jane wrote in
:

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:38:23 GMT, Tom Gardner
wrote:

(Nick Maclaren) wrote in
:
~ You could start by a quick Web search on
~ Rothamsted, East Malling, Long Ashton and NIAB.
~
~Long Ashton Research Station is no more; it
~is in the process of being buried under N factorial
~"executive homes". That's a singularly nasty fate
~since the primary characteristic of an "executive
~home" is that the garden is about the size of
~a large kitchen table.
~
~Caused a big stink locally since the lang was a
~gift to the University of Bristol provided that it
~stayed in an agricultural use. Guess where the
~money went
~
~The local off-licence now only stocks
~bog-standard cider

what?!!!!!

Where's the vet school gone?

No idea. Maybe Langford, but I thought it had been there for donkeys years.

More details please - just had the usual begging phonecall from the
UofB alumni association and they can go whistle if they're building on
gifted green land...

You just put your lips together, and blow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content...g_ashton.shtml
http://www.wikimirror.com/Long_Ashton_Research_Station