tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73044766133742093402024-03-16T07:08:24.825+00:00Petersfield NewswireA lighter look at the news in the east Hampshire townNewswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-70763451944055819762012-03-30T13:59:00.000+01:002012-03-30T13:59:58.046+01:00Petersfield's open-air pool celebrates 50 years<strong><em>As a result of our inactivity over the past month or so, we're not surprised that readers have started sending in their own features. </em></strong><strong><em>Could this piece start a new trend? Marketing by humorous stealth... </em></strong><strong><em>Our thanks to 'Petersfield Pete'</em></strong><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Petersfield’s open-air swimming pool is putting on an exhibition to celebrate 50 years of happy bathers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Careful scrutiny of the pictures from 1962 revealed an unexpected guest at the grand opening. Three years later Scott started flying Thunderbird 1 from under the </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKKVoR1X5lM" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">swimming pool ontropical paradise Tracy Island</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Had Petersfield narrowly lost out on being International Rescue’s Worldwide Centre? </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Rumour has it that Lady Penelope’s Roller FAB 1 had been ticketed in the Festival Hall car park for occupying two bays. Ahhh… the golden days of regulated parking in the town. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Only last year Scott surprised swimmers by dropping in to see if the place had stood the test of time. He wished that Petersfield had been chosen; the pool water was still warm, clear and inviting. Tracy Island had long ago succumbed to plasticine and cardboard fatigue. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Many of the bathers were far too young to recall his catch phrase of FAB and no-one at all knew that it stood for ‘Fully Advised and Briefed’. However, they all liked his rugged good looks. An anonymous spectator commented that she would happily pull his string any time. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Meanwhile BAA consultant Mr Q Longer, who had been called in to manage the expected crush of exhibition visitors to the town’s museum after an article in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Petersfield Proust</i>, was gutted to discover the exhibition was actually being held at the Flora Twort Gallery. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The pool re-opens on Saturday, April 21.</span> </span></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00202557442792142506noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-49087453268451645822012-03-29T14:20:00.001+01:002012-03-29T14:21:05.067+01:00Petersfield at a standstill - residents panic buy pavement space!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Petersfield is currently at a standstill as three separate queues create a major gridlock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Motorists are queuing for fuel in Dragon St with the tailback going as far back as Liss. This follows the advice of the Government buffoon Francis Maude who yelled “Panic!” as he was seen carrying Jerry cans and boarding a chartered flight to the West Indies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Elsewhere, in Chapel Street, lardarses keen to take advantage of the unseasonably warm weather which ensures luke-warm pasties are not liable for VAT, have tailed back from Greggs to the square, where an enterprising kebab-van owner has already started offering cut-price cold pies to the back of the queue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And confusion reigned when the pasty queue collided with the Post Office queue, which, despite normally snaking around the corner now heads off down Sheep Street and The Spain, as people look to stock up on first-class stamps before those bastards from the Royal mail put the prices up again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">An innocent bystander, who was caught up in the panic, said: “I’m a traffic warden. I only came here to give out some tickets but now I’ve got two books of first-class stamps, a steak and stilton pasty (hot – and therefore liable for VAT) and a bucket full of diesel. And I’ve only got a push-bike!”</span>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00202557442792142506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-75398529432709761612012-02-28T14:49:00.002+00:002012-02-28T14:50:09.517+00:00Petersfield group under threat as nothing happens<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A Petersfield residents’ group is under threat of extinction after effectively killing off any activity whatsoever in the town.</span></span><br />
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The Petersfield Residents Against ThingS (PRATS) action group has been so successful in ridding the locale of everything that it is losing members rapidly while newspapers and websites seemingly have nothing to report.<br />
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Cam Payne, the chairman of the group, explained: “We’ve been in existence now for a number of years and have been ‘outraged’ by everything from tattoo parlours to litter louts. As a group we’ve been responsible for the non-existence of gypsy encampments within the town boundaries; the rise of expensive coffee shops; the lack of entertainment venues; and a high-profile protest against stuff we don’t like or aren’t really sure about.<br />
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“But this success has come at a cost. We are haemorrhaging members at an alarming rate; with little left to protest about, they are going off to do other things such as opening coffee shops and jewellers. There is also a very public knock-on effect of our successful protesting – the letters pages of the local newspapers are no longer chock-full of readers’ ill-informed complaint.<br />
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“Instead they’re full of people thanking other people for helping them raise funds for some-such thing or for assisting an elderly relative who stumbled while getting out of an illegally parked 4X4. In the <i>Petersfield Proust</i>, they’ve even given over half the letters page to a guy who spends every week moaning about his miserable life. <br />
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“At any other time he would have been an ideal member for PRATS, but sadly we’re struggling to recruit as there seems so little to complain about locally. We may even have to turn our attention to national or even international matters. Following today’s news that the Occupy London protest at St Paul’s has been removed perhaps we could Occupy Waitrose … although obviously, we wouldn’t be objecting against capitalism in any form.”<br />
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His view on the dearth of local stories was echoed by a spokesman for <i>Petersfield Newswire</i>, Petersfield’s leading news website with the word ‘Newswire’ in its title.<br />
