October 2008
Parking on verges and footways
From 3rd November, motorists in Rotherham will be banned from parking on grass verges in certain areas.
A pilot scheme will monitor for 12 months 'inconsiderate" and "convenience parking.
27/10/08
Cadeby Colliery Disaster of 1912
After the interest shown in both the Maltby and Warren Vale Pit Disasters, of 1923 and 1851, we have now completed the story of the Cadeby Colliery Disaster of 1912
20/10/08
Jamie Visits Rotherham --- again
Received 2 Emails and a phone call from Edinburgh, today. I did not watch the programme so cannot comment!
'Did you watch Jamie Oliver last night, he was in Rotherham, which has been portrayed in a really bad light, I felt embarrassed at the thought of how the rest of the country see us, apparently nobody can cook, we all live on takeaways, and the filming in All Saints Square was truly cringing stuff; where they had got the audience from I don't know, but Rotherham folk came across as a load of loud mouthed no hopers, I think the portrayal needs balancing, to get the story right!!, another instalment is on next week, hope it's not so awful!''Did you watch Jamie Oliver in Rawmarsh last night trying to teach people how to cook? Why don't they do cooking at school anymore?'
From Edinburgh, 'Isn't Rotherham a lovely place'
01/10/08
More Jamie
'It's perhaps as well that you didn't see it. Dreadfully embarrassing for the people of Rotherham. The sample who were chosen to participate were desperately short of social skills, common sense and any other meaningful attribute. How this short-tongued clown continues to attract interest from the TV companies is beyond me. It has been widely publicised that the Jamie Oliver company spends 1 million a year on living expenses and yet the people on basic minimum wage continue to support him if only by watching his ridiculous offerings...'
'One probably unexpected but not surprising side effect of Oliver's attention to Rotherham is that the takings at the nearby McDonalds have soared during the days of his visits'
02/10/08
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