Tag Archives: Hampshire
Basing View -the business park the future forgot.
Basing View is Basingstoke’s unforgotten, unloved legacy from the 1970s. Basingstoke and Deane council, Hampshire County Council and Basing View marketing seem determined that it will remain marooned in a time gone by. From time to … Continue reading
Freddie Flintoff’s fabulous comeback; T20 Finals Day
The Blast Finals Day held at Edgbaston is the best value major sporting event of the summer. For £50 you can get a full 11 hours of cricket and a bunch of support acts including the magnificent Mascot Race, a … Continue reading
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Tagged #Edgbaston, #Finalsday, #T20, cricket, Freddy Flintoff, Hampshire, Jimmy Anderson, Lancashire, social media, Society, Sport, Surrey, Twenty Twenty
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Ten reasons to join the Pension Play Pen!
I’m excited! Driving through Berkshire and Hampshire to work it showed 8 degrees on the dashboard, I drove open-top and imagined I was Jane Austen in a pony and trap (the pony called Frankel)! I’m excited because there are 2499 members … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, poetry, The Racket of the Lambs
Tagged Berkshire, Bristol, Edinburgh, Hampshire, Jane Austen, London, Pen, pension, Racket, White Hart
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Bugger Basingstoke
If King George III had had to commute into Basingstoke in 2011 these words would not have been far from his lips. It is no mean feat of mismanagement that Basingstoke and Deane council have managed to transform a fine chunk … Continue reading