| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Another Thames Water blunder or just plain arrogance? | |
| Posted by: | Christine Hooper | |
| Date/Time: | 18/06/06 14:33:00 |
| Hi Steve. Sorry , but I stand by what I say, parts of Isleworth smell and others don't, and some of them quite patently don't smell of sewage, some of them smell of coffee and cereal! Far from accepting our plight as being par from the course, my reply is that some of us have not had the opportunity to live in such exotic places as yourself for one reason or another, and you, like everyone else, are doing the best that you can with your life and making the most of what life throws at you with the abilities and skills you are given or have developed. Did you not investigate the surrounding area before you purchased? Not even to the extent of taking a walk around the town to see what other delights Isleworth held? As you lived in Chiswick, Barnes and Gunnesbury previously, didn't you have had a faint idea of the layout of the area? Was it a case of "I wan' tha' one" to coin a well-known phrase, when you saw your house? Not something that we did when buying our present house, we tried to find out as much about area as possible to supplement what we knew was there already. I absolutely and entirely agree that powerful corporations are able in some cases to abuse those unable to defend themselves. There are no excuses. Unfortunately there are still those people such as the tenants of the many council properties in the area who may have had no choice to move there as it may have been the only property that they were offered, and in many cases this will have provided them a support network as their families may have been living in the same area. Many of the elderly will have raised their families and have happy memories and be in familiar surroundings, and the stress of challenging such corporations may not be exactly life enhancing considering the stress involved. What happens if Thames Waster ships out? does this mean that another town would have to tackle the same issues again? What if they enlarged the works? Would this mean that may people would have to move out of their houses, perhaps under compulsory purchase and lose their support networks and memories? The problems are varied and many. Otherwise, good luck with your pursuance of Thames Water and for the future, whether you remain in Isleworth or move on. |