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This photo was taken by my neighbour from her balcony across the road. The house on the left is our next door neighbour. The snow is still around but it's quickly thawing and very wet.

Well 3rd. try seems to have worked but as the saying goes "wine cannot be appreciated whilst the cork is in the bottle" I'd better see if it's true screen shot windows 7 Yes it's true so if it's not to late here's to a Happy &

That is the reason labour were trounced at the recent elections. The majority of UK citizens wanted Brexit & the Tories fulfilled their promise to deliver. Let's be honest labour have no credible leader to lead them anywhere. Early days I know but the FTSE has risen since Brexit, 3% today & the £ is gaining value everyday. Time will tell just how the country should prosper.

You’re probably right there, I have noticed a large amount of ignorance of what’s going on amongst many people. That’s why the virus is spreading like it is.

I’m over 50. I’m not costing the country anything. I invested in pensions, I paid for my hip operation and the bastards are still charging me income tax. I’m helping to support the country as a result of the hard graft during my working life.

Why not just scrap this years Summer holiday? Shut schools and Uni's now for a couple of months or so then start the Spring term early and just have a weeks break for Summer.

Education at all levels is in chaos. It is obviously and profoundly unsafe to have kids back in school and Students back at Uni while the new variant of Covid is surging through the population. Add the fact that such education as can be managed in these circumstances falls far short of what all learners need and deserve. So.. my conclusion is that we need to do one thing at a time...and the one thing we need to do now is to bring all hands to the pump in a HUGE effort to get everyone in the country vaccinated and to employ sanctions in the workplace, or on public transport, etc., etc., fo

The iPad issue is down to the fact that this latest software update is not designed to run on out of date iOS devices. I know this because I have an old iPad2 which is no longer supported for Apple updates making it virtually unusable for large parts of the internet - this site and many others included.

Like I said before, lefties just ramble on and gripe. The trade unions by their greed have caused our manufacturing jobs to be exported to China.

Syd and Babs have put the finishing touch to our home that we moved into 18 months ago...... Wev'e spent most of the morning laughing just watching them Racing about the place,,play fighting..........You can tell they are happy cats,,,even Babs is now coming to me...........

I voted Conservative. I voted to remain. I believe in democracy and accepted the decision.

We live in a capitalist system. It will be thus for the foreseeable future. The the majority of people in this country are middle of the road politically, not lefties. I still contend that to run a country you’ve got to have experience in the world of business and commerce. Lefties don’t run businesses, they don’t understand about being entrepreneurial, they just ramble on and snipe at those in power and at those they work for. The problem with the present lot is that few have proper business experience, the labour party even less. Business and the profit motif provides the wealth of the nati

Just ventured outside for first time since Hospital ........down the Garden then to end of Avenue about 100 yards felt good.........

Well at least I've given Col something to vent his spleen on! I stand by what I said though

Gerry wasn't quite an 'All Time Great'.. in the same sense as the Beatles.. Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Sinatra, Chuck Berry and many others. But.. He was a member of the first band in UK History to go to No.1 with its first three singles. He co-wrote 'Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying'..which remains a classic song...and also 'Ferry Cross The Mersey'. He was also.. by general consent. a genuinely nice bloke.I think he deserves a decent obit.

I mostly agree with you, Phil but some of the problem is ‘wilful ignorance’. It’s NOT the lockdown, tiers, wearing of masks washing hands and distancing that is still allowing the spread of the virus- it’s people DISREGARDING these rules and guidelines... why can’t they understand? I despair ...... At the beginning of the pandemic , perhaps it took a bit of time for people to fully understand about how the virus could spread and the fact that it WASN’T just flu, but surely it’s sunk in now!

Good. At last you've stopped waffling. Succinct but wrong.

Everyone's happy. Two cats with a good, kind home. Two happy humans for them to own!

Marlene across the road.......and a new Lady just moved in who was waving to me........its a very friendly Avenue............

