Here are the results of the August 2019 HUST Lottery draw which took place at the Nursery Inn at 19:00 on 30th August 2019.

Following on from the success of the Duchess of Sussex taking over editorial duties for the September edition of Vogue magazine, we have this week allowed the renowned philatelist, Edward Stanley Gibbons to take over from John Ashton, our usual contributor. Now you may know that Stanley originally trained as a chemist but we should emphasise that there is no foundation in any of the stories that he in any way used this training when seeing his four wives die, and be replaced, in short order. The fact that Stanley died in interesting circumstances, or that this was in 1913, shouldn’t be used to spoil the joke that is this week’s column!

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This week John, who is clearly in a rush to get to the Chorley Cricket Club Beer Festival, is banging the ‘fund-raising’ drum – reminding everyone that we Poolies need a Plan B – as we can’t forever rely on the largesse and patience of Raj Singh.

To celebrate the start of the new footie season, thanks to the lovely team at Scenic Air Tours NE we have a special additional prize for the August HUST lottery draw. The lucky winner will take the Victoria Park flight tour for up to three passengers from Teesside Airport takingRead More →

A short, sombre and somewhat reflective piece from John this week; he briefly touches on the situation at Bury FC before focussing on the tragedies surrounding Emiliano Sala and our own Romoney Crichlow-Noble.

A somewhat disappointed John this week puts his postage stamp away and largely ignores Pools – instead he takes a quick look at Bury, as that once proud club awaits the executioner’s call, and looks on as Bolton suspends ticket sales for tomorrow’s match. At least we have a game to go to – but he’s thinking about having a lie in…………….