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Dippy I agree this could be fun I think it might be good if we can get other posters on here to post wot questions they'd like to ask & the best ones should be submit through Hereford voice if Colin is up for that? Wot do think?

Still no sign of a planning application as yet? I wonder wants taking so long as was expecting it in July it's near September now! I see Des McGuire pass away on 12th of August he was 87 he was the owner of the building which fusion is located in & the recently vacated odeon cinema in front of the county bus station upon his death!

I was unaware that it is owned by billy Reynolds I'm also surprised that he could not make a go of it considering he runs a couple of successful night clubs, play being one. but then again I guess location can be an issue to as although it's close to the city centre it is off down a quiet side street so maybe that help play a factor in its demise also? It is worrying that these old pups are closing @ a alarming rate…not saying it would work but some of these local pubs could maybe survive if communities could somehow come together to purchase the pubs & run them like a community shop which you have in some villages?

Well I'm all for a return to a more democratic system as long as those councillors who are elected by the people to represent the people will also take there views & concerns more seriously instead putting there own interests first!!!…cllr Powell I know that you do just hope other cllr's can take a leaf out of your book & follow your example?!

Chris it's not just this county that needs to wake up the whole country does!! Has anyone heard of TTIP a new trade agreement between the US & EU?

No good can come from a Hoover war it will only leave a vacuum!!

It sounds like a civil war of words has broken out on bulls banter bobby? That's not going to help the situation wot it needs is someone with money & I dare say most who use bulls banter have not got the capital to take the club on & move it forward? mark Ellis thou may have? & it's sounds from wot your saying that they have shot him down in flames? Not a good move if that is the case? Unity is wot is need now not division within the supporters themselves,that doesn't achieve anything only that of a negative impact if the fans want the club to survive they need to rally altogether!!!

Bobby here's someone else who's not paying there council tax Off Hereford times website A HEREFORD man told magistrates he would rather be “locked up†than pay his spiralling council tax bill. Dennis Gillingham, of De Lacy Court, Eign Road, St James, took his bags to court and told the bench he would sooner go to jail on principle than pay an outstanding tax bill of just over £200. “It’s kicking the guy that’s in the gutter,†he told Hereford Magistrates Court. “I’ve got no intention of paying it.†As Gillingham receives benefits, he is among a group of people that as recently as three years ago had 100 per cent of their council tax waived. Since then that subsidy has fallen to 84 per cent, with a proposal to cut it further to 76 per cent under the new budget. Annette Apperley, representing the council, said that it has seen a considerable increase in this type of case since a rise this year. Currently 1,122 people across Herefordshire have been issued with liability orders for unpaid council tax. Gillingham told the court that, in real terms, for someone in his situation it means his bill has risen by nearly 90 per cent in two years. He added: “It’s kicking the poorest so they can pay for their new bins - is that what they care about now? “I’ve packed my bags for prison – why don’t you send me there? That’s where I’m going to end up.†Head magistrate Celia Cundale – who did not have the sentencing powers to sent Gillingham to jail for an unpaid bill – issued a liability order for the outstanding amount. Ms Apperely told the court: “I can only apologise for manner of that case, but I suspect there will be more and more like that over the next few months.â€

Clehonger is where I grew up my nan still lives there might go along just so I can throw a few questions @ him? as I see it I think he will be reelected but without a Tory lead council it would be interested to get his thoughts on that?!

Lol well that maybe dippy or he's trying to avoid someone else knocking on his door if he's got anything to do with wot is going on down @ Edgar street? I don't know if it makes a difference or not but he maybe staying @ clearwell castle which is in Gloucestershire?

Just had a look on council website to see where old Harry is living these days having sold his rudhall manor gaff but he's not listed his new address! Only a correspondence address? Contact information Correspondence address: c/o Brockington 35 Hafod Road Hereford HR1 1SH So is Harry still living in the county??

There must be a whole plan behind all this that has not yet emerged ... We all have ideas but it has not panned out yet ... Oh I'm sure there's a plan alright a deep dark devious plan @ that?! But whoever eventually gains control of Edgar street will have self interest @ heart not to mention the thought of cash filled riches to be made rather than those of a footballing interest I fear???!!!