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The spokesman said: “I echo his views on the dearth of local stories. Nothing’s happening. We’re even looking forward to the summer, so we at least have the algae and water shortages to write about. It’s a sad time."</span></span>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00202557442792142506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-53897719766865175272012-02-20T18:04:00.000+00:002012-02-20T18:04:37.203+00:00An appeal to our loyal readers ... from a reader<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dear Newswire,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was wondering if you would consider using the massive reach of your excellent web site to publicise a very deserving local cause?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As you know, a bus runs back and forth between </span><st1:street style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Penns Place</st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and the town centre.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This, I assume, is for the (free, I sincerely hope) use of EHDC employees, to save them - and the environment, bless them - from using their cars to go into Petersfield.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Until recently, when paying the 90p for the town centre car parks, many other motorists fed a £1 coin into the machine and did not concern their well-heeled selves about the 10p they lost in the transaction.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Those 10p overspends were duly collected up and used to provide free snacks, treats and sustaining drinks on the above mentioned bus, to sustain EHDC employees as they journeyed to and fro.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now, alas, the parking fee has risen to £1 and so all those 10p "donations" are no more.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As a result, the poor wretches from EHDC have to travel un-fed and un-refreshed.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I am asking your fine readers to subscribe to a fund that has been set up, to once more provide Kit Kats, Tizer and other necessities for this beleaguered workforce. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please make your donation at www.bornandgottobekept.co.uk. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Harold Backhouse</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-5611049550541705412012-02-06T09:45:00.000+00:002012-02-06T09:47:37.299+00:00David Cameron shows his true colours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_ixk5G-tbeMneMtAEFDa9MhtdMBYL6yTZ-QJhvrRKMaqSKVLOEyT5pd4b2CTzu9PyayoOVj7GTJsYGieQxBr74isR5vzNlIREuYj7opeIRs4SS6lfE_HWHLCwgqW5MnnFsTgIl92dUw/s1600/David+PFC+Cameron.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_ixk5G-tbeMneMtAEFDa9MhtdMBYL6yTZ-QJhvrRKMaqSKVLOEyT5pd4b2CTzu9PyayoOVj7GTJsYGieQxBr74isR5vzNlIREuYj7opeIRs4SS6lfE_HWHLCwgqW5MnnFsTgIl92dUw/s640/David+PFC+Cameron.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A true blue</div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Prime Minister last week insisted that HM Revenue and Customs sit down and talk to Portsmouth Football Club in a real attempt to come to an arrangement over unpaid taxes.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At the time he said: "Knowing one or two Pompey fans I can certainly understand the idea that they could go and support Southampton is completely incredible and we must do everything we can to keep this friendly rivalry going."</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This was initially thought to be mere rhetoric, but on Saturday the Prime Minister was spotted in Petersfield, having abandoned his trip to Fratton Park following the late postponement of Pompey’s match against Hull City.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When asked why he was in town, he replied: “If you must know, I’ve just been to the rather splendid parlour on the junction of Winton Road and Station Road; I find it’s the very best place to get my tats done.”</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Prime Minister was sporting a new tattoo on his left cheek and after little persuasion, he soon bared his chest revealing several years of work by various tattoo artists.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was now clear why he had refused to roll up his sleeves last year in a London hospital, incurring the wrath of a resident doctor.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“You may as well also know that I’ve just had my name changed by Deed Poll. My full name and title is now Prime Minister David Portsmouth Football Club Cameron.”</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We asked the Prime Minister for his thoughts on the Chris Huhne resignation. He told Newswire: “He didn’t resign, I told him to quit. I’ve been trying to get rid of that bloody scummer for ages.”</span>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-72099421050989310712012-02-03T16:12:00.000+00:002012-02-03T16:12:10.924+00:00The never ending story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTw6LRE3gTwU-p9WmZoZHX9-VYA-2WOs-rUvHOO3-A5p63a5FdasHRuAKqMbYRvdi2pPmyfvftMhmpIV1v3FqSA_dnL82Bs-sSHmmXUJ8ZdOmD4-P21Bnflt6gJk9zkIQ2MJfbAXbQFg/s1600/Hitler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTw6LRE3gTwU-p9WmZoZHX9-VYA-2WOs-rUvHOO3-A5p63a5FdasHRuAKqMbYRvdi2pPmyfvftMhmpIV1v3FqSA_dnL82Bs-sSHmmXUJ8ZdOmD4-P21Bnflt6gJk9zkIQ2MJfbAXbQFg/s400/Hitler.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Unfinished business</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">MugsRYou the firm that turned ordinary books into multi-volume encyclopaedias by using large print, an increased number of uninteresting images and a minimal number of pages in each volume, has gone out of business.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lawrie Driver working for MugsRYou deliveries said: “I’m gutted.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is difficult to understand how a company who makes a fortune from the people who decide to collect these overpriced books, could possibly go bust, but these are difficult times.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Both of the gullible fools in Petersfield who had decided to collect the tome have already paid for and collected 16 parts of what was to be a 24-part series. That amounts to exactly two thirds of the expected information, costing a princely £47.84.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We did manage to get hold of Paddy Towt, ex-managing director of MugsRYou, who seemed shell-shocked at the turn of events.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“It is all very unfortunate,” Towt told </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Newswire</span></i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. “For those people that were following the story I think I owe it to them to point out that they are not really missing very much; it’s mainly fighting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“If our customers are wondering how it ends, the Americans eventually join the fray late on in book 23, there’s an explosive finale and the allies go on to win in the end.”</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-86815004404065575722012-02-02T11:06:00.002+00:002012-02-02T14:49:54.697+00:00Council eases grave concerns in Petersfield<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">East Hampshire County Council has been hailed for its “thinking outside the box” after solving two problems simultaneously.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">B’stard explained: “There is only so much money in each pot – civic amenities and road maintenance – but together we could do so much more. So now we plan to bury people underneath loose paving slabs or in potholes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“There is no need to engage the services of a gravedigger as the holes already exist – some of them large enough to accommodate a couple wishing to be buried together. And once they’re safely underground the dual maintenance subsidy is enough to chuck in a bit of extra asphalt or concrete every time there’s a cold snap and the holes start to reappear.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The corpse of recently departed Arthur Pewty, formerly of Brian Close, Petersfield, said: “I was worrying about how my family would pay for my cemetery plot but this stroke of genius from the council has put my mind at rest. I can now head to the afterlife without any pecuniary fears. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“</span>It’s a great example</span> of thinking outside the box – which is something I can longer do…”</span></span></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00202557442792142506noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-84691483579782815462012-01-13T16:50:00.003+00:002012-01-15T19:38:52.062+00:00What have the Romans ever done for us?<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Petersfield is set to become the centre of world attention, after the statue of King William the Third was discovered to have something up his sleeve.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Wynne Tersolstice, working for R Maggedon Erections who were employed by Petersfield Town Council (PTC) to assess the damage to the statue, has announced that there is a prophecy inscribed in the arm and scroll.