We might "need" them for our children but that doesn't mean its them that will get them........I think that's what @numbnuts is alluding to.
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We might "need" them for our children but that doesn't mean its them that will get them........I think that's what @numbnuts is alluding to.
Exlaser2
Veteran
I know what he is alluding to. It’s just there are no fact to back it up .
I will not comment again on this and suggest you do the same otherwise the mods will step in .
Best if we go back to worring about you and your eyes . 😀
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
And the downsize is that there is less and less countryside left. All towns and villages are getting closer and closer together. Very sad.
When I look at all black and white photographs and see how much of the countryside is now covered with houses, I sigh and feel bad . Animals are losing their natural habitats because humans have decided they need their space.
This is a small country by today's standards and we are destroying it.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Yet the birth rate for indigenous Brits has fallen so it can’t be them that’s causing the shortage.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
On that subject
There have been a LOT of complaints in the village
campaigns, letters to councillors and everything
Main thing they are complaining about is that the houses - and naturally the land they are on - are in one county
but the access road comes out into The Village - which is in a different county
and it means that the traffic for the houses will go through the village
instead on starting out outside The Village and only some going through the village
The concept that they are building on prime farming land in an area of the country that is very built up
has not been mentioned
just the traffic
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
My wise words for the day. A lot of people are behaving like ostriches IE keeping their heads buried in the sand methinks.
Moving on, we and egg on toast today, and I made a golden syrup cake as well. Its very nice.
Moving on, we and egg on toast today, and I made a golden syrup cake as well. Its very nice.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Several causes Mo. +/- 30% population growth since the 60s; massive council house sell off and not replaced; demographic changes; insufficient building for decades, huge growth in an uncontrolled buy to let market.
There's no single cause.
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
No. Each local authority has a central government imposed targets for house building. The numbers to be built are mandatory. It's a big discussion point round here.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Anyway. Bright, very windy and cool out of the sun. It's going to be chilly at Ewood, which is where we're going in 15 minutes. I could easily doze off in my chair.
An exciting shopping trip this morning socks, underpants and clothes pegs. Rock 'n' roll.
An exciting shopping trip this morning socks, underpants and clothes pegs. Rock 'n' roll.
Good news from this morning's parkrun. The chap who, earlier in the year, had a heart attack and collapsed as he approached the finish line has made a complete recovery. CPR was started and the portable defib brought into use. After the event there was an appeal among the local parkrun community for contributions towards a second defibrillator so we now have two, one at the finish, the other at the furthest point. This was all announced by the Town Crier, complete with bell, Tricorn hat and much " Oyeh, Oyeh, Ohyeh ". Perhaps inspired by this I walked the course 30 seconds faster this week 🤔
