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stoke, much like the Cadbury empire, who built more than decent homes for its workers in Bourneville. I am quite outraged to see that Kraft, the new owners of Cadbury, have applied for an alcohol licence. Bourneville in the middle of Birmingham is unique and should be treasured.
I drink, I love a drink, but have great respect for the Quaker Cadbury establishment who rejected licensed premises in its estate. That has been the case for many years and is not objected to by the residents.
My main point of this thread is how very easy we have it these days. Even our very poorest pensioners don't have the physical struggle my mother had. It is wrong that our elderly may struggle to pay their heating bills, but at least they are not not hauling coal (or slack) from their cellars, with no heating in any other rooms than the living room and the kitchen.
We are all so very lucky today.