http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/ http://www.eblah.com en http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1328810060/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1328810060/#num1 It happened last Saturday afternoon when the power went off. Freezing cold and snowing. He rang the electrical company, a UK call centre and within an hour, the man from Scottish and Southern Electric was knocking on his door. The fault was located in the road, so the house was connected by emergency cable to the street light on the edge of his property. Temporary power on by 7:00 pm Saturday evening.
The team from SSE turned up with their digger Sunday morning and by lunchtime in the freezing cold, they had laid a new cable, jointed it up and the power was back on.

Great service but Tuesday, by some strange coincidence,  exactly the same thing happened  at my house. No electric at the meter. Phoned the UK call centre who were really helpful, man with me within an hour, two calls from SSE to my mobile to let me know what was going on. Team turned up that afternoon with the digger, located the break, dug a big hole, rejointed the cable and finished at 7:30 pm, power back on.

What a result , the guys were really cheerful and helpful and really cared about what they were doing. So refreshing when often one is passed from person to person and it’s a struggle to get even the most basic service.

Full marks to Scottish and Southern.]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:54:20 brian http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1327234469/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1327234469/#num1
Has anyone else had a problem trying to spend their vouchers ?????????]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:14:29 Elizabeth http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1327077412/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1327077412/#num1
I notice another local news forum is reporting on the Thames Valley statistics, but perhaps the West Berkshire ones are more relevant.

It's all looking good, other than shoplifting (up 3.4%)...and they manage to solve a whopping 22% of crime these days.

But still some worrying signs, like a rape in West Berks reported every two weeks.

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/performance-pdfs-west-berkshire.pdf

Do forumistas think this is a fairly accurate picture then? ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:36:52 Muddler http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1326917863/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1326917863/#num1 He made me bleed (from six of the best) many a time..I also had to handweed
his garden which was full of thistles one Bank Holiday ...What an absolute ----!
I don't think anyone nowadays would believe the goings on at that school..I could
enlighten you to a few ...but probably best forgotten.
Anyone else any experiences of the 'Grammar School'???
Does anyone have one of those landscape photos of the whole school from around 1960-66]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:17:43 dodgy http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1326573630/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1326573630/#num1
We organise regular karting events, from casual meets mostly for first-timers to try out karting with hand controls to team races.  We’re raising funds to buy 2 racing karts, trailer and all the gear needed to enter mainstream competition karting.

Information, photos and videos can be found on our website, Facebook and Twitter.

I live in Newbury and run KartForce from home.  When we hold events I need someone to assist with preparations and man a stand that sells our merchandise – t-shirts, patches, stickers, etc.  There is also the opportunity to do freelance fundraising during these events, as well as any other events that may generate donations – even run a team of fundraisers.  There will also be other occasional work, such as post office runs and other odd jobs in the area.

If you’re interested, please email me on dave@kartforce.org

Regards
Dave

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