I had exactly the same problem a couple of weeks ago. The fitter told me I was
about 24 hours behind everyone else that had called. Luckily the pipe defrosted
on its own. Someone told me that it is advisable to run the pipe into another
exit pipe within the house rather than outside, however, I did not want my tiled
bathroom floor touched!
--- In HeadingtonNewsandViews@yahoogroups.com, "jlgspr" <uppermordent@...>
wrote:
>
> Yesterday a friend told me that in the cold spell, her condensing boiler's
exit pipe froze, and her central heating broke down. So did the hot water. She
had to get an engineer to saw the pipe off - yes! - and he said that the same
thing had happened to half a dozen people in her area, twenty miles from Oxford.
> At the moment, she is having to use a bucket to catch the leaking water, and
empty it by hand outside.
> Has anyone heard of similar cases?
> EU regulations have now made it illegal to install any other type of boiler.
>
Yesterday a friend told me that in the cold spell, her condensing boiler's exit
pipe froze, and her central heating broke down. So did the hot water. She had to
get an engineer to saw the pipe off - yes! - and he said that the same thing had
happened to half a dozen people in her area, twenty miles from Oxford.
At the moment, she is having to use a bucket to catch the leaking water, and
empty it by hand outside.
Has anyone heard of similar cases?
EU regulations have now made it illegal to install any other type of boiler.
How many people are aware that there is going to be a City Council election in
Oxford on 6th May? All 24 wards are involved. If you are critical of the way
local government is run, this is your chance to take a stand.
The Six Bells pub is no longer a restaurant as such, but it is still doing food.
I tried it a few days ago and found that they have now got a very standard pub
menu. Roasts of various kinds, beef-and-ale-pie, fish-and-chips, sausages,
curry, etc. The special of the day was a fisherman's pie with four different
kinds of fish in it.
You could do a lot worse than this if you want a hearty meal at a very
reasonable price.
The freeze has turned Headington into a collection of ski-slopes. The hillsides
of South parks are perfect pistes. They also look extremely beautiful in their
snowy covering. If this lasted, and if it happened every year, maybe we could
attract the crowds and turn it into a lucrative business.
Quarry Hollow play area near the nursery school is a paradise too, completely
safe for beginners or tobogganers. Actually a couple of days ago I saw somebody
walking along Quarry Road waering skis, just on the level. It was the most
convenient way of getting around!
Some of my neighbours in Quarry think that they have found rats preying on
rubbish heaps and even on compost heaps, within the past week.
They have called out the Council about it.
I haven't seen any vermin myself, but it is certainly true that the Council's
policy of bi-weekly rubbish collection means that there are huge backlogs of
rubbish lying around and that is asking for trouble!
Has anybody else seen or heard of any similar problem recently?
The Six Bells in Headington Quarry has changed hands. The last proprietor has
apparently moved his business to Abingdon. Lucky Abingdon! We had just got used
to having a pub with excellent food and terrific wine in the Quarry.
The new proprietors tell me they will be serving food, starting from tomorrow,
Tuesday 24th November.
We are always relieved in Headington if a new shop is not just another café,
hairdresser or estate agent.
Keraleeyam Stores opened two months ago and offers a wide range of Indian,
Pakistani and Oriental foods. I was tempted by a range of unusual spice blends
and fresh mangoes on the counter for only 49p.
No need to go down to the Cowley Road now to get such things as chickpea flour,
lentil flour or huge economy sacks of basmati rice.
The shop takes its name from the southern Indian state of Kerala, which has been
famous since the times of Alexander the Great for its wonderful spices and other
produce. And they should soon be stocking large, black Nepalese cardamoms,
because I asked them to!
If there's anything you particularly want, this is a good time to put in your
request.
Don't forget that this coming Friday, 27th November, is the last Headington
Farmers' Market before Christmas. If they don't have the same delicious stollen
they were selling last year, I will be very disappointed.
Sorry, I can't say that I have any personal experience of this or other B & Bs.
I am told that most of them are very expensive.
But cheaper than the Randolph!
--- In HeadingtonNewsandViews@yahoogroups.com, "doyledaneb" <emurray555@...>
wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of this B & B and any recommendations? Two students are
looking for accommodation for a few days, being on a budget this seems to tick
the right boxes with easy access to public transport and the centre?
>
Does anyone know of this B & B and any recommendations? Two students are
looking for accommodation for a few days, being on a budget this seems to tick
the right boxes with easy access to public transport and the centre?
