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November 26, 2017
Formby's Xmas event - before the switch on...
Sights and sounds of Formby's Xmas 2017 event this afternoon, before the main switch on tonight...
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November 23, 2017
Wild winds race across Ainsdale shoreline
The weather boffins are telling us that snow and ice are on the horizon. Winter is settling in fast and the winds are starting to howl across the bleak shoreline at Ainsdale.
If you visit this wild stretch of northwest coast in a gale, then eye protection is a very good idea...
Formby Point seems closer than it actually is and sounds travel across the flat expanse with ease.
Is gold to be found at the end of this one - who knows? 
Heavy winds and ripping sands seemed to be giving...
November 19, 2017
A thousand nurseries close as Tory free childcare scheme fails
As Southport’s MP, Damien Moore, continues to 'spin the government spin' the true extent of destructive Tory childcare annihilation is finally coming to light. So, looking past the Conservative propaganda what exactly is happening with the ill-considered, bumbling, Tory FREE (as if) childcare agenda?
Government's so-called FREE childcare scheme not economically viable and resulting in massive facility closures... The Guardian reported the harsh tr...
November 14, 2017
Dave Elsby Mobile Motoring Services
With the winter and the mad Xmas rush now upon us you may suddenly realise that your car needs a service, MOT or other repairs.
Clearly you could do without all the hassle of taking your car to the garage and either hanging around, waiting or making your own way home in the rain or cold weather. Perhaps you just want to stay at home with your feet up and a brew. Well, there is another way.
Dave Elsby mobile motoring services
Dave is a local motor engineer with over 25 years’ experience. Da...
November 8, 2017
Ainsdale beach and the Irish Sea
In these times of excessive stress over jobs, finances personal relationships and other concerns, it’s good to know that our wild spaces still provide spiritual solace and inner tranquillity.
Forgetting the somewhat controversial addition of massive wind turbines we can still feel the Irish Sea breeze in our face, as we look out over the Mersey estuary towards Wales.
The old and the new meet, as we observe the shrimper working against the backdrop of the rig.
As the night arrives and the t...
October 30, 2017
Halloween: home truths regarding our native pre-Christian spiritual heritage
A great deal of confusion exists around the topic of Halloween. Consequently, what follows may help to simplify the situation.
Halloween was formerly called 'Samhain,' which comes from the Gaelic/Celtic meaning for ‘November’ and ‘summer’s end’. The original Celtic settlers arrived here in around 600 BC, fetching with them their own nature - based polytheistic form of spiritual belief systems.
Samhain characterised the beginning of the long cold winter; a time when the cattle had to be driven i...
October 29, 2017
WW 111 - Christian Fundamentalists ramping up the Biblical Armageddon card, as expected
We live in dangerous times and the North Korea verses USA nuclear war threat is highly disconcerting.
One American pastor was recently quoted in the media with the usual messianic (end-of-time) warnings of doom, based on traditional biblical hocus-pocus.
The Express reported that …
‘American Pastor Greg Laurie, of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, believes the US could be obliterated in a nuclear war before the end of the world begins. Pastor Laurie says th...
October 28, 2017
Giant 16 foot spider attacks terrified shoppers
Southport shoppers understandably trembled in fear as Arachnobot, the giant 16 foot spider, munched his way down Chapel Street.
Nothing could stop this crazed creature from digesting men, women and children, as it rampaged into the crowds. Police, shopkeepers, chavs on mopeds and British army units failed to halt the monster’s deadly assault on the sleepy seaside town.
Politicians fled like rabbits screaming into the hills and became even more invisible than ever before, as the hapless public w...
October 26, 2017
Selling on eBay – the good the bad and the ugly
Well eBay can be a very good place to sell what you wish to but it can also alas be a hostile environment, wherein a few belligerent types appear to take great pleasure making a plethora of trouble for others. This is just one small example here.
I recently sold a few of my hand-crafted fishing floats (in one package) and posted them the day after, via recorded delivery. I have done this countless times over the years and as usual tracking data proved that it had been posted.
Sometime later I...
October 22, 2017
Supercars of the Northwest in Southport
Supercars of the Northwest, end of season event, was held today at Victoria Park in Southport.
More: https://www.facebook.com/SOTNorthwest/
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