We had an impromptu visit from a computer supplier I know. He sent me this email which I thought might be of more general interest. My father did not buy the Berrow from the Earl of Dudley but it had been in his estate.
"I mentioned the bit about your dad buying your house from the earl of Dudley to my mum and she said that she had met the 3rd Earl and his younger brother. It was during the time she worked at Steel House in London after the war. The earl owned the Round Oak steel works. She remembered him as an ill tempered fat man with a red face. His temper got him into trouble one day when a car was parked in his way in Belgravia. He found a brick and smashed a window in order to move the car. The car belonged to another baronet and the earl was taken to court. The magistrate remarked that the earl seemed to have trouble curbing his temper and my mum said he was a bit better behaved after that.
The earl had a younger brother, a very different character who my mum thinks took after their mum Gertie Millar who had been a Gaiety Girl (the earl was a good friend of Edward VIII). My mum met him because the bad tempered earl wanted him to go to steel committee meetings. He turned up one day looking very smart and my mum made him a cup of tea while he swung around in one of the secretaries’ chairs in the office. She explained to him who would be on the committee and what they would be doing and he never turned up again.
After nationalisation the family home at Himley Hall was taken over and an urn containing Gertie Millar’s ashes was found there. My mum thinks somebody in the family must have been rather remiss when clearing out the house."
BT were working on the fault Wed 26/4/06. Hopefully everyone who was affected, now has their service restored. If you haven't then you need to contact BT on 0800 800 151.Good Luck!
In response to Guy's last message, I beleive a BT cable was damaged during the recent works on Ankerdine Hill, And most people between the exchange and Martley are without telephone service at this time. From someone who is affected, BT said the lines would be back on by Wednesday of this week, but as yet I haven't seen any BT people working on Ankerdine to locate the broken cable!!!! So who knows.
Can anyone tell me whether they have been having problems with their BT line reliability?
We have been without our phone for 2 days now & have not been given a date when BT expect the line to be fixed. We have had friends in Clifton & Suckley, who have been without their lines for 2 months & 1 week recently.
Are they working on something? It would be nice to be warned in advance & be given a date that it would be fixed by?
Guy Mucklow
Horsham, Martley.
NB The Annual Parish Meeting will be on 6th MAY not 13th as previous. 2:00pm open to public 6:00pm Annual Parish Meeting. Stalls can be set up from 10:00am onwards