Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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#1
in local paper is the advert about the hosepipe ban from easter , there is an extra coloumn under concession
for example
no hosepipe on your garden ------------------------- concession over 65
does that mean us oldies can water our garden as i am over 70 ?
we could go around watering the neighbours at a pound a time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#2
good thinking ron, a bit like the free t.v.licence for the over 75's.
amazing how suddenly many thought it was a great idea for an aged relative to live with them.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#3
Do they think that the oldies are more sensible and will not waste water ???
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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#4
More likely we are all very frail and unable to lift a watering can.
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#5
.... Jan - I sometimes think I am getting that way !! .....
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Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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#6
anyone got the answer? concession to over 65,s . for using hosepipe on garden after easter ?
Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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#7
looks like it is a no go for over 65,s to use a hosepipe now
i had a list of 15 people who were going to give me a pound to water their gardens as i am over 80 , but guess that the goverment do not like us pensioners earning a bit of money as you saw in the budget
good story about the concessions in the mail last saturday
#8
I have a blue badge and that gives me the right to use the hosepipe, for some reason.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#9
Those who receive Attendance Allowance because of disability must still use a watering can NOT a hose.
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#10
Just a question: what happens if someone fills their watering can with the hose............?
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#11
......and Bern, what about a hose connected to a water butt?
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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#12
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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#13
This is the one more directly relevant to us, all 13 pages of it -
https://southeast.veoliawater.co.uk/docs/drought-restrictions-explained.pdf
Right down at the bottom of the page 1 (if I read it right!) it says that Terry can't use his hosepipe connected to a water butt unless he fills it up before Thursday
And later on it says he can use a hospipe if it's rainwater in the butt ( some chance) or greywater.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#14
courtesy of the telegraph.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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