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Dog Tags Take Their Lead From Blackburn

Due to current overcrowding in British prisons, people on bail in Blackburn are to be given a choice of either being fitted with a normal leg tag monitor or receiving earlier release by taking part in an experiment which uses a robot dog to monitor their activities. Some years ago, my girlfriend and I were sat in one of Blackburn’s town centre pubs having a beer.  Then a lad came in wearing…

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Blackburn’s Cutting Edge Mask

A Blackburn inventor has come up with an idea for a face mask which also acts as an electric shaver. This cutting edge idea came to him during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Like many other people who were confined to their dwellings during this outbreak, he had plenty of time for reflection and to think about things.  It helped keep his mind sharp.  He also had plenty of inspiration from various kinds…

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Yank Wants To Buy Blackburn Cathedral

A rich American wants to buy and relocate Blackburn Cathedral across the Atlantic Ocean to the USA. Due to recent bad publicity in Blackburn Diocese, there was speculation the cathedral could have been closed down.  This prompted interest from a billionaire American property developer with local connections.  He was already interested in building a replica of St John’s Tavern, which he used to…

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Chinese Government Wants To Buy Blackburn Pub

Photo by a befendo on Unsplash Interest has been submitted by the Chinese government overseas property arm over their intention to buy an empty pub in Blackburn town centre. They have indicated their desire to set up a Service Centre, providing administrative services such as passport and driving licence renewals.  This would help to bring Chinese people from all over Britain to Blackburn. …

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Blackburn Morri’s Expanding Into Its Walkways

Morri’s surprised many people in Blackburn when they pulled out of their move across the road to the old Thwaites’ Brewery site.  But maybe an alternative had already been found within their current premises. Over a period of time a strange phenomenon has begun to take place in this superstore.  Tables started appearing in the walkways with assorted items on sale.  These started off with bakery…

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Blackburn Clock Tower's Dodgy Dials

Blackburn town centre used to have a clock, built in 1848,  which was the pride and joy to many of our fellow townsfolk. When it was demolished, due to town centre redevelopment, some people thought it was the end of the world.  Unfortunately these modernist styles used on its replacement didn’t go down very well with many folk.  It did look very tacky, not giving a good impression of our town. …

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Blackburn Rovers Being Run By The Peter Principle 

For two years running, there appear to have been embarrassing mistakes made by Blackburn Rovers staff over technical issues when attempting to sign players on deadline days.  There have also been other less high profile issues in regard to the general running of the club which have drawn concern from our fans.  It is being said by some Rovers fans, our club is being run on foundations of the…

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Blackburn’s Sands Of Time

Blackburn could be in line to cash in from these sand and dust storms which keep blowing over from the Sahara Desert. A project is being considered to try and collect this sand and use it for various cottage industries.  We might even find ourselves in a ‘Coals to Newcastle’ scenario,  where we end up selling sand back to the Arabs.  From Blackburn’s Barbary Coast to theirs. This phenomena of…

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Could We Soon See Blackburn’s Fleece Open Again?

Blackburn’s Fleece pub has stood derelict on Penny Street for years.  But with signs starting to appear that Morrisons may be on its way to moving across the road in the near future.  It could mean the Fleece being reinvigorated as a new public house for Blackburn town centre. Morrison’s intended re-location to Thwaites’ former seven-acre brewery site is seen as a major part of a £250M Master…

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Blackburn Bull Running Revival

A long forgotten Blackburn tradition could be revived as a way of boosting tourism to the town. It seems Blackburn was known for being one of a few British places where running of the bulls took place.  Many people will have heard of these kind of events taking place in Spain – Pamplona being its most famous festival – but bull running is far more widespread than just Spain.  It also takes place…

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Blackburn’s Mothballed Monolith

Due to financial cutbacks in local government and relocation of staff, Blackburn with Darwen Council now finds itself with a 14 storey office block surplus to requirements. It begs the question of what should be done with our town centre tower block.  This has led to various debates including demolition, turning it into residential accommodation, perhaps a hotel, or simply finding some other use…

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Venky’s Shellstar Satellite Plan

Blackburn Rovers’ Indian owners may be on the verge of launching their own satellite into space.  This follows news of their home country successfully landing a spacecraft on the moon in August. What may have captured Venky’s imagination though was what was inside this spaceship.  Upon landing on the moon’s surface, it released a vehicle called a Lunar Rover.  Unlike India’s previous attempt in…

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Potato Peeling Show Suggested In Blackburn

Blackburn people were recently invited to take part in a house renovation TV programme hosted by a Loose Woman called Stacey. This programme’s production team contacted people in various locations around the UK.  But it seemed they were out of luck in Blackburn.  They were met with derision and negativity about today’s current crop of similar TV programmes. Our town’s respondents also…

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Rovers Season Ticket Timeshare

Blackburn Rovers’ marketing team are considering all sorts of novel ideas to help boost season ticket sales.  One of these is to bring out a new kind of way of watching the blue and whites.  It would be based on fans buying a timeshare season ticket. This would entail supporters joining an exclusive seat buying club at Ewood Park, starting at one game a season, for years to come.  This seat…

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Blackburn Posty Beer Garden

And it came to pass that Blackburn’s Wetherspoon’s pub, The Postal Order, has opened up a brand new beer garden. This facility is next to the pub across from where Dandy Walk meets Darwen Street.  It is situated on consecrated land, owned by the Church of England through Blackburn Cathedral.  So not only real ale but spirits are also likely to be in good measure. For many years people have said…

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Flying Another Flag in Cyprus Is All Greek To Me

While enjoying a recent holiday in Cyprus, one thing which seems to still be around is the sight of the flag of Greece fluttering on buildings here and there. This lovely island has been divided since 1974 into two separate entities.  Two thirds of this island, mainly in its south, comprises of the Republic of Cyprus, an EU member, populated by Greek Cypriots.  Whereas the northern third of this…

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Rovers Digging For Victory

Following the recent supermarket vegetable shortage, Blackburn Rovers’ footballers could be given a chance of learning a new career for when their playing days come to an end. This idea is said to originate from the club’s head office in India.  Here Venky’s have a vested interest in vegetables, especially in regard to accompanying their chicken meals.  Their plan is to turn parts of Brockhall…