It is disappointing that government failed to engage in reasonable talks and discuss their proposed imposed changes to public sector pensions. The changes that were announced in advance of the study they had commissioned to evaluate those pensions.
The lack of proper negotiation led to the action that was taken by public sector workers today.
I [...]
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Dawn is Breaking
18 Comments CherryPie on Nov 30th 2011
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Strange Goings On
Whilst going about my daily business at work I was drawn to look at the dictionary that is stood up next to my in/out/pending trays. I immediately forgot about it.
When it was lunch time I rustled in my bag and got my lunch time eats out and placed them on the table. As I did [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2011
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London Midland & Scottish Railway Company
Whilst wandering round the National Railway Museum my Mum reminisced about what train travel used to be like before commerce took over. Back in those days it was all about looking after the customer and making them comfortable so they enjoyed their journey. This was before the days of getting a person from A [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 22nd 2011
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Festive Gift Fair
It seems that ‘that time of year‘ has come around all too soon. Where did the year go?
I had always planned to visit The Festive Gift Fair again this year, the tickets from a colleague were a bonus surprise I took the opportunity to visit with my Mum.
Once again the trains there and [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2011
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York – Day Four
After checking out of the hotel we walked along the bit of the town walls that we hadn’t already done. Following that we had a quick visit to the City Art Gallery whilst we waited for the Treasurer’s House to open.
The Treasurer’s House is only open for guided tours at this time of year. When [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2011
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York – Day Three
The weather had turned cooler and the morning walk around three quarters of the town walls was quite refreshing. After the walk we stopped off for a cup of tea and then walked along the Shambles before having lunch. One of the shops had some interesting bags and clothing which resulted in me getting a [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2011
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York – Day Two
The hotel breakfast was as good as I remembered it was on my last visit to the hotel. The day was looking a little dull with the possibility of rain so we opted to visit the National Railway Museum rather than do anything that involved being outside. We took a cab ride there, so we [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2011
