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Daily Archives Thursday, May 2007

GE Thorn factory in Leicester threatened with closure

Shame to hear that the GE Lighting factory is threatened with closure, according to MP Keith Vaz. No doubt GE will have heard of local folklore concerning the toxic waste ‘dumped’ in numerous locations around the 60-year-old factory site.
PS: I have a MSocSci in Industrial Archaeology.

Posted 17 May 2007 † Stuart § Comedy § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Barking’s own arsonist

Roses in bloom, with in the background another apartment block which has been hit by a spate of petty arson on the Gascoigne Estate. Somehow no one has been caught, and luckily no one has been hurt, so far. MP Margaret Hodge know about it, the Essex police know about it, the Essex fire service [...]

Posted 17 May 2007 † Stuart § Barking § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °