What makes Britain Great?
Oct 20th 2013, 2:26 am
#151
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
The husband of a German friend calls us Little Britain. He was told off, but no doubt it is how he sees us these days.
Oct 20th 2013, 2:31 am
#153
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
Hey leave NZ out of this...we don't need any more people here we have just the right combination 
39 peeps per sq mile 
39 peeps per sq mile
Oct 20th 2013, 4:37 am
#154
Not actually a squirrel
Joined: Apr 2010
Location: England
Posts: 3,446
Re: What makes Britain Great?
Bluebell woods
Primroses
Daffodils
Holly
Robins
Blue Tits
Rabbits (yes, rabbits)
Pet hamsters
Harrods
Hamleys
Markets
Ancient sites
West End
The Cotswolds
Eccentrics
Jaffa Cakes
Walnut Whips
Mr Kipling apple and blackcurrant pies
Squirrels
Double-decker buses
London cabs
The Natural History Museum
White Winters
The tube
Blackberries
Cod and chips
Pheasants
Hazelnut yoghurt
The Chelsea Flower Show
Buckingham Palace
Castles
First Class rail travel
BBC
Changing seasons
Dialects
Short-distance travel
Choices
Primroses
Daffodils
Holly
Robins
Blue Tits
Rabbits (yes, rabbits)
Pet hamsters
Harrods
Hamleys
Markets
Ancient sites
West End
The Cotswolds
Eccentrics
Jaffa Cakes
Walnut Whips
Mr Kipling apple and blackcurrant pies
Squirrels
Double-decker buses
London cabs
The Natural History Museum
White Winters
The tube
Blackberries
Cod and chips
Pheasants
Hazelnut yoghurt
The Chelsea Flower Show
Buckingham Palace
Castles
First Class rail travel
BBC
Changing seasons
Dialects
Short-distance travel
Choices
Oct 20th 2013, 11:06 am
#155
Looking for my marbles.
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Location: durham, durham, England
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
wow brissybee. What a list!
Oct 20th 2013, 11:53 am
#156
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
....two more....
Oct 20th 2013, 5:55 pm
#157
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
Nowhere is far from the coast- so you can get away quite quickly!!!
Oct 20th 2013, 6:23 pm
#158
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Oct 21st 2013, 10:12 am
#161
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
only in Worcester ...
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
Oct 21st 2013, 10:52 am
#162
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Location: England
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
only in Worcester ...
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
Oct 21st 2013, 11:47 am
#163
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
only in Worcester ...
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
Oct 21st 2013, 12:59 pm
#164
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
only in Worcester ...
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/..._applications/
A COMPANY looking to fill 50 vacancies at a Worcester factory was astounded when not one person came forward.
Recruitment agency Consistent Personnel offered 50 positions at a food factory but received no enquiries, despite job figures in September showing more than 2,000 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in Worcester.
Danny James, owner of the agency, has spoken of his disbelief that staff at the city’s job centre could not find him a single jobseeker for the work after he put in a request on Wednesday.
The job is about eight hours a day – 35 hours a week – for three months over the Christmas period, paying £6.31 per hour.
Oct 21st 2013, 4:10 pm
#165
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Re: What makes Britain Great?
It pains me to say this, but the longer I'm here and the more I see, hear and personally experience, the more I have to agree with my German friends that the greatness has gone out of Britain.
We were once the envy of the world with our industries, unfortunately we are now dragging along behind formerly backward nations.
We were at the forefront of the industrial revolution, we were innovative and wealthy, yet those days are history. I am shocked to see so many German cars on our roads, astonishingly in my area about 40%. I would like to see British cars, but many of their factories have closed.
We did well last year with the Olympic Games, and it gave us all pride that Britain was seen as being able to achieve such a spectacle, yet at the grass roots nothing much seems to have changed.
But this thread is about what makes Britain Great, so I mustn't dwell on the opposite
