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Eton Delays Start of Term After Thames Water Sewers Block Boarding School Toilets
- Britain’s most elite college tells pupils to stay at home
- Sewers ‘won’t cope with the arrival of nearly 1,350 boys’
Eton College
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Eton College has delayed the start of its school term, telling parents that the toilets in its boarding houses are backing up due to sewerage problems following recent floods.
“I am very sorry to say that Thames Water have just alerted us to the fact that their sewerage drains are back filling due to flood water,” an email sent to parents and guardians said.