Spread the news - There’s a Marmite jar on my house
yorkshirepost.co.uk
20 September 2013
LOVE it or hate it, one Marmite superfan in Castleford has gone to extreme lengths to prove her devotion to the spreadable yeast extract. Pam Harrison – a member of the exclusive invite-only fan club, the Marmarati – loves Marmite so much she donated her house to the brand’s latest marketing campaign ‘End Marmite Neglect’.
Residents in Castleford awoke yesterday to find the semi, on Holywell Lane, covered in a giant mural of a Marmite jar. Pam explained that she was approached by Marmite execs to help raise the profile of the campaign and offered up her house for the temporary painting. “The artist has done a magnificent job - it’s really lovely. People are stopping and taking photos, saying it’s brilliant. It’s a fun thing.”
She joins fellow Mamarati in supporting the campaign - including farmer Jack Skillington in Kent transforming a flock of sheep to bear the logo, and Saire May in North Sheilds who has changed his surname by deed poll to Marmite. The latest TV ad campaign by Marmite is an...
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Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:40 pm
I just heard on the radio that he's been cleared of all charges and that ITV are waiting to talk to him in order to get him back on the Street.
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Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:50 am
Redneck twat's letterbox is shaped like giant .44 Magnum
7 Sep 2013
One man has made sure his postman knows exactly which house to deliver the mail to – he’s designed a letterbox in the shape of a .44 Magnum revolver. Roger Buchko, 49, of Lopatcong Township, New Jersey, came up with the idea after seeing similar designs online. The semi-retired cabinet-maker spent a few hours every day for four months putting the mailbox together.
While he is a gun rights supporter, he said that the bespoke letterbox is not a political statement and was more of an attempt to showcase his craftsmanship. ‘I put it out there to try to get some work and because I needed a new mailbox,’ he told local media.
The gun, which is based on his own Smith Weston, is made of wood and PVC piping. Mr Buchko said he had to get a friend to help him install it and sought permission from postal officials beforehand.
Apart from a single incident where someone threw eggs at the mailbox, the gun fanatic also said he has only received compliments about his...
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Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:26 pm
Hillsborough police paid money found among the dead into force’s coffers
Jonathan Owen
1st September 2013
independent.co.uk
The police force accused of covering up Britain’s worst-ever sporting disaster profited from the tragedy by keeping money found among the dead and dying at Hillsborough, The Independent can reveal. South Yorkshire Police (SYP), the force whose officers falsely accused Liverpool fans of robbing from the dead at Hillsborough, held on to cash from the ground for almost three years before deciding to bank it – rather than donate the money to the disaster fund set up to help victims of the tragedy.
The revelation, in documents released by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, prompted an angry response from campaigners on Sunday night, with SYP’s actions branded “an absolute disgrace” and “beyond belief”.
A memorandum dated January 1992 details personal possessions which had been recovered from the disaster, where the owners were not known. It reveals that while officers were cautious about destroying clothing, they showed few reservations when it came to the loose change. Cash totalling £14.53 was part of the inventory and a recommendation to “pay this into the finance department” was agreed...
