http://blog.tiltingatwindmills.org.uk/2007/09/26/bedfords-latest-tourist-attraction/ "The country's biggest force, the Metropolitan police, is to lobby the attorney general... because officers believe that large sections of the population have become increasingly politicised" Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:32:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.tiltingatwindmills.org.uk/2007/09/26/bedfords-latest-tourist-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Bedford town centre works (sometimes) « Adventures of an Idiot - occasional ramblings of a photography freak Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:37:18 +0000 http://blog.tiltingatwindmills.org.uk/2007/09/26/bedfords-latest-tourist-attraction/#comment-43 [...] shower (washing facility) for the Square’s inhabitants. An observation so intriguing that it received a mention in the local rag! The discovery that the local rag was checking out my blog came as a bit of a [...] [...] shower (washing facility) for the Square’s inhabitants. An observation so intriguing that it received a mention in the local rag! The discovery that the local rag was checking out my blog came as a bit of a [...]

]]> http://blog.tiltingatwindmills.org.uk/2007/09/26/bedfords-latest-tourist-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-35 fotdmike Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:47:39 +0000 http://blog.tiltingatwindmills.org.uk/2007/09/26/bedfords-latest-tourist-attraction/#comment-35 Heh heh... seems like one of the local freebies (<a href="http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bedford Times & Citizen</a>) reproduced the above post virtually in its entirety complete with pic, in last week's issue. Only just had it brought to my attention. And from the same source I've now learned that the fountain (or "water sculpture" as its apparently called) cost the local taxpayers £135,000! Bloody hell; I wonder whose bright idea it was, and whether they have any more of the same tucked up their sleeve rather than spending the money on something useful, or at least pleasing to look at. Heh heh… seems like one of the local freebies (Bedford Times & Citizen) reproduced the above post virtually in its entirety complete with pic, in last week’s issue. Only just had it brought to my attention. And from the same source I’ve now learned that the fountain (or “water sculpture” as its apparently called) cost the local taxpayers £135,000! Bloody hell; I wonder whose bright idea it was, and whether they have any more of the same tucked up their sleeve rather than spending the money on something useful, or at least pleasing to look at.

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