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Too Much Water Jun 2021 12:49pm, 1 Jun 2021 8,668 posts	0 Too Much Water My dad is volunteering in a local museum, apparently not as one of the exhibits. May be worth considering.
Hills of Death (HOD) Jun 2021 12:53pm, 1 Jun 2021 35,717 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) crime scene Investigating?
Hanneke Jun 2021 1:03pm, 1 Jun 2021 74,629 posts	0 Hanneke My interest was peeked at CSI too... I thought about the part time PCO post here locally, but as an EU citizen, I can no longer apply for civil servant jobs it seems...
Too Much Water Jun 2021 1:06pm, 1 Jun 2021 8,671 posts	0 Too Much Water CSI will be police staff (same as a PCSO). I work with people who are EU citizens who are police staff so maybe worth looking at again
ThorntonRunner Jun 2021 1:31pm, 1 Jun 2021 4,958 posts	0 ThorntonRunner I'm dropping to three days a week in 5 weeks 3.5 days time ( ). We had planned to move when I finish totally - probably to Northumberland, but my sister is retiring locally next year, and all our close family live within 15 miles of here, and we're comfortable in what has been our home for 33 years, so we've put that plan on hold - as someone else said, as an backup plan in case we needed some capital by downsizing
Hanneke Jun 2021 1:32pm, 1 Jun 2021 74,632 posts	0 Hanneke TMW rules have changed post Brexshit. As I really fancied the job, I double checked
Too Much Water Jun 2021 1:40pm, 1 Jun 2021 8,673 posts	0 Too Much Water Hmm, I am sure one of them only started this year but perhaps she has dual nationality.
Hanneke Jun 2021 1:41pm, 1 Jun 2021 74,641 posts	0 Hanneke Yeah, possibly... I double checked because I thought they got the wording in the advertisement wrong...
GimmeMedals Jun 2021 2:33pm, 1 Jun 2021 21,080 posts	0 GimmeMedals That’s such a shame, Hann 🙁
Mandymoo Jun 2021 7:37pm, 7 Jun 2021 11,962 posts	0 Mandymoo So today is the start of my 2nd week (the first did not count as was technically on annual leave and away). The thing I am enjoying the most is not having to rush everything - if I don't do it one day, there is the next day and also not having to fit everything into a weekend. The weekend just gone as so much more relaxing. I think I have slipped into not working quite easily, there has been a lot going on but also time for me. I like this 😁

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