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what is an allottment?
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| clarissa 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
| Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is it
just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means a
portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada
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| judith lea 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
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clarissa wrote:
> Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is it
> just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means a
> portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
> Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada
It's a piece of land that you can rent on an annual basis, usually
through your local council
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"judith lea" <lea.judith@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> clarissa wrote:
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> It's a piece of land that you can rent on an annual basis, usually
> through your local council
Small correction....
It's a piece of land to GROW food or plants on that you can rent on an
annual basis, usually through your local council with many bylaws and
usually rules for it's upkeep.
Although it varies quite a lot as to what's allowed and what isn't
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| JennyC 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
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"clarissa" <clarissa@telus.net> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
> it
> just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means
> a
> portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
> Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada
It's not around house. People with and without gardens have allotments in
the UK. Some fro growing veg and some people use it as a recreational area.
Lot more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotment_(gardening)
Jenny :~))
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| judith lea 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
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Robbo wrote:
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> Small correction....
Quite right I should have said that - duh!
>
> It's a piece of land to GROW food or plants on that you can rent on an
> annual basis, usually through your local council with many bylaws and
> usually rules for it's upkeep.
>
> Although it varies quite a lot as to what's allowed and what isn't
On the university allottments, you can keep chickens!!!
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"judith lea" <lea.judith@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Robbo wrote:
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> Quite right I should have said that - duh!
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> On the university allottments, you can keep chickens!!!
Yeah, but they wouldn't know how to kill and cook 'em ;-)
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| La Puce 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
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clarissa wrote:
> Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is it
> just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means a
> portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
> Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada
I've just finished a book by David Crouch, The Art of Allotments. I got
intrigued by him as he's written a lot for the ODPM (Office of prime
minister here) and I had also found 'Allotments, landscapes and
cultures' which is also a fantastic read. If you're totally new to the
story of allotments in the UK, there's your start.
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| Alan Holmes 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
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"Robbo" <notachance@there.com> wrote in message
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> "judith lea" <lea.judith@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah, but they wouldn't know how to kill and cook 'em ;-)
Of course they do, chase them around until they die of fright, then bung
them in the oven, simple really!
Alan
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| Bob Hobden 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
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"clarissa" wrote
> Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
> it
> just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means
> a
> portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
> Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada
>
It's a field (Allotment site) split up into individual Allotment plots of
usually 10 sq Rods (Poles or Perches) a Rod is an old measurement and is
5.5yds. Some sites also have half or quarter plots for rent and some sites
that are a strange shape have strange shaped/sized plots too.
So a normal plot is 302.5 sq yards or say 250 sq metres.
Lately some Councils have started to talk in "Metric Lettings" which is a
politically correct term for Rods. 1 Rod is roughly equal to 5 metres.
Most are rented out by the local Council on an annual basis usually with the
stipulation that they are mainly used for the growing of food crops
(vegetables and fruit) although I have seen them used for flowers and
nothing has been said. In other parts of the country they even keep birds
(Chickens and pigeons) and animals (Rabbits) on their plots.
The cost varies greatly from Council to Council, our's here in Runnymede
charges £80+ pa. the highest I've heard of is £100+ pa nearer Central
London, yet others just charge only a few pounds and provide free manure. (I
wish!)
The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers yard"
or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't use the
term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front Gardens or Back
Gardens.
Hope that helps. :-)
--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| Martin 2006-11-20, 1:25 pm |
| On 20 Nov 2006 09:32:37 -0800, "judith lea" <lea.judith@googlemail.com> =
wrote:
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>Robbo wrote:
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>Quite right I should have said that - duh!
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>On the university allottments, you can keep chickens!!!
The Dutch put up sheds on their allotments and use them as summer houses.
--=20
Martin
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| shazzbat 2006-11-20, 5:25 pm |
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"Bob Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> "clarissa" wrote
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> The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers yard"
> or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't use the
> term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front Gardens or
> Back Gardens.
What they all said, and more besides. Some are privately owned, some are
rented out by councils and allotment societies, ours is Administered by an
estate agent, but belongs to a local landowner. You can see ours here -
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/steveandmaggiesplot
No livestock allowed on ours, and no water provided, but for GBP 20.00 per
year we can live with that. There are some good allotment clips on youtube
etc.
