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Recycled wealth

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Maybe you don’t want to hear about recycling after lugging all those bags and boxes around, and wrapping up all those boxes, but then again you might get some comfort that Devon has passed the 50 percent recycling rate.

The percentage of rubbish recycled in the Devon County Council area is now

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Coke has ‘it’

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We all know that Coke sorted out the colour scheme for Santa all those years ago – St Nic traditionally prefering green garb, till the fat man sold out. But what else has this world-wide fizzy drink company been up to? There’s a clue in this short animation from citizens of the

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Tally ho, ho, ho

If your blood lust hasn’t been satisfied with the heaps of dead meat that’s piled around this time of year, then check out The League against Cruel Sports, and see if you can hunt the hunters. It’s bags more fun than chasing a small fox with loads of hounds and fellas on horses. But don’t

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Toxic Waste Monkeys win

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We are great fans of the hard working, hard rocking Toxic Waste Monkeys, and it comes as no surprise to us that they funked their way to the front in the latest Battle of the (U18) Bands at the Plymouth Hub.

These guys of monkey magic were runners up last time the

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Twelve tips for Christmas

Nevermind goodwill, this is the season of lists of every description, and this one is from the TUC South West for you to mull over over your mulled wine.

Nigel Costley, Regional Secretary of the South West TUC, (who, incidentally is offering up this year’s PRSD Christmas message), told us  that: “The run-up to the

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Shining example

This time of year it’s always nice to see scenes from the High Street. This one is from PRSD stalwart Beachcomber. The monument is in Exeter, and someone once told us its words are based around a riddle in the Exeter Domesday book.

To see more of Beachcomber’s work, visit the gallery.

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Formula jam

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There are times when even the most ardent citizens of the PRSD take to the motorway, in a suped up soon-to-be water-fueled (of which more later) wagon. And in a way, it’s refreshing to know that there is a mathematical formula to the otherwise inexplicable snarl ups that seem to be caused

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