On Saturday I attended a planned celebration trip to Alton Towers. I am not a fan of roller-coaster rides etc. but there were other opportunities there for me to enjoy
The gardens were one of my enjoyments although I had to do a little detour when a group of (eight) Neanderthals were yelling to [...]
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Filed under Gardens, Out & About
A Busy Weekend – Again ;-)
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2011
Yesterday my colleagues at Cosford learned that they had a won a long campaign to stop the privatisation of Defence Training.
In a ministerial announcement it was revealed that it had become necessary to terminate the DTR procurement and Metrix’s appointment as Preferred Bidder because an affordable solution was not forthcoming within the time frame required:
DTR [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2010
The Guardian newspaper also report that they have learned that the PFI project that was proposed to finance a military training academy in Wales is likely to be scrapped:
The Guardian has also learned that a £14bn PFI project – one of the largest ever – to finance a military training academy in Wales is likely [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2010
Today’s edition of the Shropshire Star reports that plans to move defence training to South Wales could now be axed. Union officials have welcomed the news that these costly, controversial plans may not go ahead and the new hope this gives to RAF Cosford’s chances of survival as a military base:
A Government source has [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2010
Those of you who have been following me for some time will know I have a particular interest in Defence issues. One of the campaigns I have been involved in is about proving that the move (and privatisation) of Defence Training to a new Academy in Wales is not the best option for serving our [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2010
Filed under Heritage, This & That
Twenty Years Ago Today
I find it hard to believe it is 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell, time flies by so quickly. I can remember the images so vividly, it only seems like yesterday!
The BBC report on how a blunder led to the downfall of the wall:
From the safe distance of 20 years, the opening of the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2009
Filed under Out & About
PhotoHunt – Advertisement
A few more photographs from my recent visit to the Cold War Museum at Cosford.
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4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 6th 2009
