The Not So Secret Diary of a Grumpess

I’m known amongst my contempories as someone who loves computers, almost enough to qualify as a geek [not quite though as I’m far too old a...

Alas it seems no-one wants the old GR TURNERS sign, it's just been cast aside amongst the heap of rubble. My neighbour, ahem, kindly su...

Righto, as many of you may have guessed by now if you’ve read some of my previous posts. I’ve not actually been at home for most of the demo...

I apologise to anyone visiting my blog for an update of the current happenings on the old Heanor Haulage site in Langley Mill only to find n...

The metal buildings are being crunched at the bottom of the street. We've been told that the building with the 'GRTurners' sign ...

Well, they've certainly been busy on the Heanor Haulage/Asda site this last week, although you can't tell by looking from this side...

After waiting what seems like years for the demolition of the buildings previously owned by Heanor Haulage [and several other companies]. I...

For the first time since Heanor Haulage have been on the back of us [as well as the front] we saw five hooded dewdrops blatantly trespassing...

As per usual, every time we receive an interesting bit of mail from Asda regarding their Langley Mill store, we just happened to be away [on...

I've just read on the 'Facebook Asda Langley Mill' site that residents in the new houses on North Street were offered £25 + anot...

Oh I say! We’re being fenced in ... er … out. Work started at the crack of dawn - relatively speaking, it was the crack of my dawn [8.00...

We went last week to open the caravan aka ‘the manor’, the usual hardy bunch were there getting their money’s worth. Most sensible folk wait...

Yet another Friday night effort from Ted, comment on 'Not Rumours After All': My God Lady Grumpess, this is serious stuff, going to ...

For the past few days we've felt very minor vibrations [almost constantly throughout the day], at first it was only me but eventually th...

I went with the grumpy old man to Eastwood at dinner time to buy some Birthday cards, I won't be going again in a hurry. The zebra cross...