aquarius1984
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Well i would defo say we were north compared to say cornwall. Lol.
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aquarius1984
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Well the title was referring to the cruddy weather on Tuesday, maybe we are'nt "North" but we are definite North West according to the Local BBC News fronted by Mr Krypton Factor himself.
And we also get Corro first hand from the guys who make it. We come under Manchesters "Granada TV" for ITV.
But just being north west would explain why we dont have the Justified Ancients of MU MU Land driving around in their Ice Cream vans........
LOL
Nick
And we also get Corro first hand from the guys who make it. We come under Manchesters "Granada TV" for ITV.
But just being north west would explain why we dont have the Justified Ancients of MU MU Land driving around in their Ice Cream vans........
LOL
Nick
Nick lives in Granadaland, and I live in Anglialand! LOL Jon (lavamat_jon) lives in Yorkshireland. nickuk lives in Anglialand or Londonland. LOL
Well, I can get London channels as well because we officially in a dual region area.
For those of you who do not understand what we are talking about (“Irritating Brits!” you say), please see the link. Granada and Anglia are the names for what used to be – and legally still are – independent regional television stations that make up Channel 3 (again, a legal term), or the ITV Network, which is referred to on air in most regions as “ITV1” (Independent Television).
There are regional news programmes at certain times of the day, along with the odd regional programme on certain interests. The regions are further split into subregions, which allows for even more local news, as well as closely focused advertising.
One large company, called (confusingly) ITV plc (public limited company – that is, with publicly traded shares) owns 11 of the 15 franchises. The other four are owned by three separate companies – SMG (Scottish Media Group; for the two Scottish regions), UTV (for Northern Ireland) and Channel TV (for the Channel Islands; known on-air as “ITV Channel Television”). ITV plc was formed from the merger of Granada (which runs services where Nick lives) and Carlton (which technically still broadcasts during the week in my area).
Across the 11 ITV plc regions, on-screen presentation is consistent – that is, there is no distinction in terms of announcers now because all of that is done from London. ITV1 Wales does get the occasional “Wales” bit added below the main ITV1 logo at times, however. Without being cynical, there is an obsession amongst some in the UK with ‘rebranding’ many companies, products and services to the point of absurdity sometimes, as if ‘old’ names are to be banished because are… too ‘old’. Our own post office, still owned by the UK Government as a plc, renamed itself “Consignia” a few years ago in a huge money-burning exercise. That did not last long, and it reverted to “Royal Mail”.
There is also a separate station called GMTV (Good Morning Television), which is the breakfast television station broadcasting between the hours of 6am and 9.25am. During those hours, the ITV Network is actually off the air. GMTV is 75% owned by ITV plc, with the rest being owned by Walt Disney. Many in the UK perceive GMTV to be simply a programme on ITV1 – it isn’t because it is a station in its own right, selling its own advertising and making its own programmes. (Don’t argue with me, Nick! ;-))
Anyway, where was I? ;-) This is a forum for washers! LOL
Lovely pictures, Nick!
Many of the pictures remind me of my town – Bishop’s Stortford.
http://www.itv.com
Well, I can get London channels as well because we officially in a dual region area.
For those of you who do not understand what we are talking about (“Irritating Brits!” you say), please see the link. Granada and Anglia are the names for what used to be – and legally still are – independent regional television stations that make up Channel 3 (again, a legal term), or the ITV Network, which is referred to on air in most regions as “ITV1” (Independent Television).
There are regional news programmes at certain times of the day, along with the odd regional programme on certain interests. The regions are further split into subregions, which allows for even more local news, as well as closely focused advertising.
One large company, called (confusingly) ITV plc (public limited company – that is, with publicly traded shares) owns 11 of the 15 franchises. The other four are owned by three separate companies – SMG (Scottish Media Group; for the two Scottish regions), UTV (for Northern Ireland) and Channel TV (for the Channel Islands; known on-air as “ITV Channel Television”). ITV plc was formed from the merger of Granada (which runs services where Nick lives) and Carlton (which technically still broadcasts during the week in my area).
Across the 11 ITV plc regions, on-screen presentation is consistent – that is, there is no distinction in terms of announcers now because all of that is done from London. ITV1 Wales does get the occasional “Wales” bit added below the main ITV1 logo at times, however. Without being cynical, there is an obsession amongst some in the UK with ‘rebranding’ many companies, products and services to the point of absurdity sometimes, as if ‘old’ names are to be banished because are… too ‘old’. Our own post office, still owned by the UK Government as a plc, renamed itself “Consignia” a few years ago in a huge money-burning exercise. That did not last long, and it reverted to “Royal Mail”.
