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March 2, 2007
Boyhood idol
I had an enjoyable lunch yesterday with Cathy Ranson, who writes her weekly rants and raves column in the Gazette.
This is an excellent feature which appears in the guide section of the paper and if you have not read it already I would thoroughly reccommment that you do so.
We discussed some exciting new ideas for Cathy's coumn which we will be looking to introduce over the coming months, with a particular emphasis on families with children.
The topic of conversation also got on to Cathy's job with Hasbro, who are based on Stockley Business Park and are the second largest toy manufacturer in the UK and Europe.
Hasbro do some tremendous work in the community and Cathy is heavily involved in organising Party in the Park in the borough, which this year will be held on June 30 and I am looking forward to the Gazette getting involved in the event.
We also somehow got on to the subject of Action Man, one of the many toys produced by Hasbro. It brought back many childhood memories as I was an avid fan of Action Man and, I was interested to hear that this boyhood idol has had a complete makeover and is once again popular after a few years in the doldrums.
Apart from working for Hasbro, Cathy is also editor of Sunshine magazine, the free local community magazine for families living in Hillingdon cathy@sunshinemagazine.co.uk
Just to add that next week's Gazette is already shaping up nicely and we have a number of strong stories and features already lined up and, for the first time in many months look like having almost a full compliment of staff.
Posted by aseal at March 2, 2007 7:50 AM