As you read this, September’s Spurtle (Issue 244) is clattering off the press like a trainload of young Spanish language students disembarking at Waverley Station.
It contains no end of exciting news delivered at high speed and great volume in every direction all at once, concerning the totality of existence as currently experienced in Broughton. More or less.
What's it all about?
There are a bakery, charette, turd, dirty surface area and spanner in the works on page 1, followed by uplifting coffee, buck-passing and eyebrow raising on page 2. Also din, bins, more coffee, more din and a man made of rubber balls.
Page 3 profiles a fine cause based in the barony, departing friends (airy and artistic), and the curious presence of Patti Smith on a street near you.
There are glad tidings of great Gormleys in 'Briefly', police news, weed killer refreshment, Lidl intelligence, and the end of Aurora.
By-election runners and riders follow, as do things that go ding in the night and then stop. Potential prizes, biscuits and Her Majesty’s pleasure bring all good things to an end at the foot of page 4.
Where to avoid it?
Grab your copy from any of the usual outlets once distribution starts tomorrow in libraries, shops, eateries, drinkeries, hair salons and bicycle shops the length and breadth of Spurtleshire (see map here).
Alternatively, download a sumptuous 4-colour pdf by clicking on the new front-page image (top-right) which will appear on our Home Page from first thing in the morning.
How to get in touch?
If you have news, views, ideas or an unquenchable urge to get stuck in, please contact us at spurtle@hotmail.co.uk or Tel. 556 4848. We’d love to hear from you.