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coronavirus/coronavirus-covid-19.aspx and Adult Social Care information for
Dear Santa,
Carers on adultsocialcare.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
It is Christmas Day.
I am very proud to say that Laura is leading on this critical project.
I was very happy this morning when
I came downstairs to find that you
had left me some presents Crookhill Depot Fire
underneath the Christmas tree. The Many of you have asked what the
biggest present is a fantastic current situation is following the fire at the
sledge. I did not ask for a sledge. It depot in Weymouth on Sunday 15
is a lovely idea, so thank you very November. Sixteen waste collection and
much. It is definitely not an ordinary other ancillary vehicles were destroyed
sledge. Grandad read the or heavily damaged. Services were
instructions and it seems to be “top disrupted for a short while, but they are
of the range”, and the best of
now returning to normality although
sledges money can buy. there will be some residual affects for
It is painted blue, and that is my favourite colour. It will carry two people (me and some time to come. We will try to let
grandad). It can be steered to go right or left by pulling on a lever. It has a length Parish Councils and the public know
of yellow cord attached to the front. That makes it very easy to pull along. I have when we are informed of late or
not stopped sitting on the sledge, since unwrapping it, in the early hours of this disrupted collections. Please be assured that we are moving matters forward as
morning. It does not take much imagination to think about hours of fun sliding quickly as is feasibly possible, but we ask for your patience during this time. The Fire
down the slope behind grandad’s garden. That makes me happy. Services report into the incident concluded that the accidental fire started around
1:20pm under the bonnet of one of the waste collection vehicles, most likely
I do not know if you have caused by the heavy rainstorms and high winds experienced in Chickerell that
heard, but I have put a lot of afternoon. This apparently led to rainwater entering the vehicle’s electrical
effort in over the past few circuits, causing a short circuit, igniting the internal components of the vehicle and
weeks, trying my best to be a allowing the fire to take hold. The report also noted that a lightning strike hitting
good boy. It has not been the vehicle could not be ruled out as there were several strikes in the area during
easy, as my mummy will tell that time period. The fire then rapidly spread to the other adjacent vehicles as the
you. With next Christmas in flames were ‘wind driven’ eastward towards the site building.
mind, I do not want to upset

you and I hope you do not
think I am overstepping the Council employees raise £5000 for charity
mark, but I do wonder
whether you are the right Employees from Dorset Council rallied together during the second lockdown to
person to talk to, with regard raise more than £5,000 for charity. Colleagues across the council organised a
to organising some snow at series of virtual events, such as a raffle, quizzes, dress-up day and a silent auction
to raise money for BBC’s Children In Need and local charity the Friends of Dorset
your earliest convenience?
Care Leavers. Some colleagues took on personal challenges too, including a
Thank you in anticipation, sponsored silence, going sugar-free and running. A host of local business around
Dorset Contributed including Camp Bestival in our area.
Otis (aged 6)

Paul J Openshaw (December 2020)
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