The football season is upon us not just in the primier league but @ local level also so are the council cutting the grass more often in these areas now like the George playing fields? Was down there the other nite & it looks not to bad I know that teams pay to play on the pitches so the council have a responsibility to make sure there's a decent playing surface.

Yes I agree it does have side effects & young minds exposed to its uses can cause detrimental effect on there brains which is not good!!!…but kids today can obtain it very easily & do instead of smoking a ciggy behind the bike shed its smoking a spiff behind the bike shed nowadays!! but while it remains illegal the people selling it won't care who they sell it to,as there already doing an illegal activity so there going to sell it,regardless of the age of the person there selling it to?! making it legal will put regulations in place & license it's sale? Hopefully then minors would find it harder to obtain although I also understand its not going to be totally foolproof & kids will find ways & means of getting hold of things they shouldn't be getting hold of!!!!

Yes I think it's about time it was legalised & regulated. there are so many illegal cannabis farms now in the UK that there is very little need to smuggle any of it in, such is the demand that as soon as one farm is closed down by the police,another couple will spring up else where. it's like shovelling cash into a big black hole while it remains illegal? where as the tax the government could collect if it was legalised could be in the millions?? & besides should we really be classing a whole load of people criminals just because they like to get stoned??!!

They carry out a lot of surveys mostly I think for the government & they also do opinion polls during elections?

Has anyone else on the voice received a form from ipsos mori about a survey they are carrying out for several local councils across Britain including Herefordshire council? They want to know how you want to see local transport & highways improved & what your priorities are?

