General Discussion
@Carer - go on eyes of dawlish facebook. lots of info and comments there about the carnival.
This letter is in today's Dawlish Gazette: " Don’t wash dirty linen in public Wednesday, 14 August 2013 polly Jeanetta Brown, of Holcombe Road, Holcombe, writes: Having been a resident of Dawlish for 21 years I, along with many, have enjoyed the fun and thrills of the carnival since I was a small child. I am also very aware that the Dawlish Carnival is not only for the town’s ...
I'm toying with the idea of drawing JK Rowling's (she of Harry Potter fame) attention to all of this. After all she had a book published last year about small town politics (The Casual Vacancy) so perhaps she might like to write a sequel about small town carnivals. Perhaps we could ask for a slice of her royalties and have it donated to an event in the town. Any thought on what event? Carnival ...
I wonder what the Gazette will have in tomorrow's edition about all this? And I wonder how many letters it has received? Find out tomorrow, won't we.
This is the Torygraph's review of the programme. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10238532/Benefits-Britain-1949-Channel-4-review.html (and the comments underneath the review are worth a read as well)
Have checked the job again. It's a vacancy for an Air Traffic Control Assistant (as in being an assistant to the air traffic controllers) as opposed to it being a vacancy for an Assistant Air Traffic Controller (which is what I originally typed). The placing of that word 'assistant' does, actually, make an awful lot of difference.
Charity Shops - a reason they are in abundance (not only here but all around the country) is that there is a demand for them? And because there is a demand they are successful? I mean, if there was no, or very little, demand for them then they would go out of business, wouldn't they? (And car boot sales are very popular as well, aren't they?)
More info re hours and salary (wasn't published when I posted the info above) Permanent position - 40 hpw - starting salary £14,000.00 per annum
Well, if it is an attempt to gain more votes I should think they have verily p****d off those tory voting couples who are parents and where one is staying at home looking after the kids. Remember it is those very self same people (one going to work, one staying at home looking after the kids) who have lost their child benefit.* Whilst next door another two parent family, also earning very ...
Have I got this right? A couple (do they have to be married/in a civil partnership or will co-habitees qualify as well?) who between them earn up to £300,000 will qualify whilst a single parent who would love to get back to work and get off benefits etc, won't. Is that what is being put forward?