Steve
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| Lez Pawl 2006-11-20, 5:25 pm |
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"clarissa" <clarissa@telus.net> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone or anyone I am not sure what an allottment is in the UK - is
> it
> just a name for the yard around one's house? In Canada it generally means
> a
> portion of a communal land area where those without yards can garden.
> Thanks for your help. Jean Vancouver BC Canada
>
>
its where you go for peace and quiet and not to get nagged at where you can
sit in a shed and drink beer with other allotmentors.
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| Bertie Doe 2006-11-20, 5:25 pm |
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I own one allotment approx 7 x 30m and another I rent at £10 pa.(20 x 10m).
In effect, this gives me one large 'L' shaped allotment. They are well
drained, when I laid a concrete and breezeblock base, the drop was 25cm over
3m.
No useage restrictions, I have a tarmac'd area, which is handy. A couple of
neighbouring allotments are devoted to chickens, they enjoy lettuce that has
run to seed. At least I know the eggs we eat are genuine free-range.
Bertie
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| Trevor 2006-11-20, 5:25 pm |
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"Bob Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> "clarissa" wrote
> It's a field (Allotment site) split up into individual Allotment plots of
> usually 10 sq Rods (Poles or Perches) a Rod is an old measurement and is
> 5.5yds. Some sites also have half or quarter plots for rent and some sites
> that are a strange shape have strange shaped/sized plots too.
> So a normal plot is 302.5 sq yards or say 250 sq metres.
> Lately some Councils have started to talk in "Metric Lettings" which is a
> politically correct term for Rods. 1 Rod is roughly equal to 5 metres.
> Most are rented out by the local Council on an annual basis usually with
> the stipulation that they are mainly used for the growing of food crops
> (vegetables and fruit) although I have seen them used for flowers and
> nothing has been said. In other parts of the country they even keep birds
> (Chickens and pigeons) and animals (Rabbits) on their plots.
> The cost varies greatly from Council to Council, our's here in Runnymede
> charges £80+ pa. the highest I've heard of is £100+ pa nearer Central
> London, yet others just charge only a few pounds and provide free manure.
> (I wish!)
>
> The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers yard"
> or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't use the
> term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front Gardens or
> Back Gardens.
I think you'll find parts of the UK where the area surrounding the house is
called the Yard. Skipton area for sure and other parts of Yorkshire. I would
suspect the NE too.
Trevor
East Yorkshire
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| Martin 2006-11-20, 5:25 pm |
| On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:41:21 -0000, "Trevor"
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| Pam Moore 2006-11-20, 5:25 pm |
| On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:43:39 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>The Dutch put up sheds on their allotments and use them as summer houses.
An allotment is a piece of a communal plot. Some of the sheds on our
site got vandalised in the summer holidays!
Pam in Bristol
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| Alan Holmes 2006-11-20, 8:25 pm |
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"Trevor" <trevor@nospam.woldsweather.plus.net> wrote in message
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> "Bob Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> I think you'll find parts of the UK where the area surrounding the house
> is called the Yard. Skipton area for sure and other parts of Yorkshire. I
> would suspect the NE too.
But that is usually a concreted over area, where the lavatory used to be
sited.
Alan
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> Trevor
> East Yorkshire
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| Bob Hobden 2006-11-20, 8:25 pm |
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"Martin" wrote
>I think you'll find parts of the UK where the area surrounding the house is
>called the Yard. Skipton area for sure and other parts of Yorkshire. I
>would
>suspect the NE too.
and the area behind the house is called a back yard.
I thought that was just in Coronation Street or similar! (a small enclosed
concrete/paved area, not a garden)
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| Martin 2006-11-21, 9:25 am |
| On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:29:35 GMT, "Alan Holmes" <alan.holmes@nowhere.com>
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Martin
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| John Kelly 2006-11-21, 9:25 am |
| Bob Hobden wrote:
> "clarissa" wrote
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> The term "Yard" over here is used for a "Builders yard" or "Breakers yard"
> or similar, somewhere commercial and usually a bit messy, we don't use the
> term for our gardens around our homes which are either Front Gardens or Back
> Gardens.
