Tamworth (Waveney) to St Annes

1. Turn right onto Birds Bush Road.
2. After 292 yards take the 3^rd Exit off the roundabout into B5440 (Marlborough Way).
( Tamworth )
3. After 0.7 miles take the 1^st Exit off the BIG roundabout into the A5.
4. Follow the A5 straight to the M6. Take M6 North.
5. Follow M6 for 90-odd miles.
6. Leave the M6, and join the M55 at the M6 J32
7. This feeds straight onto the roundabout with the helter skelter sculpture - approach in left lane for shortcut road to the left
8. At next roundabout, go straight on

St Annes to Tamworth (Waveney)

1. Up Queensway
2. Turn right onto Progress Way
3. At 1st roundabout, straight on to Preston M55
4. At 2nd roundabout, take a right for M55 Preston
5. After Preston, hang right for M6 South (junc 32)
6. Carry on M6 for 90-odd miles, try not to fall asleep.
7. Take junc 12 turn off signed "Cannock, Wolverhampton, A5"
8. Follow A5 towards Tamworth.
9. After crossing river, ignore next junction but turn off at the following junction.
10. Take 3rd turn off from the BIG roundabout, signed "Glascote & Wilncote"
11. Follow Marlborough Way down to roundabout.
12. Take 1st left.

Atheist links

Atheist Parents
Douglas Adams on why he was Atheist

Criticism of Emmanuel Schools

Hazleton Laboratories (now Covance)

I applied to be on a drug trial at Hazleton Laboratories (now Covance) sometime late 80s. I think I would have had to be in there 2 weeks and got about £900 for my trouble. They took a blood test, then called me back to say I was perfectly healthy but didn't fall within the exact parameters they wanted for the trial. I could've applied for other trials but it actually felt like a lucky escape! Even with a history of other forms of test beforehand, human trials are used because there may still be nasty side effects.

Looks like they also have an animal testing lab in Harrogate

"Amongst the animals Covance Laboratories Inc. supply are its own breed of dog, the trademarked "Mini-Mongrelä" (the mind boggles), the registered Elite New Zealand WhiteÒ rabbit and the "MutaäMouse", as well as other purpose-bred canines, guinea pigs and non-human primates. Covance is also known to be involved in importing wild-caught primates"

History Machine

"The Rock and Roll Years" TV programme linked famous songs of the past with the current events of the time, to put them in some kind of social context. Very popular programme.

How about an online tool that links your family photos with lots of different information about the day each was taken? This could include weather conditions, news stories, tv listings, pop chart, bestselling book chart etc. This might be a Flickr mash-up?

One problem lies in finding archives of some of these features. No TV listings archive exists, for UK programmes at any rate. Someone would have to manually trawl through old listings magazines and newspapers in public libraries to create some of these archives.

I'm going to email the BBC and see what they think about the idea. They may well keep old weather data for one thing.

Quality Ales - Beer and Brewery Guide

http://www.qualityales.com

Don't agree with the crap mark for Spitfire though - it's not too bad.