THING OF THE WEEK
FEELING FLUSH… Remember that toilet that was for sale in Allonby in Cumbria? It went up for auction with a guide price of £7,500 and sold for, wait for it…. £65,000. That’s more than eight times the asking price. Who knew demand for this sort of property was so high?
STERLING WORK… A new cocktail bar is coming to Gary Neville’s Stock Exchange Hotel. STERLING, the latest venture from cocktail maestros Joe and Daniel Schofield will open later this year. It must be good, otherwise Neville surely would not have allowed a bar that shares a name with one of Manchester City’s star players anywhere near one of his properties. We look forward to the launch of Gündoğan at St Michael’s in the not-too-distant future…
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CATCH MY DRIFT… Being social is no longer enough. We now have to be competitive and social. Society’s new approach to fun is seeing competitive socialising ventures popping up all over the place, including Skelmersdale where a radio control car drift track has opened at the Concourse Centre. Slideways RC Drift, which will occupy a 6,000 sq ft unit at the shopping complex, offers all the enjoyment of driving fast cars around corners without the danger. What’s not to love?
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BLOOMING MARVELLOUS… Seemingly tired of waiting for the government to put its hand in its pocket, impatient horticulturalists in Morecambe have already started planting flowers near the site of the proposed Eden Project North attraction. In a bid to chivvy Whitehall along, Sunny Slopes in Heysham has been sown by staff from the Eden Project’s National Wildflower Centre and Lancaster City Council. The wildflower sowing has been developed to support local wildlife, aid biodiversity, and connect the local community to the natural world, as well giving the treasury a polite nudge.
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PUT-HOLING… Zip World has gone underground with its latest rockin’ adventure golf creation. The 18-hole course inside a cavern in Gwynedd officially opens on 29 July, but tickets are on sale now. Zip World says it’ll be four levels deep. Does this mean we’ll score a bat-ie instead of a birdie? We imagine lots of dad jokes will be par for the course.