How many females did you wow on the journey?

Just to continue and confirm....the upgrade is still causing problems and difficulties for several people. iPads seem to suffer most - Denshaw can't use his to post here, and Loppy had problems with it. I emailed Invision and, as expected, I've had no reply from them. They cocked it up and then left everyone to suffer.

Didn't the General election prove that Labour voters were in favour of Brexit? And by the same token that Tory voters were mainly stayers? Do the party leaders actually represent those that voted for them?

It looks like they are starting to do that anyway. Bet it would be different if children were the ones going to hospital and on ventilators, they would be trying to eradicate it not letting it rip.

They were talking on the news this morning about letting the virus take its course with the over 65s,,unbelievable,,, Mind you during my recent Hospital stay one Dr asked me about Resuscitation,, told him to F off, in no uncertain terms,, :

The soundtrack of my youth grows ever quieter with the death of distinctive voiced Gerry Marsden. Thanks for the music. R.I.P. Gerry

Didn't leave the house yesterday. Just couldn't be bothered.. though I scaled the forbidding heights of Billinge Hill the day before and am going out for a stroll among the snow showers in a bit.. Meanwhile..here are a few recent pics taken in the snowy gloom of New Year'sEve. Winter Sun

Regarding the vaccination programme, why can’t they do it like they administered the TB jab at school? Everybody lined up, sleeve rolled up, arm out ready and if somebody fainted at the thought of the jab (as happened in our school hall) we just stepped over them. Job done. A friend suggested a family ‘drive-thru’, windows down, entire family jabbed in a couple of minutes. What I’ve seen on TV recently it seems there’s too much chit-chat involved. A friend of mine took her 90 year old husband to QMC for his jab on Saturday and asked if she could have one at the same time and they oblige

This page is now a classic example of what I'm moaning about. When I logged on all the previous post's were missing. I posted a response on the laptop now the response is missing. Maybe it will show up again. My response said, essentially. The internet is mostly accessible to all computers. Yes, my Ipad is an older version of IOS. My car is twenty years old but can still be driven on roads built in the last five years. My laptop runs a more recent version of Linux but it too has problems. Top banner cut off. Missing Icons for p.ms etc. text editor slower than mola

I gave Catfan a like because he made a sensible response. Not completely right but a fair opinion

Let’s hope Boris makes his 8 o’clock waffle short & sweet

Whatever Johnson does is already too late. He was told by scientists before Christmas that his policies were not working. He ignored the science.. again.. and we are seeing the result. He was told similar when the new variant emerged. He ignored that too. The idiot is a liability. We need a full lockdown and all schools, colleges and unis closed..as I said in the CV thread. We need more policing of the lockdown. We need a full on national effort to vaccinate everybody, down to and including the Downing Street Cat.. using the army if necessary. Johnson's

He’s probably, and very wisely, put the perpetrators on ‘ignore’.

Where’s Brew to join in this discussion....

Those who are ‘wilfully ignorant’ must be aware of the situation to be wilfully ignorant about it. As you say it just doesn’t seem to sink in. We’re lucky, living in the countryside with lots of space around us and everyone going out of their way to observe the protocols but it must be dreadful if you live in a high rise flat in a city. I must admit even I’m getting brassed off with the situation. I never thought I would ever miss going down the middle aisle at Lidl or meeting my mates in the pub. Only now can I appreciate why some people have mental health problems.

You have not answered a single point that I have made. I'm sure that you know my points are valid and since you do not argue against them, I assume you concede them. You have simply made the same statement in several different guises. However you wrap it up ..it is still unsustainable. Blaming unions for the demise of UK industry is an appealing, but simplistic and ultimately incorrect statement. The reality is that it is in the nature of capitalists to seek to cut costs and increase profits. So.. if UK industries etc., are allowed to move abroad for cheaper wages.. t

SYD Margie............Donna spells it SID think Syd is Posher Just looked on Wikie ..and they use both Syd and Sid ....for Mr James who hes named after.......

