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Aylesbury News, Broad praise for aqua park plan in Aylesbury.
Broad praise for aqua park plan.
Grand plans to transform land between Bierton and Watermead into a huge leisure facility have been broadly welcomed.
Last week revealed that councillor Phil Gomm was leading a big to create a huge facility at the site, which would create more than 10,000 jobs.
The facility would include a state-of-the-art aqua leisure park, hotels, a golf course and new home for Aylesbury United Football Club.
And this week readers took to our website to have their say about the plans, as well as Bucks County Council leader Martin Tett who shared his view.
Mr Tett said: “Planning is obviously a decision for the district council, but I think it is an entertaining idea.
“Whether it is in the right place though, that remains to be seen.
“ Transport links there are not good and getting people too and from the site might cause problems.
“I think bringing entertainments and things to do in Aylesbury is fundamental, to provide more jobs, and make Aylesbury a more exciting place for people to come to.
“But, whether this is the right proposal is a moot point.”
Bucks Herald readers also had some positive words for the scheme, which proposers TSG say would be delivered over 10 years.
Watermead Swan said: “I live next to this land and welcome it as a breath of fresh air.
“Either way AVDC will build on it so this at least benefits the families of the county.
“Good luck Councillor Gomm in backing this project!”
Matt1980 added: “I think this is brilliant news. By the sounds of things this land is going to be built on anyway.
“So we can have tons more houses to add to the thousands going up all over town or we can have some leisure facilities (at last).
“Houses will equal more residents to add to the already huge increase with no more jobs. More strain on schools, dentists, doctors and the hospital etc.
“Leisure facilities will finally give the people of Aylesbury something to do. You compare our town to the surrounding towns such as MK, Watford, Reading and High Wycombe. Aylesbury has so little to offer in comparison.
“All I have heard for years and years is, that there is nothing to do in this town.
“I for one am glad and hopeful that this may change, and In a positive way that will provide jobs, entertainment and facilities for residents of the area to get involved in sports and fitness.”
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Salisbury
Salisbury (/ˈsɔːlzbri/ SAWLZ-bree, /ˈsɒlzbri/ SOLZ-bree - a cognate of Salzburg, or locally /ˈsɔːzbri/) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, and the only city within the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county by population, between Chippenham at 35,800 and Swindon at 209,156. It has also been called New Sarum /ˌnjuː ˈsɛərəm/ to distinguish it from the original site of settlement to the north of the city at Old Sarum, but this alternative name is not in common use.
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High Wycombe
High Wycombe (/ˌhaɪ ˈwɪkəm/), often referred to as just Wycombe, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is 29 miles (47 km) westnorthwest of Charing Cross in London; this information is also engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town. According to the 2011 census High Wycombe has a population of 120,256 making it the second largest town in the county of Buckinghamshire after Milton Keynes. The High Wycombe Urban Area, the conurbation of which the town is the largest component, has a population of 133,204.
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Bar food | Wikipedia audio article
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Bar food
00:01:32 1 Origins and history
00:03:14 1.1 Inns
00:05:19 1.2 Beer houses and the 1830 Beerhouse Act
00:10:20 2 Licensing laws
00:17:33 2.1 Lock-in
00:18:49 3 Indoor smoking ban
00:19:48 4 Architecture
00:19:57 4.1 Saloon or lounge
00:21:34 4.2 Public bar
00:23:12 4.3 Snug
00:24:10 4.4 Counter
00:25:59 4.5 Beer engine
00:28:05 5 Companies
00:30:51 5.1 Brewery tap
00:31:15 6 Particular kinds
00:31:25 6.1 Country pubs
00:32:19 6.2 Roadhouses
00:33:14 6.3 Theme pubs
00:33:40 6.4 Micropubs
00:34:07 7 Signs
00:36:36 8 Names
00:38:19 9 Entertainment
00:39:59 10 Food
00:42:19 10.1 Gastropub
00:42:55 11 Listed
00:43:23 12 Records
00:43:32 12.1 Highest and remotest
00:44:07 12.2 Smallest
00:44:42 12.3 Largest
00:44:57 12.4 Oldest
00:46:39 12.5 Longest and shortest name
00:47:15 13 Statistics
00:47:51 14 Decline
00:49:02 15 Cultural associations
00:50:21 15.1 London
00:53:15 15.2 Oxford and Cambridge
00:53:56 15.3 Fictional pubs
00:54:05 15.3.1 Soap operas
00:54:55 16 Outside Great Britain
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A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider. It is a relaxed, social drinking establishment and a prominent part of British, Irish, Breton, New Zealand, Canadian, South African and Australian cultures. In many places, especially in villages, a pub is the focal point of the community. In his 17th-century diary Samuel Pepys described the pub as the heart of England.Pubs can be traced back to Roman taverns, through the Anglo-Saxon alehouse to the development of the tied house system in the 19th century. In 1393, King Richard II of England introduced legislation that pubs had to display a sign outdoors to make them easily visible for passing ale tasters, who would assess the quality of ale sold. Most pubs focus on offering beers, ales and similar drinks. As well, pubs often sell wines, spirits, and soft drinks, meals and snacks. The owner, tenant or manager (licensee) is known as the pub landlord or landlady, or publican. Referred to as their local by regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to home or work, the availability of a particular beer or ale or a good selection, good food, a social atmosphere, the presence of friends and acquaintances, and the availability of recreational activities such as a darts team, a skittles team, and a pool or snooker table. The pub quiz was established in the UK in the 1970s.
