During the month of June we have “Recycle now,” week and “World Environment Day.” So here’s a fitting story. In the queue at the store, the question we all dread from the patronising young cashier, do you have your own bags ? In this case the cashier goes on to explain to the older woman that plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have the green thing back in my day.” That’s right, they didn’t have the green thing in her day. Back then, they returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the to be washed and sterilized and refilled, using the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But they didn’t have the green thing back her day. In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn’t have an escalator in every department store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower, gas guzzling 4x4 vehicle every time they had to go to the shops, literally two minutes away. But she’s right. They didn’t have the green thing in her day. Back then, they washed the baby’s nappy’s because they didn’t have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right, they didn’t have the green thing back in her day. Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a pizza dish, not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn’t have electric machines to do everything for you. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used wadded up newspaper to cushion it, not styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, they didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she’s right, they didn’t have the green thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled pens with ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But they didn’t have the green thing back then. Back then, people took the bus and kids rode their bikes to school or took the school bus, some would actually walk to school, instead of turning their mums into a 24-hour taxi service.
They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles in space in order to find the nearest pizza place. But they didn't have the green thing back then!
ARMED FORCES DAY Saturday
25th June 2011
SCHEDULE OF PARADE AND SERVICE GREAT HARWOOD 11.10 a.m. Assemble at Town Gate 11.30 a.m. Parade to the War Memorial via Church Street and Church Lane 11.45 a.m. Service At the conclusion of the service, approximately 12.10 p.m. the parade will return via Church Lane and Church Street to Town Gate for dismissal. A mini bus will be provided to take people from Towngate to the war memorial and back if they are unable to join in the parade.
ACCRINGTON LIONS FAMOUS COMMUNITY CARNIVAL SATURDAY JUNE 18TH, 2011 Theme: SPORT, FITNESS & LEISURE Main Sponsors RISHTON WASTE PAPER Morning Parade/Procession through Accrington starting at 10.45am at Thorneyholme Road, Queens Road, Whalley Road, Abbey Street, Plantation Street and dispersing at Park Street, Accrington. CELEBRITY GUEST!
EVENTS AT: ACCRINGTON & ROSSENDALE COLLEGE Campus SANDY LANE , ACCRINGTON FOOTBALL FINALS
BOYS UNDER 11'S AND 13'S, GIRLS UNDER 13 CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH ACCRINGTON STANLEY 11
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GRAND CHARITY RAFFLE PLUS A WHOLE LOT MORE| ADMISSION £2.50 Gates open at 11.00am
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