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Are the Fire & Rescue Service Cutting Vital Flood Equipment?
Concern mounts after a petition was launched claiming vital flood equipment and training is being planned to be moved from fire stations from Chippenham and Trowbridge to Dorset, and Stratton in Swindon. You know me, usually I jumped at the chance to expose a transgression by authority, but on this occasion, as a response from… Read more
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Song of the Day 4: Girls Go Ska
Hi, yeah s’me, keeping up the Song of the Day feature like dedication was as word I know the definition of! No excuses not to, I mean I am of the generation when Roy Castle clasped his trumpet weekly, ready for the signing off of “Record Breakers.” No, it’s not a euthanasim, Google it whippersnappers.… Read more
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Song of the Day 3: Harmony
Look, right, I’m not at the top yet, but it’s in clear sight. A round number, of the half century kind, awaits me atop the hill, and there’s no stopping the ride to get off. I guess reaching these milestone ages causes you to analyse your life somewhat, and if there’s one thing I do… Read more
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Ain’t Nobody’s Business but Ruzz Guitar and Pete Gage’s
I’ve said it before, said lots of what I’m going to say before, in fact, but I reserve the right to say it again. And you can’t blame me, it’s this Groundhog Day thing, this exasperating lockdown. I perpetually revert my mind back to the last night of live music I attended, Ruzz Guitar Blues… Read more
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Stonehenge or Bust; Duck n Cuvver Scale the Fence!
The last thing Robert Hardie wants is to be portrayed as villainous, or condoning mass trespass, though he accepts some might interpret breaking over the fence at Stonehenge as such. Chatting to this veteran on the phone this morning, he described the exhilaration and sensation of wellbeing, wandering between Wiltshire’s legendary stone pillars, but expressed… Read more
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Song of the Day 2: The Big Ship Alliance and Johnny2Bad, featuring Robbie Levi and Stones
Newly-formed just a year ago, this Birmingham-based seven piece reggae band, Big Ship Alliance started out as possibly the only tribute act to reggae legend Freddie McGregor, but on track to record their own material they’ve teamed up with the outstanding UB40 tribute act, Johnny2Bad for this gorgeous topical debut single. Featuring Robbie Levi and… Read more
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