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“This is earth-shattering news”, he said. “The discovery of the millennium. You may be aware that life on earth is expected to end at midnight on December 21 2012; this is a widely accepted view, a date that all children are taught at school. Well, it would appear that date is wrong. The actual date is in fact January 21, 2013” </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Tersolstice shows us some inscriptions on the inside of the arm and ultimately a series of roman numerals that are inscribed on the inside of the scroll, they read – XXI I MMXIII.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“The sculptor’s name also points to the fact that the original Mayan projection was wrong, perhaps working under a nom de plume, as the piece is signed Huan Moore-Month.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“The original calculations were made using the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the pre-Columbian Mayan civilization and is based upon a cycle of thirteen b’ak’tuns (periods of 144,000 days each) since the mythical creation date of the calendar's current era.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“It would appear that since we went decimal back in the 1970s, that’s thrown things a bit and we stand to gain an extra month.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Speaking on behalf of PTC, Mark Kett-Pitches commented: “You wait ‘til I speak to Al Paca, that Peruvian stallholder who used to sell jumpers, shawls, hats and scarves. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“He refused to renew his licence as we wouldn’t reduce his fee to reflect the fact that 2012 will be a short year. Who’s laughing now Paca?”</div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-44653756244617610192012-01-06T15:16:00.002+00:002012-01-07T14:14:56.825+00:00Blow me<div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1325690406337933" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8lqmbMeaywWd_E62HhesKzjpezuIRtGgPx2Rm7fTTIrrRzH8SKrz7JvrXqeSINoSYLfNqDPbdgket-UThvu4w2SRGNZ1DaOJ7ZuzoqlQT6POGcJWY9zaGaVccxwDGPON57tphgomqOg/s1600/Christmas+Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8lqmbMeaywWd_E62HhesKzjpezuIRtGgPx2Rm7fTTIrrRzH8SKrz7JvrXqeSINoSYLfNqDPbdgket-UThvu4w2SRGNZ1DaOJ7ZuzoqlQT6POGcJWY9zaGaVccxwDGPON57tphgomqOg/s400/Christmas+Tree.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1325690406337931" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1325690406337930" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Proper fairy lights, arranged by real fairies.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv362278576MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1325690406337932" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"></div><div class="yiv362278576MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1325690406337932" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1325690406337931" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1325690406337930" style="color: black;">A treemendous reversal of fortunes has seen Petersfield win a second award for its Christmas tree lights, this time because they look so beautiful.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Our story of <a href="http://petersfieldnewswire.blogspot.com/2011/12/petersfield-decorated.html">20 December 2011</a>, told you how the straight lines of lights that were simply hanging vertically from the town tree had met with bad reviews from all and sundry, and had in fact won us a wooden spoon type award from the appropriately named Government Body - CRAP (Christmas Redecoration And Parties). That same organisation has now awarded us a gold star!</span><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;"> </span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Newswire</span></span></i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> questioned Petersfield Town Council (PTC) in an effort to establish who should be congratulated for the alterations, but nobody seems to know who was responsible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Speaking on behalf of PTC Wynne Dee-Knight told us: "Nobody was given instructions to make the changes, but the Council will happily take the credit for the improvements; doesn't it look lovely".</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Harry Caneforce, a member of the PTC team who is responsible for removing the decorations told us: "We don't know who did it, the way the lights were draped it would have taken me only a few minutes to remove them, now it's going to take me quite a while to untangle the ruddy things from the tree. Irresponsible, that's what it is".</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Apart from Mr Caneforce, everyone we spoke to regards the display is far more Christmassy and imaginative, far better than the dreadful straight lines that hung there before.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Speaking on behalf of CRAP, Gus T Weather told us: "This really is an incredible story, what a stunning transformation. Adding to the mystery of course, the work seems to have been carried out overnight by fairies. Real fairy lights, how wonderful".</span></span></div></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-63479307883710085242011-12-23T10:00:00.032+00:002011-12-23T12:58:37.220+00:00Ho ho ho.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKPvP6EFzs7MYD9dTw2bYTeriyUP72LeaXNIvJGH9KbO67NOL7eTf26Go55-iVIABjCYhzTykE99_eL3c4mBNMZXINRV9Bw8EEKtZ6Ze8E_RuiYknulMX0ybdnlsaACKrW4p5o0Yrduk/s1600/Santa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKPvP6EFzs7MYD9dTw2bYTeriyUP72LeaXNIvJGH9KbO67NOL7eTf26Go55-iVIABjCYhzTykE99_eL3c4mBNMZXINRV9Bw8EEKtZ6Ze8E_RuiYknulMX0ybdnlsaACKrW4p5o0Yrduk/s400/Santa.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Official stocking filler</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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Santa Baby contacted the Council to tell them that she was not going to be able to come to Petersfield this year, as she had read that Heath Pond, which she (or one of her colleagues) has in recent years used as a landing strip, far from freezing over, has in fact disappeared.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Appearing rather scantily clad for a traditional Santa, she cited global warming as being to blame for most things, that or French plastic surgeons.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Santa Baby, despite her looks, is not easily swayed either; she sounded grateful for the excuse saying that this would give her the window of opportunity she needed to pop back to France to complain about some “enhancements” that she was worried about. She said she was going to struggle to pay for possible restoration work; murmuring something about rising French inflation rates.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Speaking on behalf of PTC, Dirk T Oldman said: “This is nothing short of a disaster; I’ve been looking forward to this all year. The replacement Santa we’ve been offered is a big chap with yellow teeth and his own beard, I shall cancel the booking immediately”.</div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-86083721571268621112011-12-21T12:00:00.006+00:002011-12-21T12:00:13.472+00:00Petersfield: Sleepy market town<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTEs206O0ilI99FdH0hF26Bb905MEbWa2m0mvCzvVY9JHswcBTo9AvswLX7a0CbMDqSm0iMHKs_XReGMHq8x1Z-az3f3nG8-peRu0lOna5XYA6W9WLkqessJzHMirIwxvpeq9lbMCIYI/s1600/Mesmo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTEs206O0ilI99FdH0hF26Bb905MEbWa2m0mvCzvVY9JHswcBTo9AvswLX7a0CbMDqSm0iMHKs_XReGMHq8x1Z-az3f3nG8-peRu0lOna5XYA6W9WLkqessJzHMirIwxvpeq9lbMCIYI/s1600/Mesmo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTEs206O0ilI99FdH0hF26Bb905MEbWa2m0mvCzvVY9JHswcBTo9AvswLX7a0CbMDqSm0iMHKs_XReGMHq8x1Z-az3f3nG8-peRu0lOna5XYA6W9WLkqessJzHMirIwxvpeq9lbMCIYI/s320/Mesmo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Spellbinding stuff</span></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Petersfield hypnotherapist The Great Mesmo has won a national award for his work with vulnerable people suffering from stress, weight issues, and those trying to cut down on drinking or give up smoking.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The Great Mesmo now lives out of town in a large mansion on his own estate, but it would appear all of his money has been well earned as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Newswire</i> is unable to find a single dissatisfied customer.