Doesn't that depend on which part of the country you're from. My parents
always called it the back yard although we also had a front garden.
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John Kelly
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| La Puce 2006-11-21, 9:25 am |
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Martin wrote:
> The Dutch put up sheds on their allotments and use them as summer houses.
In Danmark too - I've got lots of pictures of fantastic 'shed', houses
really, which I took in September, on huge allotment sites but there's
not a lot of place for growing stuff ;o)
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| Tim C. 2006-11-21, 9:25 am |
| Following up to Martin <me@privacy.net> :
>The Dutch put up sheds on their allotments and use them as summer houses.
They do that in Austria too - Schräbergarten. Intended as a small patch of
green for gardenless city-dwellers, where they can get away from the
rat-race, they now have to keep up with the Joneses in the patch next door.
Who's got the biggest/best hut, how many beds(yes, really).
--
Tim C.
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| La Puce 2006-11-21, 9:25 am |
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Tim C. wrote:
> They do that in Austria too - Schr=E4bergarten. Intended as a small patch=
of
> green for gardenless city-dwellers, where they can get away from the
> rat-race, they now have to keep up with the Joneses in the patch next doo=
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> Who's got the biggest/best hut, how many beds(yes, really).
In Poland they can sleep in their 'shed/house' and were given 1 acre.
Amazing. It is forbiden to sleep on our allotment - though nobody do
check.
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| Martin 2006-11-21, 9:25 am |
| On 21 Nov 2006 03:53:16 -0800, "La Puce" <helene@rudlin.co.uk> wrote:
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>Martin wrote:
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>In Danmark too - I've got lots of pictures of fantastic 'shed', houses
>really, which I took in September, on huge allotment sites but there's
>not a lot of place for growing stuff ;o)
The Dutch propagate and grow kids on their allotments.
Subsidies on solar panel kits were terminated when it was found most =
kits were
used to charge batteries to run the fridge to keep the beer cool in the
allotment shed.
--=20
Martin
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| La Puce 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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Martin wrote:
> The Dutch propagate and grow kids on their allotments.
> Subsidies on solar panel kits were terminated when it was found most kits were
> used to charge batteries to run the fridge to keep the beer cool in the
> allotment shed.
:o))) Don't you just love them. I mean, I do love you/them ...
I've been looking into getting a small turbine for our allotment
communal shed. We usually are very much in the dark before the end of
our meetings in winter but because we adjust our sight slowly to the
darkness we don't realise. Would you beleive that some have opted to
stay this way - conducting meetings in the dark because that hasn't
bothered anyone since 1906.
I'm just wondering if this kind of activities are allowed ;o)
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| Muddymike 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
| >Subsidies on solar panel kits were terminated when it was found most kits
>were
>used to charge batteries to run the fridge to keep the beer cool in the
>allotment shed.
My uncle made a very effective wind generator using an old factory venting
fan turning a car alternator to keep a deep cycle batter charged in an
isolated barn on his Yorkshire smallholding. The only new component was a
decent battery once he proved the system worked using an old one. Even the
12 volt bulbs and holders came from cars in a scrap yard. The end result was
a switchable lighting throughout and now an old caravan fridge keeps the
beer & bait chilled.
Mike (the new boy)
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| michael adams 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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> "judith lea" <lea.judith@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> Small correction....
No correction is called for. As Judith didn't actually specify what the
the allotment could, or could not be, used for.
>
> It's a piece of land to GROW food or plants on that you can rent on an
> annual basis, usually through your local council with many bylaws and
> usually rules for it's upkeep.
>
Correction.
It's a piece of land which can be put to any number of leisure uses
depending on where you happen to live
<quote>
http://www.spennymoortowncouncil.go.../04Mins2006.pdf
CLYDE TERRACE ALLOTMENTS ....requesting permission to erect a Pigeon
Loft on Allotment No.24 of the above site. The Association has no
objections to this application. ...
<quote>
Sadly, pigeon lofts on allotments in some places have been subject to
the attentions of vandals in recent years.
michael adams
....
