From The Archives: A Cumbrian at Christmas.

WELCOME to another visit to the Reporting From The Fox Tower archives, marking the tenth anniversary of this blog. One of the final posts of 2005 was on Christmas Day, from which I have borrowed for the title of this post. I am aware it is mid-June at the time of this post; The continual rain assures me it is summer.

A Cumbrian at Christmas was to share the achievement of Carlisle's Roxanne Pallett (pictured above) as she was introduced to our television screens as Jo Stiles on Emmerdale. Roxanne would receive nominations for Best Actress, Sexiest Female and Best Storyline during her time on the show.

Some other memories, from early 2006:

February 2006 saw the magnificent Melissa Meic (above left) introduced to Reporting From The Fox Tower. Mella featured in a post titled 'World of Blog'. What did we love about Mella? A dynamic young woman in Sydney, Australia, loving life, loving work and loving Hanson.

Springtime 2006 saw the magnificent Emelie (above right) introduced to Reporting From The Fox Tower. Mele featured in a post titled 'World of Blog - Part Two'. What did we love about Mele? A dynamic young woman in Sweden and Los Angeles, loving life, loving work and loving Hanson.

And finally...

Springtime 2006 saw the magnificent Stine Heyerdahl-Slettemark (pictured here) introduced to Reporting From The Fox Tower. Stine featured in a post titled 'World of Blog (Part Three) - Traveler's Tales'. What did we love about Stine? A dynamic young woman in Oslo, Norway, loving life, loving work and loving Hanson.

Until the next time.

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From The Archives - The Early Days

OVER the years on Reporting From The Fox Tower, many features have been tried,tested, and not necessarily dropped, more rested. Late 2015, this blog celebrated its tenth anniversary. As the tenth anniversary year continues, what better way to continue to mark the decade than with a look at the image archive, with a few notes about the images posted at the time. Beginning with the very first image posted on this blog:

Way back in December 2005, the Hunting With Dogs ban had not long been introduced. This image, which was actually taken from the Sky News archive at the time of the post, shows the typically stereotypical image of hunting with dogs - Huntsman on horseback in red tunic and velvet jacket. The BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards were a short time away from the time of the post, the post reflected on the cheeky idea doing the rounds on the internet at the time to nominate the man in red for services to equestrianism on the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Awards.
Unfortunately for those behind the plan, the BBC would not allow such high jinks to be involved in the voting process of the competition.
On to another image...

This Carlisle United Football Club crest was posted December 2005, when, under the leadership of Paul Simpson, United would be crowned the Champions of League Two the following May.

Finally, two more images to bring you for this post...

The Divine Miss Maria Sharapova.

These images of Maria Sharapova were first published on Reporting From The Fox Tower December 2005. The first image, which was captured in Rome 2005, also hinted at the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year competition at the time, asking why Miss Sharapova was not being recognised for her victories at that stage of her career.

The second image, captured at Wimbledon, accompanied a post where I wistfully wished what I wanted for Christmas that year...

Until the next time, enjoy.