Wolverhampton Chronicle, January 19, 2017

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TRIBUTE
CAR CRASHES INTO BILLY WRIGHT STATUE OUTSIDE MOLINEUX
Tony Daley: My
tears for Taylor
THE iconic Billy Wright statue outside Policehavecordonedofftheareawith country.Thesculpturedepictstheformer
Wolves’Molineuxstadiumhasbeenbadly tape.AWestMidlandsPolicespokesman WolvesandEnglandcaptain–whoearned
damagedafteracarcrashedintoit. said: “Officers have arrested a man fol- 105capsforhiscountry–leadingouthis
Theplinthonwhichthestatueofthe lowingacollisionwithastatueoutsidethe team.Hediedin1994,aged70. TONYDALEYadmittedhehadatearin
Wolves and England legend stands was MolineuxStadiumonWaterlooRoad,inthe Thecampaigntoraiseapermanentme- hiseyeasWolvesandVillapaidtributes
rippedapart.Amanhasbeenarrestedon earlyhoursofSundaymorning. morialtotheplayerwasheadedbyWol- toGrahamTayloratMolineuxonSaturday.
suspicionofdrinkdriving. Widow verhamptoncouncillorFredLedsam.The Supportersfrombothclubsjoinedforan
Three slate slabs have torn off the £50,000fundingforthestatuewasraised emotionalminute’sapplausebeforekick
structure,includingthepanelthatcarries “A30-year-oldmanwasarrestedonsus- bypublicsubscription. off–andagaininthe72ndminute,inrec-
Wright’snamewhichwassmashedintwo. picionofdrinkdrivinganddangerousdriv- Aplaqueatthebackofthetributethanks ognitionofTaylor’sagewhenhediedlast
VickyWright,thedaughterofthelate ing.” ‘the generosity of the people of Wolver- Thursday.
player,saidshewas‘sosad’tohearabout Hehasnowbeenbaileduntilnextmonth hampton’and‘footballfanseverywhere.’ Daley played under Taylor for three
thestatue. pendingfurtherinquiriesbypolice. Thestatueisplacedwithinacircleof teams,Wolves,VillaandWatford,aswell
Shetweetedtosay:“Manarrestedafter The9ftbronzestatuewasunveiledin slatethatmatchesthepedestal.Aroundit asEngland.NowWolves’headofsport
science and conditioning, Daley joined
BillyWrightstatueleftbadlydamagedat 1996byBilly’swidowJoy,whocalledit‘a areplacedaseriesofsmallslate-cladpillars first-teamcoachRobEdwardsandex-Villa
DamagetotheBillyWrightstatue Wmeolsvoess’adM.”olineuxstadium.Thishasmade bweonodneerofuflthweorfikneosftafroto.’tbItalilssctoantusiedserinedthtoe mountedwithbronzecubes. mfoarnTaMyalorkr,DaenldanFeAy,tewchhonibcoatlhdairlescotoprlaDyeadn
We feel we should do our bit, says council Ashworthaswreathswerelaidonthepitch.
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COUNCIL
100 REFUGEES TO
Homes plan for
old school site
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dozensofhomesonthesiteofade-
molished primary school in Wolver-
hampton.
SETTLE IN CITY Wolverhampton Council wants to
build26housesandnineapartments
atthesiteofformerEttingshallPrimary
SchoolinHerbertStreet.Theplans
include62carparkingspacesand10
spacesforbicycles.