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| JennyC 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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"La Puce" <helene@rudlin.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Martin wrote:
>
> In Danmark too - I've got lots of pictures of fantastic 'shed', houses
> really, which I took in September, on huge allotment sites but there's
> not a lot of place for growing stuff ;o)
These are fun too :~))
The Sheds of Murmansk: http://tinyurl.com/vkyn5
Jenny
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| La Puce 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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JennyC wrote:
> These are fun too :~))
> The Sheds of Murmansk: http://tinyurl.com/vkyn5
#... what's he building in there ...#
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| Pat Gardiner 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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"Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>"Trevor" <trevor@nospam.woldsweather.plus.net> wrote in message
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>But that is usually a concreted over area, where the lavatory used to be
>sited.
Paved.
I think the standard British allotment size has something to do with the
length of a cricket pitch....22 yards is it?
I've forgotten.....
--
Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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Martin
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| Little Weed 2006-11-21, 5:25 pm |
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Lez Pawl wrote:
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> its where you go for peace and quiet and not to get nagged at where you can
> sit in a shed and drink beer with other allotmentors.
well I'd like to agree with that except my hussband insisits on coming
with me  )
LW
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| Martin 2006-11-21, 5:25 pm |
| On 21 Nov 2006 09:55:12 -0800, "La Puce" <helene@rudlin.co.uk> wrote:
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>JennyC wrote:
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>#... what's he building in there ...#
A Mediterranean garden with frogs and a beach, darling. I'm in grease, =
darling.
--=20
Martin
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| JennyC 2006-11-22, 3:25 am |
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> JennyC wrote:
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> #... what's he building in there ...#
#.......He has subscriptions to those Magazines......#
"~) Jenny
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> "Robbo" <notachance@there.com> wrote in message
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> No correction is called for. As Judith didn't actually specify what the
> the allotment could, or could not be, used for.
>
>
>
> Correction.
>
> It's a piece of land which can be put to any number of leisure uses
> depending on where you happen to live
>
> <quote>
>
> http://www.spennymoortowncouncil.go.../04Mins2006.pdf
> CLYDE TERRACE ALLOTMENTS ....requesting permission to erect a Pigeon
> Loft on Allotment No.24 of the above site. The Association has no
> objections to this application. ...
>
> <quote>
>
> Sadly, pigeon lofts on allotments in some places have been subject to
> the attentions of vandals in recent years.
Just don't tell the"Welfare State" of there will be 20 Kosovans or
Lithuanians living in an allotment shed claiming even MORE benefit!
;-^
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| June Hughes 2006-11-22, 3:25 am |
| In message <4si67nFv843rU2@mid.individual.net>, JennyC
<Jenny.squirrel@chello.nl> writes
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>"La Puce" <helene@rudlin.co.uk> wrote in message
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>#.......He has subscriptions to those Magazines......#
>
I thought the reference was to Tom Waits?
--
June Hughes
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| George.com 2006-11-22, 3:25 am |
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> Lez Pawl wrote:
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I like that answer, if it wasn't so true it would be funny. I reckon thats
exactly what my Uncle needs (and maybe me shortly if my wife discovers this
post).
rob
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| Martin 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
| On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:13:16 -0000, "Robbo" <notachance@there.com> wrote:
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>Just don't tell the"Welfare State" of there will be 20 Kosovans or=20
>Lithuanians living in an allotment shed claiming even MORE benefit!
>
>;-^
and not working for slave labour salaries?
--=20
Martin
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| La Puce 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
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JennyC wrote:
> #.......He has subscriptions to those Magazines......#
:o))
#... I'll tell you one thing, he's not building a playhouse for the
children...#
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| La Puce 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
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June Hughes wrote:
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> I thought the reference was to Tom Waits?
Yes, from Mules Variations. Jenny got it right! #.... he has
subscriptions to those magazines .... never waves when he goes by, he's
hiding something from the rest of us, he's all to himself, I think I
know why ... he took down the tire swing from the Peppertree, he has no
children of his own you see ... he has no dog, he has no friends and
his lawn is dying ....#
TW Fan
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| La Puce 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
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Martin wrote:
> A Mediterranean garden with frogs and a beach, darling. I'm in grease, darling.
