Feb. 27, 1788: A three-day skirmish called the âBattle of the Lost State of Franklinâ was fought at what is now Tipton-Haynes Historic Site. Soldiers braved severe cold and snowstorms. (Source: An Adventure in Northeast Tennessee: A three Day (Self-Guided) Tour by Faith Stahl.)
Feb. 27, 1890: Readers of The Comet learned âThe order for the basting and iron work for the new hotel and office building for the Carnegie Land Company has been given to the Johnson City Foundry and Machine Works. The order is a large one and Chattanooga and Knoxville companies had bids in but Johnson City never gets left. The company here does as good work and does it cheaper than any company in the State (sic). It is not out of place to state here that there are only one or two larger and better equipped shops in the State than the Johnson City Foundry and machine works (sic.)â
North Paddington Foodbank manager James Quayle
- Credit: James Quayle
A Maida Vale foodbank fears that plans to cut universal credit will cause hundreds more people to need emergency support.
At the start of the pandemic, the government boosted the amount of money people get for universal credit by an “uplift” of £20 a week – or about £1,000 a year.
But plans to take away that £20 from April 1 have concerned charities and grassroots groups including North Paddington Foodbank, based in Elgin Avenue.
The centre’s manager James Quayle, 31, said: “At the height of the first lockdown we were helping 1,200 to 1,300 people a week.
The Trussell Trust expects to give out six emergency food parcels every minute over winter. Credit: PA
While many will be wondering what to do with the full fridge that was ready for Christmas guests that will never arrive, there will be those in the country who will be asking how they will be getting any food in there at all.
The UK is heading for one of its bleakest Christmases in living memory thanks to the pandemic but the response to the frustration of cancelled plans should not be to throw away all the food, there are many who will need it more.