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Somerset
Somerset debuted as another pedestrian daytime drama, revolving around the powerful conglomerate Delaney Brands and its effect on the fictional community of Somerset, Illinois. Two years into its run, the serial was transformed into a crime-laden melodrama similar to CBS's "The Edge of Night". For the next four years, newspaper publisher Julian Cannell took center stage as Somerset was besieged by arson, blackmail, extortion, and murder.
Cast
- JoBeth Williams
- Tina Sloan
- Jameson Parker
- Philip MacHale
- Jordan Charney
- Ann Wedgeworth
- Nancy Pinkerton
- Robert Milli
- Judith Barcroft
- Robin Strasser
- Nancy Wickwire
- Marilyn Spanier
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Episode 1: (#1.1)
JC Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA...
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Last show of the series....
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Episode : Another World: Somerset
USA:1976...
We met, deep down in Somerset
A time I can't forget
When we were sippin' cider in the shade
Oh the sun was setting in the West
You looked your very best that night
Stars were shining in your eyes
And we walked, walked all along the sand
And it felt, felt like a wonderland
And when the summer breeze was gone
The memory lingered on
You and me down in Somerset
Instrumental break
Oh we walked, walked and walked and walked all along the sand
And it felt just like our love just began
And when the summer breeze was gone
The memory lingered on, me and you
When the summer set
We met, we met, we met deep down in Somerset
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Chris Moyles - Somerset Boy (Estelle - American Boy)
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- Duration: 3:44
- Updated: 30 Mar 2013
American Boy Parody Performed By Chris Moyles.
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American Boy Parody Performed By Chris Moyles.
Gustav Holst - A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 No. 2 (1907)
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- Duration: 9:37
- Updated: 07 Apr 2013
One of Holst's rare orchestral works, Conductor : David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
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One of Holst's rare orchestral works, Conductor : David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
- published: 12 Apr 2010
- views: 21084
- author: 13Orcun
Come Dine With Me Somerset: Part 1
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- Duration: 9:43
- Updated: 10 Mar 2013
REST OF THE SHOW (PARTS 1 - 6): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8262654F1A4659BF&feature;=mh_lolz www.gullivermoorefilms.co.uk As the guests meet each ...
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REST OF THE SHOW (PARTS 1 - 6): http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8262654F1A4659BF&feature;=mh_lolz www.gullivermoorefilms.co.uk As the guests meet each ...
- published: 15 Oct 2009
- views: 71723
- author: Gulliver Moore
Britain's Best Breaks ~ Somerset
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 01 Mar 2013
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Alain Souchon Somerset Maugham Live.wmv
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- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Sur Canal plus 1995.
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Visit Dunster on Exmoor (Devon/Somerset)
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- Duration: 1:36
- Updated: 02 Nov 2012
What are your thoughts on the picturesque village of Dunster in Exmoor, Devon/Somerset. Dunster has over 200 listed buildings. Dunster is a protected village...
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What are your thoughts on the picturesque village of Dunster in Exmoor, Devon/Somerset. Dunster has over 200 listed buildings. Dunster is a protected village...
- published: 20 Sep 2006
- views: 22027
- author: aroncb
Somerset Country Walk - Cheddar Gorge round
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- Duration: 19:08
- Updated: 02 Apr 2013
Our video is a guided walk of the Cheddar Gorge in the county of Somerset. This is a round walk with steep inclines and declines and dramatic scenery. We fin...
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Our video is a guided walk of the Cheddar Gorge in the county of Somerset. This is a round walk with steep inclines and declines and dramatic scenery. We fin...
- published: 31 Aug 2011
- views: 1905
- author: thetaxidriverj
Somerset Teacher Talent Video 2013
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- Duration: 5:04
- Updated: 30 Mar 2013
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Somerset Academy Chapel Trail FCAT Video 2013
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 05 Apr 2013
Presenting our entire staff in a motivational video for the FCAT 2.0 !
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Presenting our entire staff in a motivational video for the FCAT 2.0 !
