Richard Bacon Blog Button and BBC Says “Don’t Rely on the Information in Our Emails”
I did a few pro-Mansfield buttons yesterday, and Tom Pegg from the Local Paper - the Chad - has demanded one of Richard Bacon, who is now a presenter on Radio 5.
Since I found a good Creative Commons photo of Richard Bacon on Flick-r (courtesy James Cridland), here you go, Tom:
![militant-about-mansfield-richard-bacon[1]](http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/militant-about-mansfield-richard-bacon1.jpg)
The only fly in the ointment will be if he detests Mansfield. If so, we’ll set Alan Meale MP on him.
Beyond Rebecca Adlington: Famous People from Mansfield - Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Rebecca Adlington has won two gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and put Mansfield back on the map. This blog is based near Mansfield, which used to be a centre of coal production where the local industry played an heroic role in resisting the UK National Miners’ Strike in 1984.
For a contrast I thought that this morning I’d introduce you to a few of our more “artistic” local heroes.
