Author: torgold

Supporter of the ‘underdog’ and fair play, freedom of the individual balanced with responsibility to the community. Supporter of our heritage and countryside. Environmental campaigner for action on climate change, sustainable farming, transport and economy

Save the British Red Telephone Box!

BT have commenced a programme of removing some little used telephone boxes around the country and this will include our much beloved, but sadly neglected by BT, red telephone boxes. Sussex Heritage Trust have put out an appeal to communities and villages to try an save these iconic telephone boxes. 

It may be possible to adopt an existing in-situ boxes from BT. Click on the image on the right to go to BT’s Adopt a Kiosk Guide adopt-a-red-box

 

Click below to find out more:

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Let’s get rid of pesticides!

I was a kid in the 1950s when rivers and streams were alive with frogs, newts and tiny fish. If you were growing up in the ’50s you may remember enjoying the wonderful variety of aquatic creatures! Sadly many such watercourses now have no living creatures in them! Why? It’s almost certainly due to fertilisers and insecticides which are now even attacking bees! Let us reverse this trend! 

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Cherbourg to St Malo Cycle Tour

472Great cycle ride to France this August! Here is my Facebook page with a summary of the route. Also, Click here to see my blog of the route and the place we saw and stayed at.

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All our photos are here:

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Britain’s Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time

Really worthwhile watching this exciting documentary about the amazing discoveries at Must Farm Cambridgeshire of bronze age England! iPlay video available until the end of Aug 2016 or go to: http://www.mustfarm.com/ to find out about it and see the latest information

 

 

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