- published: 14 Mar 2013
- views: 2212
- author: EnriquezPanthers
Taunton, Somerset
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- Duration: 1:15
- Updated: 01 Apr 2013
Taunton, Somerset.
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The EMG Presents: British Drama League The Somerset Accent
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- Duration: 4:55
- Updated: 13 Mar 2013
Mr J A Garton on the EMG Gramophone.
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Wincanton Somerset 2011
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- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 06 Apr 2013
Wincanton Somerset 2011.
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WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY SPRING GALA 16 MARCH 2013 Part 1
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- Duration: 19:16
- Updated: 01 Apr 2013
Its all happening at Minehead! Several locos are being prepared for the days activities including the very rare steam railcar. Some leave on their journeys t...
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Its all happening at Minehead! Several locos are being prepared for the days activities including the very rare steam railcar. Some leave on their journeys t...
- published: 16 Mar 2013
- views: 775
- author: ADMIRALSCORNER
West Somerset Railway - Sunday Best - Spring Gala 17/03/2013
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- Duration: 6:40
- Updated: 05 Apr 2013
Believing that I had captured all the footage from my visit for this weekends Gala, I edited and completed the footage to upload when I arrived home this eve...
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Believing that I had captured all the footage from my visit for this weekends Gala, I edited and completed the footage to upload when I arrived home this eve...
- published: 18 Mar 2013
- views: 841
- author: Robert Masterman
West Somerset Railway - Saturday 9th February 2013
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- Duration: 11:17
- Updated: 28 Mar 2013
The 2013 season kicked off on the West Somerset Railway on Saturday 9th February with the railway running their Red Timetable with up to 4 trains running in ...
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The 2013 season kicked off on the West Somerset Railway on Saturday 9th February with the railway running their Red Timetable with up to 4 trains running in ...
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 654
- author: jakeyboygen
W. Somerset Maugham - On the Relationship between Life and Art
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- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 02 Apr 2013
The great English novelist W. Somerset Maugham talks to camera about the relations between life and the characters and situations of his fiction. Enjoy!
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The great English novelist W. Somerset Maugham talks to camera about the relations between life and the characters and situations of his fiction. Enjoy!
- published: 21 Mar 2012
- views: 3891
- author: Nick Wallace-Smith
Flooding on Silk Mills Road Taunton Somerset 21st November 2012
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- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 24 Nov 2012
Norton Brook passes next to Silk Mills Road at this point with the junction with Netherclay. The river was literally flowing freely out onto Silk Mills Road.
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Norton Brook passes next to Silk Mills Road at this point with the junction with Netherclay. The river was literally flowing freely out onto Silk Mills Road.
- published: 21 Nov 2012
- views: 3562
- author: Adrian Boliston
![[HD] West Somerset Railway - Spring Steam Gala - Saturday 16th March 2013](http://web.archive.org./web/20130407215352im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gqryQzo7aC8/default.jpg "[HD] West Somerset Railway - Spring Steam Gala - Saturday 16th March 2013")
[HD] West Somerset Railway - Spring Steam Gala - Saturday 16th March 2013
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- Duration: 19:01
- Updated: 31 Mar 2013
March brings the first event of the year for the West Somerset Railway with their Spring Steam Gala. Now regularly held over two weekends, the gala once agai...
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March brings the first event of the year for the West Somerset Railway with their Spring Steam Gala. Now regularly held over two weekends, the gala once agai...
- published: 17 Mar 2013
- views: 496
- author: theonlyadsrulz
Somerset Academy High's Harlem Shake
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- Duration: 0:31
- Updated: 31 Mar 2013
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Somerset floods. 21-11-12
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- Duration: 8:08
- Updated: 27 Feb 2013
Raining buckets. 21-11-12.
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WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY SPRING GALA 16 MARCH 2013 Part 3
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- Duration: 19:34
- Updated: 23 Mar 2013
We have a close look at and listen to the American S160 locomotive. Several were shipped over to help the UK in the 1939 /45 world war when our own productio...
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We have a close look at and listen to the American S160 locomotive. Several were shipped over to help the UK in the 1939 /45 world war when our own productio...
