GRANDMA DAILY: News of The World -Vince Was Right
GRANDMA DAILY: News of The World -Vince Was Right: "See how easy it was for Murdoch to close down this piece of popular culture. You may not have liked the NOTW but a free and challenging pr..."
News of The World -Vince Was Right
See how easy it was for Murdoch to close down this piece of popular culture.
You may not have liked the NOTW but a free and challenging press is part of a democratic society.He has taken this action to protect a small number of his favourites and their corrupt malign influence.Murdoch has had little regard to the employees who have been instantly dismissed, the newspaper sellers and vendors who have relied on it for their income and the public liked reading it.
I remember my grandmother enjoying this paper and I am seventy years old.
Our government must address the issue of BSkyB and halt the dealings for Murdoch to take it over right now.
Remember Vince Cable's comments a few weeks ago-- he was then banned from bringing his influence to bear in the matter. Vince was right.
You may not have liked the NOTW but a free and challenging press is part of a democratic society.He has taken this action to protect a small number of his favourites and their corrupt malign influence.Murdoch has had little regard to the employees who have been instantly dismissed, the newspaper sellers and vendors who have relied on it for their income and the public liked reading it.
I remember my grandmother enjoying this paper and I am seventy years old.
Our government must address the issue of BSkyB and halt the dealings for Murdoch to take it over right now.
Remember Vince Cable's comments a few weeks ago-- he was then banned from bringing his influence to bear in the matter. Vince was right.
Favourite Jams
Summer fruits are now as cheap as they will ever be.Dig out those glass jars you have been saving and save the taste of summer in them.
You do not have to make huge quantities as many recipes suggest.
A sugar thermometer is a big help.
Sterilise the jars first. Give them a good wash in hot water ( or dishwasher) , stand them upright on a baking sheet and dry them in the oven for 30 minutes 100 C while you make the jam.
Put a saucer in the fridge.
Gooseberry and Elderflower Jam is my favourite. The trickiest one is Strawberry Jam. An easy one is Greengage.
Gooseberry and Elderflower Jam
2lb gooseberries
2lb sugar
half pint water
juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoon Elderflower Cordial Essence
You do not have to make huge quantities as many recipes suggest.
A sugar thermometer is a big help.
Sterilise the jars first. Give them a good wash in hot water ( or dishwasher) , stand them upright on a baking sheet and dry them in the oven for 30 minutes 100 C while you make the jam.
Put a saucer in the fridge.
Gooseberry and Elderflower Jam is my favourite. The trickiest one is Strawberry Jam. An easy one is Greengage.
Gooseberry and Elderflower Jam
2lb gooseberries
2lb sugar
half pint water
juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoon Elderflower Cordial Essence
- Top and tail the gooseberries.
- Put them with the water and the lemon juice into a large pan.Simmer until soft and mash down slightly --use a potato masher if you have one.
- Add the sugar and elderflower essence, bring to the boil, continue to boil until the temperature reaches 105 C or 221F.Test a teaspoon of jam on a cold saucer to see if it wrinkles and sets.
- Cool the jam for 5 minutes .
- Fill the warm jars with the jam.
- Put a wax disc on the top of the jam and cover with very clean lids or cellophane covers.
- Cool and keep in a dry place. Homemade jam is best eaten quickly .Fantastic on toast for breakfast or scones for tea.
PHONE HACKING SCANDAL OVER MILLY DOWLER
I never thought I would agree with John Prescott but the view he expressed yesterday about Rupert Murdoch controlling BSkyB being a matter of grave public concern is right.
The alleged phone hacking and interference by one of Murdoch's employees into the phone of a missing 13 year old girl thus meddling with a police search was beyond merely shocking.Her parents were given false hope of her being alive while in reality this child lay dead, brutally murdered.
Stop the negotiations with Murdoch immediately before this meglomaniac controls all our news.
Vince Cable was correct when he expressed similar concerns a few weeks ago.
The alleged phone hacking and interference by one of Murdoch's employees into the phone of a missing 13 year old girl thus meddling with a police search was beyond merely shocking.Her parents were given false hope of her being alive while in reality this child lay dead, brutally murdered.
Stop the negotiations with Murdoch immediately before this meglomaniac controls all our news.
Vince Cable was correct when he expressed similar concerns a few weeks ago.
Family Tree Magazine Article
My article about Great Uncle Fred Cockerill and his show girl wife Queenie Leighton has just been published. Very pleased with the way it looks. Queenie was quite famous in her day as a principal boy in many pantomimes.
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CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND, 18th June 2011
Visiting Cambridge on Saturday 18th June
A good place to visit is St Botolph's Church in Trumpington Street, especially if it rains or you just want to sit down for a while.
This is one of the oldest churches in Cambridge
This Saturday there will be a friendly sale of
BOOKS
COLLECTABLES
TRADITIONAL CAKES and other refreshments
SOFT TOYS-- see the knitted Queen and corgies.Treat a little boy to a Spitfire .
