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  1. flossietoo

    Anchor, High Offley.

    Oh that’s such good news. We went one Saturday lunchtime a couple of weeks ago and were the only people outdoors. I meant to come on here to urge forumites to hurry over there to support it.
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    Wimpy, Milford.

    A couple of years ago, my husband asked me where I’d like to go for a meal on our wedding anniversary. I chose my favourite place and to his credit, he didn’t complain (much). On a cold night in late October we ate at one of the outdoor tables, wearing coats, gloves and hats. The battery-powered...
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    Tillington Hall closing.

    Yes. That was owned by the family who had a string of agricultural merchants in the area. As a child, I used to go carol singing there, with friends. We’d be invited in to sing around the Christmas tree. I did feel uncomfortably urchin-like. Attached to the hall was a small wood, full of...
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    The Bankhouse Diner (and quirky crafts) formerly B H Grill, Bean Encounter & B H Wine Bar.

    I once cooked Boston Baked Beans when my dad was coming for supper. It took all day to cook and I really wanted everything to be ‘right’. I was horrified to discover that what I was essentially serving was a great big pot of Heinz. My dad was too lovely to say anything but he did ask if there...
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    The Bankhouse Diner (and quirky crafts) formerly B H Grill, Bean Encounter & B H Wine Bar.

    “I believe in speaking my mind”. And as usual, the person so committed to free speech is livid when anyone else expresses their opinion.
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    The Bankhouse Diner (and quirky crafts) formerly B H Grill, Bean Encounter & B H Wine Bar.

    “Open seven days a week from 10am” doesn’t seem to be at all in the spirit of the Bank House Diner-Grill-Coffee-Bistro. Isn’t there a bylaw that states the premises can only open every third Wednesday and second Sunday?
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    Nightmare Doctors.

    So far, touch wood, I haven’t needed to go inside.
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    Nightmare Doctors.

    I went through a very similar experience. We stayed at our previous, wonderful, surgery almost a decade after we moved, by forgetting to mention we had a new address. Eventually I had a referral and we were rumbled. I think we’re probably at the same surgery as you, Bob. I’ve not met the...
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    Recycling changes...

    The introduction of the blue bag irritated me at the time because of the meaningless claim that the shiny new bag had “a greater capacity than the previous caddy.” The caddy held paper. Cardboard went in the bin and the bag most certainly doesn’t have the same capacity as the bin. It was an...
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    Recycling changes...

    It’s Blue Bin Day here in the sticks. I’m still working from home and my office overlooks the road. Each week I watch the walking bin man play with the bin lid or slump across the bin, while he waits for the van. This morning I set out the bin, together with the loathsome blue bag into which I...
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    Motor home help.

    Yes - we’ve got our accommodation booked and my husband is studying an itinerary of distillery visits. We’ll have to meet up at the Bruichladdich day
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    Motor home help.

    That’s one place where you get plenty of camper vans. They didn’t seem to have formal sites, people just rocked-up and parked by the beach. That must feel very adventurous, helped, I’m sure, by the whisky! Are you going next year?
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    Asian supermarket

    That’s right. I went on an expedition to Everest, in search of lentils. It was a bit difficult to find and once I stumbled on the building it took a while to locate the door. Inside there is what looks, initially, like a Spar-style supermarket. The fridges at the back, though, are filled with...
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    Spices (alternative thread title: ‘Hot Stuff’)

    You folk probably know all about this place but I just found out that it is on our collective doorstep, at Ladfordfields. Look at all the chillies.... Apparently, if you add a note saying you will collect when you order, they will refund the delivery charge and message you when it’s ready to...
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    Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

    It looks as though the Old Library Bar & Grill Facebook page has been taken down...
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    Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

    My concern is that The Restaurant Group acquired Brunning & Price. It would be very sad if The Fox goes down with the ship.
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    Have you lost your trousers?

    I’m imagining that perhaps they were flung skywards in the height of passion and forgotten as the breathless bloke made his way home in his underpants.
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    Have you lost your trousers?

    If you have recently arrived home from the old railway line and realised you are not wearing your trousers, you left them half way up a tree between Haughton and Derrington. I don’t want to know how they got there.
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    Royal Oak, Gnosall

    Probably best not to speculate any further on this.
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    Recycling changes...

    I spoke to a bin man about this and he said that his colleagues are completely opposed to the system, which already operates in some areas they cover. They find the bags difficult to lift and carry, repetitively and because they don’t hold as much cardboard as the bins, people leave excess...
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