Where have all the benches gone The first weekend in October I undertook the longest car journey, actually the longest journey of any type, I have taken in the last five years. I attended the wedding of my youngest nephew, in West Wales. It was a whole weekend affair and a full on Family Do; […]
Editors Letter
Where have all the benches gone?…..
Part 2 A rather over-jubilant Ian celebrates as the new seat welcomes its first parishioners, Diego the Caverpoo and Linda Stevens of Sileby. Where have all the benches gone?….. Part 2 You may recall in the last Soar Valley Life magazine, the mysterious saga I put forward about the lost seats in Sileby Park. Well, […]
Where have all the benches gone?
Long time passing… With apologies and due deference to Pete Seeger who wrote the original “Where have all the flowers gone?” in 1955. The sentiment referred to throughout the song occurred to me the other morning as I walked through Sileby Memorial park… When Mary and I moved to Sileby, exactly 19 years ago on […]
Use It or Lose It!
How often do we hear these words? More so as we get older and our health advisers, therapists, medical professionals et al are all at us day in day out to get out more, be more active, do more and so on and on.
Where do you stand?
Last evening I watched my football team (Nottingham Forest) play Newcastle United on the big screen TV in The Sileby & District Working Mens Club. We lost.
Behold, I am doing a new thing
I used to be a very religious person, not so much now but having learnt the bible off by heart when I was a youngster certain passages pop into my mind at appropriate moments.
So here it is……
So here it is……Not your usual ‘Editors letter’ by Steve but little me, Linda Rhodes, your new ‘What’s on’ Editor. These last few weeks have been a whirlwind of events, interviews and writing which I have discovered I absolutely love. I’ve written a bit in the past and even had a piece published in a […]
Normal service will be…
Whatever Normal service is, will be resumed… errm , not sure really!
Well, that was a surprise!
In our last issue we announced our readers’ survey and set up the questionnaire on our website for easy completion and submission. As with all of these things, you can never know what will happen; just put it out there and hope for the best.
