Richard Hammerton

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@bt_uk @anna_tims My elderly mum has just had a bill for £614 with six days to pay. She is in tears. She calls me most days since my dad died at Christmas as she lives alone. Her previous bills were normal. An unlimited tariff would have been £48 extra. What are you going to do?

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@MorleyRA That is more interesting! I went to Pitchford Hall yesterday - not into the hall itself but visitable for an art exhibition in the Orangery and a chance to see the treehouse - also had a quick look round the church there.

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@MorleyRA I was told it was from arrows - either to sharpen them or confer a very partisan blessing onto them!

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@neilhimself Really hoping for news of a new Neverwhere series on the back of the brilliant BBC radio version, and can I mention Seven Sisters?? It's up against some strong competition but Neverwhere is my favourite out of all your books - reread it so many times.

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@neilhimself Truckers deserves a mention here

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@MorleyRA @Carriedcarpet @samfaith I was in Shirehall briefly last week - the mural is now partly hidden behind stacked furniture but I took a quick picture.

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@MorleyRA I worked in the Shirehall for years (until the Covid home working era) - and it's sadly underappreciated, I really like it. Despite neglect and some horrible alterations it still has lots of the original design elements inside and out. I have a lot of pictures!

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@mark_carnall Crankery now is a pale shadow of its former self. Why settle for a flat Earth when you could have a hollow one chock full of advanced races, flying saucers and dinosaurs?

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@ButItWasAliens Kelly hopkinsville goblins? Classic case..

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@sewellspotnjot This is great - I've got as far as getting my watercolours out and looking at them but that's about it!

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@BenQuinn75 @O_LJ This is really good except that the way the labels don't align clearly with the scale is a bit confusing. Is the yellow bar for 'events cancelled' or 'limited', and so on up the scale?

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@PHE_uk This is a useful resource for public information purposes but please also keep updating the data table of UTLAs or at least provide the CSV. This dashboard makes it harder for data professionals because the formatting has changed and nothing can be downloaded or copied from here!

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

Shrewsbury floods 17/02/2020

River Severn at 4.7 metres; highest level since November 2000

@shropshirestar @bbcnews @BBCMidsWeather @SkyNews @guardian @itvnews @Channel4News @thetimes @FinancialTimes @bbcweather @metoffice @envagency
https://t.co/Nj1tMSq5zM

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@MrIanSheppard @sosbirds I'll let you know if I see it again!

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@sosbirds I was fairly surprised to see this black swan fly in and land on the Severn at Frankwell 06/10/19

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@MotherScuffer I wasn't sure if it was the beard or the Rolleiflex that caught your eye! 😄 I spent a lot of time at SFF this year trying to eat ice cream without plastering most of it on the ridiculous moustache..

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

Shrewsbury doesn't get many
thunderstorms but we certainly had one
last night! @guardian @bbcweather
@BBCShropshire @metoffice @SkyNews
@thetimes @ShropshireStar
#thunderstorm #ukstorm #lightning #Shropshire #Shrewsbury

[Richard Hammerton @thehammerton]

@ShrewsburyTC Hi, any news on when the new STC fishing website will be up and running? Fishing season starts in a couple of weeks! Thanks

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

Finally it's a book! It doesn't come out until May. Until then it's separation anxiety and the desperate desire for someone to read it. SO I'm giving away this one signed copy (my only spare at the moment) to someone who Retweets ...

Go Littel book ...

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

I’m so thrilled by these new covers by @StevenLenton that I’m going to give a full set of signed copies to someone who retweets this. I’ll pick a winner Sunday night