Is it Syd or Sid? There seems to be a difference of opinion.... not that it matters as they both sound the same.

Dont blame you Ben I think I would have done the same.As for the over 65's, I cant believe they would even think of such a thing. On the other hand we're talking about governments. We're never surprised at what they come up with. My grandchildren are supposed to restart school on 7TH but as yet we don't know what is happening We are still in lockdown (although just for today we are in orange zone) until 7th and they still aren't telling us what we can and cant do.Restaurants and bars are hoping to reopen as they have suffered the greatest loss and the govt realise that its not the restaur

Sad news that Gerry Marsden has passed away aged 78. I saw him once when he appeared at The Windmill ‘fun’ pub in Basford. Lovely singer with some brilliant ballads and by all accounts a thoroughly nice guy. R.I.P

The Roxy knew it well, when we had 2 small boys and master was working 6 days a week, because wages where not great. Master came home from work then juat after tea i went out to work, where! the Roxy but by this time it had become a Bingo Hall. It was great checking number's by mike and people were so nice they would always give you 2/6 or more if they had a good win. One old gent would aiiways bring all the staff cream cakes. At the front of the hall we had prize bingo (after the main bingo had finished) and we had jack the caller and two of the girls had to go along the stalls changing mo

If you unpick all that Phil..you are making a very wide set of assumptions. Firstly.. the 'management skills to run the country' mostly reside with the Civil Service, which interprets Govt policy...and those professions, such as Police..Armed Forces.. etc., etc., which do the actual running. Idiots like Gavin Williamson, Priti Patel, and the rest do not actually 'run' anything.. they just issue edicts and get all tetchy when they find out that it's not quite as simple as they thought... Secondly... The incompetence of the Tories is self evident. They have utterly failed to del

Well.. if you don't count the £350M per week for the NHS, the 'Oven Ready Deal', The Unicorns, Rainbows, Sunlit Uplands, Full Restoration of the Empire, and all the other tripe that was promised. And if you close your eyes to the erosion of worker's rights, individual freedoms and erosion of the powers of Parliament, the extra costs, the damage to the economy and to trade and to our industrial base. And as for the benefits.... remind me again.. what were they exactly..?

''Ferry cross the Mersey'''..........We don;t care what your name is boy'' We'll never turn you away.... Loved working Liverpool......even worked Toxteth where Gerry was born.........RIP Mr Marsden.........

I got lots of memories of the area round the Metropole but not of the pram/toy shop or any of the food shops! My memories are mostly hanging round the streets and the Park in the spring and summer during my misspent youth ... Well, not totally misspent - I always did all my homework before I went out in the evenings. (Home from school at 5, had my tea, did about 2 hours homework then went out.... )

My memories are more Top end (Metropole ) Mary...

Serious issues with the return key and others at the moment.. but the lnks above do work for me. I'd love to claim credit for this next shot..but sadly it wasn't one of mine and all credit goes to local lad Ian Bonnell, whose sister I used to work with. https://photos.app.goo.gl/AeRY9Y2hsNArfrDw5

......and I thought I was being tough going out to wash the cars in the freezing cold!

RR Have you got your head in the sand? You seem to be very flippant about this whole thing. Maybe we have got this virus for keeps but there is hope for a bit of relief from it. Wake up and hope along with the rest of us and dont be so pessimistic

Syd and Babs Twas the night before Christmas And all through Ben's house Syd and Babs were cavorting With a toy catnip mouse! "He's a bit of a charmer!" Mewed Syd 'mid their fun. "He's a Tom cat, like me But he's never been 'done'!" "He keeps trying to catch me," Grinned Babs with a purr. "For kisses and cuddles Keeps tickling my fur." "I think he's a keeper," said Syd "As our pet. But to keep him in order A trip to the vet "Might be wise. It's quite painless. He's inclined to roam Knows some right d