic crap they upload about themselves, their political candidates, adorable pets, nice flowers, etc, onto social media sites.

These politicians totally bombard forums with shed-loads of irrelevant images, which co...

Craft & Gift Fayre in Birkdale - This Saturday 20th April

 

This Saturday:  20th April

Opens to the public from  10.30 am to 2.00 pm. 

Venue: St Peter's Parish Hall, Birkdale, Southport,  PR8 4BY

Stall spaces still available - so don't delay, contact us today! 

Free public admission and inside too, so whatever the weather we have you covered!

Browse through the preloved items for hidden treasures.

Explore a range of beautiful, handcrafted items including:

Handmade tote bags, crochet and knitted gifts, hair accessories. Adorable handmade toys and jewellery. Tom...

Lest we forget - the destruction of Kitty's Wood in Ainsdale

 

Kitty's Wood was a natural area with legally protected wildlife. It was effectively the green lungs of the local community in George Drive, Ainsdale. 

Following an intense eco-campaign, Kitty's Wood was outrageously destroyed by developers to make way for congested ‘affordable’ housing. Labour Party members in Bootle voted decisively en masse to level the place and an ecological disaster occurred, as the old historical woodland was felled. 



Campaigners tried hard to save it, at significant person...

Stuff Party Politics – vote for the person who gets things done

 

When it comes to elections many folks seem stuck on the 'ever so' well – indoctrinated idea of voting for party only. 
This very restricted mindset is held largely because they possess little or no idea about the person they are actually trying to vote in.
Some candidates are truly worth their salt and sincerely work very hard to get things done for residents in the local community. Lynne Thompson falls into this rare bracket. Unlike what numerous feeble politicians have done before her, she has...

In Pictures: First Sacred Heart Craft Fayre, held by Southport Crafts!

 

Today (6th April 2024) saw our first craft fayre held at Ainsdale's Sacred Heart church hall. 























Please help us to support local businesses and surf this link for news of forthcoming events: 
https://southport-crafts-arts-and-preloved-items-fayre-1.jimdosite.com/

Ainsdale Craft and Gift Fayre - Saturday 6th April

Please come along and join us this Saturday 6th April, and support our small businesses. 

The venue this week is:  Sacred Heart Church hall, 483 Liverpool Rd, Ainsdale, Southport PR8 3BP.

It is on a main bus route, almost opposite Ainsdale Village Park, and close to Ainsdale Village. Opens to the public at 10.30 am to 2.00 pm and admission is free. 

We have two fundraising stalls, one for the Botanic Gardens Community Association Charity and the other for the Southport Community Cupboard. We have s...

Immigration crisis in UK from 2017 to 2024 & our vanishing countryside

 

I wrote about the following crisis in 2017 and got plenty of stick for my troubles.  

My blog was entitled…

Official: Extensive immigration is killing our countryside and chocking up our towns – and it’s going to get worse!

https://pat-regan.blogspot.com/2017/02/official-extensive-immigration-is.html 

I stated in 2017… 

‘Why is it that they shout so loud about needing more housing? Who actually needs it? Escalation of immigration means that Britain will need to accommodate as many as 243,000 new hou...

In Pictures: Today's Craft Fayre at St Peter's in Birkdale

 

Photographs from the Birkdale fayre, held today at St Peter's parish hall. 

Support our local businesses!

More info: 
https://southport-crafts-arts-and-preloved-items-fayre-1.jimdosite.com/ 

Crossens Craft & Gift Fayre - a few pictures from 9th March

 

A small selection of photos from the Crossens fayre last weekend 
Photo credit: Cath Regan 















Support our local businesses! 
More information...
https://southport-crafts-arts-and-preloved-items-fayre-1.jimdosite.com/ 

Erwin, Tennessee - The town that shamed America!

 

All the FUN of the circus! 
Marching into the ragged Big Top to the noisy accompaniment of an inebriated four-piece band, the mistreated elephants in Charlie Sparks’s travelling circus did their best to entertain the baying audience, on one cold afternoon back in February 1916.


One sick elephant called Mary, was to meet a terrible fate at the hands of some of the monsters who lived in this town.


Riding on Mary's back was a new trainer. He goaded the poor creature and hit her in the head with a la...