The attiitude of Darwen dog owners stinks

1:04pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

Harry Nuttall column: It’s sad, but a lot of dog owners all over Darwen just don’t give a...

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Depressing state of trade in Darwen

9:26am Monday 28th April 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Darwen town centre is even more depressing now than it was early in the new year, the last time I’d taken a careful look around and counted the empty shops and offices and the empty market stalls.

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Darwen's chairman hoping to break new ground

10:57am Monday 21st April 2008

Harry Nuttall column: It's more than six months since I had a dig at Darwen FC’s chairman Ted Ward and his big plans for the future of the club. Heard it all before. For close on 50 years. Yawn.

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Darwen's cricketers need spirit of '99

9:17am Monday 14th April 2008

Harry Nuttall column: I HAVEN’T actually seen any, but I’m told there are several cards in the windows of corner shops in town along the lines of: Wanted – Bowlers for Darwen Cricket Club. Hard graft. No pay.

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Elections should be interesting

9:33am Monday 7th April 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Michael Johnson, kicked out of the For Darwen Party by the executive recently, may well hold the balance of power on Blackburn with Darwen Council after the May elections.

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Independent shops struggle to compete

12:15pm Tuesday 25th March 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Corner shops struggle to compete with the supermarket giants and it’s the same for the small independent bookmakers.

	Longest-serving landlord calls time
	9:44am Mon 17 Mar 08
	Harry Nuttall column: Darwen's longest-serving landlord, Stuart Walsh, today calls time on a career that has lasted for more than 22 years.
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The show that divided Darwen

11:05am Monday 10th March 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Mention Vox Pop to anyone who was around in the early months of 1983 and you get a response along the lines of: "Oh, yeah – Jack Eccles in the Highfield; Rendall Allen in the Underpants!"

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Here’s a real tester for pub quiz buffs

10:54am Monday 3rd March 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Here's a pub quiz question. When – and where – was the first Darwen pub quiz?

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We want action not just words from a chat show

10:51am Monday 25th February 2008

Harry Nuttall column: My favourite bit of jargon is “consultation”. The object here is to give the impression that what we think matters to them and that it might actually make a difference.

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Academy: It’s the students who have suffered

11:12am Monday 18th February 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Everyone's had an opinion on Darwen’s proposed new Academy. Everyone except the people who really matter - the kids.

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We have nothing but disc-gust for Colin’s comment

10:51am Monday 11th February 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Darwen hasn’t a lot going for it, but we do have free, unfettered town centre parking and we should fight to retain it. Discs? No thanks.

Town heroes will live on through street names

9:10am Monday 4th February 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Fred Slater was a pal of mine. I’d known him for over 30 years and he always seemed to have a smile on his face.

Will brand new leisure centre sink or swim?

9:51am Monday 28th January 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Sadly, the 1930s leisure centre had had its day. It was tatty round the edges, grubby in the corners and was beginning to crumble.

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Phil will be doing his best to make the dream come true

9:23am Monday 21st January 2008

Harry Nuttall column: The big white office block of a building on the main road as it sweeps along Bury Street has certainly caused some comment.

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The academy will be built on rubble of family homes

9:31am Monday 14th January 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Grannie Mary Drew hasn’t been back to look at her old home since she moved out three years ago.

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New head confident school has shaken off its problem

9:23am Monday 7th January 2008

Harry Nuttall column: Holy Trinity is among the biggest primary schools in the Blackburn with Darwen borough.

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And my bouquets and brickbats for the year go to....

9:05am Monday 31st December 2007

Harry Nuttall column: I thought I’d fill my New Year’s Eve column with something along the lines of the Oscars and hand out some Harrys – and a few brickbats, or Waldorfs – after canvassing local folk I’ve come across while knocking around town.

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Tragic story of heroism lives on

9:09am Monday 17th December 2007

Harry Nuttall column: It's exactly 90 years ago today that three Darwen lads set off for a walk in the snow after Sunday School – and on to their deaths in a raging blizzard which quickly enveloped the bleak moors above Bull Hill.

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Club’s struggle for survival

9:21am Monday 3rd December 2007

Harry Nuttall column: Highfield Working Men’s Club celebrates its centenary next year. With a bit of luck.

World through a camera lens

10:36am Monday 26th November 2007

Harry Nuttall column: The face of Darwen is changing, perhaps not always for the better you may think.

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Requiem for local

9:20am Monday 19th November 2007

Harry Nuttall column: How many pubs – and clubs – have closed in Darwen in the past few years?

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