A good place to visit is St Botolph's Church in Trumpington Street, especially if it rains or you just want to sit down for a while.
This is one of the oldest churches in Cambridge
This Saturday there will be a friendly sale of
BOOKS
COLLECTABLES
TRADITIONAL CAKES and other refreshments
SOFT TOYS-- see the knitted Queen and corgies.Treat a little boy to a Spitfire .
Backyard Tomatoes
My back garden is tiny but three tomato plants have a warm sunny position by a south facing wall.
Growing these gets really exciting from now on as the yellow flower buds change into green pea sized fruits and swell into green and then red tomatoes to eat.
These plants must be fed and watered .They are of course the most expensive tomatoes you will ever eat by the time you have bought compost, plants,Tomorite and stakes.
But there is nothing like the taste and smell of a tomato still warm from the sun.
It takes me back to my post war child hood. Food was still rationed.
My Dad kept chickens at the bottom of the garden, he swapped eggs with Mr Benton next door for tomatoes from his green house.
It seems amazing now that all food was seasonal. No tomatoes or strawberries until the summer. No cheap imports and no supermarkets.
Growing these gets really exciting from now on as the yellow flower buds change into green pea sized fruits and swell into green and then red tomatoes to eat.
These plants must be fed and watered .They are of course the most expensive tomatoes you will ever eat by the time you have bought compost, plants,Tomorite and stakes.
But there is nothing like the taste and smell of a tomato still warm from the sun.
It takes me back to my post war child hood. Food was still rationed.
My Dad kept chickens at the bottom of the garden, he swapped eggs with Mr Benton next door for tomatoes from his green house.
It seems amazing now that all food was seasonal. No tomatoes or strawberries until the summer. No cheap imports and no supermarkets.
Ryan Giggs and Celebrity Behaviour
Hardly a day passes without the revelation of shallow deceitful behaviour from so called celebrities. These cheaters know what they are doing is wrong otherwise they would not employ expensive lawyers to cover up their conduct from the public under the guise of protecting their privacy.
Wives, brothers, friends,colleagues, and especially sons and daughters have all been betrayed,so have the young fans who idolise them.
The selfish marriage wrecking tarts who only want a chunk of the grossly overpaid wages their morally weak targets get are no better.
Whatever happened to loyalty?
What happened to personal reponsibility?
Sponsors please have the moral courage to cancel your endorsement of these crass individuals.
Do not buy their books.Boo them from the terraces.They are cheating you too.
Wives, brothers, friends,colleagues, and especially sons and daughters have all been betrayed,so have the young fans who idolise them.
The selfish marriage wrecking tarts who only want a chunk of the grossly overpaid wages their morally weak targets get are no better.
Whatever happened to loyalty?
What happened to personal reponsibility?
Sponsors please have the moral courage to cancel your endorsement of these crass individuals.
Do not buy their books.Boo them from the terraces.They are cheating you too.
E.coli and food handling
Sloppy handling of food can create an opportunity for food poisoning bugs to get a grip. Hand to mouth then to food spreads bacteria from the mouth and throat.Infection comes from faeces that get onto hands after wiping your backside when visiting the toilet.There is no polite way to put this.
Look around you at the gross habits some people have.
Look around you at the gross habits some people have.
- Eating fast food in the street with unwashed hands
- Food stores that allow customers to walk around eating food at the same time as they select goods from food containers
- Hotel buffets- just watch those people who drink and eat as they wander round the breakfast buffet
- Servers who eat as they serve food to customers in shops and in cafes
- Supermarket shelves overstacked so that food is not properly chilled.
- WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER VISITING THE TOILET AND BEFORE TOUCHING FOOD
- If you have touched raw meat or chicken wash your hands again and surfaces they have been on like chopping boards.
NHS Care of the Elderly in UK
This damning report mirrors my own experience of the care given to my 92 year old mother in a hospital in Northampton 2 years ago.
A patient in the next bed told me my mother was not getting any food.When I asked the nurse why this was happening the response was that my mother had not filled in any of the menu request forms.My mother had advanced dementia and was no longer able to read or write or feed herself.Visitors were not allowed to help at meal times.
My mother grew progressively weaker while the nurses gossiped and a cocky young doctor checked his emails on the ward computer.
Eventually my mother died weighing 4 1/2 stone on the day they shipped her off to a nursing home.-One less death on the hospital records.
A patient in the next bed told me my mother was not getting any food.When I asked the nurse why this was happening the response was that my mother had not filled in any of the menu request forms.My mother had advanced dementia and was no longer able to read or write or feed herself.Visitors were not allowed to help at meal times.
My mother grew progressively weaker while the nurses gossiped and a cocky young doctor checked his emails on the ward computer.
Eventually my mother died weighing 4 1/2 stone on the day they shipped her off to a nursing home.-One less death on the hospital records.
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