The NLVG is responsible for maintaining the village's TV aerial and cable network. To fund any work that is required they collect an annual fee of £35 for each unit which can receive a signal.
The hotel pays 49 fees for TVs in the hotel, waterhouses and hostel.
New Lanark Holmes pays 45 fees for their tenanted properties. The fee is collected from tenants in their rent.
Last year we had twenty privately owned properties in Braxfield Row, Long Row and Double Row which could receive the TV signal. One property in Braxfield Row was not connected to the system.
One of the twenty was not asked to pay because it provides electrical power for part of the system.
Two properties are vacant.
Twelve properties paid.
Five Braxfield Row properties did not pay. At least one Braxfield Row property did not pay because it did not use the signal.
The NLVG's aerial fund has a balance of £24,263 in July 2019 with a further £2,000+ yet to be received.
Note - the NLVG is only responsible for the TV system. It has nothing to do with the telephone/internet system. That is the responsibility of BT and other telephone/internet providers.
New Lanark is a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Clyde Valley of Scotland. Its mills were built to process cotton using the water power of the Clyde. The village used to have 2,000 residents, now it has about 150. This website has been created to provide information and a forum for residents and anybody else interested in the village. It is independent of both the New Lanark Trust and the New Lanark Village Group.
Aerial problems July 2019 - three messages from Iain Burke
ReplyDeleteTV reception problems 18th July 2019 - Update
We have changes some pre amplifiers and amplifiers up at the school and at the church.
We checked all the touch points from the church on to No2 Braxfield Row and 6 Long Row, and also checked the Hotel.
Having now retuned my television at home everything is now back to normal.
Let’s hope all the problems are solved.
If you have any issues, or anyone has any problems with their television, then let me know.
Thank you to John Stirrat, Iain MacDonald the girls in the Hotel who ran around getting keys for us, and to Catriona Burnett.
We now have 24 / 7 access to the key for the Church in case of future issues. We also have the callout system from SCI as arranged by Iain, so hopefully we covered everything.
TV reception problems 18th July 2019
Update on television aerial problem as follows:-
Had a call from the engineer this morning and he was informed me that the soonest they can get back to repair our aerial is Saturday morning. I said that was unacceptable.
I was advised that my only recourse was to contact the manager for the business.
I called at 9am, and was told he was unfortunately in a meeting and he would call me back
I followed up about 10.30 and had the same reply, I repeated how urgent this was as it impacted the Hotel and all residents some of whom are elderly and rely on the TV.
The Manager at SCI has just called me and we have agreed that if I can get access to the church he will send his guy tonight.
After the engineer has been and we have carried out more checks then I will respond to you later today.
Pleas always try to retune your TV if you have problems.
Iain Burke
TV reception problems 17th July 2019
We currently have an issue with the signal in to the village
Certain channels are available, but a lot are missing from the standard Channels, usually below channel 300. BBC 1 and 2 should be functioning on standard only, no HD.
The engineer has been working since 5.30 this evening solving issues in the box at the school. We now have good signal from there and we need access to the church to check the signal there.
The engineer will call me tomorrow morning with his best ETA to New Lanark and we will work together to solve the issue tomorrow. I will arrange access to the Church with the Trust tomorrow morning
Apologies for the current issues, but we have been experiencing this more frequently recently, so lets get to the bottom of it and get it fixed.
Thank you for your patience.