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siren13577

dmg24 wrote: »

Is there still a windmill at Crosby?

Yes, it's had it's sails sadly removed, it's fab though, how it looks today:
http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/1459.htm
how it used to look back when newish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Crosby_windmill.jpg

:beer:

siren13577

spindo wrote: »

I'm glad we have at last got a payment but Crosby is literally on the coast, it is always colder further away from the coast and Crosby is the weather station for disadvantaged (and very cold) parts of Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and NE Wales which arnt hugging the coast quite so much. This is why those areas seem to be getting shortchanged compared to places like Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham - a quick postcode check and i've noticed those big cities have been getting 2-3 payments and it has not been colder than a lot of the areas Crosby 'represents'.

I'm in Liverpool proper, I do think it's not really on as it is the coast and that is supposed to be warmer but it is an extra amount to help us out but it could do with be somewhere else and I'm suprised the Met office hasn't pointed this out and some clever bod has sorted it, maybe it's up to us.

dmg24

siren13577 wrote: »

Yes, it's had it's sails sadly removed, it's fab though, how it looks today:
http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/1459.htm
how it used to look back when newish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Crosby_windmill.jpg

:beer:

Thank you ... am now trying to work out if there is a word for 'love of windmills and other quirky buildings'! There is one in Nottingham that is now a fab science museum, hopefully they'll do something constructive with the Crosby one too.

spindo

siren13577 wrote: »

I'm in Liverpool proper, I do think it's not really on as it is the coast and that is supposed to be warmer but it is an extra amount to help us out but it could do with be somewhere else and I'm suprised the Met office hasn't pointed this out and some clever bod has sorted it, maybe it's up to us.

I agree - its not on. If our weather station was in St.Helens or even Knowsley i'm pretty sure we would have had a minimum 2 or 3 trigger payments as well, it might not seem a vast distance between those places and the coast at Crosby but in terms of temperature difference it certainly can be.

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dmg24 wrote: »

Thank you ... am now trying to work out if there is a word for 'love of windmills and other quirky buildings'! There is one in Nottingham that is now a fab science museum, hopefully they'll do something constructive with the Crosby one too.

The closest is probably 'batophilia' - a love of buildings, or being close to them.

brightonman123

hmm, sadly no snow bonus for me then- just JSA, rent and c/tax assistance at present.. cant see how someone would be getting JSA and a pension though?

Kieran.

Hi people,i am sorry if i posted in the wrong place or what,its a bit confusing at the moment,;),
Well my question is am i entitled to the cold weather payment if i just get the long term high rate of Incapacity benefit or not??

Bryando

Is it best to check the calculator every week, or every day? I'm not sure when it updates.

Thanks

munchings-n-crunchings

Kieran. wrote: »

Well my question is am i entitled to the cold weather payment if i just get the long term high rate of Incapacity benefit or not??

No.
Incapacity benefit is not means tested, so it does not qualify.

laurieabc

CF44 Sennybridge weather station has had a fourth trigger set this morning, I have received three payments so far, two were paid together yesterday so looks like a fourth is on its way to the banks.

Thought I would post this to let anyone know under the Sennybridge station in case anyone has not received anything yet