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Forum: General Chat 13-01-2016, 10:53

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Glad you got back safe and sound Jen.......travelling home always takes too long......once you know you are coming home you just want to get back. Ma used to be terrible coming back from the Isle of...

Forum: General Chat 05-01-2016, 16:47

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems That is good to hear. I have only had the need to call on my insurance once in the past and it was a painless experience and the tradesmen that completed the work were excellent. I guess the...

Forum: General Chat 05-01-2016, 16:07

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Yes, where there is a disaster there will be those keen to capitalise on it. You just have to hope that those who have been affected will keep their wits about them....or have someone who will look...

Forum: General Chat 05-01-2016, 15:39

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Retlaw if you have never started a thread you are hardly in a position to criticise the posts that ARE posted......as I said, if there are no posts to your taste then start one. I don't understand...

Forum: General Chat 05-01-2016, 12:46

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Retlaw, no one has said that you should go...and no one would appreciate you being banned. If you want the site to be more interesting, with a greater diversity, then the answer lies with...

Forum: General Chat 05-01-2016, 07:08

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems It does not amaze me....it saddens me. That someone who has posted interesting and valuable comments can stoop so low. Although you may not say you hate the site Retlaw, you only come on here...

Forum: General Chat 04-01-2016, 15:10

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems I beg to differ. The last couple of pages have been related to politics.....and politics relates to every aspect of our community lives. Politicians and their ilk(meaning the expensive...

Forum: General Chat 03-01-2016, 10:21

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems That is just terrible Jen. Karma to the thief.(I hope he gets paid back in the same coin). I cannot think of how these scumbags brains work.....it isn't bad enough to have your home wrecked by...

Forum: General Chat 02-01-2016, 21:14

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Yes Jen, it is good when they don't get above themselves...but it is inevitable that some will. They believe themselves to be above those who put them in the place of authority....and that is sad. ...

Forum: General Chat 01-01-2016, 15:12

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems I was not casting aspersions against your son..far from it. This is just my observation of how other people have behaved.......starting off very committed to the people in their locality...but once...

Forum: General Chat 01-01-2016, 10:02

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Some start out good, but become affected by their perceived possession of power.....they THINK they are powerful, but they are not.....they forget where they have come from, they forget that their...

Forum: General Chat 30-12-2015, 12:04

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems You need to read my post again Jason. I don't know where you got the idea that by visiting these areas shows he cares. I said in a previous post that this is what politicians of all colours do in...

Forum: General Chat 30-12-2015, 10:45

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Who did what and when does not help those who are in dire straits right now. What matters now, is that those in power recognise that something decisive has to be done. We wait and see what actions...

Forum: General Chat 30-12-2015, 10:08

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems get over it Jason..it is what politicians of every colour do...if they didn't do it they would be slammed as uncaring...when they do do it they are subjected to the kind of ridicule that you have...

Forum: General Chat 27-12-2015, 21:08

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems My auntie had those slots too....she threaded a floodboard into the slots once the river reached a certain height...and then we went about lifting the rugs and the furniture. She had no electricty,...

Forum: General Chat 27-12-2015, 11:42

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems I remember like it was yesterday and it is more than fifty odd years ago....I was 14 at the time. The cleaning up after was horrible.

Forum: General Chat 27-12-2015, 10:30

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems Many many years ago I remember staying at 2 Square Road Walsden.....watching the water level rising....putting the flood board up.....lifting the furniture up with my auntie.....getting sandbags....

Forum: General Chat 26-12-2015, 15:38

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems I think those in Whalley had plenty of warning to get their precious items up to the second storey of their homes...or to safety. They were given flood warnings at three am this morning. Yes, you...

Forum: General Chat 26-12-2015, 14:39

Replies: 91 Flood Problems Views: 92 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Flood Problems More trees are needed to soak up the water. A single tree takes something in the region of 80gallons of water out of the soil daily. There has been a distinct lack of drain maintenance over the...

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