All New Birmingham Rag Market

Advantages: Cheap, diverse product range
Disadvantages: Difficult to get to, can't always get what you want

...Those local (and maybe not so local) to Birmingham and the Midlands will know Birmingham is undergoing a major face lift at the moment - this includes the demolition and reconstruction of all things Bull Ring related. The Rag Market in its original place moved temporarily to the old Bus Depot about 2 years ago. As this was only ever a temporary home, Brum council set about building new homes for the fruit and veg and rag markets. Both these buildings opened earlier this year. Well done Brum Council! Not only are the new buildings warmer, cleaner, brighter, safer and generally better - they have managed to keep the diversity, all round funkiness and general atmosphere of the old rag market well and truly alive. I always go to the Rag market to buy toiletries (find shower gels half price compared to high-street on some stalls...

cate_wheatley 15.04.2001 · Read review
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Remington Hair Envy Rag Rollers

Advantages: Case, fantastic soft curls, do not damage hair
Disadvantages: Wire become too bent to be of use, heavy, not for short hair

...after each use in the exact reverse of the way you bent them, then the ends become shorter and shorter as the wire inside the rag bends over on itself very easily. I can see me having to replace them within 6 months unless I unpick the stitching on the affected rollers and straighten the wire when I can see which way it has bent. I now have 3 rollers that are unusable as the wire is too short too bend. For that reason alone I would try another brand next time....

kathryns 26.03.2008 · Read review
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"The Socialist Bible"?, "The Decorator's Bible"? Read it

Advantages: A must for socialists and non socialists alike
Disadvantages: Makes you think a lot, may change your social views!!

...'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' was written by Robert Tressell in 1910 ,but wasn't published until 1914 after his death in 1911. Robert Tressell's real name was Robert Noonan, he was born in Dublin in 1870, the illigitable son of a senior member of the Royal Irish Constabulary. He began to demonstrate radical political ideals in his teens and left home at sixteen. He moved to South Africa, married, had a daughter - Kathleen, was divorced and then to came to live in England with Kathleen. He was in fact - rather than an author - a sign writer/painter and decorator (he chose the name 'Tressell' from the trestle table which he used in his job). When Tressell lost his job and became ill he started writing hoping to earn enough money to keep himself and his daughter from the workhouse. (He wrote under the pen name as he...

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Rags to Richie

Advantages: Excellent and descriptive
Disadvantages: It has to end!

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lisaterryuk 11.03.2004 · Read review
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Dancing On The Valentine

Advantages: Duran duran at their best
Disadvantages: None

.... The audience's on those first two occasions had been mostly male, but after the release of Rio in 1982, this changed completely! I went to see them for the fourth time when on tour promoting this album, and it was scary! Screaming girls pushing, shoving and fainting, which spolied the experience for me. The band sounded great, but I never went to see them live again after this. The band :- Simon Le Bon - vocals John Taylor - bass Roger Taylor - drums Andy Taylor - lead guitar Nick Rhodes - keyboards Seven and the Ragged Tiger was released in 1983, the third album form the band, and the last one to feature the original line up with Andy Taylor on lead guitar. Duran Duran carried on over the years that followed , with drummer Roger Taylor also leaving the band. A few years ago the original five members got back together and released an album...

JEFFJEN 10.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Seven And The Ragged Tiger (Limited Edition) [Remastered] - Duran Duran

Our Local Rag

Advantages: Local and national news six days a week.
Disadvantages: None

...before the paper hit the streets. Sadly this service is no longer. To complement the LET there is an excellent web site at: http//www.thisislancashire.co.uk where you can not only read the daily news on-line but also use the first rate search engine to read news from days gone by. To sum up this local rag has everything that a newspaper reader requires of a local paper, except national news, although on the odd occasion a major national news item will be featured....

jimbuck 28.02.2001 · Read review
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Review of Lancashire Evening Telegraph

Red Rags to a Bull

Advantages: You have been warned
Disadvantages: ...you may not listen

...These are the simple phrases that can ruin my day?and therefore yours! Please try to avoid them. Names have not been omitted to protect the innocent. The people who use these sayings are as guilty as sin and they deserve to be strung up by their toenails over a blazing pit of stewed prunes. (Will stewed prunes burn?). Names have been omitted because you know who you are. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. This is one of my boss's favourites. Usually employed when I'm launching on a full scale rant about how this isn't my job, I was promised this would not be dumped on me and now it is going to be because the people who should be doing it won't/can't/can't be A***ed, but someone has to and I'm the gullible-enough moron who will allow themselves to be red-ragged into it. Also used in circumstances where I'm more than happy to...

hiker 28.04.2005 (29.04.2005) · Read review
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Review of 10 Most Annoying Sayings

Shane To Alfie

Advantages: Great read, interesting, informative, honest
Disadvantages: Takes a while to get your interest

...’s one of my favourite characters and EastEnders would be a lesser soap without him. Even my daughters think he’s “fit”! So when his autobiography came out – Rags To Richie – I thought I’d give it a try. I borrowed it from the library and finished it yesterday. So what did I think? Is Mr. Richie really that old slappable love rat I thought he was or is he as adorable as Alfie? Read on to find out. ACCEPTANCE TO LIKE I began reading Rags To Richie expecting my image of Shane to revert to the old one. I knew he would cover his infidelity, his mistakes, his rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and I was waiting to be unimpressed, almost condemning. I found the first few chapters an easy enough read, but not very inspiring. I thought I would be struggling to finish it – but suddenly...

KarenUK 29.01.2004 · Read review
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Rags to Riches - A Look at Textiles

Advantages: Reduces waste, help third world
Disadvantages: Cheap, imported, poor quality fabrics

...cheap clothing being imported from 'sweatshops' in poorer countries. It would seem that everyone can now afford brand new clothing. The problem is that these clothes are produced from very low quality materials. One wash and they shrink, mishape or fade. Not really much good for recycling or for the person that's paid money for them or the poor worker who spends a sixteen hour day making them. Very good for the companies that profit from them though! Some clothes when recycled are sent to third world countries, but only good quality ones. The people there don't want to wear faded, mishapen clothing anymore than you do. There is also a market for industrial rags, which I presume is where worn out and poorer quality materials go. A new a emerging market is the trend for redesigning recycled clothing. A company called 'Traid...

inycon2 28.02.2004 · Read review
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As good as they got

Advantages: Couple of good tracks
Disadvantages: Fatty Le Bon

...After a number of years spent trying, Duran Duran finally got a number 1 single in March 1983, with the memorable Is There Something I Should Know. The group spent most of the year out of the country in tax exile - in France, the West Indies and Australia - writing, recording and mixing their third album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger. They composed the songs as a group in their usual way. Although each member was primarily concerned with the music for his own instrument - with Simon Le Bon overlaying voacls later - they all chipped in with ideas, often starting from an interesting beat laid down by drummer Roger Taylor. The album went straight in to the charts at number 1, but the Union of the Snake single extracted from it inly made number 4, a big disappointment to the band. They had shown a strong tendency to mistake style...

dave27 08.10.2000 · Read review
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