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I just discovered from talking to my mum that in Ashton-under-Lyne (the little town which I grew up in), the indoor market was reduced to ashes in the early morning of the 28th May 2004, at around 3am. I was shocked to hear the news, and went straight away to check out the local news. Luckily there was no one injured. To see the pictures of the great blaze click on the links below. BBCi News Report Images of the blaze from Tameside Council More images from Ashton-under-Lyne.com I remember when I was a child, I used to visit the indoor market to buy our groceries, food, and even my school sports kit from there. It was a lively and friendly place. I even used to buy my weekly edition of the Spiderman comic from the newsagent at the back of the market. There was also a very good butchers, fish monger and an excellent cold meats shop. There was a second hand book shop which I purchased an old copy of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel "The Light Fantastic&quo

Thought I'd update my blog for today. It has been a sunny day in London. Wasn't too hot or humid, but just the right amount of sunshine and breeze. Have been spending today packing things into boxes for the big move back to Manchester. Yeah you might think I've started ealy since the move is not until mid June, but I like to be on schedule. I'm at the moment trying to back up my old data from my old computer, as I am thinking of getting rid of it. But it has been a pain in the neck to get it burn stuff on a CD-rom. It simply won't do it. Geez, technology, can't live with it, can't live without it. Catch you all soon.

Hello again, thought I'd give an update of what's going on in my mundane life. After chatting with my wife, We will be moving back to my parents's home in Manchester (well Ashon-under-Lyne to be precise). We feel it would be better for her to have people around like our friends and family should anything happen. Plus I get to hang out with my friends again! As with my work, I will still be working at my current job in London. The plan is that I will be travelling to London to work in the office for three days (Tuesday to Thrusday) and work from home in Manchester for the other two days. I felt it was a good compromise, and I'll get something back for the travel and accommodation costs (some but not all), plus I'll will be stilling working and earning the dough. Now we're in the middle of putting stuff in boxes ready for the big move in mid-June. Dug out a lot of stuff that we don't need, so we'll be holding a car boot sale to make some ca

Hello all, its been a while I know, but have been busy you see. Anyway, as you can guess from the title, yup its true, I'm going to be a dad! Woohoo! Kind of excited, but also a little scared, but I'm sure we are going to do OK. Mother and unborn child are good so far, so all is looking good. It 13 weeks into the pregnancy now. We took an Ultrasound scan the other day, so I thought I'd put it up here for your viewing. Wow, just think, the kid will have its own webpage before its even born! It was amazing, I actually saw the little baby's heart beating on the Ultrasound monitor! Definately a Hugh Grant (9 Months) moment. I'm very, very pleased. The ETA of the baby is 5th November this year. Guy Fawkes Night! We are still struggling with names (we like to plan ahead), especially for a boy. We have a girl's name - Amelie (from the French film "Amelie"), but we are really stuck for a boy's name. Any suggestions out there? S