http://philtheone.com Right-leaning Blackpool blog covering South Shore, North Shore, Marton, Bispham, Cleveleys and the rest of the Fylde discussing politics, local life, tourism, national issues and the rest of the world. Lively discussions encouraged! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://philtheone.com/2011/04/1st-bispham-scouts-slammed-with-13900-rent-hike/ http://philtheone.com/2011/04/1st-bispham-scouts-slammed-with-13900-rent-hike/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:38:15 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=4322 THE 80 year old 1st Bispham Scout and Guide group has been rocked after Blackpool council walloped them with a 13,900% increase in their ground rent.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/04/1st-bispham-scouts-slammed-with-13900-rent-hike/feed/ 21 http://philtheone.com/2011/04/behold-ye-the-chapel-of-love/ http://philtheone.com/2011/04/behold-ye-the-chapel-of-love/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:21:46 +0000 Harold Ernest Gokdogan http://philtheone.com/?p=4309 LOCAL LEGEND Harold Ernest Gokdogan slaps down the Wedding Chapel in his own unimitable style.]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/04/behold-ye-the-chapel-of-love/feed/ 46 http://philtheone.com/2010/12/operation-snowdrop/ http://philtheone.com/2010/12/operation-snowdrop/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:30:53 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3597 IT'S THAT time of year again, but will Blackpool Council be able to keep locals safe this year by gritting the roads? Enter Operation Snowdrop!]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/12/operation-snowdrop/feed/ 1 http://philtheone.com/2010/10/the-day-of-reckoning-arrives/ http://philtheone.com/2010/10/the-day-of-reckoning-arrives/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:48:39 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/?p=3412 Today the 20th October marks a very significant day for the country and for the Coalition Government. It is the day of the long-awaited Spending Review. There has been much speculation particularly in the left-wing press trying to imply it is the start of 4 years of doom and gloom. Personally I have always been [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/10/the-day-of-reckoning-arrives/feed/ 19 http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/ http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:23:53 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/ A couple of years ago Blackpool Council unveiled ‘The Saturation policy’ which in one sentence is basically a policy that was meant to curb the opening of binge drinking outlets. Now at first that sounds like a admirable enough ambition to try and restore a bit of quality to Blackpool’s nightscene. Unlike some of the [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/04/quantity-or-quality-that-is-the-question/feed/ 24 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/february-stats-fest-2010/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/february-stats-fest-2010/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:15:00 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1722
This month has seen yet more growth for my website with 3940 visits compared with 3095 last month. Page views were up dramatically with 18731 views compared with 12482, and there were more unique visitors; up from 739 to 872. I’m not sure where these extra visitors are hearing about the site as I don’t [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/february-stats-fest-2010/feed/ 25 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/chip-and-bin-part-2-if-you-tolerate-this-then-blackpool-will-be-next/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/chip-and-bin-part-2-if-you-tolerate-this-then-blackpool-will-be-next/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:52:06 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1695 Just a quick follow up to my last post about Fylde and Wyre councils implementing the Waste Collector data mining system. I’ve had a look at my wheelie bins in and two of them have RFID chips already implanted. These are the non-recyclable waste (grey) bin and the garden/cardboard waste (green) bin. The RFID chips [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/chip-and-bin-part-2-if-you-tolerate-this-then-blackpool-will-be-next/feed/ 17 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/nwda-useful-organisation-or-useless-quango/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/nwda-useful-organisation-or-useless-quango/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:39:10 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/02/nwda-useful-organisation-or-useless-quango/ The North West Development Agency (NWDA) for anyone not aware is basically an organisation headquartered in Warrington which is charged with distributing funding throughout the North West. But do really need such an expensive ‘middle man’ to perform this function? This quango costs about £500m a year which could easily be better spent elsewhere as [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/nwda-useful-organisation-or-useless-quango/feed/ 43 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/blackpool-suffers-another-failed-casino-bid/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/blackpool-suffers-another-failed-casino-bid/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:38:25 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1589 In the aftermath of the convenient fire that took out the “for sale” Grand hotel last year, the neighbouring Paris Casino was one of the victims, leaving up to 60 staff out of work. Yesterday the almighty Gasjet revealed that the council was trying to kill this business completely by only granting the owner a [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/blackpool-suffers-another-failed-casino-bid/feed/ 5 http://philtheone.com/2010/02/too-many-chiefs-but-where-are-the-indians/ http://philtheone.com/2010/02/too-many-chiefs-but-where-are-the-indians/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:23:02 +0000 True Blackpudlian http://philtheone.com/2010/02/too-many-chiefs-but-where-are-the-indians/ Blackpool Council’s top brass are today sending letters out to staff telling them they are getting massive paycuts or payrises. Apparently the payrises are MAINLY among lower-paid workers. Note the emphasis on mainly, I am probably being paranoid but I think the other ones getting payrises will be the already grossly overpaid directors. Our useless [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/02/too-many-chiefs-but-where-are-the-indians/feed/ 6