Buble Fan

My wife yesterday saw a notice in the Pharmacy at Stannington advising that from July, they won't be opening on Saturdays. I've long had doubts about this branch and how it is run. On frequent occasions they are out of stock of medication and they take an absolute age to dispense the medicines, whilst having a social chit chat amongst themselves. In this day and age when retailing in general is pretty much a 7 days a week operation, they are now deciding to close altogether on Saturdays, having for years closed at 1 p.m. Their inefficiency has already caused me to order my own medication via Echo, where I order online and the medicines are delivered to my home, - usually more quickly than Lo's took to dispense it in person. Some businesses just don't deserve patronage! Do they really want to survive - or are they just running it for their own convenience. I really do wonder.

I've used Hermes to send loads of items that I sold on e-bay. They have usually arrived within 2 days of dropping off at the shop. I usually try to make sure I've dropped the item by midday as the collection is usually between 1 p.m and 2 p.m. Your local shop will be able to give you an idea of the time the items are collected.

Frankly all this panic buying makes my blood boil. 😡 Don't these Neanderthals realise that if everyone shops as normal, there will be plentiful supplies for everyone. It's just so selfish to stack their trollies with products that they don't really need right now. It will serve them right if some of the stuff they buy rots on their shelves at home and they have to throw it away. Obviously things like pasta and toilet rolls won't degrade over time, but fresh food will. The media have a lot to answer for too, enegendering panic. Hopefully those with a little more coomon sense will refrain from the over the top behaviour and carry on as normally as possible.

The junctions on to the highway from all of the car parks are ridiculously narrow and it is clear that whoever designed the layout has made a huge mistake here. It is actually impossible for any vehicle to enter or leave the car parking areas if there is another vehicle coming in the opposite direction. And the OP is correct in that the poor design is causing traffic congestion now that there are more stores open on this development. The problem could be easily resolved by widening the junctions to / from all the car parks - but it would mean losing a few parking spaces. As there are few occasions throughout the year that the car parks are full, this should not be a problem. The question is - will the owners of the development be prepared to: a) recognise the problem b) spend the money to resolve it I somehow doubt it.

My father who was a musician worked with Bobby on many occasions and had great respect for him. In his day on the clubs he was very good. Perhaps the part in Benidorm was not the best, but he was a great fella and when I met him he always had a good word for my father and his standard of musicianship. RIP Bobby.

I assume these "Bright Buses" are the very very old, lime green ones that expel disgusting black smoke from their exhausts as they trundle along our roads. My only experience of them has been when I have been behind them in traffic. I've always wondered why they haven't been pulled in by the authorities for an emissions test, because I feel certain that they do not conform to the required standards. In the light of the above I cannot say I'm sorry that they will no longer be on our roads. Good riddance!

Hi guys, I hope your ideas have come to fruition or will do very soon. I used to sing in local pubs with keyboard musicians - doing songs from the "Great American Songbook" - i.e. Sinatra, Tony Bennett, etc. If you have room for another vocalist I'd be interested in joining you from time to time.