Today - Saturday 12th October - Blaina Fire Station

You say you love this station then show it today

Right then.  You say you love your village, you say you love your community, you say that you think that the crew of our Fire Station do a great job and that they are simply wonderful.

Well then today you have a chance to prove it and show you mean those things.

You must go and visit their Fire Station which is open to the public between 9.30am and 4pm and tell them you support them.

These are men of steel but even they need to know that the people they serve are truly behind them and covering their backs, because rest assured there are those in the Fire Service and politics who would stab them in it and leave us defenceless against fires.

So don't say, I am with you boys on Facebook or leave a comment here and then forget about it.

If you are within a reasonable travelling distance, you get to that Fire Station anyway you can, on foot, by bike, horse, dog sled or even better if you have one, by car.  Because then you can have it cleaned at the Fire Stations charity car wash, whilst you have a chance to talk to the people who risk their lives for you,

I am sure you will also see more than a few Councillors like Lisa Winnett, who you can also talk to and if you want me to bore you to death with the frightening statistics of just how weak our defences against a major fire are in Blaenau Gwent, then speak to me.

So this charity car wash is not just a chance to get your car cleaned by a hero but also a chance to actually physically speak to your friends in Our Community over a cup of tea, rather than over the internet.

Be there please.  OK then - pretty please.

Update 08:30

Sorry guys, I just gotta tell you because I was in stitches.  I tuned into BRFM Radio just as Chris (I think) started to play The Fire Brigade by The Move.  Made me smile and brought back so many memories.

Will be adding images to this article throughout the day.