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Cheltenham is like a ghost town

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    #11
    Has the flooding receded now?

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      #12
      Originally posted by Lambros
      Bowsers have arrived but they are being used by people who are taking the water and selling it. It is a nightmare here in Gloucestershire.
      unbelievable!

      keep your pecker up mate, what a nightmare .

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        #13
        May be allowed to shoot them....

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          #14
          Originally posted by Lambros
          We have floods but there is no water coming out of our taps. There are no public toilets open in the town centre and most of the restaurants even M & S's coffee shop in the High Street is closed. All the pubs are closed in Cheltenham and so is my leisure centre (Leisure at Cheltenham) which was flooded out last Friday.

          Bowsers have arrived but they are being used by people who are taking the water and selling it. It is a nightmare here in Gloucestershire.
          Where is the rant blaming the American Invasion of Iraq for your predicament?
          Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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            #15
            Originally posted by DodgyAgent
            Where is the rant blaming the American Invasion of Iraq for your predicament?

            Or are we saying that the immigrants caused the floods?

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              #16
              I went their once, had a good night out but cannot remember too much about it unfortunately!!! Was very very drunk...

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                #17
                Originally posted by Lambros
                I don't give a damn about the ponies and hounds!! I have 4 kids and there is no water coming out of my taps. And we have been told by Severn Trent Water that this situation is likely to continue for at least another week.
                Get urself down to a camping store and look for water treatment tablets.

                Making water safe
                "Wait, I still function!"

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Swiss Tony
                  Get urself down to a camping store and look for water treatment tablets.

                  Making water safe

                  They are saying though that in some places, even boiling it is not sufficient....

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Lambros
                    Bowsers have arrived but they are being used by people who are taking the water and selling it.
                    So why not have the enterprising chaps deliver it straight to your door for a few quid? You could take baths in the stuff in your front garden in front of all your neighbours. Contractor styley.
                    The Mods stole my post count!

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by smee.again
                      Never been to Cheltenham


                      A tadge inconsistent
                      But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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