Browsing 'OS21'
The beat on the street.
In addition to the normal Saturday delights of purchasing fish from Ian at the fish stall and cranking up on far too many expressos at Cafe Radio in good company and generally catching up with compadres, renegades and stalwarts, today, despite a stiff, cold breeze, we had the sunny, loud, un-amplified, real live sound of Oswestry's Street Band doing their ow ...
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Imagine Oswestry; imagine the Bailey Head; imagine a dull Friday. Click link.
Imagine Oswestry; imagine Bailey Head; imagine a dull Friday....
Imagine Oswestry; imagine the Bailey Head; imagine a dull Friday.....
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Eggs is eggs…or are they?
Food industry experts are warning that egg prices are set to rise dramatically after an EU ban on battery hen cages came into force as an animal welfare measure. Since 1 January all laying hens must be kept in "enriched" cages with extra
space to nest, scratch and roost.
Many farmers switched their hens to larger, so-called enriched cages, to produce che ...
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Climate Change in Shropshire
Today, Monday, March 12th, sees the beginning of climate change week (www.climateweek.com) with many events planned around the UK.Amongst those commenting is the British Medical Journal, a respected opinion leader in matters of world health, who this week reflect on a major international conference it convened last year at which this consensus statement was ...
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Os21 and Oswestry Town Council
We live in a small town. You might be critical of someone one week, only to find yourself working alongside them the next. Restraint, respect, tolerance, and a willingness to try to understand the motivations of others are needed.
That is particularly true in politics, where passions can run high, and misunderstandings abound.
It is fair to say that ther ...
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On video: the food debate.
Missed Os21’s food debate earlier this month? Keen to relive it?
See the key arguments squeezed into six minutes at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4UvuDgEHg ...
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Local election candidate will not speak out
A candidate in next week’s important Town Council by-election has refused an invitation to explain the platform on which he is standing, letting it be known that he intends to communicate solely through his election leaflets. (more...) ...
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Food for thought
Mary Portas, officially Queen of Shops, is still puzzling out how to approach the problem of out-of-town supermarkets.
This week, she said that, as part of her government-decreed job of turning round the nation’s high streets, she thinks she can get supermarkets to somehow come to her aid: “I think it’s more beneficial for me to help them, wor ...
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The food debate
How do we produce food which is healthy and affordable, in a way which is sustainable and humane?
Next Friday’s A QUESTION OF FOOD helps kick off the town’s food festival, drawing together well-informed, nationally-known speakers to address just this issue. (more...) ...
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A Question of Food
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Last nights meeting……
Last night's meeting was well attended, with 30 or so attendees and some new faces. We would like to extend thanks to David Preston, Town Clerk OTC and David Clough, Market and Events Manager OTC for giving a presentation and explanation of the current situation with the Powys Hall Market. Beyond the news of the (long awaited) Conran/MyDeco makeover, it was ...
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Four Reasons Why “Progress” Isn’t Always Progress
Piece by Margaret Emerson. countercurrents.orgWorth reading, contemplating and discussing in the light of OS21 and its focus........From the time we were children, we’ve been taught that “progress”—as defined by capitalist American culture—is a good thing. Progress is manifest destiny. Progress is civilizing the uncivilized, elevating the inhabi ...
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From the BBC Website
Fears have been voiced about the growth of the "big four" supermarkets after BBC research found at least 577 stores were approved in the UK in two years.
Planning authorities gave Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons permission for at least 480 stores in England in the two years to 1 November.
And OS21 get a mention! Fame at last...
http://www.bbc.co ...
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More grocery floorspace than any similar town…
Granting permission for a new superstore in Oswestry would give it more grocery floorspace than any other similar town, research has revealed.
Oswestry CPRE carried out the research whilst taking part, as objectors, in the appeal process over the Central Car Park site, to be heard in February. Using data from Experian, the leading retail analysts, they co ...
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It’s about more than Clone Zones……………
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10:10 10/10/10 350 Action Day in Oswestry
60 people of all ages gathered at the Bailey Head to set off on a 4 mile cycle ride around Oswestry as part of 350 Climate Action Day to alert others to the fact that 350 parts per million of C02 in the atmosphere or below is considered the safe amount - and we are currently at 388. One of thousands of all kinds of events taking part today all over the ...
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Clone towns
From the Shropshire Star Friday 8th October
Where am I? The high street has a Boots, Iceland, WH Smith, a Coral and a Betfred, Specsavers and Ethel Austin. With almost every other shop now a major chain brand, the blinkered might be fooled into thinking that modern Market Drayton could be any town, anywhere.
A new report has labelled an increasing number o ...
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Tour de Os Cycle For Climate Change Bikathon Sunday 10/10/2010 @ 10:10 a.m.
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Red Square Information Stall
It's always interesting to spend some time in the sunshine talking to shoppers in town. I've done this two or three times this year and though it's not something I particularly look forward to I usually enjoy it and find it encouraging. Today I met shoppers from Wrexham and near Shrewsbury who prefer to shop in Oswestry. The overwhelming majority who stop to ...
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Central Car Park – current state of play: J Ross appeal……
J Ross have lodged an inevitable appeal against the decision taken at the last Special Planning Committee meeting on the 29th July to turn down their application for a super market development on Central Car Park.
Their appeals can be seen here:The appeals have now appeared on the PINS website:
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/appeals ...
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