Friday 4th March – March on

Welcome back, I hope you have all had a nice half-term week, especially if you were lucky enough to get away and relax!  We had a lovely time away, with friends and family,  something we haven’t been able to do for so long.  We chose a fabulous cottage, booked by the...

Friday 18th February – You just come storming in

As I type, I sit watching out of my office window the sky changing from what appeared to be the start of a  spring morning, to a dark and damp picture, emanating a place in The Lake District, back to a spring day again! The media have certainly made the weather...

Friday 11th February – There is so much more…

There is so much more to the place you chose to live, lots of local people who do wonderful things, by getting involved and making our area a nicer, greener, and safer place to live, and they all do it because, like many of us, they want to make it a good place to...

Friday 4th February – Old news!

    Caboose – Thanks to Leeds-Live, many Garfonians thought Caboose was still happening here in Garforth, opening this year they say. However, I’m afraid to say, they’re out of date by about 3 years!  Caboose is not happening as they have written in...

Friday 28th January – Wine to me

  No, not the moaning type, the one that goes in the glass type! I officially call my time on Dry January this Saturday.  I’m out with friends on Main Street, not ‘Mainy’ this makes me cringe… sounds like scouse terminology… ‘Maaainneeee’ yak! Anyway, It would be...

Friday 21st January – Apps. all over

It has come to my attention, there are now more and more people creating businesses trying to influence people to use local, Apps. Booklets, Websites, etc., and jumping on the ‘use local’ campaign.  Since Covid, companies have decided that they have seen a market for...