Bulletin From Bromham: Dateline –
22nd April 2012
Here is
our weekly round-up of events from Bromham:
·
There
were red faces in the Bromham Parish Council this week when the Rural Affairs
Minister, Teresa Green was forced to admit to councillors that she had failed
in her latest attempt to extradite the Seend extremist Abel Handsup from
Bromham. Trowbridge Crown Court has
insisted that the transfer fee for Mr Handsup needed to be paid by 4pm on
Tuesday, when the office closed, but Ms Green said that officials had told her
that “it would be OK to pay on Wednesday morning, as they never get in that
early anyway”.
·
Practice
sessions for the Bromham F1 Grand Prix in the High Street have been disrupted
by protests from the Grannies Alliance.
A “ring of steel” has been placed around the area by PC Largefeet, who
has stepped up his regular foot patrols around the village from hourly to every
thirty minutes, to prevent protesting grannies from crossing the road when the
F1 boys are driving up the High Street at speeds approaching 30mph. Owner of the F1 franchise, Bernie Ecclescake,
has said that the race will still go ahead.
·
Tributes
were paid to Bert Weedman, 91, who died on Wednesday. He was famous in the 1960s for his seminal
publications “Weed A Field In A Day” and “You Can Learn to Weed”. Generations on modern weeders and vegetable
pickers have cited Weedman as a major influence on their picking style, a man
who first encouraged them to pick up a trowel and do some weeding.
·
For
details of these and all other Bromham stories, don’t forget to listen to local
radio station Carrot FM.
Copyright
Andy Fawthrop 2012
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