ItispartofwiderplansbyWolver-
hamptonCounciltobuildaround800
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DISABLED
Charityclosurefear
ONEhundredSyrianrefugeeswillcometoWolverhamp- Rock on – Tommy cat is home
tonunderaGovernment-expandedresettlementscheme, afterfundingblow
withthefirsttoarrivelaterthisyear.Thecitycouncilhas
committedtotakingintherefugeesdrivenfromthewar-
ACHARITYthathashelpeddisabledchil-
torncountryoverthenextfiveyears. drenandtheircarersfor22yearshasre-
ItispartofaWhitehall-ledinitiativecalledSyrianVulnerablePer- vealeditcouldbeforcedtocloseafterit
failedinitslatestfundingbid.
sonsResettlementschemewhichwillsee20,000refugeesresettledin Wombourne Special Needs Support
thecountry. Group(WINGS)offersrespitecare,so-
InWalsall,councilbossesagreedtotake ReportbyAlexRoss cialactivities,clubsandasummerplay
in20overthe10monthssincelastJuly, schemeforchildrenwithspecialneeds
whileinStaffordshire51refugeeshaveal- anddisabilities.
readybeenresettled. beprovidedtothefamiliesandhehoped Bossessayitcouldclosebythesummer
AspokesmanforWolverhamptonCoun- theywouldcontributetocommunities.The ifurgentfundraisingfails.Thecharityhad
cilconfirmedtheauthoritywouldtakein refugeeswillbesettledacrossthecityinac- beenrelyingonnationalfundingbutitslast
100refugeesby2020underthescheme.It commodationleasedbyasupportedaccom- bidwasunsuccessful.NanFlavell,chairof
isplannedthat20refugeesareresettledin modationprovider,thecouncil.Theywillbe WINGSsaid:“Wearedesperatetoraise
thecityeachyear,forthenextfiveyears. mainlyfamilieswithchildren. moneysothecharitycancarryon.”
Welcome Councilstakingpartintheschemehave
toshowtheyhavesuitableaccommodation INSIDE
CouncilleaderRogerLawrencesaid:“I’d foratleast12months.
hopetherefugeesreceivethetraditional UnderguidelinessetbytheGovernment, OUTRAGEOVER
welcome people have historically when officersmustconsidertheavailabilityof
twhoerylda.”rriveinthiscityfromallacrossthe escrhtyoomlparlakceetsi,nhgewalhthenprdoevciisdiionngaonndtthheenpruomp-- DUGUPDRIVE
He said the number of refugees was berofrefugeestotakein.
workedouttoreflectthesizeofWolver- Thecouncilwillreceive£8,520perrefu-
whahmicphtownilclomtapkaereindttoheth2e0r,0es0t0.ofTthheefiUrKst, geesaccepted,plus£4,500toprovideedu-
gmroonutphsw.ouldarrivewithinthenextthree catFiuonrtfhoerrefvuenrdyinchgilidsaagveadilafibvleettoo1t8heyecaorusn.- Fromleft,Kathleen,GrahamandAngelaWilliamsfromAshHillinCompton,reunitedwithTommy
“TheGovernmenthasagreedtotakein cilforeachrefugee,startingwith£5,000for AMUCH-lovedmoggyhasbeenreunitedwithhis shockedtogetacallfromsomeonewhorecognised
20,000.Wolverhamptonhasabouthalfof arefugee’ssecondyear,andendingwith owners–14monthsaftergoingmissing. Tommy from an internet appeal. Simple photo
onepercentofthepopulationoftheUK, £1,000forthefifthyear. TommyescapedfromhisbasketinJeffcockRoad, checksconfirmeditwasindeedtheirlong-lostpet.
so100reflectsoursize.Wefeelweshould Lastmonth,itwasannouncedmorethan Wolverhampton,afterbeingfrightenedbyadog GrahamWilliams,aconsultantsurgeonatNew
doourbit.TheGovernmenthasmadethe 4,000refugeesarrivedinBritainunderthe followingaroutinevisittothevet’sinNovember CrossHospital,andhiswifeAngela,ofAshHill,
commitmentandaskedlocalauthoritiesto scheme.Ministerscommittedtotakeinthe 2015.Hisdistraughtownersputupposters,alerted Compton,saidtheywereoverjoyedtohavehim
helpthem–wearetakingonourshareof refugeesfollowingapublicoutcryoverthe socialmediaandhand-delivered400leaflets. home. His return was a complete surprise for
thenumbers.” fateofthoseattemptingtheperilousjour- Despitenevergivinguphopethatthefive-year- daughterKathleen,26,whowasonholidaywhen PAGE3
CouncillorLawrencesaidsupportwould neyacrosstheMediterranean. oldrescuecatwouldreturn,thefamilywasstill Tommywasreturned.
