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Elections approach.
The elections always bring headaches to Graiseley Ward in the City of Wolverhampton. For the last 2o years, we have suffered from personation, interference with postal votes, the dead voting and other problems. usually associated with other countries, or parts of Birmingham The approaching elections, have a subtle change, brought about by one man. For years I complained that the dead were voting, Senior council officers and councillors, told me it was impossible to stop, if in fact, it, happened.. I was unimpressed. I have now been told that our new Electoral Registration officer, being made aware of past allegations. arranged a liaison between the office of the Registrar, and all deaths reported are now removed from the electoral register Average deaths over the 20 years 149 per annum. One door closed. At last.
Personation. This requires the cooperation of landlords, tenants and political representatives. The polling cards are send to the addresses of all voters. The address may contain 6 polling cards:, students who have left and moved address, or are lodgers or other transients. . The cars are collected , redistributed and despite the penalties involved personation takes place.Very difficult to prove, Requires high grade technical ability. Postal voting. This is usual;; confined to the old, those without English or the illiterate. They require help and can get it from the Presiding Officer at the Polling Booth. In practice, the unscrupulous, get the voting forms, complete them, and the selected elderly are unaware, as to what has happened. Difficult to detect. In my view. based on many elections, the "floating vote" takes Graiseley, with the aid of the improper voting practices.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Monday, 15 February 2010
Friday, 12 February 2010
A minister was completing s temperance sermon, with great emphasis, he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I"d take it and pour it into the river"
With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I"d take it and pour it into the river.
And then finally, said if I had all the whiskey in the world I"d take it and pour it into the river.
Sermon completed he sat down
The hymn leader stood and very cautiously announced with a smile, nearly laughing, For our closing hymn let us sing:
Hymn 365. "Shall we gather at the river"
With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I"d take it and pour it into the river.
And then finally, said if I had all the whiskey in the world I"d take it and pour it into the river.
Sermon completed he sat down
The hymn leader stood and very cautiously announced with a smile, nearly laughing, For our closing hymn let us sing:
Hymn 365. "Shall we gather at the river"
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Over here
Over Here.
The first American troops to arrive in our part of the world arrived in 1942. The came to what became know as Sudbury Camp(nearly in Marching ton)A hospital was built at the present site of HMP Prison. A great marshalling yard was built outside Sudbury Railway Station. The first American troops were transportation types, not infantrymen. Firstly, they were all white, then black soldiers arrived. My First Observations.. The amount of money they had compared with our troops, the food they ate, the style of dancing, and their smoking packet after packet of cigarettes. . Advantages, they had a steady supply of chewing gum, some of us, managed to get into the base hospital, when Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and other Hollywood stars appeared. Exciting in the life of 1940”s teenagers. Dislikes. The various obvious colour bar. White troops on one night, black on the other. All towns in reachable destinations had colour and white nights. Officers, had no bounds. Black officers, were a rarity. Trouble between our troops on leave ( already had been at war 2 years), and mainly the white Americans. It came as a surprise to our local soldiers, that Americans did not rely on fists. Our local Police, had problems, but mainly, held their own, aided, by the Snowballs”, white and black, who hit hard and sometimes fatally, in any disturbances.. Highlights. American armoured cars, with 20 Thompson sub machine guns, to collect the payroll from Barclays Bank. All traffic stopped, the bank ringed with guards, and the large trunks of money brought out.. Just like the American films. It was exciting at first, then we grew used to it. Our young ladies and those from outlying districts, all attended American sponsored dances. No alcohol, but cakes of all types. For two years, they were a permanent feature, then in 1944, they began to move. Our next interest, was the Italian Prisoners of war. I will tell that story later
The first American troops to arrive in our part of the world arrived in 1942. The came to what became know as Sudbury Camp(nearly in Marching ton)A hospital was built at the present site of HMP Prison. A great marshalling yard was built outside Sudbury Railway Station. The first American troops were transportation types, not infantrymen. Firstly, they were all white, then black soldiers arrived. My First Observations.. The amount of money they had compared with our troops, the food they ate, the style of dancing, and their smoking packet after packet of cigarettes. . Advantages, they had a steady supply of chewing gum, some of us, managed to get into the base hospital, when Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and other Hollywood stars appeared. Exciting in the life of 1940”s teenagers. Dislikes. The various obvious colour bar. White troops on one night, black on the other. All towns in reachable destinations had colour and white nights. Officers, had no bounds. Black officers, were a rarity. Trouble between our troops on leave ( already had been at war 2 years), and mainly the white Americans. It came as a surprise to our local soldiers, that Americans did not rely on fists. Our local Police, had problems, but mainly, held their own, aided, by the Snowballs”, white and black, who hit hard and sometimes fatally, in any disturbances.. Highlights. American armoured cars, with 20 Thompson sub machine guns, to collect the payroll from Barclays Bank. All traffic stopped, the bank ringed with guards, and the large trunks of money brought out.. Just like the American films. It was exciting at first, then we grew used to it. Our young ladies and those from outlying districts, all attended American sponsored dances. No alcohol, but cakes of all types. For two years, they were a permanent feature, then in 1944, they began to move. Our next interest, was the Italian Prisoners of war. I will tell that story later
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