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Bagpuss, Mr Ben, Chigley. Camblewick Green, Trumpton, Bod, King Rollo, Chockablock, Play school, Play Away, Fingermouse, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine, Rainbow, Jamie and the Magic Touch, Danger Mouse, Pigeon Street, Button Moon, Jimbo and the Jetset, Willow the Wisp, Rhubarb and Custard, Words and Pictures, Charlie Chalk, The Wombles
All the ones I remember watching firm the 70/80’s, they just don’t make kids TV like that any more
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There are thought to be over 300 places in Wales with connections to King Arthur, ranging from landmarks that are part of well-established legends to towns that boast rather tenuous links to the fabled figure.
These sites include Maen Huail, a limestone block in the pretty town of Ruthin, on which Arthur is said to have beheaded the brother of Gildas, and the impressive Roman fortress at Caerleon, noted as the site of Arthur’s court by French writer Chrétien de Troyes.
Then, of course, there’s the ancient, weathered remains of the fortress that once stood on the hillside of Dinas Emrys in Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park, which is claimed to be the ruins of Vortigern’s continually-toppling tower. Unconvinced? Well, an excavation of Dinas Emrys in the 1940s did indicate evidence of an underground lake in the area – though no clear signs of any dragon battle.
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Legend has it that in 1693, Dom Pierre Pérignon discovered a way to make sparkling Champagne
When he bottled the wine in the winter, the fermentation halted due to the low temperatures but, during the summer, the bottles warmed up, and the yeast triggered a secondary fermentation directly in the wine bottle.
This resulted in carbon dioxide build-up, which in turn made the wine bubbly.
The pressure of the CO2 in the wine caused the weak, poor quality French glass bottles to explode and a result, the drink earned the title devils wine.
However in 1662, Christopher Merrett, a scientist, naturalist, physician and metallurgist from Great Britain, submitted a paper to the Royal Society.
The paper was the first official document that explained how to make bubbly wine and in it, Merrett detailed how winemakers in Great Britain added vast quantities of sugar and molasses to wine to give them effervescence.
Christopher Merrett’s paper came out 6 years before Dom Pérignon even arrived at the abbey.
The Englishmen were more successful in making sparkling wine because they were using sturdy glass bottles. The thicker glass could withstand the carbon dioxide pressure and prevent bottle explosions.
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In Grenoble, France, 16 people and companies were tried on 31 January 2005 for manslaughter. Defendants in the trial included:
Gilbert Degrave, the Belgian driver of the truck that caught fire in the tunnel
Volvo, the truck's manufacturer
The French and Italian managers of the tunnel
ATMB and SITM Safety regulators
The Mayor of Chamonix
A senior official of the French Ministry of Public Works
The exact cause of the fire is disputed. One account reported it to be a cigarette stub carelessly thrown at the truck, which supposedly entered the engine induction snorkel above the cabin, setting the paper air filter on fire. Others blamed a mechanical or electrical fault, or poor maintenance of the truck's engine. An investigation found no evidence of a design fault with the truck. The closest smoke detector was out of order, and French emergency services did not use the same radio frequency as those inside the tunnel.
The Italian company responsible for operating the tunnel, SITMB, paid €13.5 million ($17.5 million US) to a fund for the families of the victims. Édouard Balladur, former president of the French company operating the tunnel (from 1968 to 1980), and later Prime Minister of France, underwent a witness examination. He was asked about the security measures that he ordered, or did not order, to be carried out.
Balladur claimed that the catastrophe could be attributed to the fact the tunnel had been divided into two sections operated by two companies (one in France, the other in Italy), which failed to coordinate the situation. On 27 July 2005, thirteen defendants were found guilty, and received sentences ranging from fines to suspended prison sentences to six months in jail:
Gérard Roncoli, the head of security at the tunnel, was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail plus an additional two-year suspended sentence, the heaviest sentence levied against any of the defendants. The sentence was upheld on appeal.
Remy Chardon, former president of the French company operating the tunnel, was convicted and received a two-year suspended jail term; he was also fined approximately US$18,000.
Gilbert Degrave, the driver of the truck, received a four-month suspended sentence.
Seven other people, including the tunnel's Italian security chief, received suspended terms and fines.
Three companies were fined up to US$180,000 each.
The charges against Volvo were dropped.
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Shame is not like that anymore as Britain’s only the 11 larges producer producing 5,520,000 tons a year.
1 China 78,183,874
2 India 51,300,000
3 Ukraine 20,837,999
4 Russia 19,607,361
5 United Stated 18,789,970
6 Germany 11,715,100
7 Bangladesh 9,606,000
8 France 8,691,900
9 Poland 7,848,600
10 Netherlands 7,020,060
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