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Old 23rd Nov 2007, 07:06
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Tc To The Seaside

Good luck to my past colleagues from West Drayton who begin the trudge down to Swanwick this weekend.

If nothing else, they have some very nice new poncy headsets (and about time too!!)

Keep packin' them in folks...........
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It's gonna be a real blow for them, giving up HMP for the stress of the lake and the starbucks, and the coffee terraces and the light and airy, brand new Ops Room and the clean(er) air with Ikea about to be built at Southampton...and the re-location package.....and................. Poor souls!
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It's the cheap and tacky Scandanavian shop that does it for me
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... but not too many sweet dreams I gather? I'm sure my old mucka Mr B will look after them....
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HD, Fancy a visit?

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I think i may have to come for a little looksie in the New Year.
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120.4 - have sent you a PM.
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Fingers crossed (and toes!). If I'm not too shattered I might post about 4am when it should (hopefully) all be done leaving only the dust to settle


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What will be left if anything at West Drayton ?
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Originally Posted by flower
What will be left if anything at West Drayton ?
LMARS until late January when they move down to Swanwick. WD is being kep viable until late March as contingency until the facility becomes operational in Whiteley. After that NATS will close off and shut down all operational kit and hand the site back to MoD.

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What will be left if anything at West Drayton ?
Well when people turn up to work on the last day with a selection of screwdrivers, not much will be left by the looks of it.
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Hey, be careful with those screwdrivers - some of your cast-offs are needed to fill our nice new shiny, erm, whadja'ma'callit, thingy...
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Exec control taken at LTC Swanwick at 03:09
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Went OK and the buffet was loverly (burp)

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Exec control taken at LTC Swanwick at 03:09
Went OK and the buffet was loverly (burp)
Congrats from your brethren on this side of the pond! Glad to hear it went well! Never any guarantees in this sort of move.

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Congratulations to everyone involved, I was proud to be a part of it.

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Gawd, that didn't take long - damned pikey

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Old 24th Nov 2007, 17:36
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Looks a damned sight better than some of the "official" gifts I've had... memories of a Parker 3-pen set missing two of them!!!
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Old 24th Nov 2007, 18:06
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Gawd, that didn't take long - damned pikey
LOL!!! Not even had mine yet but hardly 'exclusive' as there are over a thousand operational staff at Swanwick, plus all the rest. I would guess about 25% of NATS work at Swanwick and 50% at CTC.

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As I understand it though, it is Swanwick staff only, so an 'exclusive' club of 1000!! Unless they have managed to break the other 999
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