River Thames | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:28 1 Etymology
00:08:25 2 Administration
00:08:54 3 Human activity
00:11:32 4 Physical and natural aspects
00:16:37 4.1 Sea level
00:17:46 4.2 Catchment area and discharge
00:19:17 4.2.1 The non-tidal section
00:22:30 4.2.2 The tidal section
00:25:38 4.3 Islands
00:27:48 4.4 Geological and topographic history
00:30:42 4.4.1 Ice age
00:34:08 4.4.2 Conversion of marshland
00:36:22 4.5 Wildlife
00:40:36 5 Human history
00:42:34 5.1 Roman Britain
00:44:48 5.2 Middle Ages
00:48:39 5.3 Early modern period
00:51:39 5.4 Victorian era
00:54:47 5.5 20th century
00:57:20 5.6 21st century
00:57:43 6 The active river
00:59:19 6.1 Transport and tourism
00:59:29 6.1.1 The tidal river
01:00:07 6.1.2 The upper river
01:01:25 6.1.3 Aerial lift
01:01:47 6.2 Police and lifeboats
01:03:17 6.3 Navigation
01:07:32 6.3.1 History of the management of the river
01:10:32 6.4 The river as a boundary
01:12:18 6.5 Crossings
01:17:05 7 Pollution
01:17:15 7.1 Treated sewage
01:19:09 7.2 Mercury levels
01:20:57 7.3 Natural carbon compounds
01:21:53 8 Sport
01:22:16 8.1 Rowing
01:24:59 8.2 Sailing
01:25:36 8.3 Skiffing
01:26:04 8.4 Punting
01:26:32 8.5 Kayaking and canoeing
01:27:49 8.6 Swimming
01:29:50 8.7 Meanders
01:30:19 9 The Thames in the arts
01:30:32 9.1 Visual arts
01:31:28 9.2 Literature
01:41:05 9.3 Music
01:44:23 10 Major flood events
01:44:33 10.1 London flood of 1928
01:45:36 10.2 Thames Valley flood of 1947
01:46:55 10.3 Canvey Island flood of 1953
01:48:01 11 See also
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The River Thames ( (listen) TEMZ) is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
It flows through Oxford (where it is called the Isis), Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor. The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway, derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock. It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary. The Thames drains the whole of Greater London.Its tidal section, reaching up to Teddington Lock, includes most of its London stretch and has a rise and fall of 23 feet (7 m). Running through some of the driest parts of mainland Britain and heavily abstracted for drinking water, the Thames' discharge is low considering its length and breadth: the Severn has a discharge almost twice as large on average despite having a smaller drainage basin. In Scotland, the Tay achieves more than double the Thames' average discharge from a drainage basin that is 60% smaller.
Along its course are 45 navigation locks with accompanying weirs. Its catchment area covers a large part of south-eastern and a small part of western England; the river is fed by at least 50 named tributaries. The river contains over 80 islands. With its waters varying from freshwater to almost seawater, the Thames supports a variety of wildlife and has a number of adjoining Sites of Special Scientific Interest, with the largest being in the remaining parts of the North Kent Marshes and covering 5,449 hectares (13,460 acres).
Crome Yellow Video / Audiobook [1/2] By Aldous Huxley
It is the story of a house party at Crome, a parodic version of Garsington Manor, home of Lady Ottoline Morrell, a house where authors such as Huxley and T. S. Eliot used to gather and write.
Crome Yellow is in the tradition of the English country house novel, as practiced by Thomas Love Peacock, in which a diverse group of characters descend upon an estate to leech off the host. They spend most of their time eating, drinking, and holding forth on their personal intellectual conceits. There is little plot development.
