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Tributes paid to long serving sewerman
5:20am Thursday 20th March 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Southampton sewerman who spent 45 years working in the maze of sewers beneath the city.
Sid Whitcombe was known for his knowledge of the city's 1,000-mile labyrinth of sewers as a drainage engineer. His son Alan Whitcombe said: "Everyone knew him and he was very popular. I remember just after he retired 20 years ago an area of Lordshill was flooded.
"The fire service took two days trying to find a blockage and they asked him for help because he knew the sewers better than anyone. He fixed the problem in half an hour."
Sid, 80, died at a Southampton nursing home after suffering from bronchitis. His funeral took place in the city.
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Moses Lawn, southampton says...
9:07am Thu 20 Mar 08
Fred, says...
9:49am Thu 20 Mar 08
hmm wrote:May be there will be film (or DVD) at 11?
Slow news day?
Richard the Third, Weston Shore says...
9:51am Thu 20 Mar 08
Moses Lawn wrote:LOL!!
I bet he don't bite his nails............did he get 'time and a turd' on saturdays?
It may only be sh1t to you, but to him it was bread and butter!
N, says...
11:26am Thu 20 Mar 08
The guy was amazing, he had been working the sewers so long he knew everyones "business".
As a turd floated by he said:
"Thats one of Jones the butchers, you can tell by the colour that he eats well and there are even little bits of sawdust in it."
"Ooh, that one is from the old lady in the sweet shop, if you look close you can see the dolly mixtures in it."
"Ooh, oh, this next one is one of my wifes!" he shouted.
"How can you tell from here?" asked one of my classmates.
"Look, she has tied my sandwiches too it, bless her."
RIP Sid.
Christoff, says...
2:11pm Thu 20 Mar 08
Gary Gongfarmer, In the Lav says...
8:08pm Thu 20 Mar 08
Trevor McDonald, News at Ten says...
8:11pm Thu 20 Mar 08
So Lordshill was full of unpleasant turds even then!
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hmm, says...
8:54am Thu 20 Mar 08