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Hurn Court (originally Heron Court) now a block of apartments near Bournemouth Airport, used to be the hereditary home of successive Earls of Malmesbury after a bequest in the late 18th century. The Second Earl, a keen sportsman imported Labrador Hounds from Newfoundland when there was significant trade into Poole from there, and together with the Duke of Buccleuch is responsible for the pure Labrador bloodlines in the UK today. Handel, Lord Nelson and Lily Langtry have all stayed at Hurn Court (but not at the same time!)
 
If you spin the map of Britain around South and East...the tip of Scotland roughly touches Milan !
South and West equals roughly Bilbao.
South and Central equals roughly Lyon.
 
The very first Agricultural Research Laboratories were actually primitive toilets...for the study of seeds that had passed through humans that arrived from far off lands !
 
Football teams playing in red are more successful. An analysis of teams playing at home in the professional leagues of the world over 55 years showed a significant statistical skew to them winning more than every other colour.
 
The # symbol is called an Octothorpe.
Former Arsenal & Scotland goalkeeper Bob Wilson's middle name is Primrose.
Hurn Airport was the UK's first commercial international airport.
Statistically, vehicles including the number 666 in their registration are more than twice as likely to be involved in an accident than those with any other number.
 
Bourne Mouthy said:
The # symbol is called an Octothorpe.
Former Arsenal & Scotland goalkeeper Bob Wilson's middle name is Primrose.
Hurn Airport was the UK's first commercial international airport.
Statistically, vehicles including the number 666 in their registration are more than twice as likely to be involved in an accident than those with any other number.
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Pood old Bob! What were his parents thinking? Bob still lives on Christchurch Quay.
 
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