Archives for January 2017
A Kimberworth man is hoping to raise £1,000 for charity by having his testicles shaved. Ken Baldcock from Bradgate Road says he will carry out the delicate exfoliation in the privacy of his own bathroom, on the 10th February, but has no intention of lobbing out his towns for public inspection. “People are going to
Anyone looking for information or advice would do well to avoid books, bypass the internet and shun so called experts, because a new study has revealed that old people at bus stops know more about everything than all of them. And they’re more than happy to share it. Professor Norman Stubbs from The University
An entrepreneurial Rotherham man has cashed in on the crisis in the health service by setting up a mobile emergency treatment clinic, parked in a lay-by near Rotherham District General Hospital on Moorgate Road. Barry Ball from Bramley, who it’s rumoured once held a valid First Aid certificate in the 1980’s, is using an old
A man who fell victim to male pattern baldness says he has come up with a solution which could help thousands of other slapheads. When Mick Hicks, 47, from Kimberworth lost his hair, he became depressed and embarrassed. In desperation, he started searching for an answer to his follicular failure, and investigated getting a hair
Drink driving is an emotive topic, but if new proposals suggested by a South Yorkshire think tank get the green light, we’ll be seeing a lot more of it from later in the year. Under current UK law, a driver is deemed to have committed a drink drive offence by having in excess of 80
Rotherham’s bus lanes look set to become a thing of the past after a study failed to find a single passenger who needed to be anywhere anytime soon. The study, headed up by Professor Joseph Carr, head of Applied Passenger Logistics at the University of Central Mexborough, looked at hundreds of bus journeys spread
A survey carried out by retailer Pets At Home has revealed that the fattest dogs in the UK are to be found in the Swinton area of Rotherham. The Rotherham Bugle brings you this genuine information as a public service, but is regrettably unable to think of a single joke or anything funny about this
A big hearted local man has launched a charity appeal to raise money to give disadvantaged local youngsters the experience of their life. Unemployed Steve Smiley from Rawmarsh is looking to raise £170,000 to purchase a Lamborghini Huracan so that he can give young people who haven’t had the best start, the opportunity to experience
A Rotherham man says he has been left embarrassed and humiliated after a drunken bet outside a town centre tattoo parlour left him with less than he bargained for. Mick Dixon. 22, from East Dene has often joked about the size of his manhood, and as he passed The Inkredible Tattoo Studio on Wellgate with
It’s a phenomenon that is baffling experts – thousands of Rotherham families set off on holiday every year but apparently fail to reach their destination. Extensive research has revealed that nobody from outside the borough has ever met anyone from Rotherham while on holiday. We sent our foreign correspondent off to several resorts in the
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