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This is a post by Becky for The Great British Blog Festival. Becky blogs over at www.babybudgeting.co.uk She has a great belief in resourecful and supportive communities.
When Great Grandma was a young mum, al her pals were too. They lived near each other and none of them had formal jobs. They were all on quite a budget. As a result they shared skills (hairdressing for an apple pie?) shared knowledge (here?s how to get out blueberry stains, ooh I know where you can get a cheap pram) and generally …

This post is written by Mummyinahurry for the Great British Blog Festival
For years I have been boring friends and family senseless helpfully offering unsolicited advice to friends and family alike with my tips on cooking/cleaning and bargain hunting. In fact at work I used to carry the nickname ‘asknatalie.com’, and I was often approached for advice on a number of topics like present ideas, places to go to eat out and discount deals.
A year ago, I made the biggest decision of my life to give up my job (and the …

Thanks to ‘Emily’ of MTJAM for this insight into anonymous blogging for the Great British Blog Festival. Emily is a finalist in the MADs funniest blog category.
The internet is a vast, anonymous city, made up of pockets of neighbourhoods where everybody knows everybody. When you start a blog you can choose to go unnoticed, you can choose to hide your true identity, or you can choose to throw yourself into community life. I choose to write anonymously. Having my real name all over the internet would …

This post is by Mr Shev for the Great British Blog Festival. Mr Shev is a MADs finalist in the funniest blog category, I think you’ll see why!
When I was a wee lad, my Daddy sat me on his knee and said: ‘blogging, son; it’s a hard life…aye, I remember my first post like it were yesterday…and my first comment! I were so proud…’ He actually said none of that; because he couldn’t use a computer, he wasn’t from Yorkshire and the internet was just a back-of-an-envelope idea the …

Hello, and welcome to the Great British Blog Festival! A chance for us to celebrate and discuss everything about blogging. I invited posts across all aspects of blogging and you responded, we have over 25 fantastic posts on blogging and I’ve had to recruit a few extra hosts. The festival will now be held across the following blogs
Littlemummy.com
Littlemumpreneur
Englishmum
Cafebebe
Me The Man And The Baby
Get Involved!
1. Check out the host blogs every day for new posts.
2. Check the McLinky below for any posts you might have missed.
3. …

I’m inspired! Guest Post Day was amazing again and I think it’s time to celebrate this phenomenon that is blogging.
Introducing The Great British Blog Festival, like a carnival, but not a carnival. A festival of blogging!
How it will work…
I’m inviting bloggers to submit their posts on blogging to me. Each day one will be published on a host blog. My two blogs will both be host blogs and if we need more host blogs then we’ll deal with that if it happens.
The festival will run from …