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1. We had a wee problem over the festive period
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 24 January 2007WELL done to Macclesfield Borough Council for ensuring there were no town centre toilets available to shoppers during the Christmas period.
2. ‘I couldn’t stand for council – I’m too scared of becoming a complete basket case’
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 17 January 2007BEING such a smart Alec I'm often asked why I don't stand for council. The answer is very simple: I'm too scared. I'd feel like the look-out on the Titanic.
3. Sofa, not so good
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 10 January 2007DO YOU remember when TV adverts for sun, sand and sangria followed the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show? Thomson was forever coaxing us to the Costas while Fred Ponting urged everyone to 'book early'. They gave us something to dream about on cold, wet January nights as we huddled by the TV eating beans on toast.
4. Berry suspicious
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 10 January 2007WASN'T that a wonderful story of the rowan berries? It even made ITV News.
5. Why not give Cinemac a try?
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 24 January 2007IF YOU only have one New Year's resolution make it a visit to Cinemac at the Heritage Centre in Macclesfield.
6. Profligacy of police misconduct probe
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 17 January 2007IF THERE'S one story that highlights the frustration felt by the public in Macclesfield it has to be the 41-month investigation of three Macclesfield police officers.
7. Who is giving our hedgerow the bird?
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 10 January 2007BEFORE Christmas I asked if you knew why the hedgerows in Mottram St Andrew have been covered in netting for months… and you did.
8. Food for thought for the NHS
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007WE ARE constantly told increased funding is the answer to improving public services. So this week's BBC Two programmes on the NHS proved quite an education.
9. Blitz spirit alive and well in Sutton
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007I'M WRITING this week's column on my laptop and hoping the batteries hold out.
10. A moment we’ll never forget
Macclesfield Express, Wednesday 24 January 2007JUST how excited were you when John Murphy belted that ball into the back of the Chelsea net? I was driving down the M6 at the time, screaming like a banshee. It didn't last long but how good did it feel?