Sir Bill Taylor

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Councillor 1980 to 2004. Mayor of the borough, 1989/90. Knighted in 2003 for services to Lancashire.

Those in politics are at least trying to make a difference

9:57am Thursday 8th May 2008

Sir Bill Taylor's blog: If I had had my way last week would have been my last in local politics.

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The Ballad of Bull Tyler

2:11pm Monday 28th April 2008

Sir Bill Taylor blog: So what's in an accent?

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Do shop names make you want to curl up and dye?

1:33pm Wednesday 16th April 2008

Sir Bill Taylor blog: My favourite, perhaps, as I left the BRI many years ago post-vasectomy, was Snippers!

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Public art - brilliant, isn’t it? 12:32pm Wed 9 Apr 08 Sir Bill Taylor blog: I drove along the M65 the other day passing the stunning 12 metre high statue Arte et Labore by Tom Dagnall.Reader comments (15)

Roll your sleeves up and give volunteering a whirl

9:00am Wednesday 19th March 2008

Sir Bill Taylor blog: I've been thinking of hundreds of local people that give thousands of hours to different activities and interests that make other people’s lives better.

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A lot of development is happening here - and there's lots more to come

4:46pm Monday 3rd March 2008

Sir Bill Taylor blog: All this exciting work is going on before our very eyes and there’ll be still be those who’ll moan.

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What are your landmark years?

12:31pm Monday 4th February 2008

Sir Bill Taylor blog: Friday was the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the compulsory use of front seat belts in cars in the UK.

Complaining - a British disease

5:57pm Sunday 20th January 2008

Sir Bill Taylor's blog: “And can you make my husband’s tea without boiling water?", asked the older lady in front of me in the coffee shop queue.

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A sign of the times?

1:43pm Friday 4th January 2008

Sir Bill Taylor blog: I was whizzing along the M6 Toll Road the other day and passed one of the very large blue signs just as some workmen had finished attaching to it a far smaller yellow sign.

Raise a Christmas toast to our nurses

1:39pm Friday 21st December 2007

Sir Bill Taylor blog: Busy? Bet we’re all whizzing around, queuing, spending, arguing – generally getting anxious about Christmas or for some, Eid.

What's in a name?

4:31pm Wednesday 28th November 2007

Sir Bill Taylor blog: Calling all you Olivias and Jacks. According to the National Statistics Office you were the top baby names in England and Wales last year.

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