Wikipedia?

In message , Ian Jelf
writes:
[]
Birmingham Banking Company, one of the constituents of what became the
Midland. The initials "BBC" can still be seen carved in a stone
pediment in their former offices at the corner of Bennett's Hill and
Waterloo Street in Birmingham.

You remind me of a faded remnant of UK electronics: For a long time
after Mullard ceased to be, one of its former buildings near the
Tottenham Court Road end of Torrington Place used to have the faded
remains/shadow/whatever of a Philips sign on its front. (Mullard became
part of Philips.) It's no longer visible - the building (part of a local
university I think, now) had a new surface some years ago - but I always
used to think there was a little history there when I saw it. (I park
along there - well, Bedford square - on my rare visits to the area.)
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On 23/11/2010 14:00, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:19:29 +0000 (GMT), Jim Lesurf
wrote:


And anyone know what you get when you divide a loss of 6 billion pounds
in tax by the UK population? What a generous bunch we are to be sure! :-)

It could be called self-generosity.

Snippet from the FT:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61ea26f8-f...#axzz1674bir9A

Ireland’s 4.5m people accounted for three times as many exports from
the UK as China in 2009 and more than the combined exports to the
Bric countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
....
Britain's exposure to Ireland arises from direct trade links,
financial sector assets and government liabilities. Were Ireland to
suffer a huge drop in output, UK exports to the country, worth a
little under 2 per cent of national income, would fall, damaging
Britain’s hopes of an export-led recovery from recession.

The UK's Gross National Income in 2009 was 1,471 billion pounds.


OK - but that figure has little/nothing to do with how much money the UK
government gets/spends - c.£500B.

Rob

Rob wrote:

The UK's Gross National Income in 2009 was 1,471 billion pounds.


OK - but that figure has little/nothing to do with how much money the UK
government gets/spends - c.£500B.

So a third of our money is spend by the government?

Bill

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

So a third of our money is spend by the government?

Where else would they get the money to pay for TV distribution systems
in hospitals, prisons, etc?

-- Richard

Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

So a third of our money is spend by the government?

Where else would they get the money to pay for TV distribution systems
in hospitals, prisons, etc?

-- Richard
It makes you think though dunnit?

Bill

Bill Wright wrote:
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

So a third of our money is spend by the government?

Where else would they get the money to pay for TV distribution systems
in hospitals, prisons, etc?

-- Richard
It makes you think though dunnit?

Bill

I't will be 50% if they dive into Korea...

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David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:


So a third of our money is spend by the government?


Where else would they get the money to pay for TV distribution systems
in hospitals, prisons, etc?

-- Richard

Ah but it's not spent in most Hospitals now.

It was declared that the private sector could do that so they installed
hugely expensive systems supported by income from phone calls that faded
away when mobiles were allowed.


Mike

m wrote:
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:


So a third of our money is spend by the government?


Where else would they get the money to pay for TV distribution systems
in hospitals, prisons, etc?

-- Richard

Ah but it's not spent in most Hospitals now.

It was declared that the private sector could do that so they installed
hugely expensive systems supported by income from phone calls that faded
away when mobiles were allowed.

These systems were are hugely unpopular with patients and staff. A lot
of people ignore it and just watch a bit of telly in the dayroom, and of
course some use their own DVD players etc.

Bill

The phone thing only faded away due to the over greediness of the providers.
its much like car parking in Hospitals, taking the **** comes to the mind.
Besides, the crafty hospitals are now saying that you are not allowed to
charge up your mobile unless they can get the charger tested for safety. Of
course nobody takes any notice of this.
Brian

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"m" wrote in message
...
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:


So a third of our money is spend by the government?


Where else would they get the money to pay for TV distribution systems
in hospitals, prisons, etc?

-- Richard

Ah but it's not spent in most Hospitals now.

It was declared that the private sector could do that so they installed
hugely expensive systems supported by income from phone calls that faded
away when mobiles were allowed.


Mike

On 24/11/2010 03:11, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

Ian Jelf writes:
[]
Birmingham Banking Company, one of the constituents of what became the
Midland. The initials "BBC" can still be seen carved in a stone pediment in
their former offices at the corner of Bennett's Hill and Waterloo Street in
Birmingham.

You remind me of a faded remnant of UK electronics: For a long time after
Mullard ceased to be, one of its former buildings near the Tottenham Court
Road end of Torrington Place used to have the faded remains/shadow/whatever
of a Philips sign on its front. (Mullard became part of Philips.) It's no
longer visible - the building (part of a local university I think, now) had a
new surface some years ago - but I always used to think there was a little
history there when I saw it. (I park along there - well, Bedford square - on
my rare visits to the area.)

I don't remember the faded wall sign you mention, but there used to be a lot
of them around in Britain's major cities and it is a matter of regret that
they are becoming rarer with redevelopment.

One I recall was in Manchester Street, Liverpool (adjacent to the Mersey
Tunnel entrance and formerly linking the Old Haymarket with Dale Street). A
chimney stack was painted with a huge sign proclaiming that this was the
premises of Frank Hessy (musical instrument retailer), who had moved from
there to Stanley Street back in the early fifties. Of course, now the shop is
completely out of business.