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My Favourite Links - Victoria Seymour

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Here are a few links to my favourite web pages, with additional suggestions from Wendy Johnson of Ontario, Canada, who gave her kind permission for the letters of her relative, Miss Emilie Crane, to be compiled into the WWII biography, Letters From Lavender Cottage. Http:/ www.hastingsarts.net. Hastings Arts - a website promoting talented local artists and the arts scene in Hastings. Http:/ www.hrfhs.org.uk/. Http:/ ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David Lock/. Hastings Jack in the Green Webpage. This a...

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Reading List: The knives are out for Newbury MP Benyon

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Wednesday, 30 May 2012. The knives are out for Newbury MP Benyon. Newbury's Conservative MP and Defra Minister Richard Benyon keeps attracting negative headlines. On the day his department introduced the hosepipe ban The People's investigative team discovered a 15ft hosepipe 'gushing in the grounds'. Of his family's £125m, 20,000-acre Englefield estate. According to the Press Gazette. Is the Defra Minister an ally of the countryside? Mr Benyon released a stateme...

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Reading List: June 2011

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Thursday, 16 June 2011. Searching for a Rescuer. Recently helped promote the efforts of local volunteers to raise money for the important work of SEBEV, Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue. SEBEV also has a facebook campaign page. Which is worth visiting. But these efforts are suddenly more urgent than ever as the related charity Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs were this week given 4 weeks notice to vacate their headquarters at Easthampstead Park. Being held on...

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Reading List: January 2012

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Friday, 27 January 2012. It must be that time of year again - when the New Year's resolutions have been put on the backburner and people start dreaming of getting away from routine. Graeme Thiessen recently emigrated from Reading to Adelaide in Australia - he describes the first part of his family's travels (and some travails too) with a selection of fantastic photos to stir the wanderlust. Putting everyone in the mood he says. Meteorologist Irvine discusses the...

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Reading List: January 2011

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Monday, 31 January 2011. Newsweek is an edited selection of this week's local news, as reported elsewhere. Reading named as 'city to watch'. TV slot for Cocks's Reading Sauce. Cycle Bridge over Thames. Local councils hit out at hospital parking charges. Communters face 'most crowded' trains in the country. Three themes emerged in the past seven days: civic identity, transport issues and the political battle over budgets. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Reading Trade...

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Reading List: April 2012

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Monday, 9 April 2012. Reading Borough Council's local election campaign exploded into controversy this week as accusations and counter-accusations exposed the political divisions between the parties. Following the deselection of sitting Conservative councillor, Jamie Chaudhary, over an internal 'vendetta'. The Peppard ward representative announced his party resignation. Cllr Chaudhary followed up by declaring he is to stand as an independent candidate. Battle wa...

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Reading List: June 2013

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Saturday, 1 June 2013. Milking' the Expenses Gravy Train. Questions have been raised about the use of expenses by elected officials after reports showed unusual discrepancies. Entitled to be fed'. In Reading deputy leader of RBC, Labour's Cllr Tony Page, defended his choice to claim nearly 20-times more in travel expenses than any other councillor. He said, "it may come as a shock. but [travel] does cost money.". For claiming inflated travel expenses - at the ra...

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Reading List: November 2012

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Tuesday, 27 November 2012. Round-up: PCC Elections not HP. A 66-year-old former helicopter commander who served in Borneo and the Falklands War has been elected. As the first Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Police, describing it as an 'honour' and a 'privilege'. The Public Interface: TVP Chief Constable Sara Thornton meets PCC Anthony Stansfeld. Read more about his 'eclectic' background here. Patience Awe - Independent: 14,878. When the results c...

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Reading List: October 2011

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Thursday, 27 October 2011. Fostering International Understanding with Reading International Festival. Cross-cultural dialogue has been to the fore during this year's Reading International Festival - and there's been remarkable evidence that to be successful learning must be a two-way exercise! Organiser Dave Richards explained. The festival is designed to present "an amazing programme of events that will help you explore the world outside your comfort zone.".

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Reading List: November 2011

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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE BLOGOSPHERE. Friday, 11 November 2011. Recommended Reading List #57. While the controversial aspects of poppy-wearing have caused consternation in the footballing world, Berkshire's own Internet Psychologist, Graham Jones, provides the best tribute to rememberance of the cause for which so many people have fought and died throughout the years. He argues we should be proud even of all the 'rubbish and nastiness' we find online. More Recommended Reading List. NDS - South East.