Hi Everyone I have to sadly report this week that the Main Contractor is fed up. Nothing annoys her more than when we have just finished...

Hi Everyone I bet that Arthur groaned when he saw my latest EMail to him this week. When we went on our recent holiday to the Lake...

Hi Everyone As a teenager at school, I took Economics at A level and even managed to pass at the end of two years. Now, as I approach...

Hi Everyone If you are young, with it, trendy and all the other buzzwords, you are more than likely to be a Swifty. American singer...

Hi Everyone I think the first part of my blog this week is perhaps mainly of interest to my male Rubbish readers. For those of us...

Hi Everyone Now you know that I am a sports fan despite the fact that, if you have read my book, you will know that I am less than...

Hi Everyone The last time we had a holiday in the Lake District was about seven years ago and it rained every day. That meant that I...

Hi Everyone I know that my prediction that Joe should retire in my blog last week was not entirely a surprise but I did not realise that...

Hi Everyone This week my attention has been drawn to mice. Before you become alarmed none of the little furry creatures have appeared in...

Hi Everyone When we were young we would now be eagerly looking forward to the six week school holidays. Those who were very lucky might...

Hi Everyone As we travel through time, every so often along comes a memorable day. That happened this week. No, it was not because the...

Hi Everyone There is one thing that the political parties seem to agree on, the need to grow the economy. That seems to be obvious as it...

Hi Everyone Back in the days when nearly everyone had a Sunday newspaper delivered through their door, one newspaper had a Spot the Ball...

Hi Everyone Last week it was DDay - The Longest Day. This week we are approaching the middle of the longest six weeks of political...

Hi Everyone Eighty years ago this week on the 6th June 1944, 156,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen from thirty different countries...

Hi Everyone If you are a long time Rubbish reader you might remember that the Senior Partner was born in the Yorkshire mining village of...

Hi Everyone Early on in my working life, I had a boss who was friends with a leading politician. The problem was that they were of very...

Hi Everyone Back in the 1990s you could see china in a day on a bus with a guide, a packet of sandwiches and a bottle of water....

Hi Everyone When I was young it usually was about once a year, then it became about once a month, then weekly and now it seems like every...

Hi Everyone This week many people across the county are involved in local elections to elect Mayors, Councellors, and Police Commisioner...