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Check identities of house callers

Monday, November 16, 2009, 07:00

Merlin Housing Society has warned tenants to check the identity of callers after two men got into an elderly woman's home in Kingswood.

The men claimed they were from the society and said they needed to check the water pressure in the property in Church Road.

Once inside, one of them kept the woman distracted while his accomplice searched for money. It is not known if they took any.

Merlin works manager Martin Daymond said the society's staff and its contractors carried identification cards.

If tenants are in doubt, staff will wait while their details are checked by calling 08009 530340.

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Kingswood

In the 18th century Kingswood was a small coal mining village where George Whitefield's open-air preaching greatly influenced John Wesley in the founding of Methodism. The construction of a number of chapels, Tabernacle and schools by Whitefield, Wesley, and their associates and followers is held to be one of the factors contributing to Kingswood's growth.
Coal mining first brought the Kingswood area to industrial prominence in the late 17th century.
The Douglas Motorcycle Company started making drain covers and lamp posts in but in 1907 the Kingswood company fitted a unique horizontal twin-cyclinder engine into a standard cycle frame.
The first model was primitive but by 1910 Douglas were racing and was the start of the company's 20-year domination of the sport. By 1923 Douglas motorcycles held 150 British and world records.

Population   62,700
OS grid ref   ST649748
District   South Gloucestershire
Postcode   BS15
Dialing code   0117
Police   Avon and Somerset
Fire   Avon
Ambulance   Great Western
Euro Parlilament   South West England
UK Parliament   Kingswood













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