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George Hayter

Business Reporter at Hampshire Chronicle

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  • 1 week ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | George Hayter

    Among the questions put to me at the wonderful Royal Hampshire County Hospital was whether I wanted accident and emergency staff to address me as “George” or “Mr Hayter”. Obviously, very few people these days want nurses calling them Mr or Mrs. It’s so reserved. Young people in particular like to be called by their forename or nickname. However, I was one of the stuffy old patients who do opt for surname. “Mr Hayter, please,” I told the nurse.

  • 4 weeks ago | basingstokegazette.co.uk | George Hayter

    3 1/1 Residents of a village near Basingstoke marked the anniversary of VE Day by gathering to hear an old air raid siren. The crowd, at North Waltham, clapped and cheered when the wooden handle of the high-volume warning machine was wound into deafening action. The historic device lay forgotten for decades until it was found a few years ago in a loft in the village.

  • 1 month ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | George Hayter

    George Hayter has completed the Our Future Health survey. (Image: George Hayter/Supplied) An envelope landed on our doormat, addressed "To all residents". Inside was a letter headed "Our Future Health" which began "An opportunity to take part in research", It went on to promise a £10 voucher for taking part. "That's the same survey I did," said my wife, a former nurse. She urged me to volunteer too. She put the letter on my desk, for me to deal with.

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | George Hayter

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 2 months ago | hampshirechronicle.co.uk | George Hayter

    2 1/1 When I was a rash 25-year-old, a friend and I were not having much luck hitch-hiking across the USA, so we decided to try jumping a freight. In America, phrases like "freight jumping" mean surreptitiously boarding a railway goods wagon and travelling inside it free of charge, usually for hundreds of miles. "Jumping a freight" was common during the 1930s American depression and became part of American folklore, celebrated in song and film.

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