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Why do we have to take the tops off empty plastic bottles and "dispose of them elsewhere" before they can go into the recycling skip? What happens when nobody bothers? Can you recycle polystyrene? Cardboard? The plastic envelopes magazines come in? Who has “clean” aluminium foil?
With the advent of the Purbeck Housing Action Group, and the TV publicity, some Swanage folk seem to be annoyed or embarrassed to have 6% second homes. It’s quite a contrast to the feeling evident in Boscombe where they are celebrating their first £1M penthouse. Remember when Swanage was Costa del dole too? By all means do something for stuggling youngsters unable to buy, but don't kill the goose.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/display.var.1412421.0.0.php
What is this Swanage Community Strategic Plan all about? It’s just setting up more talking shops. Most of the needs they want to identify were identified years ago but have still not happened. No concrete proposals at all. No commitment to a leisure centre or swimming pool. No commitment to pedestrianisation. No commitment to more affordable housing. No commitment to improve the Mowlem. No specific commitment to youngsters. Improving holiday accommodation? Better targeted marketing of the resort? Sheltered moorings?
Please let’s just do it instead of more talking.
Can anyone tell me where office vacancies are advertised in Swanage? Obviously there are a number of compnaies in Swanage that must need staff but you look in the papers or jobcentre and there are no office vacancies advertised in Swanage. I have been working for Poole Council but the funding has stopped and I'm going to be unemployed within the next 6 weeks and would love to get employment in the Swanage area. Can anybody help?
27th of June is Veterans day, Does anyone know if there are any celebrations, or remembrance of Veterans in Swanage or locally?
Last year was a total washout.
Dancing Ledge.
Steve Darrington writes:
I wonder if anybody could help please?
There's a lady with a mobility scooter who needs somewhere to garage it for six weeks while work is going on that will block where she usually stores it.
Access would need to be on the flat for her to get out of a taxi and walk to it, and she would only require use during normal business hours.
I know how desperate I would be if I couldn't use my mobility scooter in June and July, so perhaps some kind person with a corner in their garage, factory or workshop could help out?
Calls to me on 01929 422338. Thank you.
I had the feeling that Swanage has been a pretty nice place to be on Fri and Sat evenings of late.
Seems the police have been rounding up the underage drinkers.
Cheers for that!
Have a drink on me.
Anon!obcsyksz
Festivals.
A recent thread asked what other festivals Swanage could consider, surely a comedy festival would be a great success, and I'm sure many of the contributors to the Swanage forums would go down a storm.
Taxing the Elderly and Disabled
This week the British Healthcare Trades Association announced the introduction by the European Community of a 10% import tax on mobility scooters.
Previously classified for customs purposes as "carriages for disabled persons", mobility scooters are now treated as "motor vehicles for the transport of persons".
The tax – at the rate of 10% - has been backdated for three years, causing some importers to fold and seriously damaging other.
The money is being collected by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs and paid direct to the EC, less an amount deducted for their expenses.
The immediate result has been for the price of mobility scooters to increase by up to 25%, as importers seek to recover the backdated tax demanded by the government, estimated at £10 million.
source;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/12/nscooter112.xml
For research purposes, I need to know what you can get in Swanage for £12. I'll start you off:
A taxi to Norden
4 pints of Guinness
3 days sun lounger hire on the beach
Attached to 8:34 above.
A surprisingly large amount of work, from our hideously underpayed locals.
I work 'over there'.
A surprisingly large amount of work, from our hideously underpayed locals.
I work 'over there'.
Public meeting.
Lets' all go.
http://www.purbeckhousingaction.co.uk/
what happened at the parish assembly? nothing seems to have been published anywhere.
BOATS IN THE BAY!!
There is nothing nicer than on a sunny day walking down to the beach and seeing lot of boats moored in the bay. But lately they seem to try to get as close as possible to the beach, to show off I supose with all their other film star mates, and avoid paying for parking. I believe there should be some kind limit as to how far they can come in, and for a I know there might even be one.
For starters there are people who do not want to swim in the cordoned off safety area, where kids should be able to enjoy the sea safely, and constantly look out for incoming boats, secondly t oil and fuel leakage from boats no matter how small,there is alwaysa film of it on the surface and you can smell it, bottles, plastic bags etc dumped or blown over the side and more importantly the boats have ships toilets. You just use the loo and the waste is not treated and just dumped into the sea. I kow that happens if they were moored further out and the tides would bring it in but it just seems so needless. All this for the "Hey, look at me!" factor somebody fetch in law to ban this.
Scott Green was back in court last week.
Has the gaurdian gone out of print? seems a lot of people are very quite? no opinions on anything interesting.
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