Apparently there must be a lucrative black market in Sun Tan Lotion.
Least ways that’s what John Davison seems to think after he was caught stealing £140 worth of Nivea sun cream from a pharmacy in Portsmouth.
Either that or he was anticipating some serious sunshine.
Has anyone been approached recently by shady characters with long coats lurking in dark alley ways. “ere guv…….wanna by some cheap sun cream…..?”
With what he is having to pay in costs he should have just bought the stuff.
What a pair of total dickheads.
Harassed and corralled a hapless motorist. Prevented them from leaving the motorway and all the while shouting and gesticulating at them as they drove at speeds up to 80 mph.
How could they be so incredibly stupid. I believe they deserve a custodial sentence.
Its herberts like these that are driving our insurance costs sky-high. No wonder the insurance companies make it nigh on impossible for youngsters to get insurance at a reasonable price.
My Uncle Dick, passed away 9th October, 2010 at the grand old age of 88. A good innings as the saying goes.
I attended his funeral yesterday which was very moving. It was also an eye-opening affair as I also got to meet a leg of the family that until yesterday I was totally unaware of.
I guess it’s a sad fact of life these days that we are so wrapped up in our own worlds. The pace of life is such that we don’t find the time to socialise like folks use to. Families are also more distributed these days.
Although our family origin is centred around the Worthing area the various members of the family, who attended the funeral, had travelled in from Hastings, Manchester, Portsmouth and beyond. Not huge distances by modern standards but far enough to prevent the rellies from just popping in for a cupper.
Dick, although we didn’t get together very often, in my way I’ll miss you.
My thoughts are with Joan, Kathy, Barbie and Family.
How can this be right ?
Under EU rules, child benefit is paid to parents who work and pay tax in the UK and whose children have stayed in their home countries.
New figures, show that the benefit is being used to support nearly 29,000 children living in Poland, along with thousands of children elsewhere in Eastern Europe.
The cost of living in some of these countries is lower than in the UK but they still receive UK rates. Surely the benefit that they receive should be based, pro rata, on the cost of living for the country in which the child lives.
And now our government is set to cut benefits to UK citizens but these foreign workers will still be able to claim these benefits.
This is not right and is truly unacceptable.
The PC brigade are on the loose again.
School dinner lady, Pat Lavery, handed a boy a biscuit after he asked for one. The boy is a relative.
Subsequently, Mrs Lavery was told that under the Child Protection Act she could be seen to be grooming the child. Over a period of two years or so the situation escalated to the point that she was informed she could lose her job.
All because she gave a boy a biscuit.
Mrs Lavery’s experience is yet another example of common sense being thrown out the window. Full story here
Taking things to an illogical extreme, at the end of this month there will be thousands of children accepting sweets and other treats from thousands of strangers.
Is it possible that I could be accused of grooming young children if I respond to the Trick or Treat requests on my door step ?
When getting ready to go to work I only have time to dip into TV for brief moments.
GMTV suited me and I was able to pick up the news with a little bit of showbiz floss. The GMTV team were lively, bubbly and genuinely seemed to get along together. This is not the case with the new Daybreak show.
The new show is dull, dull, dull and who is that mumbling bumbling buffoon Chiles ? I guess his style is attractive to some but first thing in the morning he is just depressing. As for Bleakly who looks nice but what else is she contributing to the show.
Sorry they get 2 out of 10 from the Waterlooville Jury. Bring back the pizazz of the GMTV team.
The world is a sadder place today following the death of Norman Wisdom.
He was a class act and will be sorely missed. Not least because he was one of the few “Seagulls” fans and of course a former director of the club. I like to style myself a fan if only to get up the noses of the Pompey fans by whom I am surrounded.
My condolences to the Wisdom family
Here’s to you Norman.
I was awoken this morning by a text from my sister informing me
“They’ve burned down the pier!!
Bastards !!”
Hastings Pier has been closed since 2006 but there has been an active campaign to get it renovated and reopened. Although the police have already detained two men this is going to be a severe blow not just to the campaign but also to the whole community.
As well as being an iconic landmark on the Sussex coast the pier is a landmark in my childhood and teens. Having lived my early years in and around East Sussex, from Shoreham to Battle, Hastings and the pier featured quite a bit.
As a family we used to gather along the beach from the pier, to have lunch with Mum and some of her workmates from KB (Kolster Brandes).
From the age of 9, after Mum & Dad gave me my first fishing rod, I used to fish from the pier as well as along the shore line. We won’t mention the ill-fated fishing trip by the lads from Battle Engineering, where I worked immediately after leaving school. Also there were many fishing trips with Dad in his Rana dinghy propelled by the ubiqitous British Seagull. All launched from various points along the Hastings and Bexhill shoreline.
Then of course there was the all night concert that was held on Hastings Pier, Friday 26th June, 1970. I had travelled up from Pompey with my mate Dirk Diamond (honest, that’s his name) to see The Edgar Broughton band. As the Broughtons had also played a gig up in London that night it was actually 04:00 Saturday morning before they hit the stage. However, we were kept entertained as also on the bill that night were Blonde on Blonde, Jigsaw, Cupids Inspiration, Sarah Gordons House Of Bondage (The guitarist did say that Sarah would take off her top if £10 could be collected. It was and she did). All for the princely sum of 25/- (£1.25).There is actually an image of an advert for the gig here
So you can see why, with many memories tied to Hastings Pier, I agree with my sisters sentiment.
The dinosaur scupture which has been a feature of Southsea Common has been destroyed by fire.
This is obviously a deliberate act carried out by thoughtless individuals and I’m sure they have had a good laugh at the expense of everyone elses enjoyment.
The sculpture was due to move on soon, now Portsmouth has a poor reputation. Why would anyone allow something like this to come here in the future.
WrAnTz 