Fairtrade Event on Fishermead

I arrived late at the Trinty Centre on Fishermead I was engrossed on the sofa listening to BBC News 24 and the coverage of Gordon Brown's speech at Warwick University launching the new General Election slogan followed by a robust interview with Lord Peter Mandelson.

As everything was set up I spoke first for a long time with Cllr Martin Petchey chiefly catching up on the goings on at Campbell Park Parish Council.

I also spoke with Cllr John Goss who was wearing a union jack t-shirt (the young must have thicker blood as I had to keep my coat on.)

I introduced myself to Cllr Paul Williams who recently has joined Campbell Park Parish Council for the Fishermead ward and is a candidate in the 2010 local Council elections for Linford North ward who was making a cup of tea in the kitchen unaware he was going to give it to a member of the public who had sneaked in and was told by Pete as I was stopping him from speaking to him.

I spoke to Paul later and it would appear he lives in the house that belonged to my best mate at school Steven Saby on Hutton Avenue on Oldbrook I regaled him with my memories of my mis spent youth there including the time that I was sick in the bathroom due to too much alcohol it is a very small world.

Angela Williams (Treasurer of the city Labour Party) popped in as did Cllr Hilary Saunders so it was like a Labour Party social but as Pete quite rightly pointed out the invitations along with a survey was more important in getting voter contact details.

After a lot of chatting with everyone my throat was sore and I was having a dizzy spell which I get every now and then which feels like your going to collapse and to cure it I started to put tables and chairs away Pete was having problems putting the legs down of the table so I showed him the knack of doing it which he was impressed by and I said it comes from going to too many meetings and socials.

Martin asked for help washing up and so I volunteered, everyone was still chatting away and I looked at my watch and saw it was 4:00pm so I said my good byes as I had lots to do when I got home.

As I got to my car a couple were arguing as they got out of their car.