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    Free TV licence scrapped for (most) over 75-s

    Anybody would think we pensioners have never worked..We did, and we never received benefits either, such as heating allowances etc..It comes with retirement, weve paid our taxes to society?
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    Free TV licence scrapped for (most) over 75-s

    I am sorry, but Ive read some of these posts with dismay.Many Pensioners are too proud to ask for additional benefits, theyve worked hard all their life, and deserve the 3 concessions. And they will probably be too proud to go to Food Banks, unlike the people we see on CH 5 on the Dole claiming...
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    First Group: General Discussion

    Possibly Stagecoach in Weymouth, I think they would turn the business around!
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    Food & Drink on the railway

    Could a moderator contact me please, regarding my last post not being approved.Thanks? Since the 1970s, I never purchase food or drink on the trains. I take my own food, whether sandwiches; or Salad and meat in containers! A jar of coffee in tescos is £4, a cup of coffee on a trolley is...
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    Apologies misread.I was thinking each coach
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    Thats fine until units are reversed formation, as the 444s currently have been with diversions!
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    So I take it that no 442s will be utilised on the Pompey Route yet then?
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    Were there ever bournemouth -gatwick- victoria through trains?

    Yes, Connex ran a service from Victoria to Bournemouth back in the 90s. My friend and I caught it a few times, and 9 times out of 10; we were the only people on the train arriving at Bournemouth!

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