JackHarryBill

Finally a blog that I may maintain

Perhaps the silver lining is less nuclear madness

As a report in the Guardian newspaper toady says: “The combined cost of replacing the Trident nuclear missile system and building, equipping and running two large aircraft carriers will be as much as £130bn, far more than the government has admitted, an in-depth study of the huge defence projects reveals today.”
Add that to the welcome [...]

Mikron Theatre – Fair Trade

On Sunday Mikron Theatre performed the play Fair Trade at West Lane Baptist Church in Haworth. The write up below is taken from the Haworth Fairtrade web site.

A fantastic night was had by all who attended “Fair Trade”. The Mikron theatre company, a small team of just four performers, worked well with many quick changes [...]

Sparrowhawk

Much excitement among the smaller birds on the feeder this afternoon as a  Sparrowhawk came to tea. Couldn’t be sure but I think it missed them all. This is the third sighting of a Sparrowhawk in our little garden recently. Twice they have been after birds on the feeder. Always too fast to get any [...]

Global warming cynicism rises in face of stronger evidence – Climate Change, Environment – The Independent

A significant proportion of the population have become more sceptical about climate change and the link with man-made emissions of greenhouse gases despite the fact that the scientific evidence has become stronger.
A survey of public opinion has found that 29 per cent of people believe claims [...]

Greenbelt Festival: Sheppertones

While at Greenbelt 2009 I took a few images of a band called the Sheppertones playing in the Performance Cafe. A good gig and some half decent images. I cleaned a few up and added them to my Flickr account.
The band got in touch and asked if they could use them and now they are. [...]

The RSPB: Birds of prey

The RSPB: Birds of prey.
Help the RSPB stop the killing of Birds of Prey now.
Many years ago I worked on a farm. The farmers around also  did some some Pheasant shooting and employed a game keeper to raise the Pheasants.
He seemed to think that he had the right to kill anything that might just possibly [...]

Images from my Flickr account

Jack Harry Bill WTF is that about?

OK an obvious question I guess. My real first names are John Henry William. My father was from another generation. Well actually for many of you he was from a few generations ago as he was born in 1895, a time when nick names were used a lot. Many were fairly standard as well. People [...]

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