The true facts about all these crucial gas works

Veronica Hamel, actress, Joe Walsh, rock musician Bo Derek, actress

Sean Young, actress, Callie Thorne, actress, Joshua Gomez, actor, Kimberley Walsh, singer IN response to Alan Starr from Golcar and others complaining about the gas works being carried out locally.

Every sign states ‘essential’ works. Cast iron mains laid many years ago, now in a state of disrepair, pose a huge safety risk.

These must be replaced to ensure an uninterrupted safe supply.

Do you flick the switch to ignite your central heating, gas fire, gas oven?

Worst scenario - were gas mains not replaced - flick that switch and lose your life or those of families nearby, properties destroyed.

The gas engineers on site are fully-trained, highly-skilled engineers.

The manual labour involved, working in weather most would not see fit to walk a dog in, would put most off this career.

Days involve dealing with verbal abuse, horn blowing, hand gestures etc.

To those criticising when it appears no-one is ‘working’ – with an understanding that the job must be carried out, you would realise it’s unavoidable:

Work cannot start until external companies have fully set up road closures, traffic lights, diversions etc.

Work cannot continue if barriers are not correctly positioned for health and safety reasons.

The job plan and procedure is often changed, meaning work must stop, new routine operations written and approved before work can recommence.

A machine driver must be watched by at least one banksman who may appear to be doing nothing but is ensuring safe excavation.

Health & safety regulations etc.

These engineers are selfemployed – there is no gain ‘standing around.’

If it appears to the uneducated eye that this is the case I can assure you that no work is no pay!

Before continuing the torrent of complaints/abuse, note the number on the signs, call NGN and ask for information for a better understanding of what is involved to safely supply the gas you need on a daily basis.

Armed with this information to digest in your cosy gassupplied homes perhaps next time you pass the roadworks, “thanks/cheers” would be the correct shout! Angry wife (of a highly skilled gas engineer) who knows what the job entails to ensure the safe supply of your gas IT has almost become embarrassing to say that you worship in a C of E church and the latest absurdity that it is issuing new guidelines to its 4,700 schools on cross-dressing and “transgender” questions does nothing to make it any easier.

To quote a national newspaper: “School uniform is seen to create potential difficulties for “trans pupils” and should, if necessary, be abolished.

“Boys as young as five should be encouraged, if they wish, to come to school wearing tiaras, tutus and high heels.”

Little wonder that C of E congregations are shrinking where this nonsense is advocated, along with other recent “fashionable” statements.

By contrast, many “free churches”, who do not accept these absurdities, are rapidly growing because they preach and believe in the word of God.

We are sick and tired of seeing the Lord’s name being the subject of ridicule.

We want a return to the church’s mission; spreading the good news of the Gospel, of Christian fellowship and values and spiritual growth.

We say to the archbishop, bishops and clergy we have had enough of your distortions of the truth.

The latest edict from the church is adopting worldly “fashions”.

We are called to be a holy people that is set apart, different, and so we should be.

The former Prime Minister, John Major, said ‘back to basics.’ That’s precisely what the C of E needs to do.

Back to the word of God.