Janus

Probably a question for Rotherham people. Does anyone know where there are any Willow trees growing? I have been looking around but not seen any. If not, I don't mind travelling as far as Tinsley Darnall etc.

I begrudge the dog jumping on the band waggon. They want their bone and eat it.

Is it 1st of April already?

I think most of us suspected that ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64364744 @Anna B These pitchforks- the price of them must have really shot up. I've not seen em anywhere.

Well done Pat, nothing wrong with your brain, or your eyes. I think we should bring you out of retirement and take you down the job club.

There is corner cutting in all trades.

Grave robbing 100 years ago yeah, but I thought it had died out by now.

Are you having a dig at me?

A "habitual criminal" who dug up a woman's grave because he believed it contained valuable jewellery has been jailed for 15 months. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-64351682 The report says he had 3 spades. Does that suggest he was not alone?

I would not say it is all win Al .Building prisons cost money. Would it not make more sense to make existing prisons more undesirable to criminals. As Mr Findlay said further up the thread, "We can't go on paying for endless terms in prison at 50K/year when we have innocent people who need care"

*Ash* did. Post #25

When I think about all the knife crime it does make me think that things must drastically change within the UK justice system . I'm not sure the solution is what you suggest. However, the government don't seem to know what to do. I am not seeing or hearing anything different being suggested from the oposition either.

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It is the 1st of January, not the 1st of April.

I really like that creative thinking. Well done.

I could maybe put a wanted advert in the Sheffield classifieds. Someone might have one in the shed?

Thank you for the replies. They are expensive now arn't they. Maybe they have become fashionable, who would have thought. I can imagine there were loads around in South Yorks back in the day. I 'think' they were standard issue for the coal miners. .

I like these for when I'm messing about outdoors in winter. I have one, but want to buy a couple more so that I can wear one while the other (s) is in the wash. I say that, but I don't know if they are still available. I looked on E bay and the results came up with jackets that seemed to be the size of bomber jackets, but there called Donkey jackets. I would be happy with second hand ones even.

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It won't be long before their arrest-the photo is clear enough to identify them.

@Thirsty Relic There are certainly issues with staffing levels. I think it will get worse before it starts to improve. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61598158

I can't see the attraction.

Dragon's Den?

Apparently violent incidents at GP surgeries have doubled in less than five years, according to figures from police forces. The news reported that the number of assaults at surgeries and health centres resulting in injury had almost doubled also. Can you imagine that. It is the type of thing that you hear about occurring in pubs on a weekend. There must be a lot of aggressive people around. I can't recall hearing about this sort of thing at surgeries previously, but it had been happening to ambulance staff a few months ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61648987

You can't say things like that, think anout the tower! 😁