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CONTENTS All cheers as popular pub is saved £1m grant to
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n enue in Fordhouses to make way for a Councillor Ian Angus of Bushbury More than 1,000 signed the petition.
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Wolverhampton ti-social behaviour and crime. SeTrvhiec ecsh oanr itthy eh Mas5 mina dWeo trhcees dteercsishiiorne . to
National Express West Midlands has buy a larger helicopter and lease only
installed state-of-the-art 4G Vemotion one in future to enable it to develop
51-53 Queen Street CCTV units to some of its vehicles. its clinical and operational service in
The technology allows the Safer Travel pre-hospital patient care.
Wolverhampton, WV1 1ES police team to tap into live CCTV feeds and It is hoped that this will reduce op-
view anti-social behaviour on any vehicles erating costs, making the charity more
Open Monday to Friday 9am-1pm and 2pm-5pm housing the equipment. The real-time foot- sustainable. The new helicopter will
www.yourchronicle.com age means officers can then stop the bus have a larger interior so young patients
and quickly act upon any bad behaviour. can be flown accompanied by a parent or
CCTV footage from the buses has already the elderly with a carer or spouse.
resulted in a 75 per cent success rate in
identifying offenders. It is hoped that the Meningitis jab
new technology will make police work even
more effective.
The installation of the cameras follows call to students
a successful trial of the units for BBC’s
Crimewatch Roadshow last year. As part
of the trial, a pickpocket was caught live
on camera on the top deck of a National HEALTH chiefs in Wolverhampton are
Express West Midlands bus, and the Safer reminding first year university students
Travel control room dispatched a rapid re- to get their injections to fight meningitis
sponse unit to make an arrest. and septicaemia.
Data This comes as Public Health England
(PHE) has issued advice to universities
Passengers can also use the Safer Travel on reducing the spread of the deadly
Partnership’s ‘See Something, Say Some- meningococcal infection.Figures show
thing’ service to report any anti-social that less than a third of all young peo-
behaviour on National Express West Mid- ple leaving school or college last sum-
lands buses. The reports help to build data mer had been immunised with the Men
which assists officers in targetting crime ACWY vaccine.
hotspots. PHE introduced the vaccination pro-
Inspector Rachel Crump, policing lead gramme in 2015 to tackle a sharp in-
for the Safer Travel Partnership, said: crease in a particularly virulent strain
“Our job is to make sure people can travel of meningococcal W disease.Councillor
safely on public transport and the informa- Paul Sweet, Wolverhampton council’s
tion we receive from passengers through Sales stronger – owner Claire Howell, at Vinyl & Vintage, Wolverhampton cabinet member for public health and
See Something, Say Something is incredi- wellbeing, said: “New students are at a
bly useful. We use the information to look VINYL sales have reached a re- More than 3.2 million LPs were led the big stores, like HMV and higher risk of meningococcal disease.”
at hotspot routes or areas that we can tar- cord high following a revival of the sold last year, according to latest Sainsbury’s, to sell new vinyl re-
get with the new 4G Vemotion units. black plastic disc – and the upward figures published by the British cords which affected small inde- Write on way to
“Although they may not see blue lights trend shows no sign of waning. Phonographic Industry - a rise of pendents like myself.