Dippy i thought I'd post up the plot from The rare breed for you Biomech & others to read hopefully you will watch the film to? Martha Price (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) come to the US via boat with Hereford stock from Much Marcle pursuing the dream of Martha's husband, who accidentally died on board, to bring Hereford's to the West. They're now left with Hilary's bull, a result of years of European breeding, named Vindicator. Vindicator exhibits all the gentility of breeding, including an odd willingness to follow Hilary merely at the whistle of "God Save the Queen". At auction, he results in a bidding war and is ultimately won by Charles Ellsworth (David Brian), who has come to purchase stock for the wealthy Texas rancher Alexander Bowen (Brian Keith). Sam Burnett (James Stewart), a local wrangler known for being able to take down bulls just by looking at them, is hired to transport the bull to Bowen's ranch. Ellsworth has bought the bull primarily to woo Martha, and when she is confronted by him when trying to claim her payment for the bull she decides to ensure Vindicator's delivery by accompanying him en route. Martha Price is told by daughter Hilary about a conversation she overheard between Burnett and two men working for competing rancher John Taylor (Alan Caillou). Burnett has made a deal with Taylor to steal the bull. Hilary doesn't yet know that Burnett has made the deal mostly to ensure another wrangler doublecrossed by Taylor would receive some money to take care of himself after an injury. One of Taylor's men, Deke Simons (Jack Elam), gets into a fight with Burnett in the saloon over terms. Price, witnessing the brawl, comes to trust Burnett. Despite Burnett's objections, he accepts responsibility for the Price women through the train ride to the west and the following wagon trail. One night while Price and Burnett are brewing coffee over the campfire, a shot knocks over the coffee pot. Burnett knows this is a signal from Taylor's men. Just before dawn, Hilary catches Burnett as he is about to hand over the bull. He denies her accusations, waking her mother to prove he was innocent. Once again, Price gives Burnett the benefit of the doubt. Taylor's men find a fence which has been hacked through to make way for Price's wagon. They conclude that Burnett must have double-crossed them. Simons, determined to catch up with Burnett, shoots a companion and rides on after the wagon. In a canyon, Burnett runs into Jamie Bowen (Don Galloway), Alexander's son, who has stolen a herd of his father's longhorn cattle and is running away to start his own ranch. Simons catches up and shoots a cowhand, setting off a stampede. Jamie tries to escape but falls in the path of the charging cattle. Battered and unconscious, Jamie is carried by Burnett back to the wagon. Simons is there holding Price and her daughter hostage. Simons demands the money that Burnett was paid by Taylor for the bull. Simons also demands Price's money, but while distracted, Burnett is able to take his rifle. Simons mounts and gallops away. Burnett follows. As horses collide, Simons falls onto a sharp rock and is killed instantly. Burnett returns with the money, but Price berates him for his dishonesty and the trouble he has caused. After a few days of travelling with Bowen's son in tow, they reach their destination, his father's ranch. At the ranch they're introduced to Jamie's father, Bowen, a Scottish soldier turned cattle rancher at a fort also populated by local families of Mexican heritage. While Hilary nurses Jamie back to health, Martha begins teaching the local children in school. Though Bowen and Burnett insist the Price women should leave for the East again before they're snowed in, they refuse until Jamie is well and they've taught the men to properly care for Vindicator. Bowen continues to insist that Hereford cattle can't make it through the tough conditions on the range and thus make them a bad match. Martha and Hilary insist, and slowly, Burnett is coming over to their side. Martha, upon witnessing the wildness of the longhorn cattle, realizes that until Vindicator proves himself, they'll never have the men on their side. Hilary races back to the fort, and releases Vindicator into the wild. With Vindicator now in the wild to fend for himself and Jamie on the mend, the Price women announce its time for them to go, but Jamie insists he's in love with Hilary, who returns the proclamation and Martha, upon seeing them, realizes she needs to stay as well. This suits both Bowen, who's realized he's in love with Martha, and Burnett, who's known he loved Martha since they met. Its a particularly brutal winter and Burnett insists on finding Vindicator and bringing him back to shelter him all winter. Through repeated outings, he can't find the bull and while he's away, Bowen cleans himself up, begins serving tea and showing Martha his gentlemanly side in an attempt to woo her. Burnett is reported missing and the men finally find him, almost frozen. Bowen insists that he can have any calves that result from Vindicator, but surely the bull is dead. Burnett refuses to give up hope, even though Hilary and Martha have come to accept this as truth. When the spring finally breaks, Burnett begins searching for Vindicator again, hoping for calves and begins building a new kind of farm—where the animals are treated better and Herefords can not only subsist but thrive. He finally discovers Vindicator, long dead under a snowdrift. He still insists that calves may be coming. Martha, out of reluctance for anything else, agrees to marry Bowen, but only after there is no chance of calves from Vindicator. In one of the last scenes, Burnett finally finds a Hereford calf, brings him back to the fort, and proclaims his love for Martha. Bowen steps aside. At the end, we're shown an entire field of Herefords, with Martha and Burnett musing that they're glad they kept a "few LongHorn, to remember the way it used to be". Hilary and Jamie approach, now married, and Hilary whistles in the hopes that one of the cattle will respond, and claims, "sometimes, I see a glimmer of him in one of them".

It is dippy & no he that's vindicator does not end up as a burger or two but I'm not going to say anymore as you should really watch it, as you've not seen it before? cos I'm sure you will enjoy it?! & don't blame me if it does brings a tear to your eye also?!

Biomech have you ever seen the film The rare breed? All about the first Hereford bull that was taken to the good old USA starring James Stewart & Maureen O'hara brilliant film brings a tear to my eye everytime!!

& where is the locality steward? shouldn't he be getting to the root of the problem…or is this a case for special branch?… sorry dippy start it!!!

That's a brilliant idea to have locality stewards… or are they highways inspectors rebranded? as that's the job that they did or were supposed to do? Just out of interest how many highways inspectors lost there jobs & how many got reemployed as locality stewards?

Slim are you sure that the weaving you do on your bike in the morning is not the result of your consumption of alcohol from the night before? But I do see your problem especially from slappy overgrown branches very nasty if some fellow cyclist in front should push a branch out of there way while cycling through the out of control greenery only for it to spring back & inadvertently slap you in the face hence knocking you of your bike & instead of going to work you would then have to spend the rest of the day in A&E!!!

& I was indeed half way thorough painting lots of anti Harry bramer slogans on placards ready for Sunday too Aylestone voice!! Oh well I shall just have to keep them by, ready to bring out for the elections next year instead!!!!