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Darwen columnist.
Posted at 9:26am Monday 6th October 2008
Stifling a yawn over Darwen’s council vote
Harry Nuttall column: I could never quite understand how the Blackburn with Darwen ruling partnership came close to disintegrating over the wording of the referendum question on a Darwen town council.
Posted at 9:32am Monday 29th September 2008
Little faith in costly bus lane survey
Harry Nuttall column: As a cynical old hack I’ve never had much faith in opinion polls.
Posted at 11:03am Monday 22nd September 2008
New role for a real Darwen character
Harry Nuttall column: Anyone who has ever sunk a few in the local boozers must have heard him singing and joking his way through some gig or other.
Posted at 10:04am Monday 15th September 2008
Struggling Darwen need Six Million Dollar Man
Harry Nuttall column: Tommy Dolan was a character who often brightened up the Birch Hall gloom.
Posted at 9:22am Monday 18th August 2008
Will this be Darwen's last gala?
Harry Nuttall column: It was the annual Darwen Gala at the weekend and I went along with my youngest granddaughter.
Posted at 9:23am Monday 11th August 2008
Why Jack walked away from plans for Darwen lodge
Harry Nuttall column: Last month I wrote about Jack’s Key Lodge, which has become a vast wasteland after 25 years of failed redevelopments. Now I've tracked down the man who once had big plans for the area.
Posted at 9:25am Monday 4th August 2008
Excellent new facilities, 50 years late
Harry Nuttall column: It was one of my first stories in the Last Sports, the Saturday night “Pink”, and in it I was highly critical of the poor facilities at Blacksnape Playing Fields.
Posted at 11:01am Monday 28th July 2008
Recalling a fine Darwen MP
Harry Nuttall column: It's exactly a quarter of a century since Sir Charles Fletcher-Cooke said a rather sad farewell to politics after more than three decades as MP for Darwen.
Posted at 11:10am Monday 21st July 2008
East Lancashire bus lane plan will go nowhere
Harry Nuttall column: Did you go along to one of those “con-sul-ta-tions” in Darwen over the past couple of weeks?
Posted at 10:53am Monday 14th July 2008
Recalling one of Darwen’s sporting heroes
Narry Nuttall column: Most of the world’s top golfers will be lining up on the Lancashire coast later this week in a chase for one of sport’s most famous trophies – the Open’s silver claret jug.
Posted at 11:48am Monday 7th July 2008
Darwen lodge would make great conservation area
Harry Nuttall column: It's nearly 25 years since plans to redevelop Jack’s Key Lodge were first revealed.
Posted at 11:25am Monday 30th June 2008
Spelling contest teaches Darwen children teamwork
HARRY goes back to school for Darwen’s annual spelling championship.
Posted at 11:56am Monday 23rd June 2008
Former racehorse owner gambles on reopening Darwen pub
Harry Nuttall column: Terry Whalley is undaunted at the prospect of reopening his old watering hole, Uncle Jacks pub in Lower Darwen.
Posted at 10:40am Monday 16th June 2008
Get rid of these for-sale bangers littering Darwen
Harry Nuttall column: What really annoys me is the proliferation of old cars with For Sale signs all over em clogging up Darwens already badly-congested streets.
Posted at 10:29am Monday 9th June 2008
Last painting by Darwen's top post-war artist up for sale
Harry Nuttall column: Looking forward to another display of paintings by Albert Hurst and his pals.
Posted at 11:38am Monday 2nd June 2008
Darwen's disappearing bowling greens
Harry Nuttall column: I was thinking about all the little patches of green that used to dot the town the manicured bowling greens that gave so much pleasure to local folk.
Posted at 2:10pm Tuesday 27th May 2008
When Darwen was the dirtiest town in land
Harry Nuttall column: Darwen was a real dump 150 years ago. Water was scarce; the only sewer was the River Darwen.
Posted at 9:28am Monday 19th May 2008
Raise a toast to King Cotton
Harry Nuttall column: Just about everyone living in Darwen over the age of, say, 40, has an association with the textile industry.
Posted at 1:11pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
Dirtier than mud wrestling?
LYNDON B JOHNSON was one of my favourite politicians. He didn't pull any punches. He was tough and uncompromising. LBJ didn't do "nice".
Posted at 1:04pm Tuesday 6th May 2008
The attiitude of Darwen dog owners stinks
Harry Nuttall column: Its sad, but a lot of dog owners all over Darwen just dont give a...
Posted at 9:26am Monday 28th April 2008
Depressing state of trade in Darwen
Harry Nuttall column: Darwen town centre is even more depressing now than it was early in the new year, the last time Id taken a careful look around and counted the empty shops and offices and the empty market stalls.
Posted at 10:57am Monday 21st April 2008
Darwen's chairman hoping to break new ground
Harry Nuttall column: It's more than six months since I had a dig at Darwen FCs chairman Ted Ward and his big plans for the future of the club. Heard it all before. For close on 50 years. Yawn.
Posted at 9:17am Monday 14th April 2008
Darwen's cricketers need spirit of '99
Harry Nuttall column: I HAVENT actually seen any, but Im 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.
Posted at 9:33am Monday 7th April 2008
Elections should be interesting
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.
Posted at 12:15pm Tuesday 25th March 2008
Independent shops struggle to compete
Harry Nuttall column: Corner shops struggle to compete with the supermarket giants and its the same for the small independent bookmakers.
Posted at 9:44am Monday 17th March 2008
Longest-serving landlord calls time
Harry Nuttall column: Darwen's longest-serving landlord, Stuart Walsh, today calls time on a career that has lasted for more than 22 years.
Posted at 11:05am Monday 10th March 2008
The show that divided Darwen
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!"
Posted at 10:54am Monday 3rd March 2008
Here’s a real tester for pub quiz buffs
Harry Nuttall column: Here's a pub quiz question. When and where was the first Darwen pub quiz?
Posted at 10:51am Monday 25th February 2008
We want action not just words from a chat show
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.
Posted at 11:12am Monday 18th February 2008
Academy: It’s the students who have suffered
Harry Nuttall column: Everyone's had an opinion on Darwens proposed new Academy. Everyone except the people who really matter - the kids.
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