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the scenes to tackle anti-social behaviour in Wolverhampton city centre, Important might have to order in for a cus-
on the bus network.” said: “Sales are definitely getting tomer. We now sell both new and
Travelling on public transport in the stronger. But Claire, whose shop is situ- second-hand vinyl.” ENTHUSIASTIC wordsmiths are invit-
West Midlands has seen crime fall by 70 “I’ve had this shop for five years ated in Cleveland Street, said it was It will be the seventh year on the ed to attend sessions aimed at develop-
per cent in the last eight years. On the and I was based in the market for important to encourage younger bounce that sales of 12-inch records ing their skills.
bus network the total number of recorded 20 years before that, and sales of customers to buy original rather have recorded double-digit growth, The Coachhouse writers’ group meets
crimes from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 vinyl have been going up all the than re-issued vinyl. pushing their share of the physical every Tuesday, apart from Bank Holiday
was 2,755, a six per cent fall from 2,930 the time.” “The renewed interest in vinyl music market to 18 per cent. weeks, at the Old Coach House, Old-
previous year. swinford, from 10am to 12 noon.
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TOUGH new plans that could see a total ban on 88 per cent of people agreed a total ban should be of the many pubs on any afternoon and you would
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of organisations, including Walsall are to take place at micropubs across 17
Council, about possible areas of col- the West Midlands this year following
laboration around education, business the success of last year’s event.
and enterprise. FUNDING to schools is set to be cut Driveway dug up without consent The aim of the championships is to
“We’d like to enhance what we offer by nearly £110 million in the Black reinforce the traditional pastime and
in Walsall, both at our campus and Country and Staffordshire, claim will run at various venues from Feb-
within the community and are keen ruary 26 to March 26.
to identify any opportunities that may new figures. For more information and to get in-
help us achieve that. Walsall council- The huge sum is equivalent to 2,947 volved, visit: www.boardgamescham-
lor Doug James who revealed the uni- teachers, or each pupil losing out on pionships.co.uk
versity’s involvement, also claimed a £424.20 on average.
‘major’ local company was looking to The shock statistics have been released on Push for checks
sponsor the gallery while bosses were a website launched by the National Union of
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Walsall Council leader Sean Cough- reduced by 2020.
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pupil or 386 teachers. changes to their lifestyle.
Ski legend Eddie Schools in Walsall would lose £19,080,329 in Diabetes UK are asking that people
the next two years, which works out to £461 look into improving their lifestyles to
per pupil or 512 teachers. In Sandwell, schools lower the risk of developing the condi-
swoops in for talk are set to have funding reduced by £23,813,284 tion after studies revealed almost two
in the same time frame. That works out to £484 thirds of adults in the UK are over-
or 639 teachers. weight or obese. Diets full of sugar
SKI jumping legend Eddie ‘The Ea- Losers and fat, and not getting much exercise
gle’ Edwards will provide the enter- often leads to weight gain which can
tainment when Tettenhall Round Staffordshire schools will lose £34,053,091 result in the condition.
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Just 100 tickets, at £40 each, in- The website, launched by the National Union a question and answer session and a
cluding a three-course meal, are of Teachers, has an interactive map which lists small exhibition of war artefacts.
available. The event will raise funds several individual schools and shows what City archivist Heidi McIntosh will
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to Achieve, Trudy’s Trust, Compton lose is based on the national average salary of TRADERS pulled up a Wolver- mother of three lives at the prop- ing evening and my front garden morials . It runs from 10am-2.30pm
Hospice, and Promise Dreams. £37,000. hampton driveway – then posted erty with her partner Carl Os- had been completely dug up and and costs £5. Details on 07771 836744.
Folk singer Will Councillor Claire Darke, City of Wolver- a note asking for £2,500. bourne, 47. they’d left a bill for £2,500.” Drivers face delays
hampton Council cabinet member for educa- Tracey Jones, an infection con- Days earlier, she had turned The man had left the bill,
tion, said: “We have a duty to the children in trol nurse at New Cross Hospital, down work on the drive from a signed as ‘John’, with a leaflet for
set to entertain the city to improve schools, but it’s becoming was horrified to find a muddy man with a broad Irish accent P&S Paving Ltd. The man had DRIVERS are reminded they face
increasingly difficult now that the local author- patch of land at her Finchfield who had knocked on the door. also nailed a sign to a ree with a delays as officials carry out ‘urgent’
ity doesn’t have the powers to step in.” home on returning from work. She said she was considering contact number. work to repair electrical cables.