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Those we interviewed who had used The Great Mesmo couldn’t actually remember how much they had paid him but all were adamant that his work is second to none.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">We spoke to Luke Innamyize, chairman of the Regulatory Authority for Necromancing and Charming<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Entrepreneurs (TRANCE), the body that made the award, and he seemed a little confused. He said: “To be honest I can’t actually remember making the award, but it is definitely my signature on the certificate. So well done to him. By the way, have you seen a pigskin wallet lying around anywhere?”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div>One of The Great Mesmo’s most effusive customers, Hugh Jarce, from Bell Hill, said: “I used to be overweight and my friend suggested that I try a session with Doctor Mesmo. To be honest I’ve never looked back.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPl9NRfTfL34pJfAfrjYx1r9lw8dWL6xOw7qPBfcaRW6LAcciXyz3zFGTYLzaee4dVlaym2VROk5s10jTEKfEt31qInRIJ8hTqSIW8ZTQKMTi-WW25-z8bJsNnQY3q0MYRYHOmSrTTjk/s1600/Lage+Man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPl9NRfTfL34pJfAfrjYx1r9lw8dWL6xOw7qPBfcaRW6LAcciXyz3zFGTYLzaee4dVlaym2VROk5s10jTEKfEt31qInRIJ8hTqSIW8ZTQKMTi-WW25-z8bJsNnQY3q0MYRYHOmSrTTjk/s400/Lage+Man.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hugh Jarce sold clothes and furniture to pay The Great Mesmo's fees</span></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJuR7Zi-CCNe-V8dclO9kj-UBAgnuOEsfgWrd0LNj_05HvE516gEl2wrts8YOJrCifLhJ9QYNky7qbTFMn5C64pR5mkfL5nZJYHrTA_b8FadocgDq3aEmJ1LbZ255v06fUvCOrX5OY1o/s1600/Christmas+Lights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJuR7Zi-CCNe-V8dclO9kj-UBAgnuOEsfgWrd0LNj_05HvE516gEl2wrts8YOJrCifLhJ9QYNky7qbTFMn5C64pR5mkfL5nZJYHrTA_b8FadocgDq3aEmJ1LbZ255v06fUvCOrX5OY1o/s400/Christmas+Lights.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">A house in Waterlooville that has also won an award</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Christmas has come early for Petersfield as the town has scooped up a national award for the worst festive decoration.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The award was made by Christmas Redecoration And Parties (CRAP) a government body that oversees the suitability of Christmas decorations across the land. CRAP’s real purpose is to check health and safety issues but as part of their role they also make various national awards.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The Christmas decoration that has attracted all the attention is the town tree. Speaking on behalf of CRAP, Mark Zowterten told <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Newswire</i>: “We have never given this award for a tree before but we thought this year we would make an exception.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“To be honest, when our inspector visited he thought the fairy lights had all been attached to the top of the tree and that the person fitting them has decided to defer arranging them artistically due to poor weather. But they have simply been left that way. It really is extraordinary.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“In our Christmas decorations guidance manual it clearly states that the fundamental principal of Christmas lights is to give the affect of snowdrops twinkling in the moonlight. All I can say is you must have very odd and extremely organised snow here in Petersfield.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“We are not saying you need to spend more on lights, just show a little imagination when hanging them on the tree.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Petersfield Town Council’s stammering spokesman, Cecil Verlining told Newswire: “This isn’t all bad; the award was announced weeks ago although we kept it fairly quiet and the news has attracted numerous visitors from Europe who love this sort of thing. You know the type of person who goes to Eurovision.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“I have learnt that rifiuti, desperdícios, déchets and abfall mean rubbish in Italian, Portuguese, French and German.”</div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-83631313585513141962011-12-13T16:50:00.000+00:002011-12-13T16:50:50.864+00:00Survival not nailed-on certainty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEH2u4hR6uBtdn3bJjotB77lwVIxWXwgKwdMtTICi98TKdWkWmFTTwFzFFwLBOFBPoyKZLlYAznXQJG8mH0KmtDYjXbnv8IJDkhd8uZPm0_S_UcnMJwO3eD3j6riFrz7hx0298jNmU0g/s1600/Lord+Lucan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEH2u4hR6uBtdn3bJjotB77lwVIxWXwgKwdMtTICi98TKdWkWmFTTwFzFFwLBOFBPoyKZLlYAznXQJG8mH0KmtDYjXbnv8IJDkhd8uZPm0_S_UcnMJwO3eD3j6riFrz7hx0298jNmU0g/s320/Lord+Lucan.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Richard Bingham, behind closed doors since 1974</span></span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">In a dramatic turn of events, a shop about which few people have heard and even fewer use, is in danger of closing unless more people know about it and use it.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Unitary bookshop is located in a series of underground tunnels originally built in the 60s to house right-wing Conservative councillors in case of a left-wing revolution. As the Cold War due to a close, Glasnost prevailed and Tony Blair headed the Labour Party, all fears of the left-wing ever having a voice again faded completely and one of the dark tunnels was turned over to the entrepreneurial Archbishop of Herne Farm who inaugurated a secular, yet highly religious bookshop within.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Now, after more than 30 years of waiting for somebody to come through the door, the bookshop is in danger of closing. It is news which has saddened several of the volunteers who work there.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Richard Bingham, the seventh Earl of Lucan, has volunteered in the shop since 1974 and was distraught to learn of its possible closure.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">With his words spoken by an actor, he said: “I’ve been hidden here for more than 30 years and the thought of having to move somewhere else if the shop should close is heartbreaking. It’s come as something of a shock – almost as much of a shock as that day in 1987 when somebody came in. But he was looking for the Physic garden and we were able to send him on his way.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“By the way, what<b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> IS</span></i></b> a Physic Garden ?”</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">A spokesman for rival capitalist bookshop Hellstones, Lucifer Dark-Lord, said: “It’s such a shame that in a largely secular society there is no room for a shop such as this: one selling cards, books and wooden toys designed to brainwash people into denying science.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Mind you the authors of those books have been around for years trying to flog their wares. It’s time for the new bright young authors like Richard Dawkins to have a chance at hitting the bestseller lists.”</span></span></div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1266137750MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Unitary Bookshop is a family run business still managed by three generations: father, son and holy nephew. A spokesman recalled: “We’ve always had a variety of books. The first book was Genesis – we sold a lot of those until people started bringing them back having thought they were a biography of a 70s rock band. </span></span></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-49488006242781362252011-12-08T17:05:00.001+00:002011-12-08T17:24:31.799+00:00Nice weather for it<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOjm2Db7eGzGzh-awyoPreNklKp389cZgMoQfOoS4Q0UZWmuTyR0y_-zStmozWRIA8P6izNfu7_Bsy4IL5iQkzrk-QeSOyMJh30fMrC4pjqv-N80cFPuuFC2dd0jgqIr2vRm0r9XLxNw/s1600/PanPipes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOjm2Db7eGzGzh-awyoPreNklKp389cZgMoQfOoS4Q0UZWmuTyR0y_-zStmozWRIA8P6izNfu7_Bsy4IL5iQkzrk-QeSOyMJh30fMrC4pjqv-N80cFPuuFC2dd0jgqIr2vRm0r9XLxNw/s400/PanPipes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">How festive... </span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Ben N Jerrey’s bid for world domination takes another step forward this weekend with the Petersfield Christmas Festivities, launched just in time for Christmas.