Seasonal Snippets
That’s It From Us Until The New Year
We’re taking a break until the New Year to enjoy some friends and family time. See you in the New Year! From everyone at onlineFOCUS
Here’s a Quick Recap of 2018 For Rayleigh Liberal Democrats
Watch our video to catch the highlights of 2018. We’d like to thank onlineFOCUS readers for all their support in 2018 and hope you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Get Your Jingle On
Tis the season to be jolly…….
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree….
If you can we recommend visiting the Holy Trinty Church, they currently have the ‘Christmas Tree Festival’ running. See their website for more details You can ‘vote’ on your favourite for a small donation – our personal favourite was split between the poppy tree and Vets4pets entry, although other trees such […]
The Decorations Are Up
Well, here at onlineFOCUS we’ve had a busy morning hanging up the Christmas decorations. We hope you’ve continued to find our blog informative and helpful throughout the year. If there’s anything you’d like to see on our blog in the future please do get in touch. From all of us […]
A Song For Fathers Day
This is song and video from the Texan? group Bowling For Soup. They are best known for having a slightly comic feel to their music, but this is one of their serious productions – about a father and son, and then a grandson. Incidentally, the actor playing the father is […]
It’s A Wonderful Community Life
Chris Black writes: Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” begins and ends on Christmas Eve – and should have a special resonance for anyone who fancies themselves as a community campaigner. The hero of the film , George Bailey , is a superb worker for his community – but neglects […]
Christmas Carol – 100 Years Ago
If you’ve just enjoyed watching the Dr Who episode entitled A Christmas Carol here’s the 1910 film version of A Christmas Carol
A Political Ghost Story
This is a true story about a former MP for our area – Major Sir Frederick Carne Rasch. Rasch seemed to have had a pretty good life. He went to Eton and then Trinity College Cambridge, and did a lot of rowing there (that?s rowing boats , not rowing in […]
“Let Me Give It A Try”
This is dedicated to every councillor who’s ever sat down in their lounge with a friend and a big tray of sandwiches and spent hours trying to improve the council budget… The film is “Dave” starrring Kevin Kline, who plays an ordinary guy who just happens to be a perfect […]