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Pub food | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Pub food
00:01:32 1 Origins and history
00:03:14 1.1 Inns
00:05:19 1.2 Beer houses and the 1830 Beerhouse Act
00:10:20 2 Licensing laws
00:17:33 2.1 Lock-in
00:18:49 3 Indoor smoking ban
00:19:48 4 Architecture
00:19:57 4.1 Saloon or lounge
00:21:34 4.2 Public bar
00:23:12 4.3 Snug
00:24:10 4.4 Counter
00:25:59 4.5 Beer engine
00:28:05 5 Companies
00:30:51 5.1 Brewery tap
00:31:15 6 Particular kinds
00:31:25 6.1 Country pubs
00:32:19 6.2 Roadhouses
00:33:14 6.3 Theme pubs
00:33:40 6.4 Micropubs
00:34:07 7 Signs
00:36:36 8 Names
00:38:19 9 Entertainment
00:39:59 10 Food
00:42:19 10.1 Gastropub
00:42:55 11 Listed
00:43:23 12 Records
00:43:32 12.1 Highest and remotest
00:44:07 12.2 Smallest
00:44:42 12.3 Largest
00:44:57 12.4 Oldest
00:46:39 12.5 Longest and shortest name
00:47:15 13 Statistics
00:47:51 14 Decline
00:49:02 15 Cultural associations
00:50:21 15.1 London
00:53:15 15.2 Oxford and Cambridge
00:53:56 15.3 Fictional pubs
00:54:05 15.3.1 Soap operas
00:54:55 16 Outside Great Britain
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider. It is a relaxed, social drinking establishment and a prominent part of British, Irish, Breton, New Zealand, Canadian, South African and Australian cultures. In many places, especially in villages, a pub is the focal point of the community. In his 17th-century diary Samuel Pepys described the pub as the heart of England.Pubs can be traced back to Roman taverns, through the Anglo-Saxon alehouse to the development of the tied house system in the 19th century. In 1393, King Richard II of England introduced legislation that pubs had to display a sign outdoors to make them easily visible for passing ale tasters, who would assess the quality of ale sold. Most pubs focus on offering beers, ales and similar drinks. As well, pubs often sell wines, spirits, and soft drinks, meals and snacks. The owner, tenant or manager (licensee) is known as the pub landlord or landlady, or publican. Referred to as their local by regulars, pubs are typically chosen for their proximity to home or work, the availability of a particular beer or ale or a good selection, good food, a social atmosphere, the presence of friends and acquaintances, and the availability of recreational activities such as a darts team, a skittles team, and a pool or snooker table. The pub quiz was established in the UK in the 1970s.
Our Miss Brooks: Conklin the Bachelor / Christmas Gift Mix-up / Writes About a Hobo / Hobbies
Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952--56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name.
Connie (Constance) Brooks (Eve Arden), an English teacher at fictional Madison High School.
Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), blustery, gruff, crooked and unsympathetic Madison High principal, a near-constant pain to his faculty and students. (Conklin was played by Joseph Forte in the show's first episode; Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series' run.) Occasionally Conklin would rig competitions at the school--such as that for prom queen--so that his daughter Harriet would win.
Walter Denton (Richard Crenna, billed at the time as Dick Crenna), a Madison High student, well-intentioned and clumsy, with a nasally high, cracking voice, often driving Miss Brooks (his self-professed favorite teacher) to school in a broken-down jalopy. Miss Brooks' references to her own usually-in-the-shop car became one of the show's running gags.
Philip Boynton (Jeff Chandler on radio, billed sometimes under his birth name Ira Grossel); Robert Rockwell on both radio and television), Madison High biology teacher, the shy and often clueless object of Miss Brooks' affections.
Margaret Davis (Jane Morgan), Miss Brooks' absentminded landlady, whose two trademarks are a cat named Minerva, and a penchant for whipping up exotic and often inedible breakfasts.
Harriet Conklin (Gloria McMillan), Madison High student and daughter of principal Conklin. A sometime love interest for Walter Denton, Harriet was honest and guileless with none of her father's malevolence and dishonesty.
Stretch (Fabian) Snodgrass (Leonard Smith), dull-witted Madison High athletic star and Walter's best friend.
Daisy Enright (Mary Jane Croft), Madison High English teacher, and a scheming professional and romantic rival to Miss Brooks.
Jacques Monet (Gerald Mohr), a French teacher.
Our Miss Brooks was a hit on radio from the outset; within eight months of its launch as a regular series, the show landed several honors, including four for Eve Arden, who won polls in four individual publications of the time. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Harry Ackerman, West Coast director of programming, wanted Shirley Booth for the part, but as he told historian Gerald Nachman many years later, he realized Booth was too focused on the underpaid downside of public school teaching at the time to have fun with the role.
Lucille Ball was believed to have been the next choice, but she was already committed to My Favorite Husband and didn't audition. Chairman Bill Paley, who was friendly with Arden, persuaded her to audition for the part. With a slightly rewritten audition script--Osgood Conklin, for example, was originally written as a school board president but was now written as the incoming new Madison principal--Arden agreed to give the newly-revamped show a try.
Produced by Larry Berns and written by director Al Lewis, Our Miss Brooks premiered on July 19, 1948. According to radio critic John Crosby, her lines were very feline in dialogue scenes with principal Conklin and would-be boyfriend Boynton, with sharp, witty comebacks. The interplay between the cast--blustery Conklin, nebbishy Denton, accommodating Harriet, absentminded Mrs. Davis, clueless Boynton, scheming Miss Enright--also received positive reviews.
Arden won a radio listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948-49, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton, she joked. But she was also a hit with the critics; a winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors taken by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne.
For its entire radio life, the show was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, promoting Palmolive soap, Lustre Creme shampoo and Toni hair care products. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended.