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1. School run turns mums tangerine with rage
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 28 November 2007I TOOK my overseas visitors to Manchester Airport this Monday during the morning rush. It’s a scary experience. You could end up as a missing person winding your way around Macclesfield.
2. Give us results for an increase in tax
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 7 November 2007CHESHIRE Police say they have a massive funding gap to plug and are commissioning a MORI poll to gauge public support for a 30 per cent hike in the police precept portion of our property tax, adding around £2.93 a month to a Band D home.
3. Holidays are over but the stories go on
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 3 October 2007WELL, I don’t know about you but that’s my holidays done with for another year. It gives me the same feeling I used to have going back to school in autumn. You know, long dark months stretching into what seems like infinity.
4. Nodding dogs need to show their teeth
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 3 October 2007SOMETIMES I wonder why we have a borough council. Developers, large companies and those with big budgets seem to do precisely what they want.
5. Train telephone talk can be pure fantasy
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 5 September 2007I’M FREQUENTLY amazed at the bizarre telephone conversations that take place on trains. Men tend to yell at imaginary secretaries or negotiate fantasy deals.
6. Is the Rooney effect ruining Prestbury? Well, yes ...
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 4 July 2007THE HEADLINE emblazoned across page 18 of a recent edition of the Express read: 'Is the 'Rooney' effect ruining Prestbury?'
7. Do unto others but try to do it more often
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 9 May 2007WITHOUT a doubt the best idea I've heard in a very long time is Pay It Forward where you repay any good deed done for you threefold.
8. Spare a thought for council staff
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 9 May 2007HANDS up if you think big is beautiful. If you prefer a call centre to dealing direct or leaving a voicemail rather than talking to people or a city centre post office in preference to the one in your village then you will be delighted with plans to reform local government.
9. Why my mailbag is such good fun
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 18 April 2007I SPENT much of last weekend reading through my mailbag. It was a lot of fun.
10. Everyone loves the sound of my voice
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 18 April 2007I DON'T know why I never made it big on the radio, seems like everyone loves my voice. Each time I make a phone call it has to be recorded 'for training purposes'. So far I've 'trained' British Telecom, HSBC, National Power, AOL, Prudential Insurance, Tesco Direct, Toyota, HM Customs and Excise and several minor companies (less than 1000 employees) that don't justify a mention.