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JNugent wrote:

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.

Good shop though. Better than Rushworths.

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

On 24/11/2010 18:16, David Kennedy wrote:
JNugent wrote:

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.

Good shop though. Better than Rushworths.

That depends very much on when the comparison is made.

On 24/11/2010 12:39, Bill Wright wrote:
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

No, at least as I understand it - all of our money is spent by
government. And then some, hence the current budget deficit.

GDI (similar to GDP) is the total income of the *nation* - consumption
(Mars bars etc), business spending (lathes and so on), total tax income
plus net trade. GDI is a controversial measure of well-being, and is
what the government means when they talk about 'growth' - if GDI goes
up, the country's 'growing'.

Government spending (benefits, health, police etc) is paid for out of
tax income - about a quarter of which is income tax.

Rob

In message , Richard Tobin
wrote

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

Self financing in Scotland - prisoners pay £1 a week for TV.

--
Alan
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
...
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.

Those PAT tested stickers on all the stuff at work peel off very easily and
they stay nice and sticky.

--

Brian Gregory. (In the UK)

To email me remove the letter vee.

Alan wrote:
In message , Richard Tobin
wrote

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

Self financing in Scotland - prisoners pay £1 a week for TV.

Same in England, though 50p. Generates a lot of cash.

Bill

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

Ian Jelf writes:
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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.

Lots more of them he http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk/ and the
associated blog.

Peter

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| Peter Campbell Smith | Epsom | UK |

In article , says...

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
...
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.

Those PAT tested stickers on all the stuff at work peel off very easily and
they stay nice and sticky.

And, of course, blank ones are widely available ...

or you could print your own ...

--

Terry

JNugent wrote:
On 24/11/2010 18:16, David Kennedy wrote:
JNugent wrote:

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.

Good shop though. Better than Rushworths.

That depends very much on when the comparison is made.

Late 60s early [very] 70s

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

On Nov 23, 5:40*am, Doctroid wrote:
In article [email protected],



*madge wrote:
On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:18:47 -0000, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:23:27 +0000, Graeme wrote:

In message
* * * * * charles wrote:

In article ,
* *Mark Robinson wrote:
On 15/11/2010 22:23, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

I read that as people using a "BBC computer" - i. e. the 6502-based
home computer of the 1980s (-:!

Well, you shouldn't have done, because that was a "BBC Micro" ;-}

or, more accurately a "British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer".
"BBC" was the Registered Trademark (in the electrical sales field) of
"Brown, Boverie et Cie" - a Swiss based manufacturer.

BBC also, in various fields stood for: British Bacon Company (of
Swindon), Barnes Borough Council, Borough of Brentford & Chiswick,
Barking Brassware Company - and probably many others.

Bush Bedding Centre - in Shepherds Bush market, overlooked by Lime Grove
Studios.

Bursledon Brick Company, I've one of their bricks, stamped BBC,
somewhere.

Boston Beer Company, Boston Borough Council, Ballet British Columbia,
Bergen Brunswick Corporation, Berkeley Biodiesel Collective, Balham Bowls
Club, Belper Baptist Church, Bournemouth Borough Council.,.. etc.

Black Belt Champions

http://www.youtube.com/user/usabbchamp

(The guy at the end breaking the bat? Is my sensei. The guys preceding,
I don't know them.)

My stoopit video player thingie won't frame by frame.

Fist, or forearm?


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