Editorial
HERE WE ARE IN NEW YEAR with fond memories of the Christmas roast pheasant and bowls of delicious Brazil nuts to be cracked around the fire afterwards.. ..NOT! No, Brazil nuts have been banned because eating the shells (who does this) could be very toxic, and as for pheasants...
Well, they might be toxic too, if purchased from a shoot - who's to tell they haven't eaten something nasty, so our local shoots can't sell them any more. Yes, as we contemplate 2007, we look forward to such a safer year.
Prior parents can already be secure in the knowledge that when their daughters recently went to a sports event at Bottisham, neither teachers nor parents were allowed to escort them to the loo (not qualified lavatory attendants?), and small businesses happy that for the derisory sum of £300 a month or so, they can keep safe all the time, because this is the sum specialist consultant s charge to wade through monthly new Health & Safety legislation and find the stuff that affects them.
How fortunate we are to have such conscientious guardians, and how
delighted we all will be when we finally get them against that wall, that it
will doubtless be a very safe and secure wall, not likely to crumble under even
the most mountainous hail of ammunition..
New Year for the Crier means new adverts - we are indebted to our loyal advertisers who, barring some gratefully received donations, wholly finance the magazine. Take a look at them this month, especially April Cook's, who if her alternative therapies are a patch on her stunning alternative school panto, should be well worth having. Many thanks to correspondents, distributors, computer-maestros (Simon & James) and Crier helpers all - HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!