General Discussion
This has been going on for years prisoners help set up the Gloustershire county show and the three counties show so why not get them out in the fields we did it with POW's during the war so why not with prisoners of today we could have chain gangs like in the US.
Te dah! Here's how the migrant worker shortage will be sorted out - by prisoners! Prisoners could help fill post-Brexit workforce gap, says minister ... https://www.theguardian.com/society/.../david-gauke-prisoner-employment-strategy 24 May 2018 - David Gauke launches employment strategy to improve prisoners ' work ... ...
So if the wheel has no further use, what is the point of keeping it other than I suppose as a tourist attraction. I am sure a way could be found to bring it back into use by the original method. I only once followed the leat from the Newhay, down to its outlet at boat lake. Where on that part did it run through private properties?
majorp - The leat runs through a lot of private properties and is not always maintained by them, one person diverted to feed into his fishpond, one other got it diverted into a culvert by TDC because it 'flooded' his basement, the pond on Luscombe Castle that fed it was also not always maintained and the water diverted from there too. So that's just some of the reasons that the leat is not ...
Would it be fair to say that the leader of TDC and other senior post holders should be forced to resign or be sacked over their attempted cover up of the amount paid to Nicola Bullbeck for her to leave. Having faced an above inflation rise in council tax it seems we the residents of Teignbridge are now having to pay for this.
@majorp - we were talking about the lack of supply of housing. i have read that developers say a reason that they cannot build new homes quicker than they do at the moment is because they do not have a big enough supply of workers with the skills required - brickies, carpenters, plasterers, sparkies and the like. Perhaps then, if we need more homes to be built, and we don't have the skilled ...
I remember when the water from the brook was diverted and turned the wheel which is now turned by ELECTRICITY. I understand that the flow of water was stopped from running in that leat by John Hoare (Owner of Luscombe estate). Why that happened, I never found out, perhaps someone else has the answer. It would make sense if the wheel could make electricity, instead of using it to make it go ...
The Waters of the Brook used to generate electricity? and I then sent Cllr Mawhood a subsequent email suggesting that perhaps enquiries might be made as to the possibility/costs involved etc of using the water flow in the brook to generate electricity. Perhaps enough to light the lights along the brook? And/or generate the electricity supply for, say, a new eco centre on the Brunswick side?
From a quick reccy of the Australian points system is seems it is totally unsuitable for the UK. Canada, apparently, also uses a similar points system. Both countries are actively seeking to expand their populations. So I find it odd that those who are so vocal about the UK being 'full up' and the need to cut back on the number of migrants to this country advocate a system seemingly designed to ...
On a recent flight on a clear day from Exeter to Newcastle, I couldn’t help but think about this topic, whilst flying over square mile after square mile of open and unspoilt countryside. We don’t have a problem with our green and pleasant land. We really don’t. Don’t just take my word for it, the statistics prove it also. Less than 13 square miles of green space development a year is a drop in the ...