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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Town Centre Improvements Programme funded by SEEDA |
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:15 pm
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| W4W logo-text.jpg SEEDA Projects and Working 4 Whitchurch ⋅ 15 projects shared funding from SEEDA for Town Centre Improvement Projects (TCIP) ⋅ A TCIP 'Steering Group' meet regularly to discuss the projects ⋅ The close-off date was 30 September 2009, later extended to... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:30 pm
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| Suppose, when I see my bank statement, I say "I didn't get cash from the CoOp"? They would have their till records indicating that they gave you the cash. And I guess the police investigating this 'fraud' on behalf of your bank would look at CCTV from the store (if available)... and spot ... |
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Forum: Community Events Topic: Whitchurch History Society |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:17 pm
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| Whitchurch and Overton: A Comparative History Presented by Martin Smith Open meeting of the History Society - everyone invited, small entrance fee of £2 (cheap!) for non-members. Tuesday, 7th September, 7:30pm Gill Nethercott Centre Details (much the same) over on the official town website . ~Andrew~ |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: No.5 Fairclose and proposed new house beside it |
| AndrewRH |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:46 am
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| This will go to Committee. Who will turn up to put a case for preservation of the trees in a disciplined four minutes? That is good news. I suggest some ancient guy go, and tell them that he has a bad back, therefore by their standards, he should be replaced with someone younger with similar skills... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:42 am
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| But I have the receipt! How does that protect the retailer? If you go back in and say, hey, you didn't give me my money, the retailer can say "What money?" and you would have to have some paperwork to show that you took out money. Without it, then its just your word against theirs. Produc... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: No.5 Fairclose and proposed new house beside it |
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:04 am
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| It is reported to the town council that the no.5 Fairclose developer has damaged the roots of the Yew trees during their previous building works. Even with nearly 60 objections, the B&DBC and WTC have agreed that the Yew trees on Fairclose be cut. They recommend new trees planted in the same spo... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Town Councillor thinks Whitchurch should nearly double |
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:22 pm
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| ...I would like to hear Cllr Fitzgerald put his views across to the residents to ensure that we all know his reasons for promoting this massive amount of development for Whitchurch. After all, he was elected by ourselves and he should be representing us.... There is a full town council meeting Mond... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Harvest Home pub |
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:00 am
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| The town website has a story about the closure of the Harvest Home pub . Does anyone know if the B&W photos of Whitchurch that hung above the fireplace were saved? I'd hate for them just to be stripped out of the place and dumped. ~Andrew~ http://whitchurch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ARH2... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:05 am
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| The HSBC ATM was completely switched off yesterday when I passed by it! Update: and in the news today is HSBC threatening to shut its London HQ ! ~Andrew~ p.s. Also confirmed last night that The Bell does charge 50p for cash withdrawls, and you do not have to buy a pint to take advantage of that ser... |
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Forum: Does Anyone Know...? Topic: Cattery |
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:32 pm
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| Hi Em, Our two cats (from Cat's Protection a few years ago) have become familiar with Moss Bank Kennels & Cattery over in Picket Piece (near Andover). Their kennel (?) has an inside and an outside area separated by a cat flap. The outside bit overlooks a lovely garden. It was I think about £6/da... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:05 pm
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Various pubs also offer cash to patrons (for a fee usually - the Bell charges 50p I believe)
Of course, you might just end up staying and spending some 
~Andrew~ |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: atms being out of order/empty |
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:58 pm
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It is a BANK holiday, after all.  |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:47 pm
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| There's an article in the press about the SHLAA meeting which briefly mentions Whitchurch HERE. |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Railway Station ticket office - to shut Saturdays |
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:11 pm
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Southwest trains are shutting the station on Saturdays, according to this news item.
On a more positive note, South-West trains have been painting the station this past week, as they promised. |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Town Centre Improvements Programme funded by SEEDA |
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:24 pm
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| Some of you may be aware that Whitchurch was the fortunate receipient of funding from the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) over the past few years, as part of their Small Rural Towns fund programme. It had its roots in a town "Health check" in the early 2000s. The bulk of the ... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Bank to shut |
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:00 am
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Follow-up to Mike's posting over in the Video Shop RIP thread....
The HSBC windows are now tidy once again - looks like some kind of white plastic added to inside of windows. Now if only we could see the place reopen and the windows cleared! And keep the ATM!