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Jerrey, who shows an amazing entrepreneurial spirit for somebody only just out of short trousers, has taken it upon himself to reinvigorate many of Petersfield’s popular yet moribund, seasonal festivals.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">And he has hit back at critics who say he is just jumping on the bandwagon by naming his Christmas event the ‘Christmas’ Festivities and his summer event the ‘Summer’ Festivities.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“It’s a just a coincidence,” he insisted. “When we planned both the summer and Christmas festivities we weren’t aware they would actually take part in the summer and Christmas periods.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“We had asked East Hampshire District Council for clarification but they said they weren't sure when either summer or Christmas would fall this year – so we had to take pot luck.”</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">This year’s celebration includes all the traditional festival events such as people complaining that they’ve had to move their market stall; traders objecting because they weren’t begged to take part; and jewellers moaning that the High Street has been closed off.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Jerrey added: “The residents of Petersfield love to hear of people getting irate over a mild inconvenience and it has become a traditional part of any event in the town.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“Naturally we have added to the experience by getting in some Peruvian pan-pipe buskers; putting reindeer antlers on Mona the <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Big Issue</span></i> seller; selling hot chestnuts from an upturned dustbin; installing a bouncy castle; selling chutneys – with a Christmas theme; and using the services of that bloke with the shiny suit who turns up at the opening of a bag of crisps.</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“And the weekend’s events will be topped off by music and comedy performances and that big bloke who always falls over in the Square when he’s pissed. But we won’t be having any old guys with white beards dressed in red encouraging kids to sit on their laps, that’s just sick – we’ll leave that to the Roman Catholic church.”</span></span></div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1403747064MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">■ Petersfield’s Christmas Festivities run until everybody goes home on Sunday afternoon.</span></span></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-67493414089569884882011-12-02T17:51:00.003+00:002011-12-03T11:57:35.361+00:00Petersfield news ... from Petersfield papers<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><b>A round-up of the best stories from </b></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Error leads to aphtae epizooticae mix-up</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">An administrative error at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is being blamed for the deliberate burning of 15 paintings at the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists Gallery in Selborne.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A spokesman for DEFRA admitted: “It was an easy mistake to make particularly as the pictures concerned were all of a bovine nature. It is disappointing, but, on the other hand, it is reassuring to know we can act so promptly to allay public fears.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>The Christmas show at Petersfield Comedy Club may or may not be headlined by a top TV comedy act depending on whether he gets a better paying gig. Or not.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>There will be other comedians on the bill, however, and if audience members who have paid to see the TV star, who may or may not participate, are disappointed they may be able to get their money back. Or not.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The lack of police coverage in East Hampshire was illustrated last week when a talk on the police was given at the Liss Area Historical Society.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Local policing as history. It doesn’t need us to say any more, does it? </span></span></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00202557442792142506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-86331610038225804712011-11-28T12:00:00.025+00:002011-11-28T12:00:04.335+00:00News on the dark side<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3r_26t7aM9g4F6ntZlN2-_QyIyNysenCJD8ARWZ6XgkOMzif-Yjk-J9FQGoRtHyiOM7pqDkY8GKV5So1sdF7Z7CpuTpUe4GzfuG1H5v_TCNM9fMQp2VqX32Od0hSblitY3Z2S9i5KugY/s1600/BadPicBglr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3r_26t7aM9g4F6ntZlN2-_QyIyNysenCJD8ARWZ6XgkOMzif-Yjk-J9FQGoRtHyiOM7pqDkY8GKV5So1sdF7Z7CpuTpUe4GzfuG1H5v_TCNM9fMQp2VqX32Od0hSblitY3Z2S9i5KugY/s400/BadPicBglr.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_132239697228492" lang="">A shot in the dark</span> </div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thieves broke in to a Folly Market shop stealing jewellery and other goods that could be melted down for profit. Police are asking for anyone who has recently been offered a quantity of plastic to contact them urgently.<br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">Petersfield Town's great Christmas light switch on took place <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1322396975_0">on Friday</span>, coinciding with the launch of the 'Christmas Trail', a treasure hunt which invites participants to spot out of place items in the High Street.</div></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Immediately obvious to all, but reminiscent of the good old days, was the lady dressed as a traffic warden who could be seen pacing around the town.<br />
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</div><div></div><div></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A Sheet household who all but stole a cat are pleading for the real owners to come forward as it is eating them out of house and home. The Ateatstoomuchs of Outwomans Lane enticed the cat into their home with morsels of tuna but are now beginning to realise how much it costs to feed the three-stone moggy. Mike Ateatstoomuch told <i>Newswire</i>: "We unreservedly apologise to the owners of the cat, but plead with them to come forward and take the ruddy thing back."<br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">Pumpkin is being reunited with some of her family this week, and she will be accompanied on her journey by two of her sisters. We are joining forces with the Petersfield Proust and offering you the opportunity to win a leg of lamb if you can correctly identify what type of creature Pumpkin is from the above photograph.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;">Images courtesy of the Petersfield Proust, whose photographer has asked us to make an on-line appeal for a Nikon battery charger. If you can help please contact Len Scap direct at the Proust offices.</div></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-6037783317636446822011-11-23T10:00:00.001+00:002011-11-23T10:00:03.495+00:00How the council spends your money<div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541285"> <div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541282"> <div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541279"> <div id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541276"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3X8HhArxZosaUv_AoaaVJk6xrbUNAgR-qDPnW3cKZSNHNq4p5UoTPaHZl3Dt4FZETEtFQawj7f6GJ2Y6zO7vWDpQhas3SYhNVzK9fnww92QNd3jOa96zHnHIhVnXL2vQ54U7dhTpPAg/s1600/pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3X8HhArxZosaUv_AoaaVJk6xrbUNAgR-qDPnW3cKZSNHNq4p5UoTPaHZl3Dt4FZETEtFQawj7f6GJ2Y6zO7vWDpQhas3SYhNVzK9fnww92QNd3jOa96zHnHIhVnXL2vQ54U7dhTpPAg/s400/pie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">As easy as pie </span></div><div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541273"><b id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541270"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541267" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321991236541264" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b></div></div><div> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Leaked accounts from East Havantshire District Council reveal the major categories of public expenditure in Petersfield.