TALK OF THE TIMES with Vivienne Patterson
No one gets out of here alive, so just deal with it
“HEALTH” and “safety” used to be aspirations; they were what we wanted for our families, our friends and ourselves.
Last updated 11 March 2010
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Imponderable questions of life – and quiet news days
IF THEY can make no-tears shampoo for children, does that mean they add a tear ingredient to adult shampoo?
Last updated 4 March 2010
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I have so much to worry about because of soaps
NO COLUMNIST worth her salt would shy away from tackling the big issues of the day – which is why I have only one thing to say.
Last updated 25 February 2010
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How about all working together for the town?
I’VE never believed that all politicians and all councillors are tarred with the same self-important, power-seeking brush.
Last updated 18 February 2010
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Freedom of worship can be a two-edged sword
IS BRITAIN a Christian country? Is the Queen still the defender of the Faith?
Last updated 11 February 2010
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Start complaining more – it could save you £74bn!
HERE’S one of life’s unanswered questions: Why do binmen park their lorries in the middle of the road?
Last updated 4 February 2010
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They never let a selfless gesture go unpunished
I DON’T care how big my carbon footprint is – not after a hideous weekend of public transport problems.
Last updated 28 January 2010
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We can’t save the world, but maybe we can help to save our little corner of it
THERE was an advertising slogan promoting New Zealand to New Zealanders that said: “Don’t leave home ’til you’ve seen your country”.
Last updated 21 January 2010
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Time to be battling Brits, not the whingeing Poms
HOW do other countries cope with Arctic weather conditions?
Last updated 14 January 2010
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A purple iPod – I may be 60 but I am so happening
I AM going to see Cinderella in Maryport tonight and that will be it – Christmas will be over and out!
Last updated 7 January 2010
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Perhaps, just possibly some good will happen this year
I’VE said it before and I’ll say it again. Life was simpler when we were at school.
Last updated 30 December 2009
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A time of year when you’re entitled to expect miracles
IN THE words of the Queen this has, indeed, been my “annus horibilis”.
Last updated 24 December 2009
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High time to get a life by being less afraid of living
MARYPORT’S Hospital League of Friends will already have visited the sick by the time you read this, and will have distributed Christmas cards and money.
Last updated 17 December 2009
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A cautionary tale of lies, deception and shopping
I HATE shopping as much as I love Christmas.
Last updated 10 December 2009
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Struggle does not end when the waters recede
I WAS tired when I wrote this on Monday morning and decided that I wasn’t particularly looking forward to another long week of work. I wished that Christmas was here already.
Last updated 3 December 2009
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Trade is booming as north side shoppers flock to Maryport
MARYPORT shops have seen an increase in trade as people from north of the River Derwent have changed their shopping habits to cope with collapsed bridges and traffic congestion.
Last updated 3 December 2009
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A stricken area full of heroes who just want to get back to their normal lives
THE devastating floods of the last week have thrown up some heroes.
Last updated 26 November 2009
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Poor Gordon, his mistake is simply that he’s human
POOR Gordon Brown! The man can’t do right for trying, and no matter how hard he tries something goes wrong.
Last updated 19 November 2009
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The honourable and the dishonourable among MPs
I AM WRITING this column on the day after November 5 and I knew, before he’d even said it, that some time during the day my husband would tell me that Guy Fawkes was the only person ever to have entered Parliament with good intentions.
Last updated 12 November 2009
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Just turn off the TV if you don’t like the joke
THERE was an Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman and a bishop . . .
Last updated 5 November 2009
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