AuroraSaab
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What a lovely building that was.
BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany
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briantrumpet
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Am moving over to Ian H's thread on the French protests.
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And I know that Limoges citizens will have been immensely proud of that building... it will have been as iconic for them as Notre Dame is in Paris.
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briantrumpet
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Still, at least I've learnt that the adjective for Limoge is 'limogeaud', even if the cost of burning down a huge iconic building is perhaps rather high.
Dorset Boy
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And the 'Good News' thread too. Unless you're a coal merchant, or a young person dying to be a coalminer for all their working life.
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Beebo
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And back then they would have been burning loads of coal for other purposes, as I guess electricity generation was in its infancy.
diplodicus
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I thought I recognised that,
I believe it is Radcliffe on Soar power station.
I installed a rain water harvesting system there, many years ago. It was an interesting place.
I believe it is Radcliffe on Soar power station.
I installed a rain water harvesting system there, many years ago. It was an interesting place.
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briantrumpet
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Even in the 1970s I can remember the coal lorry regularly coming round in the winter to our suburban cul-de-sac, doing good business with coal for domestic heating (including at my parents' house, before they had gas fires installed).
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Oh no!! Small boats!!
Sorry, I meant "Oh, no small boats!!"
What is Farage (and the BBC Small Boat Watch team) to do?
Sorry, I meant "Oh, no small boats!!"
What is Farage (and the BBC Small Boat Watch team) to do?
Poacher
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I think you're right with the identification but ever so slightly wrong with the name.
It's Ratcliffe on Soar. The last coal fired generating station to close?
diplodicus
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You're right.
That'll teach me to rely on my rubbish memory
That'll teach me to rely on my rubbish memory
