<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 May 2015 at 07:34, Colin Smale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.smale@xs4all.nl" target="_blank">colin.smale@xs4all.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
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<p>Postcodes don't have addresses, but addresses can have postcodes. I say "can have" and not "have" as addresses can exist without postcodes, for example when the local authority has named the roads in a new estate but the postcodes have not been allocated yet. You need to be able to talk about addresses with the utility companies so they can connect all the wires and pipes correctly and set up their backoffice systems for the new customers. The postcode is often not known at that stage.</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Util cos have meter reference points and supply properties without addresses - including those with 'known' but not confirmed postcodes - based on existing addressed properties.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<p>Only Royal Mail think Chepstow is in Gloucestershire, England. Normal people think it is in Monmouthshire, Wales. This is the correct postal address:</p>
<p><span>1 Bigstone Meadow</span><br><span>Tutshill</span><br><span>CHEPSTOW</span><br><span>NP16 7JU</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>And as expected, no mention of county or country - which RM just don't use. I'm not sure why you say RM thinks it's in Glocs since it's a Welsh PostCode.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">
<p>(by the way, I picked this address arbitrarily from the internet. I have friends in Tutshill (which is why I am aware of all the gory details here) but not at this address)</p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>My aunt lives in Norfolk. Her postcode is Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mike.</div><div><div>@<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">millomweb</a> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland</div><div>via <font color="#ff0000"><strong>the area's premier website - </strong></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><strong><br></strong></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><strong>currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets</strong></font></div></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><strong><br></strong></font></div><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail" target="_blank">T&Cs</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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