Hello all

Well I’ve seen no sign of the Wren for a few days so thinking ill soon be able to crack on and paint the rusty bits in the shed ..I was up there yesterday..a strange buzzing sound coming from inside shed…bumble bees have decided to take up residence in an old wrens nest!..I guess It’s better than having a wasps nest..and they are the gardeners friend pollinating the plants..supposedly non aggressive as well unless you interfere with it ..or ..breathe on it apparently…yet more wearing of face masks…or hold my breath when I go in the shed..I’ll buzz off now..as Arthur Askey used to say..

When Cats was shown last weekend, Andrew Lloyd Webber told us it was the last of his musicals to go out for free on YouTube, much to the disappointment of many who have been enjoying this weekly treat.

The Good News this week is that although that was the last Lloyd Webber show, this initiative is continuing with musicals each Friday – starting with a Rogers and Hammerstein classic.  Grammy Award-winning music superstar Carrie Underwood stars in “The Sound of Music Live!” The three-hour telecast of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical classic also features TV and stage star Stephen Moyer as well as Tony Award winners Audra McDonald, Christian Borle and Laura Benanti.

It will be streaming from 7pm, and then available for 48 hours here

Please find attached the West Yorkshire Trading Standards Newsletter Scam Alert. This weekly alert outlines trending fraud patterns during the current COVID-19 pandemic and what we can do to stay protected. There have been further reports of scams, doorstep Crime and business complaints all relating to the COVID-19 pandemic here in West Yorkshire. This news alert will give you an indication of the current situation here in West Yorkshire.

Thank you

The Covid19 Trading Standards Team

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Message from Councillor Abigail Marshall-Katung

Dear all,

Day 35 – Only a month since my hair appointment was cancelled yet already I’m wondering how the lovely David of The Story of O will prioritise his clients when able to re-open. Will we all be lined up outside the Salon whilst David walks along as in an identity parade, deciding on whose needs are the greatest? Of course I have to be prepared for the possibility of the over 70’s being in isolation for much longer. When I shop at the ‘older shoppers’ hour it is a privilege but slightly rankles to be not challenged with “surely not, you’re much too young”.

I wonder how many during this period will be tempted to finely tune their locks and tresses? I’ve owned a pair of hairdressing scissors for years which sit carefully at a distance in a drawer, rather like yum yums or a cream doughnut in a Cooplands window – tempting but I shouldn’t really. I miss my early morning chats with David, occasionally interrupted by Otto, his lovely long haired Dachsund as he wanders from his day bed to the window chaise to observe the passing world. He too must wonder what on earth has happened to his daily routine. After my shampoo I am presented with tea and a Greggs caramel shortcake. It may only be 8am but it’s never too early. I miss our chats putting the World to rights, I miss Otto, the choice of background music, the aroma of the huge vase of lillies on the desk, the antique decor and the standard lamp. Sadly unlit at the moment as I walk by but oh how
welcoming it will be when the lamps are glowing again. By then I may be asking for a cascade of curls down my back but instead of joking, this time I could mean it.

Wonderful Maureen, I will be in the identity parade too, although I have never been offered a caramel shortcake 🙂

‘Feeling’

I don’t know how I’m feeling.