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1. Pensioners' plight has made me 'Angry of Macclesfield'

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 8 October 2008
THIS week I'm ‘Angry of Macclesfield’. Angry that elderly people must face the oncoming winter unable to pay their spiralling bills. Age Concern are worried about pensioners forced to make the choice between heating or eating as energy, water and food bills rocket.

2. Getting a buzz from nature

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 8 October 2008
DID you know that police and an ambulance crew attended a nudist club in Bosley when a man was stung on a very sensitive part of his anatomy by a wasp?

3. Whatever happened to matron?

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 8 October 2008
DO YOU ever feel as if you’re living in a parallel universe? I don’t know when hospitals first came to be but I’m sure the first rule of hygiene was wash your hands. Even in an age when they were amputating limbs with rip-saws, they knew the risk posed by dirty digits.

4. Arrogance is the new political party

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 8 October 2008
THERE was a time when any public comment deemed to be ‘unfair’ by local politicians would result in a forceful repost.

5. Why our postmen are in short supply

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 24 September 2008
YOU can always tell when autumn arrives; all the posties start wearing shorts. I was sheltering from an almighty downpour today and two postmen strolled past sporting short trousers as if they were in colonial Africa. I particularly like the black socks and shoes with the khaki shorts, it gives a certain sense of quirkiness to the uniform. You don’t want your post delivered by a surf dude do you?

6. Cows need to be policed

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 24 September 2008
THEY have some very interesting debates on Radio Four. I heard a reporter on environmental issues declare that 18 per cent of the UK’s total greenhouse gasses are generated by cows while five pc comes from aircraft (ergo flying cows account for almost a quarter of total emissions). It’s scandalous.

7. The mystery of womanspeak

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 24 September 2008
I WAS at the checkout in Tesco today when the lady on the till began chatting to the woman before me at the check out.

8. Supermarket dash

Wilmslow Express, Wednesday 24 September 2008
I RECEIVED a photo today by a reader baffled by this sign in the Summerfields shopping parade car park at Wilmslow. It stipulates a maximum of 30 minutes parking citing disabled badge holders who are NOT exempt.