</span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Nineteen per cent</span> of the council's budget was spent on Forgetting Remembrance Day. This is a particularly difficult task given that Remembrance Day has been fixed into the national calendar for nearly 100 years and that everybody walks around wearing poppies for several weeks beforehand. The council spent significant funds ignoring these clues.</span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Fifteen per cent of the budget was channelled into the "Failing to organise the Olympic Sreeen" project. The costs of delivering this disappointment were greater than expected, forcing the council to dip into its special "Ignoring the wishes of everybody" and "Working extra hard to find one person with a minor grievance" reserve budgets.</span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The single biggest spend, however, was on ruining bin collections, a complicated procedure which required the council to co-ordinate the disruption with Winchester .</span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <div class="yiv134457079MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Council spokeswoman, Mercedes Penz, of Penz Place said: "It takes a great deal of money to be this incompetent but it all supports our equality mission: to make Petersfield as shit as <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321999003_1">Havant</span>. I think we're doing remarkably well, don't you?"</span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-67956537724608025192011-11-22T07:55:00.001+00:002011-11-22T07:55:00.500+00:00PRATS - Petersfield's vocal locals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEj_2HgSl7WwtnCzkwFii1TvELD2bGtF6IUVNJeoY6hcyZDUeSME_KCRrETQwwHyhOR_k1wGWD0U66DIAnMBq81uhcdUTFxc6_UQMZ7DnHG_e8eAVReEixg_7CcKwg_f92IKGQhfYF6s/s1600/Cam+Payne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqEj_2HgSl7WwtnCzkwFii1TvELD2bGtF6IUVNJeoY6hcyZDUeSME_KCRrETQwwHyhOR_k1wGWD0U66DIAnMBq81uhcdUTFxc6_UQMZ7DnHG_e8eAVReEixg_7CcKwg_f92IKGQhfYF6s/s400/Cam+Payne.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cam Payne, Petersfield's biggest PRAT </div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13218820177281050"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13218820177281050"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13218820177281047" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13218820177281044" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A new website has been launched to enable Petersfield residents to object to the many things they object to “in a more organised manner”.</span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The man behind the website, Cam Payne, chairman of the vocal local organisation Petersfield Residents Against Things (PRATS), believes this is a major step forward in the town’s ability to complain irrationally about all manner of topics.</span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">He said: “Petersfield residents are renowned for objecting – whether it’s against planning applications, the closure of the Town Square, car parking, pavements, the lack of organic five-a-day vegetables, the increasing appearance of fog or a failure to increase oxygen levels for old people.</span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“While these are all valid objections, as a town we need to have a more co-ordinated approach. Too often the protests are limited to individuals posting leaflets on telegraph poles or somebody writing a letter of ill-informed complaint to the local newspaper.</span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“The launch of the new website will enable us to protest in a more organised manner. And it will also lead to more concerted and visible campaigns. For a start, this week, following on from the much publicised ‘Occupy’ protests in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321887497_0">New York</span> and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321887497_1">London</span> , we are holding an Occupy Cloisters march.</span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">“It will start at the statue in the centre of the square and culminate at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321887497_2">the Cloisters</span> coffee bar where protesters will occupy all the tables, pausing only to order the occasional latte and eggs Benedict.</span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">“And if, as expected, the protest gathers momentum we will be able to nip across the square to Milletts and purchase some thick socks or even a tent. For most people this will only differ from their normal day in that they will be ordering eggs Benedict instead of a smoked salmon bagel – but the important thing is we have to start somewhere. And the website has enabled us to do that.”</span></span></div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="yiv2042364359MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">The website comprises a simple content management system into which visitors add in relevant information in order to generate a campaign. These include ‘cause of ire’; ‘action required’; ‘how many angry residents do you require?’; and a multiple-choice section for ‘required action’, which includes tick-boxes for ‘angry letter to the paper’; ‘angry photograph in the paper’; ‘poster pinned up angrily in the library’; or ‘angry stall in town square at next event organised by an angry Ben Errey.</span></span><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13218820177281072" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13218820177281071" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></span></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-76104810922475129362011-11-16T17:59:00.000+00:002011-11-16T17:59:09.940+00:00No news is news<div id="yiv1936796688"><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_13213674341991090"><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_13213674341991087" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6y_x4NRpYjw4P5rPaY7U_oAau5JCDs4xfXVqklPWBpZi8FBbaYJtfngT-fhnrC362wIyuWDXJA4qtHq7n1qEufR7q17Ir8WCUpxpwN7uhYCYblK6-hB5ZqFuNX_drJOsxIyTfgSt2XY8/s1600/Olympic+Mascots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6y_x4NRpYjw4P5rPaY7U_oAau5JCDs4xfXVqklPWBpZi8FBbaYJtfngT-fhnrC362wIyuWDXJA4qtHq7n1qEufR7q17Ir8WCUpxpwN7uhYCYblK6-hB5ZqFuNX_drJOsxIyTfgSt2XY8/s400/Olympic+Mascots.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wenlock and Mandeville...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div id="yui_3_2_0_1_13213674341991084"></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following last week's news that the Olympic torch is coming to Petersfield we can now round up all the other exciting Olympic games news from around the area.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Petersfield won't have a screen, so you'll need to watch it on the telly.</span></div></div></div></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-90512618574786775362011-11-09T12:19:00.000+00:002011-11-09T12:19:25.489+00:00Greater Leigh Park a flaming nuisance?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0o4G6dCodnGZzXuCzlnd3ugAnDCiVQFchlgy9FLK4-NPcBlOvnCIRb-JLkvVvWE0cl_mA9wV60hJ56pKVP6Lfa5ts2H977_G47bGrOJkzk5PoDxcKg-666PgdL6Ex3VIwi1VHJI1hA8/s1600/Pied+Piper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0o4G6dCodnGZzXuCzlnd3ugAnDCiVQFchlgy9FLK4-NPcBlOvnCIRb-JLkvVvWE0cl_mA9wV60hJ56pKVP6Lfa5ts2H977_G47bGrOJkzk5PoDxcKg-666PgdL6Ex3VIwi1VHJI1hA8/s400/Pied+Piper.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"> Catch me if you can</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Petersfield residents have received assurances that despite problems with illegally parked cars, that continue to remain unchecked by Petersfield Town Council, the Olympic torch will make its way through the town next year.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">News for people living between Petersfield and Portsmouth was, however, far less positive.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The torch is set to be carried from Portsmouth to Brighton on July 16, 2012, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13391986">day 59</a> of the mammoth relay.