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Interested to see that AoL has shared the CEC press statement of 12 December 2022, referencing the "success of 'Airband'" across Cheshire as a whole. I questioned Cllr Mannion the CE Council Meeting two days later, 'as to how many households in CE have benefitted'? He didn't know and promised a 'written answer', which I still await!

Could not agree more with the idea that online shopping is a hassle. My system is to find who stocks the item and then go there. Just contemplating a couple of 2nd hand pamphlets from a Crewe shop which is charging £5 shipping on each. I shall just ring and go there when convenient!

Immaculate condition, medium mattress. Collection only I am afraid. Only changing as now require orthopaedic one.

The driver of a white Peugeot Partner van needs to take much more care when driving through Audlem as they almost knocked my partner off his feet whilst we were walking on the PAVEMENT thus morning. Thankfully he is just bruised and a bit shocked but it could have been much worse if the person they ploughed into had been frail. An apology might be helpful too rather than ignoring the impact and driving off!

Compliments of the season to you Billy. Sadly, we have lost the ticket for that 'real' Billy Gibbons dance band, otherwise I would have dropped it off for you long ago. I do have a photograph of the original somewhere in the 5,000 or so images stored away in the four various back-up systems I now employ and I'm sure that sometime in the next few years I will come across it again, or perhaps even, find the original ticket. Who knows, but be assured that as soon as I find it, I will hotfoot it over to you in time for- Christmas maybe, but which year? The question may not yield the answer, but I know that you will understand...

I've almost finished my first book. It's taken me nearly 20 years which you may think is a long time but, I've nearly finished colouring it in and I didn't go over the lines much and I used 3 different crayons and everything!
On another note; I've come to the part in my 'real' book that needs pictures etc and as such, this is a shout out to Mr Peter Morgan to see if he still has the (real) Billy Gibbons dance ticket. If I could borrow it so the publisher can take a picture of it, that would be great.

Many thankings. ;-)

Sorry about that Stewart, best not get me started about the Mobile Library then.

Can't agree more Peter, with animals and animal feed to protect it has to be done

Colin's 'Go to' bus observations are interesting and yet lacking balance, as he does not include any passenger number observations for the standard bus service that I regularly see travelling through the village, empty, yes empty. So to be fair Colin, employ more researchers, possibly put them on the buses, and give readers the full picture for a change.

During the winter period the great majority of dairy farms house their herd indoors, where they are fed. The cattle need plenty of ventilation and the birds, particularly starlings, take advantage of the openings to enter the cattle sheds and feast on the cattle feed. This spreads disease as birds do what birds do and farmers are forced to take measures to scare off the birds. They do this with various forms of bird scaring devices, taped 'birds in distress' noises, laser beams and loud bangs outside the sheds. This is a legally permissible operation within the time frames previously expressed on Chatbox, provided that they have a genuine reason for it and are not just using it as an excuse to annoy the neighbours..

Colin Cliffe thanks for that just spat my drink out laughing

What a truly lovely piece by our superb wordsmith on the subject of the time of year.
Prompted me to partake of a tot of rum !! Happy Christmas Stephanie

As someone who has just moved into Salford this Chatbox has solved the riddle of the loud noises! Many thanks for the explanation.

If I may take a moment to be serious,,,,,,,, instead of my usual pass takes (there's auto-correct working properly for you for once). It's the time of year when some people amongst us can feel particularly lonely and maybe forgotten, they could sit for days without speaking to anyone and have no real contact with the outside world and we must not let this happen anymore, it's 2022 and we have the collective power to make it stop. So next time you see the 'Go Too Everywhere Empty' bus driver, give him/her/it/them a cheery wave or maybe even a good thumbs up. But be very careful with the thumb, as it may be mistaken as a sign that you want to be picked up, and not only could that overly excite the driver but you could end up being sent to Bunbury when you only wanted to go to Beamans.

Need to put a 10 (yes TEN) at the end of that riddle, for that's how many there were of us on Friday early evening – most I've seen on one bus. 3 of us on at Bagley Lane, 5 on in the village and 2 at Hankelow. All safely and efficiently delivered into Nantwich

Another entertaining read.! Merry Christmas, and unless your booze has run out it will be.

If my memory serves me well this chat box topic comes up every year, including last. Farmers are keeping birds off the land to protect seeds down, crops and to animal feed . I think last year someone was on about starting a scarecrow rota made up of those opposed to them

Bird scarers are legal to use between the hours of 7am until 10pm without any restrictions. I'm guessing the increase in use is more then likely down to avian flu

I did enjoy the riddle Colin and we almost got the answer but too late, Billy probably needs the sand more!

A little white westie/bichon frise type dog called Casper has gone missing from Corbrook Park care home. He ran away last night. He is deaf and not local to the area as he is staying with a member of staff whilst his owner is away. Please contact Corbrook on 01270812049 or Suzie Poole on 07896507981.

My dog is the same about the constant shotgun noise that goes off every twenty mins or so. The noise is around the Salford end of Audlem and is now proving to be a noise pollution.

Nice try Terry, but Billy was a lot closer with his guess, the numbers represent the number of passengers I have seen on the Go Too bus the last 12 times that I have seen it. As you are the closest to the correct answer Billy you will be pleased to know that you have won 5 whole pounds, so please bring a bucket when you come to collect it as you can't carry that much sand in your bare hands.

Does each "0" represent a pothole on Paddock Lane with the "1" being the only one actually successfully repaired by Cheshire East?

I think the increased shotgun noises are probably down to it being pheasant shooting season?

I also thought it was something to do with Santa as in; his catchphrase (Ho Ho Ho/ O O O etc) but I now don't think it is.
Re-reading some of Colin's previous posts, I see he's 'passionate' about the Go Too Bus service so, is it the amount of people that have been spotted on the bus in a year (including the driver of course, hence the 1)
If I'm right, is the prize a season ticket for the Go Too bus service? If it is, I'll kindly decline because I'd actually like talking to other passengers and I feel that would be something I wouldn't be able to participate in. ;-)