| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
 | Date | Lines | 
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| 3.1 | ...try Chineham | KERNEL::LOANE | U.K. Country Support | Fri Jul 29 1988 08:59 | 1 | 
|  |     Bollom's in the Chineham shopping centre...parking's free
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| 3.2 | I beg to differ, but... | IPG::KCAMPBELL | Karen | Fri Jul 29 1988 09:11 | 5 | 
|  |     ...I wouldn't recommend Bolloms at Chineham...
    
    "Gory details" on request.
    
    Karen
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| 3.3 | Try the top of the town centre... | TRUCKS::TAYLOR_M |  | Fri Jul 29 1988 09:33 | 13 | 
|  |     At the top end of Basingstoke town centre (up the hill from
    Sketchley's) there's a Bolloms (along to the right) or Jack O'Newbury
    (I think?) which is in the pedestrian-only section next door to
    the main Post Office.
    
    I guess everyone has their own tales of dis-satisfaction or otherwise
    with dry-cleaner A or B etc, and that they are all much of a muchness.
    I know that when I worked in Basingstoke I found
    Sketchley's generally ok, except when they were short-staffed, and
    at lunchtime you either had to queue for ages or they simply closed
    the shop. That's when I tried the others.
    
    Mike
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| 3.4 |  | SHAPES::KERRELLD | It's got to be nerfect | Fri Jul 29 1988 10:19 | 13 | 
|  | I have tried Bolloms in the town centre and received my clothes back 
smelling of smoke. This is due to the staff smoking out the back.
Sketchley's in the Town Centre have so far;
	Failed to deliver on time.
	Failed to press the clothes correctly.
	Allow smoking behind the counter and out the back.
	Failed to package the clothes correctly on collection.
Can anyone recommend a place that does not have the above features?
Dave.
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| 3.5 |  | KERNEL::MOUNTFORD |  | Fri Jul 29 1988 10:56 | 3 | 
|  |       Re -1,no.Basingstoke tends to have a lot of monopolistic businesses,
    allowing either none or very little choice to the customer.
    R.M.
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| 3.6 | not bolloms | RDGENG::MCCARTNEY | Tubby or not tubby, fat is the ? | Fri Jul 29 1988 11:26 | 4 | 
|  |     I have a problem with bollom as well  again details on req.
    
    
    Jenni
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| 3.7 |  | SHAPES::KERRELLD | It's got to be nerfect | Fri Aug 05 1988 13:24 | 3 | 
|  | I am no using Jack O'Newbury in the town centre. So far so good...
Dave.
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| 3.8 |  | RDGENG::KEDMUNDS | But I haven't got an fm2r... | Fri Aug 05 1988 13:51 | 7 | 
|  | .7�I am no using Jack O'Newbury in the town centre. So far so good...
	Is that "now", Dave, or "not"? Big difference!
    
    :-)
    
    K.
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| 3.9 |  | SHAPES::KERRELLD | I'm plastic comb bound | Mon Aug 22 1988 12:13 | 7 | 
|  | re .7:
I am no longer using Jack O'Newbury in the town centre (details on request).
So unless there are other dry cleaners in Basingstoke, I'll go back to using
the Reading branches.
Dave.
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| 3.10 |  | SHAPES::DAVIDSONL |  | Wed Feb 15 1989 16:05 | 5 | 
|  | yes, you can go to BOLLOM'S at the top off the old towm
    
    leigh
    
    
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| 3.11 |  | SHAPES::DAVIDSONL |  | Wed Feb 15 1989 16:06 | 3 | 
|  | I nearly forgot ask for shirley, and say kim's brother recommended you
    
    leigh
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| 3.12 |  | SHAPES::KERRELLD | at last, a new personal name | Mon Feb 20 1989 08:56 | 5 | 
|  | re .11:
Have they stopped smoking in there yet?
Dave.
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| 3.13 | 2 for 1 at Bolloms | CURRNT::SAXBY | Isn't it 5.30 yet? | Mon Nov 20 1989 11:23 | 13 | 
|  |     
    Bolloms have a special deal on at the moment, where they will clean
    two suits for the price of one (cost me �5.50 for 2 two piece suits).
    Suits came back clean, not smelling of anything and very neatly
    pressed. As someone said you can have good and bad experiences of
    any business, but my experience of Bolloms was quite satisfactory.
        
    Might be worth checking the prices of other dry cleaners, but that
    seemed pretty good value to me, and saved me shopping around all
    over town.
    
    Mark
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| 3.14 | RJC DRYCLEANERS | HAMPS::BRISTOW_M |  | Wed Sep 12 1990 10:28 | 22 | 
|  |     Well, what can I say - my Dad has his own Dry Cleaning business and I
    am glad to say it is a smoke free business.
    
    Unfortunately the business is in Woodcote near Pangbourne so I don't
    know if it would suit everyone but for your information he has at least
    50 agents in the surrounding area.  These are post offices and general
    stores who take in the cleaning and a van driver picks it up and
    returns the clothes within 24/48 hours.
    
    We do this at Shire Hall, Reading in the shop which is called the Kabin
    on the ground floor.
    
    The service is excellent and the pressing is good.  He also takes shoe
    prepairs and alterations/mending.
    
    When I was 15 I used to work for Sketchleys in Maidenhead and I must
    say I know many of their short cuts.  Their Golden Service is a real
    con but each to their own I suppose!
    
    I hope the above does not show too much prejudice!!
    
    Mel
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