FOLK singer Will Morgan will be at She added: “The Government has made so She then discovered a bill had giving the driveway a facelift, but John at P&S Paving, which also The work is on Upper Villiers
Codsall Village Hall tomorrow accom- many changes and cuts to education it’s diffi- been pushed through the door. was not prepared to agree to the has a premises in Dudley, said it : Street, Wolverhamptonwhich con-
panied by Ian Dempsey Robbins on cult to keep up. It is making it very difficult for Trading Standards are looking work on the doorstep and would “It was just a misunderstanding. I nects with the A4039 on Goldthorn
bass and accordion. A former three- schools to operate. into the case and the police have contact him if she wanted it done. thought I had permission to carry Hill. The work will continue until
string guitarist, he performs a variety “It’s disadvantaging the children, it’s their been informed. The 51-year-old She said: “I came home the follow- out the work.” Tuesday.
of styles, including country music. education.”
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who say it is all down to funding, these
people tend to have a stock reply when wonder people thought they were being short-
asked how much extra tax they are pre- Our new £1 won’t just look changed. The reverse designs of the £1 coin
pared to pay. very different, its value is represented the UK and its four constituent
Nothing. It should be somebody else parts – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and
who pays for it. nothing like it was years ago, England and the first series of designs took flo-
Then there are the vast swathes of the as Mark Andrews reports ral emblems as its theme.
population who take the attitude that if a Resistance to the coins turned out to be
service is free to use, they might as well comparatively shortlived, and the last pound
use it. HAD a look at your change lately? notes were phased out in 1988. Besides, there
We’ve all met them. They take a fort- Noticed how many shiny new £1 was far more to complain about in 1990, with
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tion. And rock up at A & E every time they past few months? largely been accepted by the general public, it
get a headache. And shout a lot when Well don’t get too attached to them. By has given birth to another problem. Forgery.
they don’t get immediate attention. October they will cease to be legal tender. From the start, the £1 coin has been forged
A bit like middle-aged men who think A new, 12-sided £1 coin – designed by Wal- on a prolific scale, Ironically, one of the rea-
a charity for the elderly should do their sall teenager David Pearce – will enter circu- sons the coins proved so popular with forgers
home improvements. lation on March 28, and by October 15 the was the ease of disposing of them in vending
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has familiar round pound will be no more. Given machines.
come in for a lot of stick for suggesting that there are thought to be 1.5 billion of these Surveys by the Royal Mint have estimated
the four-hour waiting targets should only coins in circulation, it is going to be a very big that up to three in every 100 £1 coins are
apply to people with urgent conditions, operation. fakes, and this has been a major driver in the
but I tend to think it is a fair point. When the pound coin was introduced on redesign. David Gauke, chief secretary to the
If people expect Bupa standards of April 21, 1983, the response was muted to say Treasury, has pledged that the new £1 coin
healthcare, we are going to have to start the least. Just 10 months earlier, the 20p piece will be harder to forge than ever before.
paying Bupa prices. All of us. Otherwise, had been introduced, with many consumers, Lighter
we are going to need a mature debate particularly the older generation, complaining
about what we can reasonably expect that it was too small – smaller than the 2p, 5p The new coin will be made from two met-
from the NHS. or 10p coins of the day, for example. als, with a gold-coloured outer ring and a sil-
And it might mean that while priority is Inflation Walsall youngster David Pearce whose design was chosen from 6,000 competition entries ver-coloured inner ring. It has an image that
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Back in 1967, when prime minister Harold Britain, there had been a not-especially-suc- least 40 years. The number of early £1 coins While the existing pound coin has changed
A LOT has been made of the number of Wilson famously assured us that the pound in cessful trial in the Isle of Man. Many people still in circulation is testament to their dura- little since 1983, people’s spending habits
celebrity deaths over recent months, but our pockets had not been devalued, a £1 note refused to acknowledge the new coin, causing bility. have, with greater use of plastic and the in-
none has made me sadder than that of would have bought a discounted winter coat in them to more or less disappear from circula- Unsurprisingly, the vending trade was very ternet.
