On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:04:46 +0100, martin wrote:

When a local authority wanted to close the open air swimming pool last
year a petition signed by 7,500 people protesting was presented to the
mayor. Not bad for a town with a population of 20,000. The pool was
closed.


2,500 short of the magic number.
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Comm again, Mike.