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How to make the perfect cup of tea (via Lightwater)

A welcome change from the Subject of Deepcut thanks to the Deputy Mayor Cllr Tim Dodds. All who know me, know of my fondness for a cup of ‘Rosy Lee’. At the beginning of this month the polemicist Christopher Hitchens, … Continue reading

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Another reason why I love the internet – Paul Deach

Recently I had a conversation with a certain Lightwater resident (and prolific blogger) who offered me some advice on how to construct interesting content for our community web site. He also said “people want to read about Paul Deach”. I … Continue reading

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Blackbird Pie – Twitter

Visitors to this web site may have recently noticed comments from “Blackbird Pie”. This is not some nutters pseudonym but actually relevant content from twitter and aggregated either in blog posts or as comments to blog posts. “Twitter is without … Continue reading

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Site Menu Re-Design

I am in the process of redesigning the menu’s to try and make the site easier to navigate and incorporate some useful community links. The menu’s may appear to be a little bit of a mess right now but they … Continue reading

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Child Benefit cuts – is this really fair?

Those of us that have heard the news today will have heard that child benefit is changing for high tax earners.  I am happy to accept that we are in difficult times and that cuts need to be made but … Continue reading

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Twitter – Whats all the noise about?

Twitter is fast becoming the preferred mode of getting information out quickly. In fact subversive echlons of governments at home and abroad have used it to great effect with propaganda wars. Students in Iran who were uprising against the current … Continue reading

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Disappointment at the Lodge Park

I have taken my children to Frimley Lodge Park regularly for many years.  We have been a number of occasions recently so that they can run off some of their energy. I have four children, the older two always insist … Continue reading

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Gun tradegy once again

As the reports came from Cumbria yesterday shivers went down my spine.  It was a warm, sunny day but the news left me with goosebumps on my arms. The gun lobbies will dismiss this as the usual hysteria that surrounds tragedies of this kind, … Continue reading

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Mytchett Street Watch begins operations

Mytchett Street Watch took its first tentative steps yesterday. You might remember a previous post, “http://surreyheath-residents.co.uk/2010/03/19/taking-care-of-your-community” that I made on 19th March 2010. Our hardy volunteers rendezvoused at the Mytchett Community Centre where we met quite a few people who … Continue reading

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TAG appeal delayed

I have just received the following communication from the Planning Inspectorate regarding TAG’s appeal to be allowed to increase the number of Air Traffic Movements at Farnborough Airport from 28,000 per annum to 50,000 per annum: ————————- Dear Mr Daley … Continue reading

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Give our children somewhere to go and something to do

The school Easter holidays seemed particularly long this year. The children seemed to have gained a few days on past years, but once again mine were moping about after the first few days complaining they were bored. As they moaned a long distant memory … Continue reading

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Lose the baggage and ditch the ego!

It always amazes me the amount of baggage we all carry around.  I’m not talking about suitcases and shopping bags – I mean unnecessary issues, worries, problems that weight us down, sap our energy, stress us out – frankly we … Continue reading

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