I was very saddened to hear yesterday the news that someone I know, aged over
eighty, was mugged earlier this week. She was walking from her house to the
shops in Summertown, and slipped over in some wet leaves. She fell right into
the gutter, and couldn't immediately get up. She called for help to a young man
who was nearby and instead of helping her, he grabbed her handbag and ran away,
leaving her there in the gutter. Isn't that awful?
I have two kinds of tomatoes growing on the same plant. It must be the result of
growing several sufferent varieties in the greenhouse all close together. Some
of them seem to have cross-pollinated and there are different shapes growing
side by side on a single stem.
This seems very strange to me, but has it happened to other people's tomatoes
too?
How unusual is it?
Woth taking a photo, maybe?
There is going to be a Bus Users' Forum meeting at the Town Hall on 6th October
at 6.30pm.
Yes, this coming Tuesday - very short notice. I only got an e-mail about it
today myself.
Representatives of the bus companies and some local councillors always attend.
Some local councils have a policy of giving back composted garden waste to
people who want it for their gardens or allotments. I have recently been told by
someone in our City Environment dept that Oxford used to have such an
arrangement but has discontinued it.
That seems a bit funny to me. Surely it is a backward step? Why can't we have
back our own waste, in the form of useful compost?
Personally, I find that the garden composters sold by the council are rather
overrated. Stuff put into them takes years and years to break down, or goes
mouldy or attracts vermin. The best compost is made by simply leaving grass
cuttings or organic waste outside, open to the wind and rain, so that the worms
and germs can get going. But this is unsightly in a garden, and takes up
valuable space. I would like the City Council to have a compost recycling place
where we could pick up some of the rotted down stuff - or better still, have it
delivered to our garden gate.
Thank you for some thoughtful reflections. It is notable that on this one
subject, all our councillors have for once made a unanimous decision.
Has anybody suggested moving Brookes to another city? Are any other cities
volunteering to host it? It has been part of Headington for so long we would
feel lost without it now.
It is quite right that we need a plan, one that agrees a maximum size for
Brookes' ultimate expansion. This would reassure local residents who fear it
just going on getting bigger and bigger, until it swallows us up like some
Leviathan.
--- In HeadingtonNewsandViews@yahoogroups.com, "nicnewman@..." <nicnewman@...>
wrote:
>
> I think those who totally oppose the proposed redevelopment of Oxford Brookes
University campus site are asking the wrong question. They should be asking
themselves, what sort of redevelopment of the site is best suited for Headington
and the University.
>
> Oxford Brookes is too important to the local economy, for it to be relocated
to some other city as some would propose. It is also important to the regional
economy in providing the skilled workforce necessary to work in all parts of the
South East region's economy.
> I have always thought the proposed design and architectural style was not in
keeping with the majority of local wishes and the University's own ambitions.
The original design that was proposed made the development look like a mini
Canary Wharf office development. The proposed design did not portray the image
that Oxford Brookes is a centre of center of educational excellence or research,
rather that of a bank headquarters.
>
> The city council was correct to reject the original planning proposal on these
grounds alone. Oxford Brookes University has to come up with a better design
that is more fitting in meeting its ambitions and local needs.
>
> I find it perhaps ironic that in the teaching of architecture, much is made
about of taking account of local architectural styles and materials in creating
a design. Yet there is not a trace of local building materials anywhere in the
original design, after all Headington was the source for much of the stone used
to build Oxford's original university down the hill, nor of local design
traditions such as gargoyles.
>
> Any future redevelopment of Oxford Brookes University should take account of
local culture, materials and traditions, something the current design fails to
do.
>
> No, opposition to the original proposal by Brookes has been useful; the real
question is what should future development policy be for the Greater Headington
quarter of Oxford? At present there appears to be no coherent future vision for
the area, to provide a coordinated approach to the development of the area that
seeks not only to meet major employers needs but also those of the long
suffering residents. It is time the various local stakeholders created a master
plan for the area, to coordinate future redevelopment of Greater Headington.
Something, current local government policy documents fail to do.
>
I think those who totally oppose the proposed redevelopment of Oxford Brookes
University campus site are asking the wrong question. They should be asking
themselves, what sort of redevelopment of the site is best suited for Headington
and the University.
Oxford Brookes is too important to the local economy, for it to be relocated to
some other city as some would propose. It is also important to the regional
economy in providing the skilled workforce necessary to work in all parts of the
South East region's economy.
I have always thought the proposed design and architectural style was not in
keeping with the majority of local wishes and the University's own ambitions.
The original design that was proposed made the development look like a mini
Canary Wharf office development. The proposed design did not portray the image
that Oxford Brookes is a centre of center of educational excellence or research,
rather that of a bank headquarters.
