Tag: Archive 2007
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When public transport leaves disabled students behind (2007)
From my North Norfolk News column of 17 December 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; their names have been withheld and an unrelated local-politics passage omitted. Whilst we continue to moan about our public transport and the train service we have in north Norfolk, spare a thought for people who face even greater difficulties…
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Holt Youth Project: what happens when a community works together (2007)
From my North Norfolk News column of 3 December 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; the activities and funding figures are from 2007. This week I was given the chance to see what happens when adults and young people work together in the community, and there is no finer example of that than Holt…
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Football fans: Norwich City versus Cromer (2007)
Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 30 August 2007. Lightly edited from my original feature about two very different football crowds. When I was offered the chance of writing full-length features this summer for the North Norfolk News I was quite excited… but when I opened my big mouth and said that one…
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Why I chose a career in media instead of university (2007)
From my North Norfolk News column of 10 September 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; the views reflect my perspective as an 18-year-old. This week sees my friends, and other teenagers my age, prepare for university. In just a week they’ll be setting off for destinations far and wide across the country, taking on…
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Are North Norfolk youngsters getting a fair deal? (2007)
Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 1 November 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; an unrelated passage about a supermarket dispute has been omitted. North Norfolk has never been renowned for its entertainment or culture. Some might say it’s the retirement capital of England, or a snob’s paradise, but with so many…
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Hard to reduce your carbon footprint with such poor public transport (2007)
Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 27 September 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; transport services and prices reflect 2007. It’s difficult being a teenager growing up in deepest, darkest Norfolk. It’s even more difficult living in an area where the locals would rather preserve the town they already have than allow…