I will have my passport with me! I'm not really looking forward to it as I'm sure it's going to be manic trying to find where everything is...hope the staff know! All these cards we have are a big problem. I need my CARN card in Truro. No identification needed in Bristol. Special card needed for Sheffield Archives. Think my CARN card works in Matlock. All very confusing. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Somerset Heritage Centre > Liz wrote: >> We'll tell you what it's like as we are booked in for Thursday. > > Would appreciate that, thanks :)) > > From a conversation I've had with one of the archivists, the fiche > readers and document tables are all in one room now. They're also > expecting a number of people to call in on spec just to have a look > around. > > It seems the CARN card system is being phased out but nothing is known > about a possible replacement - if any.

Liz wrote: > I will have my passport with me! I'm not really looking forward to it as > I'm sure it's going to be manic trying to find where everything is...hope > the staff know! They don't accept passports as ID!! Nor Readers Tickets from TNA or library cards. Utility bills or any official letter with your name and address and credit/debit cards are OK. I'm sure the staff will know where things are and they aren't fully booked for Thursday either so maybe not as manic as you fear :)) > All these cards we have are a big problem. I need my CARN card in Truro. > No identification needed in Bristol. Special card needed for Sheffield > Archives. Think my CARN card works in Matlock. All very confusing. It is confusing. Matlock issues their own cards but will accept a CARN card as ID. Why they insist on issuing their own card when they accept a CARN card as ID, is beyond me. Seems like an unnecessary duplication of effort to me. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:21:20 +0100 Charani <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Charani, > accept a CARN card as ID, is beyond me. Seems like an unnecessary > duplication of effort to me. Somerset: Accept CARN cards they issue, but *not* those issued by anybody else. Thereby rendering the whole idea of CARN cards redundant. {sigh} -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"

That is absolutely ridiculous. My passport is my best ID as it has my photograph on it as well as my address. I don't have any bills - all my bills are now Paperless Bills and I do not print them out. I could have anyone's debit or credit card...who's to know it's mine, it doesn't have my address on it. How about my driving licence? You can't get a bank account without a passport these days, what is the world coming to. It was a lot easier in gran's days!!! Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <[email protected]> > They don't accept passports as ID!! Nor Readers Tickets from TNA or > library cards. Utility bills or any official letter with your name > and address and credit/debit cards are OK.

On 27/09/2010 15:25, Liz wrote: > That is absolutely ridiculous. My passport is my best ID as it has my > photograph on it as well as my address. I don't have any bills - all my > bills are now Paperless Bills and I do not print them out. My youngest son has returned home & wanted to re register with our doctor down the road .He took his driver's licence but of course has no utility bill to prove he lives here so has to wait for a bank statement or similar Ann