Categories: "In real life"

Who pays for the street lights?

Just outside having a smoke after tea, working out in my head how much the washing and drying costs the family each year and trying to think of ways to cut the cost back, when I looked up the hill and saw the street lights on all up the road, and on the… more »

British traditions are dying

It is fair to say I am "out of touch" with most people, I grew up in the 1970's - in a family where traditional British occasions were celebrated - I was educated at schools where the facts behind those celebrated traditions were taught in history… more »

How to tune in your freeview box

Here's a cracking little tip I picked up today, about re-tuning your freeview box when you lose channels after the digital switch over in your area. I have spent the past three weeks or so, running "update channels" or "search for new channels" on our… more »

7 days on the breadline - final episode

The final episode of 7 days on the breadline, was more reflective of what has happened in the last two episodes, rather than anything that actually happened. Mel B - had to face the wrath of a teenager so distant, it sometimes seems like they are in… more »

Bodycare UK allows poppies to be worn

News earlier today was abound, that Bodycare stopped a member of their staff at their Wigan branch, from wearing a poppy. The reason given was that company policy did not permit any badge or emblem, charity or otherwise, to be worn, for fear of… more »