Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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The North Thames Gas Saga

The North Thames Gas Saga

Oh, the follies of youth

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Terry Freedman
Sep 10, 2022
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Many moons ago, before British Gas was an entity, gas (as in the invisible fumes type, not petrol) was supplied by regional gas boards. The one that served us, by which I mean my parents, my sister and me, was North Thames Gas.

North Thames Gas and I were not what you would call “close”. I didn’t send letters beginning “De…

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