The city council was correct to reject the original planning proposal on these
grounds alone. Oxford Brookes University has to come up with a better design
that is more fitting in meeting its ambitions and local needs.
I find it perhaps ironic that in the teaching of architecture, much is made
about of taking account of local architectural styles and materials in creating
a design. Yet there is not a trace of local building materials anywhere in the
original design, after all Headington was the source for much of the stone used
to build Oxford's original university down the hill, nor of local design
traditions such as gargoyles.
Any future redevelopment of Oxford Brookes University should take account of
local culture, materials and traditions, something the current design fails to
do.
No, opposition to the original proposal by Brookes has been useful; the real
question is what should future development policy be for the Greater Headington
quarter of Oxford? At present there appears to be no coherent future vision for
the area, to provide a coordinated approach to the development of the area that
seeks not only to meet major employers needs but also those of the long
suffering residents. It is time the various local stakeholders created a master
plan for the area, to coordinate future redevelopment of Greater Headington.
Something, current local government policy documents fail to do.
--- In HeadingtonNewsandViews@yahoogroups.com, "jlgspr" <uppermordent@...>
wrote:
>
> This week I spoke to an Irish doctor who is now working in one of our Oxford
NHS hospitals. She said that she thought doctors here got less money and more
responsibility than their equivalants would do in Eire, or in many other
European countries. She told me that in her opinion, British doctors are
undervalued, and so is the NHS itself!
> Bankers and tycoons got us into the mess we're in, not doctors, so it should
be the former who take the cuts, surely?
>
Then Julia, have you seen this article
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/122594/GPs-out-of-hours-care-alert and did
enquire why she was working here rather than in Ireland?
Also, today is Sunday and it is a typical grey,cold summers day.
This week I spoke to an Irish doctor who is now working in one of our Oxford NHS
hospitals. She said that she thought doctors here got less money and more
responsibility than their equivalants would do in Eire, or in many other
European countries. She told me that in her opinion, British doctors are
undervalued, and so is the NHS itself!
Bankers and tycoons got us into the mess we're in, not doctors, so it should be
the former who take the cuts, surely?
--- In HeadingtonNewsandViews@yahoogroups.com, "jlgspr" <uppermordent@...>
wrote:
>
> The 108/118 minibus service is the only one we have that goes through
Headington Quarry. Unfortunately, it only passes through here in the mornings
and the afternoon buses go directly along the main London Road.
> The 13.30 drops passengers back in Quarry only on request, and the later ones
not at all.
> I have started a petition from bus users to the Motts Bus Company to allow
this bus to pass through Quarry more often.
> We think that since the bus is subsidized by the County Council, everybody who
pays council tax has an equal right to benefit from what they are paying for.
> The bus runs in and out of the town three times in the afternoon, and there
could be an arrangement whereby the later services picked up passengers going
into town from Quarry, and took them back there on request.
> The difference in journey time for passengers travelling longer-distance would
be minimal, only a couple of minutes.
> We also need a bus stop in Weyland Road to mark the stop and alert more
people to the existence of the service.
> So far, seven people have signed the petition. If you would like to
sign it, please get in touch with me.
> Julia
Gasper.
>
I support your campaign!
Nicholas Newman
The 108/118 minibus service is the only one we have that goes through Headington
Quarry. Unfortunately, it only passes through here in the mornings and the
afternoon buses go directly along the main London Road.
The 13.30 drops passengers back in Quarry only on request, and the later ones
not at all.
I have started a petition from bus users to the Motts Bus Company to allow this
bus to pass through Quarry more often.
We think that since the bus is subsidized by the County Council, everybody who
pays council tax has an equal right to benefit from what they are paying for.
The bus runs in and out of the town three times in the afternoon, and there
could be an arrangement whereby the later services picked up passengers going
into town from Quarry, and took them back there on request.
The difference in journey time for passengers travelling longer-distance would
be minimal, only a couple of minutes.
We also need a bus stop in Weyland Road to mark the stop and alert more
people to the existence of the service.
So far, seven people have signed the petition. If you would like to sign
it, please get in touch with me.
Julia
Gasper.
--- In HeadingtonNewsandViews@yahoogroups.com, "jlgspr" <uppermordent@...>
wrote:
>
> WELCOME TO a new website for discussion of all Headington and Oxford local
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>
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WELCOME TO a new website for discussion of all Headington and Oxford local news
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Everybody is welcome to join regardless of their political views or how long
they have lived in Headington. If you have lived here for thirty years, or if
you moved here yesterday - sign up!
Pass on word to your friends and neighbours so that they can join.
We would like to hear your views on everything from politics to potholes.
I will be distributing leaflets about this website at the AREA COMMITTEE MEETING
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