The Huntley - where has she gone ?

[candycane]

Yep Debbie Flint has said she’s been on overtime.
The other day she read out a social media comment about the number of days on the trot and she said she was on day 11.

The poor lamb. Eleven whole days doing overtime, my my, whatever next? Second job

CC

 

[donna255]

Bet she was first in line to volunteer for the overtime before anyone else could get a look in.

 

[Toril]

Bet she was first in line to volunteer for the overtime before anyone else could get a look in.

I would imagine that that’s a given, considering she enjoys being seen. (Photo bombing her own photos for example. )

She did mention that she was due for a break though.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I would imagine that that’s a given, considering she enjoys being seen. (Photo bombing her own photos for example. )

She did mention that she was due for a break though.

Not half as badly as we are (from her)

 

[Dream Girl]

I would imagine that that’s a given, considering she enjoys being seen. (Photo bombing her own photos for example. )

She did mention that she was due for a break though.

Oh yes she’s off to do a retreat at Devon and then a holiday I think.

 

[Old Man Steptoe]

Yep Debbie Flint has said she’s been on overtime.
The other day she read out a social media comment about the number of days on the trot and she said she was on day 11.

That’s 11 freebies the poor lamb

 

[maymorganlondon]

That’s 11 freebies the poor lamb

I'm playing my sympathy on the world's tiniest violin!

 

[stratobuddy]

The only freebies I ever got was a company tie and a mug.

 

[Twilight]

I've only worked in the public sector so no freebies; I even had to buy my own stapler & staples when I joined the civil service & still have several hundred left in the box!

 

[Deleted member 21102]

You and me both. My stapler still has my name scratched on top to make sure it was returned to me.

 

[Brissles]

Ah, well the NHS was a cornucopia of gifts ! - all from the medical reps. Diaries / pens / first aid kits / an endless number of buffet lunches / wall and alarm clocks / blotting pads / notepads - all stamped with the company logo of course.

 

[Twilight]

You and me both. My stapler still has my name scratched on top to make sure it was returned to me.

We're twins

 

[Vienna]

My first job when I left school was working for the Ministry Of Defence in the offices at one of their munitions factories. It was a huge place which covered many square miles and it was so big that on pay days we had to be driven around by car to hand out the weekly wage packets at various sites around the factory.
The main gates were manned by MOD Police and there were 2 little brick buildings which were used to search people leaving the site. One building for women and one for men and as the factory emptied and the office staff left too, a male Police Officer and a Female Police Officer would randomly select people to be searched. Consequently even getting a factory pencil out the the place was nigh on impossible and seeing as they manufactured, bullets, shells, missiles, grenades and lots of other stuff we didn`t know about (it was the height of the Cold War ) there was no chance of a freebie of any description. It was where the original bouncing bombs used by the Dam busters were made and at the height of the War it employed 35,000 people mainly women.
Mind you they did arrest 2 Russian spies trying to photograph the site but they failed miserably because Hitler`s planes never found it back in the 40`s either and that was all down to parts of the factory being underground or buildings were covered with soil and grass which from the air just looked like a field and the site had zebra crossings, it`s own railway station, a listed building called Buckshaw Hall and houses for some MOD staff so once again that all made it look like a small town. It`s all gone now, it closed down around 2005, the land was decontaminated and sold off for building houses.

 

[Twilight]

Another Vienna Special

 

[donna255]

My first job when I left school was working for the Ministry Of Defence in the offices at one of their munitions factories. It was a huge place which covered many square miles and it was so big that on pay days we had to be driven around by car to hand out the weekly wage packets at various sites around the factory.
The main gates were manned by MOD Police and there were 2 little brick buildings which were used to search people leaving the site. One building for women and one for men and as the factory emptied and the office staff left too, a male Police Officer and a Female Police Officer would randomly select people to be searched. Consequently even getting a factory pencil out the the place was nigh on impossible and seeing as they manufactured, bullets, shells, missiles, grenades and lots of other stuff we didn`t know about (it was the height of the Cold War ) there was no chance of a freebie of any description. It was where the original bouncing bombs used by the Dam busters were made and at the height of the War it employed 35,000 people mainly women.
Mind you they did arrest 2 Russian spies trying to photograph the site but they failed miserably because Hitler`s planes never found it back in the 40`s either and that was all down to parts of the factory being underground or buildings were covered with soil and grass which from the air just looked like a field and the site had zebra crossings, it`s own railway station, a listed building called Buckshaw Hall and houses for some MOD staff so once again that all made it look like a small town. It`s all gone now, it closed down around 2005, the land was decontaminated and sold off for building houses.

I am convinced the Most Haunted lot investigated there as it was supposed to be haunted? Did you hear any bumps and doors slamming on their own?

 

[Vienna]

I am convinced the Most Haunted lot investigated there as it was supposed to be haunted? Did you hear any bumps and doors slamming on their own?

When the factory was up and running there were many areas which were out of bounds, Buckshaw Hall was one of them. It was built in the 1600`s I think and was smack in the middle of ROF Euxton Chorley land. It had wire fences around it but you`d see it as you were driven around doing the wages drop at the canteens.
When the factory closed around 2005 and the land was decontaminated and sold off then Buckshaw was made safe I believe. I`d moved out of the area by then and I`d left the MOD years before, in fact in1976 but I believe Buckshaw is still standing and a place of interest but not in a good enough condition to be lived in.

 

[Siandc]

Still no news or social media presence from Catherine. Hope she is ok. There seem to be a lot of presenters cutting back hours recently, however it is nice to see Will doing some presenting, he gets to the point without the waffle at least

 

[candycane]

I hope she's OK as well. She's probably taking some time out for herself which would be a good thing. Who knows what people's happy, smiling personas are covering up? I hope she isn't struggling and if she is then I hope she's getting the support she needs.

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[Linwood]

She may have been let-go from presenting on air for now and working behind the scenes in another position, possibly. Catherine is much stronger than she makes out.

 

[Siandc]

She may have been let-go from presenting on air for now and working behind the scenes in another position, possibly. Catherine is much stronger than she makes out.

I know she is not everyone's cup of tea but I liked seeing her present. I watch Q for the entertainment value as much as the shopping and even those who's presenting style is not my favourite, it's a lot better watching than the constant misery of life on the other channels!