TALK OF THE TIMES with Vivienne Patterson
We have much more spare time, but simply waste it
Published 17 July 2008
WE HAVE so many time and labour-saving devices nowadays, but can someone please tell me why we no longer have time to do anything?
Whatever we think of Gordon, at least we have freedom of choice
Published 10 July 2008
THE phrase “be careful what you wish for” has never been more apt than when applied to Gordon Brown.
I wish I knew what happened to good old-fashioned service
Published 4 July 2008
DO you remember the good old days when an appliance broke and a man in overalls came and fixed it?
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Published 3 July 2008
DEARHAM Brass Band caused a panic last week when they pulled out of a concert at Maryport at the last minute.
Value our children and then they will value themselves
Published 19 June 2008
Like Fern, I’d be so happy to ‘cheat’ in order to slim down
Published 12 June 2008
HOLD the front page and eat your own arm off - Fern Britton has lost weight!
Paradise - a world where wealth is shared equally
Published 5 June 2008
I COULD feel my lips pursing as fast as if I’d been sucking on a lemon - and I realised how much I have changed and how judgemental I had become.
Cycle path contractors deny allegation they destroyed bird nests and habitat
Published 5 June 2008
A FLIMBY ornithologist has claimed that birds’ nests have been destroyed by contractors building a new cycle path from Flimby to Maryport.
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Published 24 May 2008
CRIMES by children are apparently to be included in the next round of national crime figures, which is expected to push the number of recorded incidents up considerably.
Kindness? More than my job's worth
Published 18 May 2008
MY NIECE had to rush to catch a train from Carlisle to Lockerbie the other day and did not realise, until she got on, that she had no cash.
We must not allow evil to win us over
Published 11 May 2008
IT IS hard to be optimistic about the human race at the moment.
Being proactive is a pragmatic action
Published 2 May 2008
I AM CURRENTLY being proactive, which is not very unique but in terms of satisfaction, it makes me feel good.
I just wish there was a naughty step to put the whole of China on
Published 25 April 2008
PUPILS should be rewarded for good behaviour in schools - while negative behaviour is to be ignored.
A wrong number, late lunches and ideas to top up NHS coffers
Published 17 April 2008
I’VE UNCOVERED an exclusive story here; I have found out how the NHS is topping up its coffers.
We’re not all leaders, but we can follow and make that difference
Published 10 April 2008
FIVE deaths are indelibly printed on my mind: my dad’s, Elvis Presley’s and the three men who helped shape my thoughts and attitudes as much as anyone else in the world.
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Maybe.
Published 5 April 2008
“I CAN’T wait for pay day!”
The tragedies we’ve had to face - and that was only the hit parade
Published 5 April 2008
THERE was a song in the late 50s or very early 60s that begged: “Let's think about living, let's think about life.”
Borders between childhood and adulthood are becoming blurred
Published 21 March 2008
A MAN came to me the other day defending some kids who had got into a spot of bother in Maryport.
Some things just stick in your mind
Published 14 March 2008
THEY are right in what they are saying about Shannon Matthews - I even had to look up her name before I started writing this column.
