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« Reply #30 on: December 28, 2018, 17:01:47 » |
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No mention of a Jewsons or a D.I.Y shop for paint and wallpaper, or a post office. police or fire stations.
I fear I am in great danger of taking over roles that others could or should be doing ;-) - the above come under "you can get just about anything". So to sum up, It is a great town, not like Lydney where I once lived, seems to have died. |
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« Reply #31 on: December 28, 2018, 17:50:49 » |
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... although others of course lack the proud earth closet history alluded to earlier, which should surely be put front and centre and exploited?
<center>  </center> Yep, that's the plan. Bit more distinctive that an JJB Sport shop. In all seriousness, the Dry Earth Closet though very simple is said to have saved tens of thousands of lives because of the health improvements it brought to the environment, especially in third world countries. Sadly, humanity is marred by self-inflicted life styles / choices which are not realised to kill people in large numbers. Look back to the open sewers (or no sewers) many hundreds of years ago, to the London smogs, to smoking, and at the numbers who are dying unnecessarily to this day because of dirty air. |
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« Reply #32 on: December 28, 2018, 18:00:02 » |
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..although others of course lack the proud earth closet history alluded to earlier, which should surely be put front and centre and exploited?
Perhaps they should sell them at the Spar shop? It is, after all, a convenience store. |
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« Reply #33 on: December 28, 2018, 18:46:05 » |
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[quote author=TaplowGreen link=topic=20876.msg255359#msg255359 date=1546013951
..although others of course lack the proud earth closet history alluded to earlier, which should surely be put front and centre and exploited?
Well that sums it up, Wonder what happened to persons business when they pulled that handel. |
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« Reply #34 on: December 29, 2018, 02:31:23 » |
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No mention of a Jewsons or a D.I.Y shop for paint and wallpaper, or a post office. police or fire stations.
I fear I am in great danger of taking over roles that others could or should be doing ;-) - the above come under "you can get just about anything". Not only does Melksham have a Post Office but it is the only one in the SN postcode area still run directly by Post Office Counters Ltd (a Crown Office). Trowbridge and Bath just over the border in the BA» area also have them. Elsewhere they have moved into other shops, most notably W H Smiths. |
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« Reply #35 on: December 29, 2018, 07:47:25 » |
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[quote author=TaplowGreen link=topic=20876.msg255359#msg255359 date=1546013951
..although others of course lack the proud earth closet history alluded to earlier, which should surely be put front and centre and exploited?
Well that sums it up, Wonder what happened to persons business when they pulled that handel. .......have you ever asked yourself how Swindon was created? 😉 |
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« Reply #36 on: December 29, 2018, 08:17:31 » |
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« Reply #37 on: December 29, 2018, 11:51:47 » |
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..although others of course lack the proud earth closet history alluded to earlier, which should surely be put front and centre and exploited?
Well that sums it up, Wonder what happened to persons business when they pulled that handel. Hallelujah ! Flushed with success ! |
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« Reply #38 on: December 29, 2018, 12:45:54 » |
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My father advised me to follow him into the sewage industry... plenty of opportunities for an ambitious young man, he said; always lots of big jobs floating around.
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« Reply #39 on: December 29, 2018, 13:04:57 » |
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My father advised me to follow him into the sewage industry... plenty of opportunities for an ambitious young man, he said; always lots of big jobs floating around.
Bet you refused and decided on a burger king or somewhere else. Even the railway. |
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« Reply #40 on: December 29, 2018, 13:46:30 » |
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My father advised me to follow him into the sewage industry... plenty of opportunities for an ambitious young man, he said; always lots of big jobs floating around.
Thing is though, once in the job, you'd have found yourself just going through the motions. |
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« Reply #41 on: December 29, 2018, 13:57:03 » |
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Doesn't take much for these forum members to get the runs on scatological puns !
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« Reply #42 on: December 29, 2018, 14:19:51 » |
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[quote author=TaplowGreen link=topic=20876.msg255359#msg255359 date=1546013951
..although others of course lack the proud earth closet history alluded to earlier, which should surely be put front and centre and exploited?
Well that sums it up, Wonder what happened to persons business when they pulled that handel. Hallelujah ! Flushed with success ! And do you remember - success on a plate!, Those findus adverts. |
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« Reply #43 on: December 29, 2018, 16:03:41 » |
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Was the inventor born in Looe?
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« Reply #44 on: December 31, 2018, 18:41:13 » |
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One of my new year resolutions is to visit Melksham and see what it is like?
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