Let it snow!

It is snowing like mad here! It’s great how I still feel the same excitement at seeing the flakes as I did when I was younger. It always makes me think of a poem I had to recite in a Christmas show at school many many moons ago, which I can still remember off by [...]

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Two good websites!

I feel it is my duty to share with you two great websites that I have found – one of which will solve every Christmas present buying problem you could ever have, while the other will tell you more about the history, heritage and ongoing conservation of my hometown Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The first is http://www.notonthehighstreet.com, an amazing [...]

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The true meaning of Christmas – video competition

A friend of mine has entered a competition called The True Meaning of Christmas, where entrants have to submit a one-minute film on the subject – and it can be a play, song, poem, story or anything else! – for a chance to win up to £3,000 for their church.
Please watch his video Newness of Life [...]

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Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

For 364 days a year six sets of reindeer antlers are kept in the Hurst Chapel of St Nicholas’s Church in Abbots Bromley. But on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the fourth of September the antlers are brought out for a day-long celebration that is one of the oldest traditions in Britain.
The [...]

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Congratulations to the Armed Forces Memorial!

Congratulations to the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, which has won the Heritage category of the National Lottery Awards!
The Armed Forces Memorial opened in October 2007 and is an incredibly moving memorial of national significance.
It “gives recognition and thanks for those who have died while on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the [...]

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