former Villa, Wolves and England manag- the sale at Shrewsbury’s ABC Warehouse. Or tion. The Manx Treasurer was left with little supportive of the move, too, as it allowed ma- According to figures from the Payments
er Graham Taylor. failing that, it would be enough to pay for 10 choice but to print a new batch of £1 notes. chines to be adapted to accept larger amounts Council, cold hard cash accounted for 86 per
Maybe it’s because football is a bigger loaves of bread, or six pints of beer in a pub. The original £1 coin was designed by the of money. The launch of the new coin also co- cent of payments in the UK in the mid-1980s,
part of my life than film, television or mu- But by the time the pound coin arrived in Bank of England’s chief engraver Eric Sewell, incided with the growth of pay-and-display car but by 2011 this had dropped to 55 per cent.
sic. 1983, it did not go so far – enough to buy a who was very proud of his new design. He parking machines. The decline in cash usage has coincided with
But maybe it is because the loss of the single pint of Carling Black Label, or five pints said it was very distinctive and could easily Given the pound’s origins, it is perhaps not the rise in automated payments such as direct
bright young manager who arrived at Villa of milk. be picked out from lesser coins in a purse or surprising that some people felt the small coin debits and standing orders.
Park in 1987 reminds us of our own mor- Today, it will typically buy two pints of milk, pocket of change. But on launch day it was re- had cheapened its value. The oldest currency Debit cards made up almost one fifth of pay-
tality. or a single loaf of bread. But forget a trip to ported that some critics said they would spend in the world, the pound took its name from ments by 2011, but they made none when the
Either way, he will be greatly missed. your local – a typical pint is now nearer £4. it like loose change because that was precisely its weight in silver during Norman times – £1 coin was first introduced because the debit
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cause of a lack of appropriate accommoda- A CHOIR raised £775 at its annual The group’s next concert will be a
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DW opened its first showroom in Brick Collection windows, Lumi frameless in the Black Country Chamber of Commerce appointment from its product advisers at their an external health and safety consultant. It
Street, Sedgley, in 2010 and last July opened glazing, aluminium, flush sash windows awards for customer service and outstanding homes. They can bebooked on Freephone has CHAS (ConstructionHealth and Safety
a much bigger 7,300 sq ft showroomanda and also insulated solid tiled conservatory achievements. Our plan now is to open more 0800 999 0909. Scheme) accreditation.
new head office in MeadowLane, Coseley, roofing systems. At the Sedgley showroom showrooms in the West Midlands in the next Once acustomer has decided on exactly DW Windows, whichlast yearcarried out
creating afurther 15 new jobs. A former there are many other windows, doors and few years as we continue to grow,” she said. what they want and signed a contract, one more than 900 installations, always strives
warehouse was renovated to createone of conservatory designs on display. The core area ofbusiness for DW Windows is ofthecompany’s four directly employed to ensure the standards ofinstallations are
the largest windows and doors showrooms DW Windows specialises in Liniar and the Black Country and surrounding areas of surveyors will attend to doa finalmeasure thehighest andthereis astrong focus on
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warehouse for DW Windows’ stockand Apeer andEurocellcomposite doors. Birmingham. It has also hadpeoplecome A dateis then given for installation and the service and after sales advice.DW customers
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At Coseley, the window, door and the business in 2013 said that it had grown heard about the standard of the company’s book thefitters in. thecontract and they alsoget a ten year
conservatory centre, eight conservatories/ from aturnover of £180,000 in its first full year work. For most work, the aim is to complete guarantee on frames and a five year one on
orangeries, two porches, 27 various doors, to £2.3 million last year. “We have achieved Most of DW’s business comes from the work within four weeks ofan order, but glass.
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