There is also a separate station called GMTV (Good Morning Television), which is the breakfast television station broadcasting between the hours of 6am and 9.25am. During those hours, the ITV Network is actually off the air. GMTV is 75% owned by ITV plc, with the rest being owned by Walt Disney. Many in the UK perceive GMTV to be simply a programme on ITV1 – it isn’t because it is a station in its own right, selling its own advertising and making its own programmes. (Don’t argue with me, Nick! ;-))
Anyway, where was I? ;-) This is a forum for washers! LOL
Lovely pictures, Nick!
Many of the pictures remind me of my town – Bishop’s Stortford.http://www.itv.com
Sorry I have not got any photos of my own. :-(
Crazy fact: part of my town is located in another county – Essex! Also, until 1992, my part of the road I live in was in Essex – our road was literally split across two counties (Hertfordshire and Essex), so we even had different people collecting our rubbish/trash compared with the neighbours! LOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop's_Stortford
Crazy fact: part of my town is located in another county – Essex! Also, until 1992, my part of the road I live in was in Essex – our road was literally split across two counties (Hertfordshire and Essex), so we even had different people collecting our rubbish/trash compared with the neighbours! LOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop's_Stortford
aquarius1984
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Mike
Computer not very fast last night as I was messing about with youtube but just watched the presentation.
Wow its excellent!
Thankyou for sharing it!
Nick
Computer not very fast last night as I was messing about with youtube but just watched the presentation.
Wow its excellent!
Thankyou for sharing it!
Nick
lavamat_jon
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Carl - you're forgetting I'm also in Centraleastland too
lavamat_jon
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So you should be. 
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Not that I ever botehr tuning into Central Tonight anyway... is the most obviously scripted news programme ever. Let's just say it make's Peter Levy's Look North look slick.
.Not that I ever botehr tuning into Central Tonight anyway... is the most obviously scripted news programme ever. Let's just say it make's Peter Levy's Look North look slick
.LOL @ Jon
Anglia is quite good, although my sister could not believe it when they had a story on, I quote, “ugly fruit”!!! Yes – ugly fruit!
I guess that comes with the terriortiy of living in a very fertile area. In the East, particularly the northern parts – and into southern Lincolnshire (the county Jon lives in) – there are plenty of areas where crops grow! The land is FLAT and the soil DARK!
Anglia is quite good, although my sister could not believe it when they had a story on, I quote, “ugly fruit”!!! Yes – ugly fruit!
I guess that comes with the terriortiy of living in a very fertile area. In the East, particularly the northern parts – and into southern Lincolnshire (the county Jon lives in) – there are plenty of areas where crops grow! The land is FLAT and the soil DARK!
lavamat_jon
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Get this...
The otehr night on Calendar, there was this poor woman in Hull who had been burgled. They had stolen EVERYTHING, and when I say everything, I mean, everything! Everything from the usual jewellery to television, to every single piece of furniture except for the bed, the bath and the bathroom sink and toilet! They had even stolen the toilet brush!
It must be a poor thing for the woman but I couldn't stop laughing... looked like Christine Talbot and Duncan Wood (the presenters) couldn't stop laughing either!
Jon
The otehr night on Calendar, there was this poor woman in Hull who had been burgled. They had stolen EVERYTHING, and when I say everything, I mean, everything! Everything from the usual jewellery to television, to every single piece of furniture except for the bed, the bath and the bathroom sink and toilet! They had even stolen the toilet brush!
It must be a poor thing for the woman but I couldn't stop laughing... looked like Christine Talbot and Duncan Wood (the presenters) couldn't stop laughing either!
Jon
aquarius1984
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That happened to one of my college lecturers and you guessed it, I pissed myself laughing.
Not that im callous or mean or anything but can you really imagine trying to flog a 2nd hand bog brush at a carboot?
Nick
Not that im callous or mean or anything but can you really imagine trying to flog a 2nd hand bog brush at a carboot?
Nick
aquarius1984
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um cheers Carl, just had a shower an all. ;-)
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Hi Nick. Thank you for all the pictures. I was in Chester, UK once....used to spend summers in Sussex in Hastings and Bexhill-on-Sea....I also enjoyed pictures of St. Mary's Cathedral as I am an Anglican.
Ross "westyslantfront"
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mattywashboy
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heres my home in Perth W.A. A gorgoues little place in teh middle of green leafy suburbia, so pleasent.
Matt
Matt
mattywashboy
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another view of the driveway with my car in it.
Matt, what a beautiful and cute house. I love all the greenery & flowers. BTW, you & I have the exact same garbage can lol. Bob
aquarius1984
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mATT AND bOB
The wheelie bins in Crewe are also the same! LOL
Nick
The wheelie bins in Crewe are also the same! LOL
Nick
I love it, called wheelie bins.
