arhhhhh!

Thats the best I could do!

action shot of the dogs at 7 am ( yes AM!!!) this morning on the beach,they just kept moving.

must be mad

Scala troubles and Whispering in the night

Read this in the Daily Post today
Town given two months to prove cinema can work
Sep 20 2006
By Roland Hughes, Daily Post

A COMMUNITY was yesterday told it has two months to prove a major cinema project can work - or risk losing it forever.A report which went before Denbighshire county council yesterday recommended the multi-million pound Scala plan for Prestatyn should be scrapped.But campaigners handed over a 5,000-name petition, collected in just one week, opposing the recommendation.They have now been given until November to prove their case to the council, a decision welcomed in Prestatyn last night.One campaigner said the decision would give objectors the impetus to keep on fighting for the Scala.The cinema on the town's High Street closed in December 2000 after the building was found to be unsafe.Plans were submitted in 2002 for a new cinema and arts centre on the same site, and finally approved by Denbigh-shire.But Denbighshire has since sought funding for the project, with £1.5m coming from an Assembly grant.However, a task group set up earlier this year concluded Denbighshire should drop the Scala project for funds to be used elsewhere.The report was considered behind closed doors yesterday, with councillors voting unanimously to give Prestatyn Town Council and residents until November to prove the project can work.Councillors also agreed the Ruthin Craft Centre redevelopment should go ahead as planned as long as it remained within budget.Objectors were made aware of the proposals to scrap the cinema after yesterday's report was leaked to the press earlier in the month.The 5,000-name petition was handed to Denbighshire chief executive Ian Miller just before yesterday's meeting.Sandra Pitt, chairman of Friends of the Scala, said: "People were queuing right down the pavement in Prestatyn to sign our petition."It gives us time to work on the campaign. We have a battle to fight and now we have a few months to fight it."We have got to up our campaign and keep at them to provide Prestatyn with a cinema. It's what the people of Prestatyn want."The meeting was overshadowed by claims by the task group's chairman, Councillor Paul Marfleet, that he was dismissed for recommending the Scala should be scrapped.Councillor Marfleet's claims of a potential funding "black hole" for the county were also dismissed by chief executive Ian Miller yesterday.I have a feeling money will not be made available for this projext which is a shame. The plans for the "new" Scala, make it more a conference and community centre rather than Just a small town cinema, so I do hope the Scala is reborn. As a teenager it provided me with many nights of escapism, (I first saw Towering Inferno there in 1975!), and I would love to see an arthouse/mainstream mix up of a local cinema.

Went to the beach for a long dog run (couldn't take a picture of them all as they were all running around like mad alecs),as I was comming back home over Gwaenysgor hill, saw "sad lady from Bishop's wood ( see previous blog), she had a Labrador with her and looked so much happier!, then did gardening jobs, hung the supports for the clematis by the back door and finally sorted out my wireless connection for the computer. Chris is still in Norway, so off to the pics now with Carol from Nextdoor to see The Night Whisperer!

Just back from seening the Night Whisperer,and was intrigued to find that it was based loosely on an experience of writer Armistead Maupin, who whilst splitting up with his boyfriend struck up a telephone friendship with a 14 year old fan, and precocious writer. It transpired that this boy potentially never realy existed and that his mother, who had suffered years of abuse was in fact impersonating him for deep psychological needs. Toni Collette was excellent as the boy's mother, and surprise surprise Bobby Cannavale turned up as Robin Williams' (Maupin) boyfriend ( doesnt he play alot of gay characters?) (The Station agent (well sort of), Will and Grace, Shall we dance? )

Men bashing,and materialism part 3

Watched an awful daytime tv programme today ITV's Loose Women, The format is simple, 5 female celebs "chat" about "important issues" and give their opinions ( ad nauseum) in a balanced discussion.
What I saw, was plain man bashing. The celebs in their matey lad-ette way argued and bad mouthed ,laughed and ridiculed, and I found myself getting quite angry at the unfairness of it all. Would ITV of even the Beeb allow men to have such a programme? Indeed not! You would never see a group of men flirting over a sexy female actress ( well not on a tv chat show ), or slagging off their wives or girlfriends? But women deem it ok to do the same to men! This whole man bashing mentality pervades tv, and the press, and I find it distasteful and smacks of double standards.

