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| - Know where you can obtain free debt advice - Understand the options available to you if the level of your debt is unmanageable. |
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Post Christmas is a stressful time for many people who are struggling with their debts. Citizens Advice Bureaux are seeing more and more people every year who have trouble making ends meet and covering the most essential household bills. Money troubles don't go away by themselves, as the shocking increase in the number of people seeking bankruptcy shows. |
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From Sandra James 16/6/09 |
Google Steet View I was alerted by one of the parishioners in our village to a Google Street View car, about to take images of people's homes in Steeles Lane, Chidham, presumably having already taken images in Chidham Lane. I share this parishioners concern in that it could be a 'gross invasion of one's privacy'. So I requested the driver of this Google Street view car to stop filming and asked him a few questions. These might be of interest to the parish as a whole via the website. Firstly, if you're a fan of Google Street View, then you have no reason to even continue to read this, as the image will appear in about two weeks from today. If however you have concerns over 'invasion of privacy et al', then the following may be of interest: The driver of the Google car has a unique number which in this instance is 20042 (16th June 2009) and the driver's name is James O'Leary. He gave me a number to call in London to ask for any house to be removed from Street view, the number to call is 0207 3462295. You will either get Deborah Brooks or her voice message. I had to leave a message. The driver also gave me an email: streetview-europe@google.com . I have sent my request via this E-Mail account. I have been unable to find an alternative 'easy to use' internet means of reporting my wish not to have my address/home published on this Street view network, so if anyone has any experience of this please share it for those who don't want to be part of this Google practice. Hope you will give this an airing and also look out for anyone who may be elderly et al, who may want others to act on their behalf. It was interesting to note how the driver responded, whilst polite he wasn't concerned about what he was being paid to do. He remarked that he felt that he wasn't causing any problems as 'no one was about'. I pointed out that didn't he think that this was 'a burglars charter', he was less able to defend this question and indeed ignored it! Thanks Sandra. |
| From Lynda Bailey 30/4/08 |
Hi there. Just to say, the area where the village parrot hangs out mostly to feed and sleep etc over Trevors was breached by a fox which killed 19 of Trev's chickens, he just has one chicken and one cockrel left and the parrot has not been seen or heard since. It has not been over to me for its breakfast or lunch, Trev cannot find it and we cannot hear it! It is looking like the fox got it. Also a pack of seven foxes killed 5 lambs at cobnor. We started the year with 45 chickens and now have only 20 because of foxes. They have become such a problem now that we are not going to carry on keeping chickens or geese. We can't go through the distress or the expense any more. The fox problem here has become untenable since the hunting ban (YES it has made that much difference!) But they are such sweet and lovable creatures (NOT) that special laws were brought in to protect them. Now their numbers are so out of control that they are forming packs which we always feared they would, which means of course they can go for bigger pickings so look out! Our only hope for the parrot is that it managed to fly off and has gone somewhere else, so if anyone out there has seen or heard it in the last few days we would be greatly relieved to hear from them. |
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| Old Cottages, Hambrook | Hello, I wonder if any of your older readers could recognise this photograph as being part of Hambrook village. All I know is that the original is marked 'Old cottages, Hambrook'.
The photograph was purchased in the belief that it depicted Hambrook, near Bristol, which is local to me, but extensive enquiries in the area have proved fruitless. Any help would be appreciated. Please e mail the Postmaster David Williams, Stoke Gifford Bristol |
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| Images of Chichester Harbour | I am a local creative photographer who has just completed a collection of images based in and around Chichester Harbour.
Grantly Lynch, The Harbour Company http://www.theharbourcompany.co.uk |
New Yoga Class From Sept 28 - |
Run by Kathryn Bingham: Thursday evenings from 7pm to 9pm New Chidham School Hall - details |
| The Country Diary team | The Country Diary team meet once a month, usually over a glass of wine and talk about wildlife and environmental issues that affect the Parish. If anyone wishes to attend, either to join the group or if they
feel they may have something to talk about with the group then please get in touch via the website. As climate change becomes more and more of a burning (no pun intended ) issue, particularly for those who live so close to the sea, we feel that the Country Diary group would also like to discuss sustainability issues. Items such as waste management and alternative heating/energy sources and transport seem the most pressing. if anyone in the Parish has any expertise on the subject we would welcome the contact. We could then set up a very simple resource list for people to use and maybe offer talks on this very vital issue. |
| Frank Snow, lived in Brighstone, Main Rd Chidham, died 1945 |
Hi, my name is Diane Snow. My husband's G.Grandfather Frank Snow lived at Chidham up to his death 1945 age 84. Frank was born Brighstone the Isle of Wight 1861 and served 20 years in the navy. Frank married his cousin Elizabeth 1985 at Portsmouth. Elizabeth died 1930 and Frank remarried 1932 to a Alice J Burtenshaw.
His grandson William Thomas Snow BEM died in a little known battle between a requisttioned Chinese river boat HMS Li Wo and a Japanese convoy in 1942 aged 19, the Li Wo being the most decorated small ship of WWII. The BEM after Williams name having been achieved when he was 18 on HMS Glasgow. William came from South Bersted. I am writing a book on William at the moment.
Frank named his house Brighstone and I was wondering if it still exists and whether any of the family are buried at Chidham, as Elizabeth's mother Mary also lived there and family friend Henry Waldron. We have been unable to trace anything of Frank's son/Williams father, Victor Osborn Snow who walked out on his family around 1930. Any help would be much appreciated, Please email the Postmaster
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| Do you know Jackie Shaw a.k.a. Jackie Fitzimmons? |
She was called Jackie Shaw, but she was also known as Jackie/Joan Fitzimmons. Paul Spendel |