~Andrew~ |
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Forum: Community Events Topic: Becoming a plastic bag free town? |
| AndrewRH |
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:41 am
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| Disclaimer: based entirely on my observations running/walking around the outskirts Whitchurch the last 5 years, having discovered countless 'middens' of cans/bottles/crisp packets. And also assuming that people over 20 aren't into sitting around in fields of an evening. And if they were it would be... |
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Forum: Community Events Topic: Becoming a plastic bag free town? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:44 pm
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chris brown wrote: .PS and i didnt use disposable nappies for my babies Andrew did you say thats because they werent invented 
Disposable nappies - 1942 Invention of the Year award.
~Andrew~ |
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Forum: Community Events Topic: Becoming a plastic bag free town? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:04 pm
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| ...so if we don't get bags that we recycle as rubbish bags, we'll have to buy bin liners (and a pedal bin). Consider: How many bags you take home daily with a shopping trip, and how many times you fill a pastic bag bin liner with rubbish. An article about banning the bag: CarbonCounted (there are p... |
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Forum: Does Anyone Know...? Topic: ...how to capture a screenshot? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:46 am
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| Sorry it's so complicated ;) On PC, there are those extra steps of editing / editing, true. If a simple screenshot to email to someone or put in a document, then my complicated steps can be simplified to: 1. Press ALT+PrintScreen (this captures just the window you are looknig at) 2. Create a new em... |
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Forum: Does Anyone Know...? Topic: ...how to capture a screenshot? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:10 am
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| Hi, If you want to take a screenshot of something you see on the web, then here's how I do it (PC centric, sorry): 1. Download and install Irfanview , a free picture display program 2. Press the 'C' button to bring up its capture setup dialog 3. Set what you want to capture: I usually go for either ... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: GILL NETHERCOTT CENTRE |
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:18 pm
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Photos from a week ago at the GNC gardens...
~Andrew~ |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Park View Playground |
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:59 pm
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| Tested by my younger son this weekend. PASSED! He particularly liked the large climbing wall (slightly taller than the one in Caesar's Way). Traffic noise from the A34 is considerable, like at Caesar's Way playground, though. From parent's perspective: wished the benches had backs on them - they are... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: No.5 Fairclose and proposed new house beside it |
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:43 pm
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| Photos of no.5 Fairclose and its Yew trees, taken this past weekend. Please add your comments to the planning application to cut down these ancient, historic Yew trees. BDB/73029 Comments It appears that it is now being sold by Connells, and not Brockenhurst (their sign is still at the bottom of the... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: DVD Rental Shop - RIP |
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:26 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Article on official town website updated with more photos - see HERE. |
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Forum: Feedback about these forums Topic: WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE WITH ODD NAMES AND LETTERS |
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 3:42 pm
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| who are these new forum users feng something or other now vanished and today another strange one have the Aliens landed in Whitchurch? They are spammers who have written programs to get through our rigorous anti-spam questions during registration...remember those? The question about Whitchurch Silk... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Old photos of railway wanted for display at station |
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:00 am
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| Hi, Kevin at the ticket office in the railway station is looking to put up a display of photos showing how the place looked in years gone by. If you have any shots of the place, especially of when there was a platform to the north side (where the brown fence is now) then please contact him at the ti... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: DVD Rental Shop - RIP |
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:18 pm
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| There is an argument that we are all to blame for not supporting local business as indicated on the front page of http://www.thewhitchurchweb.org/. The business has been hit by satellite TV and new internet DVD rental businesses and is another example of how rural businesses are going out of busine... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:46 pm
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| Paid representatives whether they be Councillors or Council Staff would be empowered with clear knowledge of what we as taxpayers want. Good points, Graham, and it would be amazing if every taxpayer agreed collectively on what "we" want. The Design Statement took a lot of work to boil dow... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: WASP ALERT! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:56 am
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| There appears to be be a big nest on one of the windows in the All Hallows church. Nick. Looking on the positive side, I'm sure that one can be used as a source of inspiration for a Parish Magazine editorial ;) -- for example, HERE . On a related note... My wife tells me that I should only be drink... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: DVD Rental Shop - RIP |
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:27 am
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Mike Stead wrote: HSBC have been repeatedly asked to sort it out.
Maybe they could plaster the windows with those now withdrawn 'Elgar' £20 notes?
~Andrew~ |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Town Hall Trustees |
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:07 pm
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:57 pm
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| Surely Bob Mortlock must have something to say about this. His accounts were removed after having no responses to our private messages and public posting requests -- see here and there . Friendly debate about subjects is fine and is encouraged!, getting abusive towards individuals isn't. ~Andrew~ |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: No.5 Fairclose and proposed new house beside it |
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:50 pm
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| These trees are to be discussed by the B&DB development committee on 28th July 6pm in Basingstoke... The minutes from that meeting state: (1) BDB Number TPO/BDB/512 Paper B Tree Preservation Order; Land at 5 Fairclose, Whitchurch Resolved Tree Preservation Order BDB/520 is confirmed, subject to... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: DVD Rental Shop - RIP |
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:18 pm
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John B wrote: They really ought to sort out those old HSBC windows - they are a real mess.
Isn't town council the landlord?
Or would it still be HSBC responsibility since they are still the tennent until Nov (?) ?
~Andrew~ |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:52 am
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Replies: 145
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| Whats a car park worth ? Aside - Graham, I suggest you edit your message and put the 'Code' wrapper around the table* -- that will force it to show each character in same width, so that the columns in your table line up, and make it more readable. ~Andrew~ *Highlighted the text in the editor then p... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:25 am
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| A postscript.... The signs at the new temporary car park indicate that wheel clamping will take place. The BBC are reporting that the government is about to announce the end of wheel clamping on private property - see article HERE . You can/will still get a ticket...so there's no free ride. But at l... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Town Councillor thinks Whitchurch should nearly double |
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:39 pm
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| ...those on London St. and Newbury St. Those two roads/streets lead direct to The Square; more appropriate to compare his new rat-run proposal to Station Rd / (Lower) Evingar Rd - especially since it cuts past The Square and also contains light industrial as suggested for his site, as well as housi... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:54 pm
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TonyW wrote: First of all...
First of all - welcome to the forums, TonyW!
~Andrew~ |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Application for Car Park on Railway Hotel site |
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:31 am
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| A post-script. I asked the council this: Please tell me why the development committee spent just about 4 minutes “debating” the application which received numerous objections – none of which were queried or debated. I note that other applications in their meeting were debated by the committee for co... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Bike helmets |
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:09 am
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| often causing great problems, e.g. the seafront at Southsea. Was there today with my family - what a mess (the lanes not the family)! The lanes stopped and re-started at one point; then on the way back (we took the hovercraft to IOW for a day's outting, yes they take bikes!), anyway, cycling back a... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Which green fields are suitable for housing development? |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 9:29 pm
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| Do you know if the minutes of the whole meeting will be available online at some point? I'd like to know more about what was said particularly the reasons for not referring WHIT007. The nearly 5 hours of webcast of the meeting are on the B&DBC website HERE . WHIT007 (Manor Farm next to A34) tim... |
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Forum: Does Anyone Know...? Topic: Redwoods |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:08 pm
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| See approved application: BDB/70303 Change of use of the ground floor from use class A2 (estate agent's office) to use class A3 (family cafe). Interestingly, the applicant stated this in their supporting documents on 20 Feb 2009...at the height of the credit crunch... There is a good range of retail... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Bike helmets |
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:02 am
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| Over here cyclists are expected to cycle with cars in most areas of the UK, and motorists expect cyclists to cycle in the gutter. ...they encourage cyclists by having off road cycling lanes on the main routes unlikely this country where in many places we insist on having on road lanes Very good poi... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Bike helmets |
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:35 pm
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| There is a lot of information on this site: CYCLE HELMETS I suggest that the above is read then people can make their own mind up on the issue. What an informative site. Thanks. Still reading it all; found this bit worth highlighting: The risk of head injury is little more than the average for all ... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Town Councillor thinks Whitchurch should nearly double |
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:54 pm
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| Mike - worth reading what he actually stated in his letter (attached below). Town Councillor Fitzgerald says, " in recent years [Whitchurch] has begun to decline ...the number of shops have much reduced and those remaining, other than the food store, appear to be in decline". Who's to blam... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Bike helmets |
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:19 am
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| Well, no bias in your question there Mike ;) Jersey just introduced mandatory helmets for under 18s but voted against doing the same for 18s+ . A more complete poll might be to do that kind of separation - I'm sure many people would feel it okay for them not to have helmets on but want their kids to... |
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Forum: Whitchurch Plans and Development Topic: Park View Playground |
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:16 pm
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| Developers shirking? Is this the new Park View car park we're talking about? Surely there isn't a developer dumb enough to think the old station next to it is still operational!? :lol: More seriously, have you pursued the council for enforcement action against them? Digging through their planning a... |
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Forum: A Place for Anything Topic: Whitchurch Community Arts Project |
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:52 pm
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Forum: Feedback about these forums Topic: Inaccessible? |
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:02 pm
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| Second update today on this... eUKHost are working on this issue; they have now copied over the database that holds all our postings from the old computer to the new computer (which is what is being 'seen' given the new nameserver settings). They now see that it is a wider issue than just forums, as... |
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