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The start of the journey is set to see the torch carried from Portsmouth straight to Petersfield without visiting Leigh Park, Havant, Rowlands Castle, Waterlooville, Horndean or Clanfield despite the fact that it will be coming within yards of each of them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Immediately after gracing Petersfield the torch will visit settlements as small as Rogate, Midhurst, Easebourne, Tillington, Petworth and Duncton.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Lord Coe has been approached by Chantell Fewdont a representative from Havant, Rowlands Castle, Waterlooville etc. or as it known Greater Leigh Park, pleading that he change his mind and slightly alter the route of the torch to take in some more of these built-up areas.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Lord Coe was unequivocal in his response: “Not a chance” he said.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“We did give this matter serious consideration, and one of our major goals in planning the route was to reach out and meet as many of the population as possible, where possible in deprived areas, but this would be a risk we are simply not willing to take.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">“You need to realise that much of this journey will be broadcast across the world and if anything were to go wrong, well it doesn’t bear thinking about.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“My advisers tell me that ‘torch’ has its own meaning in Greater Leigh Park, and the last thing we want is for a wanton trail of destruction to follow the runner, because the locals think it appropriate.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“In addition, this torch is golden in colour. It’s not real gold, but I have been warned that the locals will almost certainly not realise that and that a runner carrying gold would be like a scene from the pied piper of Hamelin.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“No we will not be diverted; Greater Leigh Park is a flaming nuisance.”</div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-63877415079398109312011-11-07T14:31:00.000+00:002011-11-07T14:31:01.978+00:00Olympic torch to bypass Petersfield?<div class="yiv209958075MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1320651612612521"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1320651612612518" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1320651612612515" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span id="goog_446830155"></span><span id="goog_446830156"></span></span></span></div><div class="yiv209958075MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvkYrKDVFvnPz581eFVLkFprJpX8cgN3OTQwaDfnhFQ5K3Wtyarp0xSbMdkYK0H6hsNBLquopdIPQCaBUm9yUml92grVbd2C63xO3MXuSR7_tajxmP4nw7I9VsjVSvJV5vYjQfzB9dPo/s1600/2012+Olympic+Torch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvkYrKDVFvnPz581eFVLkFprJpX8cgN3OTQwaDfnhFQ5K3Wtyarp0xSbMdkYK0H6hsNBLquopdIPQCaBUm9yUml92grVbd2C63xO3MXuSR7_tajxmP4nw7I9VsjVSvJV5vYjQfzB9dPo/s400/2012+Olympic+Torch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hardly a shining example </div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="yiv209958075MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Plans for the Olympic torch to be brought to Petersfield in July could be thrown into chaos because of unregulated parking in the town.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Sebastian Coe, the former Olympic gold medallist turned Conservative party mouthpiece, admitted the health and safety of the runner could not be guaranteed in Petersfield.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">He said: “Petersfield has become renowned for the haphazard and unregulated parking which has been encouraged by the town’s independent shopkeepers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“It is not right to ask somebody carrying the Olympic torch to weave in and out of badly parked cars just to visit a tin-pot <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320673609_0">Hampshire</span> market town. We have to be able to guarantee the safety of the runner and we can’t currently do that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">“In addition, the predilection for local farmers to muck spread and fill the town with noxious gases on warm days in July and August does not sit well with the idea of a naked flame. Hence we are currently reconsidering our initial route.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">The news will horrify the town’s residents who are still reeling from the news that a giant screen planned for the town square during the Olympics has been banned owing to fears of a loss of trade by pan-pipe buskers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">But news of the potential re-routing was welcomed by local jeweller Matt Tress, head of a local independent traders group. He said: “I welcome people double-parking illegally outside my shop – it means they’re more likely to come in and pay through the nose for their purchases. It’s good to see that people are thinking of the small shopkeeper for once.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a full investigation into the issue and is likely to favour whichever option can provide him with the most votes and the best PR.</span></span></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-29626514395245944732011-11-04T10:00:00.008+00:002011-11-04T10:01:36.904+00:00Petersfield residents are wheelie confused<div id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511711"><div class="yiv761325573MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511708"><b id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511705"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511702" style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511699" style="color: navy; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="color: navy;"></span></b></div><div class="yiv761325573MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511708"><b id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511705"><span style="color: navy;"></span></b></div><div class="yiv761325573MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511708"><b id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511705"><span style="color: navy;"></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPE6cyY7pBo6f8fch1WLvDWYhUpOJOMA5norKu5AtVdZDkqMH-MCKc1OX9f2Q3rU1GZa7Qg5itJDN8i0tYmHsKtThPDBRlUr7IsLouOnaK2Z69rJsFhcQ7HZ0oj3v92qNqk1ry3_NovHc/s1600/Bin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="yiv761325573MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511708"><b id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511705"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: navy;"></span></span></b></div><div class="yiv761325573MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511708" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsSwA53Y43zZNP3o4RhJQZmMNhIsyW4txJNuuPJVQQGMm5KpbVFB2lS1jH3mXBqnxbzeEdx8XtkxA_usZympmxomP5VMErwBpq9nM3J9LKIIBEOqEVuBssEZMW4Zxl_8eQBW9E-Kl944/s1600/Bin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsSwA53Y43zZNP3o4RhJQZmMNhIsyW4txJNuuPJVQQGMm5KpbVFB2lS1jH3mXBqnxbzeEdx8XtkxA_usZympmxomP5VMErwBpq9nM3J9LKIIBEOqEVuBssEZMW4Zxl_8eQBW9E-Kl944/s400/Bin1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Frubbish boards the number 48 to Rogate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">with one of her children</span></div><div class="yiv761325573MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511708" style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv761325573MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_1_13203051803511708" style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Changes to local bin collections and bus timetables have left Petersfield residents bewildered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Many people are complaining that their buses haven't been emptied for three weeks while others say it's unacceptable that they have to catch a wheelie bin into town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Local mother of two Ismelda Frubbish was faced to take her children to school in a green wheelie bin </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320340547_1" style="font-size: small;">on Tuesday</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">She said: "It was downright humiliating. When we arrived everybody was pointing and laughing. I simply hadn't realised it was supposed to be a grey bin week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"The council was no help either. The told me to take my complaint to Winchester , which meant waiting ages for the number 95 dustcart. They're washing their hands of all responsibility."