Archive | March, 2007
RIP HP Sauce

RIP HP Sauce

Tweet The last bottle of HP Sauce was manufactured in the Birmingham factory where it had been made for over 100 years early this morning. US company, Heinz, who bought HP two years ago are now going to have it manufactured in the Netherlands. West Midlands MPs have protestested both against the closure of the [...]

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Response to FGW bad service from Department for Transport

TweetI wrote to my MP Robert Key (Salisbury) about my concerns and complaints about First Great Western’s service in my area. He on my behalf wrote to Tom Harris MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, from the Department for Transport. Here is a summary of the reply. It seems to me that the [...]

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Honest train announcements

Honest train announcements

TweetWouldn’t it be great if train companies just told the truth?

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Signalling cock-up

TweetThere’s not much to be said about this. Signalling work in the Portsmouth area has been going on for weeks causing considerable problems for commuters and other passengers. Network Rail have managed to screw up the entire installation of signalling equipment. I hope you look forward to raised fares next year for the pleasure.

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