Category Archives: SWF

Back from the edge

back in the day, a band or artist could release an album and hit single and buy themselves their mansion. A few follow up albums and tours and then relax, earning an income from royalties from radio plays and occasional sales from record shops.

Questions

After I was made Town Mayor (of South Woodham Ferrers) in May 2020, the local free newspaper, the South Woodham Focus asked if I would answer twenty questions for them.

The Accidental Mayor

I had previously agreed that I would support Julia as Deputy Mayor, but suddenly and unexpectedly I found myself to be the person nominated to be Mayor of Chelmsford - an 'accidental Mayor'.

Sign of the Times

(The Belle Stars) I know that of late this site has tended to becoming a foodie blog, reviewing restaurants and so on. And while I will probably continue to post food and restaurant reviews, if something amuses or annoys me then I might post it here. Recently I’ve become aware of conversations in my local […]

Elected!

I have written in the past about my decision to further my foray into local politics. In July 2008 I decided to rejoin (after a few years break) the local Town Council and, prompted by Val, decided to further my political career by making a play to represent my local area at Chelmsford Borough Council. […]

Pick Up The Pieces

Last weekend I was enjoying a quiet pint and a chat with the landlord of one of my local pubs. I say a quiet chat because the pub was pretty much deserted, symptomatic of the credit crunch and general decline in pub-going in the UK. Some 1400 pubs closed in the UK last year, which […]

Hot Summer Nights

This weekend we were invited round to a friends house for an evening barbecue. This was the first time wed been invited to their place socially although theyd been to a couple of our bashes over the years. As such it was a nice opportunity to mee a different social circle; we knew maybe half of the […]

Quizzes – again

I had a couple of errands to run last evening, one of which was dropping some stuff to my old friend Howard. Howard is a professional quiz-master and DJ who has been running quizzes around South Woodham Ferrers for as long as weve lived there. And to be fair to Howard, even when Jon and […]

Politics – no, make that politics

I think the small P is probably relevant. Last evening I was co-opted back onto South Woodham Ferrers Town Council. Its effectively a Parish Council, but once your population tops 15,000 or so I think youre allowed to call yourself a Town rather than a Parish. I served on the Town Council between 1992 and […]

Music and Quizzes

Last evening my mate Tom and I went down the road for a beer. It being a Sunday evening our local was running its regular Pop Quiz, so we helped out one of the teams. The pop quizzes have been running at The Curlew for about twelve to fifteen years I guess, and while it may […]

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