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    They had an automatic one in NZ that locked the door and sprayed water all over the inside to clean it, imagine being trapped inside.
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    Let's hear it for Jodrell Bank (my near neighbour ) and the fantastic scientists who tracked all the Russian craft sent into space (even when they denied it )
    JBank has just been awarded World Heritage Status - and about time too !
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    here it is , Brenda,
    Jodrell Bank.
    cheers
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    Besemer Converter for making steel
    Smart Meter for Electricity
    Lord Nelson
    Watt, Steam Engine
    Stephenson, Rocket
    Henry 8, Royal Navy


    Edward Heath, Common Market AgHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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    [QUOTE=Victoria Moss;333782]The telescopes in Parkes NSW were responsible for tracking the moon landing and without their help apparently the images would not have been received.
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    Funny enough that's what the Cornish say about their telescopes

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    One more
    Baked beans in tomato sauce, first sold as a luxury item in Fortnum and masons in 1901. In the USA where baked beans originated they were baked/fried with pieces of pork.
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    What has England given the world, more than any other country.
    But it was not all inventions, there are others.

    Writers, Shakespear, Browning, Wordsworth

    Explorers, Raghlie, Drake, Cook, Livingstone

    Social revolutionaries Emily Pankhurst, William Wilberforce

    Designer/Builders Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Ismay, Wren who not only built St. Pauls but much of Greenwich as well

    Musician The Beatles, Strolling Bones, Elgar

    Car design Maurice Wilkes Land Rover, Ignis Mini, (Jean Shrimpton Mini Skirt)

    Entertainers Bob Hope, Laurel and Hardy

    Anglican Church

    Westminster system of governance

    Sir Frank Whittle Jet engine, Comet, first commercial passenger jet aircraft

    Dyson Bladeless fan

    Richard Branson Virgins??????
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