Category: Local (To Me !!!)

How Narrow Minded Can You Get ?


I read this article and couldn’t believe the attitude of the folks that live in Tangier Road.

Of all the possible businesses that they could have dumped on their door steps, they are up in arms against a chapel of rest.

Residents have put up ‘Stop dead bodies coming to Tangier Road’ posters. What are they expecting ? The March Of The Zombies

One resident says  “I don’t want my grandchildren looking at dead bodies.” Anyone would think they bring them in on a hand cart.

The reaction of these people is outrageous and a prime example of the way this country is going. It’s all me me me and no respect for our fellow man and no respect for the bereaved and their families.

I am glad to see that the bulk, if not all, of the comments attached to this article show how ridiculous these folks are.

Hundreds sign petition against Portsmouth funeral home bid – Politics – The News.

The Seven Stars


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Gerry and I enjoyed a drink here on Sunday. This is a nice old style pub with a great atmosphere. Next visit we will try out the food.

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Tropicana


Gerry and I spent a lovely but decidedly chilly day in Brighton yesterday. A day spend meandering around The Lanes, browsing the shops, having lunch at The Druids Head and culminating with a visit to the Brighton Centre to see the latest Holiday on Ice presentation “Tropicana – The Passion Tour”. The food served at The Druids Head was superbly prepared, great taste and good value. They were also serving mulled wine which was very welcome given the outside temperatures. The ice show was impressive. With many champion skaters in the cast the skating was, of course, brilliant. The choreography was entertaining and in some parts, exciting. Overall I would say it is a very good show and would recommend it to everyone especially if you like the songs of Barry Manilow, around which many of the set pieces are based.

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Waterlooville garden walls wrecked in spate of vandalism – Mindless Dickheads


Obviously the mindless dick-heads who carried out this wanton destruction had gotten off to an early start with their New Years Resolution.

“I will be a total and utter prat for 2012”

They obviously haven’t got a two brain cells to rub together. I hope someone dobs them in and they are made to rebuild the walls that they destroyed

Waterlooville garden walls wrecked in spate of vandalism – East Hampshire – The News.

Dastardly Plot


I was working yesterday, the first day back after my Christmas break.

For some reason, I was informed, I have to work again today. That is bad enough but it gets worse. I was also informed that I would have to work again on Thursday and Friday then start again on Monday. That cannot be right can it ? Surely something so cruel would be against the law don’t you think ?.

This must be a cunning and dastardly plot by the government.

Here We Go – 2012


First day back in the yoke.

Fitting weather for such a day. Blowing a hooley, dull, wet, it is awful.

Hope you all had a cracking close to the old year and if you are still off from work …… I HATE YOU

Just kidding, Honest

Whoops There Goes Another Greenfield Site


A few days ago I posted about the difficulties regarding a road junction in Waterlooville.

It now transpires that there are plans afoot to build some 76 new homes on school playing fields very close to this same junction.

Well I hope they choose to improve the junction to enable it to cope with the additional traffic that the new development will bring.

£15m homes plan for former Purbrook Park playing fields – Politics – The News.

Accidents causes delays on Hampshire’s roads – Travel Latest – The News


This morning was not a good time to be a motorist in Hampshire, especially within the Waterlooville area.

I started out at around 08:25 this morning to deliver my wife to the QA for work. The fall out from this mornings accidents, mixed with the usual school run, was already causing traffic to back up on Frendstaple Road. This nearly prevented us from escaping the chaos, as once the traffic on that road stops moving we are not able to get off the estate.

Luckily we got out but then got caught up in a traffic jam at the back of Waterlooville on Rockville Drive, which prevented us from joining the A3. Having managed to dogleg up round the Heroes and across to Denmead we managed to get to the QA via Southwick with my wife being dropped off at 08:50. Not bad.

The journey back was much better despite there being yet another accident on the A3 just south of Waterlooville. How on earth do folks manage to collide with each other when the traffic is moving at a snails pace.

The folks in the emergency services were earning their money today and I take my hat of to them.

Accidents causes delays on Hampshire’s roads – Travel Latest – The News.

Letter To The Observer


My wife works with a lady whose other half recently made a trip to France. Oh all right, he went on a “booze-crooze”. Anyway, this trip had such an impact on him that he was driven to write to the editor of the Observer.

I include the letter below. For obvious reasons I have not included any names or addresses…..

Dear Editor,

This weekend (10-11 Dec) I went to France on a long-planned “booze cruise”.  With David Cameron’s veto freshly ringing in my ears I was wondering how bad it would be.  Would my Euros buy me anything?

I have to say I was stunned at how badly the French are doing.  Walking through the main shopping centre of historic Bayeux (a city I would imagine to be roughly comparable to Winchester), I was totally unable to find a single charity shop.  Nor was I able to spot any shops with “50% off everything” signs in their windows; in fact there were virtually no “soldes” signs there at all.

And guess what?, it got worse.  Walking through the city centre, I couldn’t get a McDonald, a Burger King, a KFC, a Pizza Hut, a Costa, a Starbuck, a Wetherspoon  – nothing!  How do these French people survive without modern-day essentials such as these – essentials that every high street in the UK can proudly offer?   As far as well-known chain stores were concerned, all I could find was modest-sized shops, not the vast malls or factory outlets required as evidence of a thriving economy.  For the most part the shops were independent local retailers selling quality goods at roughly UK prices.  In fact I’d go further and say “better quality goods”.  Not at all the symbols of the successful economy that we are used to seeing in the UK.  The experience was made worse because it was dreadful having to jostle through the crowds of pathetically non-obese stylishly-dressed shoppers, some of whom would even stop in the street and talk to each other.

As if I wasn’t angry enough already at the sorry state of the poor French people, I couldn’t even find any fast food cartons littering the street for me to kick to help me get it out of my system.  I have to hold my hands up and admit that I took advantage of their weakness and bought the cheap high quality booze, then just gave up on them as a hopeless case and came back to good old Blighty.

No doubt about it, from what I saw in Bayeux, the Eurozone is in crisis.  I now realise that David Cameron and George Osborne have been right all along, we mustn’t allow ourselves to end up like them.

Discourteous Drivers Will Kill Someone Soon


If ever there was a junction that should have traffic lights installed then it is the one which currently has a roundabout to manage traffic between Stakes Road, Purbrook Way, Crookhorn Lane and Stakes Hill Road.

The problem is that folks on three of the feeder roads usually come to a stop and feed onto the roundabout in a sensible manner. However, those on the fourth road, Purbrook Way, usually take a run at the roundabout from two to three car lengths back while looking to their right on the assumption that if there is nothing coming from that direction then it is clear for them to traverse the roundabout. This they usually do at speed.

This then means that folks coming from Crookhorn Lane who had diligently stopped, find they have to make a standing start, up hill, into the path of a stream of vehicles that are already moving at speed.

I will admit that I have sat with frustration factor rising higher and higher until I have forced my way onto the roundabout. This usually is greeted by much gesticulation and vocalisation to which I respond in kind trying to indicate that this is a roundabout and that they are supposed to stop at the lines across their road.

One thing I have noted is that the same problem does not occur when the roundabout is approached from any of the other feeder roads. So there must be something about the layout of the entry point from Purbrook Way that causes the entering drivers to totally forget about the highway code and good manners.

I have no idea how many accidents have occurred here but certainly fear for my safety every time I approach this roundabout.  I would point out that I am not a timid driver but this site does worry me.