http://blog.belocal.com building BeLocal one postcode at a time ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:02:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blog.belocal.com/2008/11/10/bonfire-night-2008/ We're off to see the local fireworks. Hope you enjoy yours if you are out and about. Check out the photo on belocal.com - we thought it captured the spirit of Bonfire night quite well - thanks http://www.flickr.com/photos/78164632@N00/308019923/ http://blog.belocal.com/2008/11/07/becareful/ I took this picture a year ago - it's just outside Lavenham in Suffolk. For the BeLocal front page we're typically looking for photos that evoke concepts such as people, community & local activity. This photo doesn't do that but for the few calm days between Halloween and Bonfire Night ... http://blog.belocal.com/2008/11/04/nr-lavenham-suffolk/ We found this picture on Flickr and thought it was great so we've put it at belocal.com - thanks http://www.flickr.com/people/lobo235/ We'll be out later with the ghosts and goblins. We won't BeScared! http://blog.belocal.com/2008/10/31/bescared/ We recently went on our family summer holiday to the Suffolk coast near Southwold. On the way I saw a local village shop in Franlingham with about 50 British flags outside it. We really enjoyed staying local - with a total journey - door to field (we were camping) - ... http://blog.belocal.com/2008/09/18/local-in-blighty/ The local (The Five Bells, Hessett, IP30 9AX) is hosting a BBQ this Bank Holiday. BeLocal is very happy to be supporting this local initiative to bring local people together. We've helped out with the promotion of the event - now if only BeLocal were up and running we could ... http://blog.belocal.com/2008/08/21/belocal-bbq-bank-holiday-the-five-bells-hessett/ Ahead of the first BeLocal BBQ (see next post) at The Five Bells, Hessett I demonstrated BeLocal to Mike (part of the new management team) down at our local. He liked the idea so much he insisted on doing this video - thanks Mike! http://blog.belocal.com/2008/08/21/mike-discovers-belocal/ From the East Anglian Daily Times - our 'local' paper: "Prince Charles will stamp a Royal seal of approval on the campaign to promote small shops when he meets some of Suffolk's successful producers." We fully support the Shop Local campaign - the major supermarkets have a role to play but ... http://blog.belocal.com/2008/08/08/prince-charles-backs-shop-local-campaign/ Gordon Brown is opting for a British holiday this year, along with many people I've spoken to over the past few weeks he's decided to stay closer to home. A trip to Southwold and Scotland will do him, and why not. Southwold beach huts image from zoer on flickr http://blog.belocal.com/2008/07/16/gordon-goes-local/ From Stowe Boyd: I predict a surge in hyperlocal writing and connecting -- I stop short of referring to it as 'news' or 'journalism' -- linked with various aspects of living locally. Since these various threads may not be mutually supportive, they won't add up to anything like the strange combination ... http://blog.belocal.com/2008/07/07/local-news-what-is-local-news/