Invasion

[happy daze john in oz]

John, here in Devon yes we do call visitors grokels, but we don't wear T-Shirts saying 'Go Home Grokels' (have never seen any personally), because we welcome them, our towns and villages well being relies upon them and we are even building new roads so that they get here even easier and hopefully in increasing numbers, private enterprise is building new hotels and expanding current ones. We don't have many industries in this area, but we do have high technology centres exporting sophisticated equipment around the world, high production market garden produce, a vibrant fishing industry, which would be better if the French and Spanish were not given our quotas by the EU. Yes the grokels are welcomed by the locals they keep us going during the summer (and beyond) so that we can survive the sparse winter months, but even these traditionally slow months are starting to pick up with increased facilities being offered. This part of the country is well visited by French/Dutch/German/Japanese and films like 'War Horse' have made people aware that it is a nice part of the country with good food and local produce. All I ask is please don't sit in my deckchair!!

Ivan, it is good to see that you have a pride in your part of the country and want it to do well, good luck with all ventures.

[Ivan Cloherty]

I think Ivan is the P.R. man for Faulty Towers.

It's called the Gleneagles the hotel where Fawlty Towers was born based on the manager and head waiter at that time, they do a nice Sunday lunch

[John Gill]

It's called the Gleneagles the hotel where Fawlty Towers was born based on the manager and head waiter at that time, they do a nice Sunday lunch

I'd avoid the ratatouille.

[Jim Brady]

Polish is now the second language of this country ahead of Punjabi and Urdu,with over half a million people speaking Polish as their first language.Figures also show 140.000 people living in England and Wales cannot speak English,while around 726.000 had a weak grasp of the language.In all neither English or Welsh are the main languages for about 4 million residents,or 8% of the population.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...l-8472447.html.

Regards.
Jim.B.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Seems the future is bleak, Apparently England will possibly be re-named Little Britain, even NZ want out.

New Zealand confirms plans to hold referendum on ditching the Union flag with many wanting it to be replaced with the silver fern.

K.

[John Pruden]

what a great country we are turning out to be hundreds of thousands cant speak the lingo schools closing because nobody speaks English even the kids cant eat the foods in school because another race may get upset yes this is the new face of great Britain god help us?jp

[Keith at Tregenna]

RE: The kids cant eat the foods - If they do most is Halal anyway.

K

[robpage]

New Zealand Lamb has all been Halal for years , and most of us never noticed !

[Keith at Tregenna]

Contract caterers should be held to account, ask in your firms eaterie if the meat is halal, generally told all our meats are halal, this includes schools, hospitals etc. I think we should have a choice. K.

[robpage]

Eat British outdoor reared Pork , they don't Halal kill that