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! Thu, 17 May 2012 08:20:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://philtheone.com/2011/02/forecourt-stupidity-pay-at-the-pump/ http://philtheone.com/2011/02/forecourt-stupidity-pay-at-the-pump/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:09:44 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3952 LOVE THEM or hate them, the multinational mega-supermarkets are here to stay. Multiplying like a retail bacteria, each promises the lowest prices, the best quality and the best service. One development in the last few years at many supermarkets is the introduction of “pay at the pump” systems on their petrol station forecourts, where customers [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/02/forecourt-stupidity-pay-at-the-pump/feed/ 9 http://philtheone.com/2011/02/highways-agency-plays-magic-roundabouts-at-norcross/ http://philtheone.com/2011/02/highways-agency-plays-magic-roundabouts-at-norcross/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:53:20 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3892 ON THE Fylde Coast, we are used to traffic schemes that create congestion and prohibit traffic flow rather than alleviate and assist them. Usually the masterminds behind these shite traffic management schemes are sat in Blackpool Council offices, but Highways Agency traffic boffins have taken the biscuit with their proposals for the Norcross Roundabout on [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/02/highways-agency-plays-magic-roundabouts-at-norcross/feed/ 32 http://philtheone.com/2011/02/revoe-road-closures-14th-feb-2011-25th-march-2011/ http://philtheone.com/2011/02/revoe-road-closures-14th-feb-2011-25th-march-2011/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:08:18 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3885 NONE OF us like the dull thud and resultant jolt as our vehicles traverse the nasty cancer of speed humps coursing through Blackpool’s road infrastructure, and our motoring experience is about to get a whole lot more turbulent as several roads in the Revoe area are set to be closed intermittently to install even more [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/02/revoe-road-closures-14th-feb-2011-25th-march-2011/feed/ 5 http://philtheone.com/2011/02/crossing-of-death-claims-first-casualty/ http://philtheone.com/2011/02/crossing-of-death-claims-first-casualty/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:01:37 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3874 THE BLOODY-MINDED, ivory tower approach of Blackpool council in relation to the roads has struck once again after a pensioner was smashed into by a vehicle whilst walking on a controversial pedestrian crossing on Lytham Road. It’s not very often that pedestrians call for pedestrian crossings to be removed, but like the crossing at St. [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2011/02/crossing-of-death-claims-first-casualty/feed/ 38 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/explained-drop-in-car-parking-revenue/ http://philtheone.com/2010/10/explained-drop-in-car-parking-revenue/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:46:58 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3280 I AM positive that most of you will have seen this gem in the Gasjet last night, but if not there was a cracking letter sent in response to claims by car parking desk jockeys that parking revenue had dropped due to people parking in cheaper, privately run car parks instead of council ones. The [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/10/explained-drop-in-car-parking-revenue/feed/ 1 http://philtheone.com/2010/09/the-blackpool-strangler/ http://philtheone.com/2010/09/the-blackpool-strangler/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:02:04 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=3186 HERE’S A little activity which you can all try at home, work or wherever else you may be. Ensure you are looking straight ahead and take your dominant hand and place it round your throat. Now squeeze your windpipe so it’s about half its normal diameter. Not enjoyable, is it? But this is what Blackpool [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/09/the-blackpool-strangler/feed/ 10 http://philtheone.com/2010/06/new-crossing-spells-danger-for-pedestrians/ http://philtheone.com/2010/06/new-crossing-spells-danger-for-pedestrians/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:25:54 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=2859 A lady named Diana Pidwell has attracted the attention of the local newpaper today with a serious complaint about the safety of a new pedestrian crossing in South Shore. Perversely I did sport a grin when I read this story but you will see why shortly. In their infinite wisdom, plonkers in the council planning [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/06/new-crossing-spells-danger-for-pedestrians/feed/ 6 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/fowler-concedes-little-to-lewtas/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/fowler-concedes-little-to-lewtas/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:44:19 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1983 Fylde Community Radio and the Gasjet have covered this one already, but I thought I’d toss in my two penneth. It was decreed a number of years ago that the council’s target was for Blackpool taxis to be no older than 10 years by 2013. The maximum age is currently set at 14 years. However, [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/fowler-concedes-little-to-lewtas/feed/ 12 http://philtheone.com/2010/03/labours-fuel-duty-escalator-less-than-a-fortnight-away/ http://philtheone.com/2010/03/labours-fuel-duty-escalator-less-than-a-fortnight-away/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:10:30 +0000 Philtheone http://philtheone.com/?p=1886 You can’t have failed to notice the prices of fuel creeping up at the pumps for no apparent reason. The cheapest price in Blackpool that I have found is 111.9p per litre of basic unleaded (Shell on Talbot Road and Morrisons at Squires Gate); not quite the 120p of the previous fuel price surge but [...more]]]> http://philtheone.com/2010/03/labours-fuel-duty-escalator-less-than-a-fortnight-away/feed/ 11