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Friday, May 16, 2008
WIGHT LIVING
THE answer to the Island’s messy carbon footprint may not be blowing in the wind — but it is set to make real waves.
Yesterday (Thursday) what is described as a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the IW Council and the University of Southampton on a whole range of eco-issues.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
THIS ISLAND LIFE
LOOK closely at this photograph. Hidden in its depths are the saturnine features of a young man rumoured by my fellow columnist, Percy Sutson, to be on the verge of completing his journey across the political spectrum.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
THE VIEW FROM HERE
I MAKE no apology for returning to the subject of the visual vandalism the council, now aided by the police, is wreaking upon the Island.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
GARDENING
FROM tomatoes, my daughter Roseanna’s favourite, to potatoes — my passion.
For a while, I’ve asked myself the question whether Jersey Royals taste the same as they used to? Other people have similarly questioned them too.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
GARDENING
I WAS so pleased when poor little Tiny Tom popped up his fragile head.
I thought he would have been crippled by age and was delighted that one wizened seed from a packet that should have been sown by the year 2000 had germinated.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
PROPERTY OF THE WEEK
THE glorious image of beautiful thatched Priors Cottage, with delicate wisteria blossom and roses and honeysuckle around the door has been captured on camera by people from all over the world.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
ON THE ROAD
VORSPRUNG Durch Technik — it’s a phrase associated with car manufacturer Audi by millions.
But what does it mean? Well, its rough translation is Progress Through Technology and the new Audi A4 I drove from Esplanade, Newport, is the perfect embodiment of that phrase.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
ON THE ROAD
THESE days motoring is all about getting the most for your money: more miles per gallon, cheaper vehicle excise duty (VED), longer warranty.
A new car that ticks those three important boxes is the Hyundai i10, which was launched on the Island over Easter to become an instant hit with Island drivers.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
100 Years Ago
May 16, 1908
While rolling the cricket ground at Blackwater, an inmate from the County Asylum got more than he bargained for when he bolted across country.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
ISLANDERS REUNITED
From Wilfred T Aldridge, (Kure City Ambassador and UK representative),
43 Armstrong Road, Thorpe Saint Andrew, Norwich NR7 9LJ.
DID you serve as a member of the British forces in the Kure area of Japan between late 1945 to 1956?
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