I don’t know whether I’m the only one who has noticed, but the longer this Covid 19 thing goes on, the more the population is dividing into ‘Them & Us’. Deniers & Believers. ‘Them’ that believe that Covid 19 is a hoax and ‘Us’ that believe the situation is extremely serious. The Stratfordian identifies as an… Read More »
UPDATED Sometimes I write these things in haste (or in a drunken haze) and on second reading they turn out to be not as clear as I want them to be. In which case I will have another go and rewrite or give up, apologise and retreat with my tail between my legs. Either way,… Read More »
HOLD THE FRONT PAGE …SCOOP… CLICK ME FOR BIG REVEAL Why, oh why oh why… …is The Stratford upon Avon Herald in the greasy administrators hands when it can still pull in Headline news like this. ‘On the ball’. ‘Ear to the street’. ‘The Heartbeat of the Community’ all clichés admittedly but everyone applying to… Read More »
I have to say it is a great pleasure to say to those who gave up their own leisure time to visit us here in Stratford over the past few days… Stratford upon Avon welcomes The Immune and their brave efforts to Take Back Control. Somebody has to do it. They swarmed (copyright The Sun)… Read More »
One of the first things that Stratfordians do when they have bought the Stratford upon Avon Herald is to turn to the obituaries. Being such a close knit community means that the odds are that someone you know or knew, has passed. Like checking the racing results, it’s just something residents of Stratford upon Avon… Read More »
I just wanted to BIG UP and say how much I admire Stratford upon Avon’s Dominic Skinner (Lib Dems) and ‘The Dominic Skinner approach to politics’. His recent broadcast on Facebook HERE It’s nothing too complicated and as far as I’m concerned, follows The First Rule of Politics…COMMUNICATION. [I ought to say here that I… Read More »
Councillor Dominic Skinner’s ideas about pedestrianisation (This week’s Herald) in Stratford upon Avon are of course nothing new. The idea that removing traffic from areas where there are a lot of pedestrians is a good and safe thing to do, has been mooted on a number of occasions, certainly since I graced Stratford upon Avon… Read More »
I’m sure that during the time we have spent under Lockdown, most of us have come to a variety of conclusions on how Stratford upon Avon should look when this is all over. And (I bet) the vast majority have all lingered on one thing. For me, and I know quite a few others our… Read More »