Well, we have just clicked up our thousandth post on the new Seaside Gazette website, making this article the 1001st post, which is not bad, seeing as this online version of the Seaside Gazette has only been going since April 2009 – a little over a year. At the moment we have around 1,700 visits…
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British Embassy Newsletter – August
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The monthly newsletter from the British Embassy in Madrid with useful information for British residents in Spain
Back in Time
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(SP) Lanjarón Town Hall invites you to take a break to let your imagination go back to the times when Spain was the home of three cultures
Publication Update – August
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We should be at the printer tomorrow morning, 8am, and taking into consideration that the printer doesn’t work over the weekend… means that we’re out on the 3rd and will begin deliveries that same evening.
British Embassy News Letter
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While some may think of Spain and its Costas simple as a retirement destination, the reality is that it is also a popular choice for couples and young families.
Alpujarra Tarmac
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Those living up in the Alpujarra don’t exactly need reminding that the local road system is still in bad shape after the onslaught of the winter rains, but down here on the coast we need something to cheer us up, so here goes. (Ouch!)
Where’s the Hospital?
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The PP has accused the Junta of failing with their promise to build a hospital for the comarca. The leader of the provincial PP, Sebastían Pérez, launched this accusation on a visit to the area.
New 4-Star
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Lanjarón is to have its first 4-star hotel built within the Spa (Balneario). According to the building developer behind it, the 120-room complex should be open for the second half of 2011.
Vintage Photo Exhibition
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At the archivo-museo Ruiz de Almodóvar in Órgiva, part of the offices of a lawyer by that name, there is an ongoing exhibition of 55 photos from 1915.
Woo-Hoo! España!
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Football history for Spain! Great match and tonight the streets are thronging. Red and Yellow everywhere: on flags, faces, wigs, and T-shirts Tonight the crisis is forgotten For an excellent account of the match, which you saw, anyway, but from an American point of view, click on this link