Thought of a few more items I would grab in a fire ( see below)
The silver candlesticks Chris bought from an antique shop in Whitby, when we went up to Nuala's sister's cottage for a weekend. It was a lovely break ! The table was a purchase from Roger's Jones auctioneers from Colwyn Bay. Not complete ,(it has lost its folding leaves) it is very old ( Circa Early 1700s) and has a knackered charm of its own. The needle point is one from Janet, all the way back from 1991!, in chronicles life in Sheffield.

Materialism Part One

I always thought I was not overly materialistic, we have a Knackered old polo, a 12 inch tv from Tesco and my mobile phone cannot do anything but make phone calls! but after listening to Radio 4 this morning, I had a think ( in bed with a cup of tea at 6.15 am after walking the dogs), of what things I would grab from the cottage if we had a fire. Well the animals and family photos, of course would be somewhere safe, but I did realise that perhaps I am rather materialistic in an antique,art deco and sentimental way.

Well The pin board in the kitchen would be a surprising choice. Like family photos, it is full of memories and happy times, a friends' 'wedding, Bev and Janet in New York, my leaving badge from Sheffield, a sympathy card. I guess it is a snippet of your life on a simple cork board.

This plate is one of the few things I chose to keep from my Mother's house after she died. Her style was, very different to mine (reproduction furniture and 1960s crockery), and most articles from the house reminded me of the"unhappier" times of childhood. This plate is a link to the happier times I want to remember.

I love glassware, and these two sets of glasses are my all time favourites. The Champagne glasses are a chrismas Pressie from Janet and Ned, and are so 1950's! Classic, hollow and stylish.

The two little tumblers come from Takashimyia (sp?) a wonderfully expensive store on 5th avenue in New York. I bought them when I took Chris for our first holiday to the Big Apple, and loved the tiny lobsters and fish etched into the glass. Bringing them home was a nightmare as they were so fragile and pricey, but it was worth the effort. They remind me of New York

Materialism part 2

The first things I would grab would be my art deco Denby terriers. Before we got Fin and Meg, I always had a slight obsession with 1930's style dogs and fell in

love with these old bookends when we were in Sheffield. I think they are beautiful.

This Telephone was my very first puchase for my very first house in Providence Road, Sheffield, and I was very proud at finding it in an old junk shop, and even more proud to find out that it still worked!.

It reminds me of the film Dial M for Murder, as it featured in the murder scene with Grace Kelly, like the terriers it is stylish and tactile

This little needlepoint is almost hidden amid all the family photos on the kitchen wall. It was completed in 1988 by an inpatient at the psychiatric hospital I worked at In York. The patient unsurprisingly enough had huge psychological problems, and I rememeber being very touched by her gift to me as it took alot of time and effort to complete it for me. I was at Bootham Park Hospital for only 2 years, but valued my time there, as it gave me a true interest and grounding in the psychological care of patients within nursing.

.....money makes the world go round....

Just worked the weekend, 8 am to 8pm both days, and have been looking after a woman with severe trauma both days. This youngish woman, according to her former sister-in-law, is a decent person, who finds it hard to make ends meet. She does not believe in benefits and obviously lives from hand to mouth, and I thought it incredibly sad to hear the story of how she went to a local back street hairdresser recently and asked for the cheapest hair cut possible, which it turned out, she could not afford. The thought of that woman's embarrassment , I thought was awful.

6 Years

We have been together 6 years next week!

arhhhh

Slyvia Syms and the Queen Mother

Saw the film "The Queen" Last night , a good film, but more a TV movie rather than a big screen one! Loved Slyvia Syms, complete with gin and tonic and very large hat , playing the Queen Mother. A scene stealer if ever I saw one.