Down the Street of a Thousand Restaurants, past the Fish & Chip Shop, around the corner to gaze upon the near completed Viewing Platform, to be nearly run over by an oncoming car.
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Before I give my much awaited verdict on the the Bancroft Gardens, I'm going to keep Stratford upon Avon waiting just a little longer by saying first of all, that I'm surprised. Surprised and more than a little amazed that the Bancroft project was 'finished' in time for the Birthday Celebrations. I understand from newspaper reports that it was a bit of a white knuckle ride and right up to the wire, but somehow they ('they' being the three workers who were assigned to the expensive project... Read Full Story
Looks like The Bennis' campaign to get the , Armillary removed from the top of Banbury Road here in beautiful Stratford upon Avon is losing pace. Not only has The Bennis' offer of removing the Armillary (below) at no cost to the Public (me)... Sorry... ...fallen on deaf ears, but The Bennis' rather pathetic petition of just over one thousand signatures has also impressed no-one, leading to, some might say, actually giving the impression that more are for the sculpture than against . Ted... Read Full Story
Yet another claim that Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare but this time with a little more meat on it. The Claim to Fame lands this time on the shoulders of one Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford , whose writing style by all accounts fits 'Shakespeare's' to a tee. Some saying that his background and birthrightwould have given him the needed knowledge to write 'Shakespeare', more so, muchmoreso than the lowly William. BUT, the best bit of 'evidence' (at least I think so) is the discovery... Read Full Story
More a tree lover than a tree hugger I have to say that nothing fails to amaze me more than the magnificence of some of the beauties that we have in and around Stratters, especially this time of the year when they are getting ready to shed their clothes... This monster (in the nicest possible way) is to be found in the RSC Gardens. And so is this one. This fantastic tree (centre), I had never noticed before until I took this photo of the building mayhem outside Stratford Railway station and... Read Full Story
I went to a talk today given by a friend of mine who’s a Tourist Guide in a number of cities and towns around the UK, including Stratford upon Avon. What we got was an extremely interesting talk punctuated by some quite amazing tales of her experiences with that strangest of breed, the American Tourist. It’s a very sad thing to say especially in this day and age, but our cousins from over the water do appear to have a very insular world view and a complete lack of any historical sense. No... Read Full Story
I was just having a browse through my favourite local newspaper (The Stratford upon Avon Herald) before filing it in the cat litter tray, when I came across the most astounding figures concerning compensation pay-outs across the West Midlands. Apparently, in the last 5 years the West Midlands , that's Councils and their insurers have payed out a total of - wait for it - the grand sum of - £62 Million smackeroonis. Most of the dosh going to people who have tripped up, been eaten by lions, or... Read Full Story
A sharp-eyed reader of mine pointed out this rather embarrassing er...'mistake' in last Friday's 'my favourite Newspaper'. (Thanks UKSBD) We don't get many murders in Stratford...so when we do, we expect the full Press Treatment... ...however we don't expect the piece to finish with such a lighthearted flourish... I haven't laughed so much since the Editor spelt 'GCSE' wrong.
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I can't believe it...no sooner do I write a post about our campaigning ex-mayor (here) than he drags his mobile toilet out again and plants himself outside the town's library, to protest at the closure of the...guess what? That's right, the library toilets. The Stratford upon Avon Herald tells us 'The convenience was closed several weeks ago due to "a rather unpleasant odour" (their quotation marks) caused by excessive use by members of the public' . (The filthy swine)
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I’ve often wondered why Buster’s (of the Stratford upon Avon Herald ‘The bottom of budgie cages are our speciality’) voice is muffled, now I know, he’s talking out of his a*** again. This week’s episode has our hero on his way to collect his daily newspaper and sandwich and having to ‘...encounter these people’. These people being the ‘foul mouthed, scruffy (what no tie?) men and women who gather everyday on benches near the American Fountain’. But that’s not all, poor old Buster, actually... Read Full Story
