Monday, July 09, 2007


WEBWATCH: Following on from the business plan devised by Miss H and myself I checked out the domain name www.askcharlie.co.uk <http://www.askcharlie.co.uk/> and found to my utter dismay that it's taken by an information strategy development company. Not sure what they do but if your organisation suffers from multiple databases with mis-matched data, poor transaction processes which are largely manual and labour intensive, lack of Management Information or it is very time consuming to produce, diverse and disjointed systems, especially fundraising, membership and finance then they are the A-Team.


HEADLINEWATCH: *Read this* Roses clash washed out. * Panicked and then breathed a sigh of relief upon reading accompanying article* 'Persistent rain throughout the morning at Old Trafford, combined with a forecast for further rain in the afternoon, meant that Tuesday's 50-over friendly between Lancashire and Yorkshire was abandoned at 10am'.


BOLTONWATCH: Dr Who is joining the campaign against toilet closures in the town centre with his very own Loos Blues! Musician Howard Broadbent is in the middle of writing a "jazzy blues" song about the lack of loos and the 69-year-old pianist took his colourful protest to the very heart of the problem the new "Tardis" superloo which has replaced the Moor Lane bus station toilets. "It is absolutely ludicrous that we have hardly any toilets either in the town centre or across the whole borough," said the pianist *Hmm I'm sure they meant to print something else*. "Instead, we have this thing that no-one wants to use. "I have seen the number of toilets diminish over the years. "They are supposed to be public conveniences, but this is a very inconvenient town for these services." He called on Bolton Council http://www.bolton.gov.uk/ to reopen the bus station toilets. Howard, who is standing as Socialist Labour candidate for Astley Bridge ward in the local election, added: "This is 2007 and we should have improved things. We had more toilets in 1956." And the songwriter, who co-wrote the famous song "The Blackpool Belle" popularised by the Houghton Weavers, plans to take his individual musical protest to the people. "I will be including in it that very special Bolton Walk - which is a kind of cross-legged mincing, forced on us all by the situation!" Super


NORTHWATCH: Taken from the Bolton Evening New Classifieds:


GREEN PARROT With cage and accessories. Friendly, nearly talking. May deliver.£250 07977 808791


HONEY - BEES for sale. Tel 01204 300860

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