Just had a wee chap at the door, pleasant type, selling a leaflet (as shown here - click for bigger version) that seems to be a genuine charity fund raiser.

Checking the small print though, there's again no mention that it is a charity; there's just a Company Registration Number and a quick check on the internet links to a few interesting articles - [page one] | [page two] | [page three] - about the Company.

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...this place was just a building site.

According to some bloke called St. Swithun, we've little chance of firing up the barbecues around Delph Wynd until at least the 24th August.

Apparently, whatever the weather is on this day - St. Swithun's [see photo], it will remain the same for next forty days.

Bugger...

Just got sent this email (click picture for larger version), from Reader's Digest, saying that I am apparently a -

Can't even remember being entered in the first and second stages :?

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Looks like the builders who 'put-together' our little estate are feeling the pinch a bit...

From the BBC News website:

There's been a lot of this type of leaflet posted through the doors recently, all asking for some kind of donation of clothing, bric-a-brac, etc. Whilst some of these are genuine charities, there's a growing proportion of them that are known scams.

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