</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">A council spokesman advised "you should always wash your hands after touching domestic food waste or bus passengers".</span></div></div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-41059118472872982852011-11-03T10:00:00.002+00:002011-11-03T12:07:08.219+00:00A sign of the times in Petersfield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWhZQbS6Z9SNom6D5hJSIEVCjXYyZHYOL7_qzbbbNOwMDNsOEkLYY4mQtBkIdbCY14AKLLNZukuvqaVDaiagAsg_AvrKUD0gBadICnAhwdvvur-k_ebOI3T-fdmZhaULQZZEW2yGbY7w/s1600/Sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWhZQbS6Z9SNom6D5hJSIEVCjXYyZHYOL7_qzbbbNOwMDNsOEkLYY4mQtBkIdbCY14AKLLNZukuvqaVDaiagAsg_AvrKUD0gBadICnAhwdvvur-k_ebOI3T-fdmZhaULQZZEW2yGbY7w/s400/Sign.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Splendid signage </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Petersfield is celebrating after being awarded European Centre of Signage status for 2012.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The prestigious award follows a vigorous vetting procedure which saw the east Hampshire town lauded for its “lack of regulation” and “diversity”.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The chairman of the EU panel of international judges, Bill Board, explained: “Petersfield was the stand-out candidate. Too often in large cities, where there is an abundance of regulated hoardings the focus is on big corporations and legitimate, paid-for advertising and the close proximity of golf sales.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“But Petersfield manages to be a smorgasbord of unregulated signage, from bright yellow notices of forthcoming comedy nights to posters in a cleverly designed childish form advertising bonfire nights. And they’re not just limited to one area – these notices are all over town, ranging from A4 notices attached to lamposts to six-foot posters nailed to bits of plywood and tied to roadside trees.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“It was this diversity, lack of regulation and complete disregard for aesthetics and the safety of road users which appealed to the judging panel. That’s why it was placed ahead of Tromsø, in Norway, and the small French village of Beaucoups de Trivialities, just north of Ridicules.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A spokesman for Petersfield Town Council, Bobby Bear, was able to provide further details of the panel’s findings. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He said: “The judges made comment about the diversity of our signage and picked out for special mention the seasonal Petersfield Town Juniors six-a-side signs – described as ‘plentiful and effective’; the ubiquitous ‘Hot Tub Sale’ notice – ‘hugely informative’; the Winton Players’ series – ‘just made us want to go and buy a ticket’; and the ‘hilarious’ no parking at any time notices in the High Street, which ‘showed a satirical and contemporary sense of humour, largely lacking in other conurbations’.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“We are delighted to win such a prestigious award and you can guarantee somebody will produce a handwritten bill in celebration and staple it to a telegraph pole near you soon.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUVrfRv0WMsSoPdFbRlcvGWMewCYP0G2oKOwRLv2-NlEE8uywfNch-YS1mYmBCYRCOwtmR5zKiVLIqd4QoQGAqAGczndYDwE7quEpWWLZAIssch4JCp0cQVqPosPlY71zQzu6k33Qx-s/s1600/Old+Bill+Segway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUVrfRv0WMsSoPdFbRlcvGWMewCYP0G2oKOwRLv2-NlEE8uywfNch-YS1mYmBCYRCOwtmR5zKiVLIqd4QoQGAqAGczndYDwE7quEpWWLZAIssch4JCp0cQVqPosPlY71zQzu6k33Qx-s/s400/Old+Bill+Segway.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"> An officer tests out a new toy on loan from Surrey</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The number of crimes reported in Hampshire has fallen, according to new Home Office figures released last week.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Muggings are up 10%, burglaries up 12%, robbery is up 8%, domestic violence is up 23% and fraud is up 3%. Identity fraud is up 36%, knife crime is up 17%, gun-related crime is up 13%, road crime is up 26% and drug crime is up 29%.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">However, against this backdrop of increased disorder and criminality stands the fact that nearly all of East Hampshire’s police stations have been closed down.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Detective Superintendant Plod said: “I am proud to announce, that in line with official guidelines, from next year Hampshire Constabulary - Eastern Division, will operate from one solitary police station.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“It is anticipated this will cut our overheads by some 35%. Furthermore, we will be selling existing police stations, and expect this action to raise £3.5M for police funds. This should enable us to invest in some shiny new cars and some of those rather splendid Segway scooter things.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We asked DS Plod how it is we are being told crime has reduced in the area when the truth appears to be the complete opposite.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“Reported crime has fallen,” he told us. “You need to find a policeman, or speak to one on the telephone to report a crime, and from what we understand most victims simply give up.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“I want to reassure the public, that in the face of adversity, we, the boys in blue, are always there to help. If for any reason you need assistance or need to report a crime, please call our strategic nerve centre in Alton on 01420 999 999, on a Wednesday between the hours of 14:00 and 14:05.”</div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304476613374209340.post-62421011757480537452011-10-27T17:12:00.001+01:002011-10-27T17:13:35.094+01:00Internet bosses declare cyber war on EHDC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOjAlx3tBy79FTy0mUd5ExMO9L2DJfrHOAkH8bzm_xp1-5wsRV1Kfnd-8e6KZDcLAFCIYBEHvn9VRYpGmVj2azK5EkrtasUAQZA8scyiSK_iEddNGF_7uDqBMKtDdhXu69kfBPgyx9Ys/s1600/EHDC+Meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOjAlx3tBy79FTy0mUd5ExMO9L2DJfrHOAkH8bzm_xp1-5wsRV1Kfnd-8e6KZDcLAFCIYBEHvn9VRYpGmVj2azK5EkrtasUAQZA8scyiSK_iEddNGF_7uDqBMKtDdhXu69kfBPgyx9Ys/s400/EHDC+Meeting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thrilling stuff</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Porn barons have joined forces with Farcebook and Twatter bosses in a furious reaction to East Hampshire District Council’s decision to show council meetings live online.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“I’m furious!” declared Stevie Sleeze, marketing director for boobsonline. “How can we compete with that? It’s all right for them with their exciting debates about footpaths, bus-stops and environmental health licensing – but they’re paying for this internet dominance with taxpayers’ money.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“I mean they’re even talking about a live feed of the debate about dustbin collection times for goodness sake. All I can offer is ‘lusty milfs on bikes’ and ‘teenage vampires in thongs’ – who’s going to be interested in that now?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“It’s a disgrace! During a recession councils should be doing more to encourage entrepreneurs like me, not putting us out of business with their subsidised online excitement.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Even Farcebook chief executive Marky Zukerberg-Friendslist took time out from tinkering with the format of nine billion users’ home pages and siphoning away the personal information of everyone on the planet to declare: “I’m seriously worried. If this thing takes off, we’re finished – look what happened to those losers at MySpace.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And Twatter boss Mark ‘Elvis’ Costolo said: “I 8 ths, so unfr bit.lyurlehdc…”</div>Newswirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526232201134468149noreply@blogger.com2