LOL! You're going to give me nightmares if you continue ...! Talking of
frogs, last night my dog (the blond one) kept barking at a corner of
our front garden. I thought it was a hedgehog but went to have a look.
I found a pile of frogs. A pile!! Must have been 10 in there, all on
top of each others, very much alive. They looked really cold. Never
seen this before. So I gathered lots of leaves in the hope they'll make
themselves a lil' nest for winter ... unless they were rehearsing for a
frog pyramid show ... ;o)
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| Martin 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
| On 22 Nov 2006 02:58:14 -0800, "La Puce" <helene@rudlin.co.uk> wrote:
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>Martin wrote:
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>LOL! You're going to give me nightmares if you continue ...!=20
Did you watch Digging Deep last night?
I've realised that his part is to extract key phrases from what she says =
and
repeat them twice. adding "darling".
As your son so wisely said a garden program run backwards.
>Talking of
>frogs, last night my dog (the blond one) kept barking at a corner of
>our front garden. I thought it was a hedgehog but went to have a look.
>I found a pile of frogs. A pile!! Must have been 10 in there, all on
>top of each others, very much alive. They looked really cold. Never
>seen this before. So I gathered lots of leaves in the hope they'll make
>themselves a lil' nest for winter ... unless they were rehearsing for a
>frog pyramid show ... ;o)
Weren't they mating?
--=20
Martin
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| JennyC 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
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"George.com" <roblyn@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> can
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> I like that answer, if it wasn't so true it would be funny. I reckon thats
> exactly what my Uncle needs (and maybe me shortly if my wife discovers
> this
> post).
> rob
The above is available in virtual form at uk.rec.sheds :~))))
You might want to check out this first though:
http://www.uk-rec-sheds.org.uk/
You will need an old cardigan.............
Jenny
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| La Puce 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
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Martin wrote:
> Did you watch Digging Deep last night?
No. I was mostly scrapping wall paper from my dinning room walls.
Seriously I was.
> Weren't they mating?
Don't know. Didn't ask.
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| Alan Holmes 2006-11-22, 1:25 pm |
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"JennyC" <Jenny.squirrel@chello.nl> wrote in message
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> "La Puce" <helene@rudlin.co.uk> wrote in message
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> #.......He has subscriptions to those Magazines......#
(innocently) and what Magazines are those? (innocently)
Alan
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> "~) Jenny
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| Alan Holmes 2006-11-22, 1:25 pm |
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"June Hughes" <junehughes@theacct.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <4si67nFv843rU2@mid.individual.net>, JennyC
> <Jenny.squirrel@chello.nl> writes
> I thought the reference was to Tom Waits?
What is he waiting for?
Alan
> --
> June Hughes
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| robertharvey@my-deja.com 2006-11-23, 3:25 am |
| Martin wrote:
> On 21 Nov 2006 03:53:16 -0800, "La Puce" <helene@rudlin.co.uk> wrote:
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> The Dutch propagate and grow kids on their allotments.
> Subsidies on solar panel kits were terminated when it was found most kits were
> used to charge batteries to run the fridge to keep the beer cool in the
> allotment shed.
This discussion ought to be continued over the fence.
I like the idea of a solar fridge in any case, it seems to cock a snook
at the natural order of things in a very sheddi way.
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| George.com 2006-11-23, 3:25 am |
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"JennyC" <Jenny.squirrel@chello.nl> wrote in message
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> "George.com" <roblyn@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:ek11qf$akg$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
you[color=darkred]
thats[color=darkred]
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> The above is available in virtual form at uk.rec.sheds :~))))
> You might want to check out this first though:
> http://www.uk-rec-sheds.org.uk/
> You will need an old cardigan.............
> Jenny
yup, got one of those. For use in the garden and walking the dogs.
rob
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| robertharvey@my-deja.com wrote:
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> This discussion ought to be continued over the fence.
>
> I like the idea of a solar fridge in any case, it seems to cock a snook
> at the natural order of things in a very sheddi way.
>
I shall pointedly Not post the link to the jet-powered beer-cooler,
though I will mention that he has some more good stuff on the site since
last I looked.
--
JonG (Self -Preservation Society No. 37 3/4)
The Shed: A Shelter from Chicks on the Wing
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