- published: 17 Mar 2013
- views: 662
- author: ADMIRALSCORNER
Somerset Academy JV Dance Team performs at the Homecoming Pep rally October 24, 2012
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- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 18 Mar 2013
Homecoming Pep Rally 2012.
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WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY SPRING GALA 16 MARCH 2013 Part 2
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- Duration: 16:57
- Updated: 27 Mar 2013
We see the steam railcar setting out and returning from Dunster and the arrival of the USA manufactured S160 steam with its train. Because of current youtube...
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We see the steam railcar setting out and returning from Dunster and the arrival of the USA manufactured S160 steam with its train. Because of current youtube...
- published: 17 Mar 2013
- views: 644
- author: ADMIRALSCORNER
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Celebrating 25 Years of Sterling Moments with You
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- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Celebrate Ascott Internationals 25th Anniversary with us! Experience sterling moments with special rates and promotions when you make your bookings from 1 April to 30 September 2009, valid for stays up till 31 December 2009!
Enjoy 25% off Best Available Rates at any of our participating properties and FREE stays at all Ascott International serviced residences with long stay bookings of at least 1 month.
For more information on the promotions, terms and conditions, and reservations, visit http://www.the-ascott.com/25anniversary or call our Global Reservations at (65) 6272 7272.
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Celebrate Ascott Internationals 25th Anniversary with us! Experience sterling moments with special rates and promotions when you make your bookings from 1 April to 30 September 2009, valid for stays up till 31 December 2009!
Enjoy 25% off Best Available Rates at any of our participating properties and FREE stays at all Ascott International serviced residences with long stay bookings of at least 1 month.
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- published: 25 Aug 2009
- views: 621
- author: AscottInternational
somerset lake point hotel
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- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
somerset lake point hotel
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Bangkok Somerset Apartment
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Bangkok Somerset Apartment
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Bangkok Somerset Park Suanplu, 11 June 2009
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Apartment syle hotel near South Sathorn Road
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Apartment syle hotel near South Sathorn Road
- published: 24 Jan 2010
- views: 569
- author: AscottInternational
Somerset Soi Suan Plu
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Apartment 2801
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Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor, Bangkok serviced residence
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- Duration: 1:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is my studio executive unit at the newly opened serviced apartment in Bangkok - comes fully equipped with air-conditioning, washing machine & dryer, fridge, microwave oven and even a cooker!
The apartment at Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor also has a really nice ensuite bathroom and a comfortable bedroom that was bright and spacious. The apartment sure makes a great alternative to a hotel!
And I even got Florence and the Machine playing on the home entertainment system!
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This is my studio executive unit at the newly opened serviced apartment in Bangkok - comes fully equipped with air-conditioning, washing machine & dryer, fridge, microwave oven and even a cooker!
The apartment at Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor also has a really nice ensuite bathroom and a comfortable bedroom that was bright and spacious. The apartment sure makes a great alternative to a hotel!
And I even got Florence and the Machine playing on the home entertainment system!
- published: 18 Aug 2010
- views: 2443
- author: AscottInternational
SOMERSET AMPANG KUALA LUMPUR - 1 Bedroom Apartment
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- Duration: 5:10
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Somerset Ampang Kuala Lumpur
Address: No 187, Jalan Ampang, 50450, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Somerset Ampang Kuala Lumpur
Address: No 187, Jalan Ampang, 50450, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 1266
- author: AscottInternational
Bangkok - Day 1: Welcome to Somerset Lake Point!
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- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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SOMERSET- BKK 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
NICE TRIP WITH FAMILY
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Review of Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor Apartments at Bangkok
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- Duration: 0:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Located in Soi Thonglor, one of Bangkok's most popular expatriate districts, Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor is close to the financial and business districts with entertainment, nightlife, shopping and restaurants nearby - See our review here: http://www.passportchop.com/reviews/accommodation-reviews/somerset-sukhumvit-thonglor-bangkok/
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Located in Soi Thonglor, one of Bangkok's most popular expatriate districts, Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor is close to the financial and business districts with entertainment, nightlife, shopping and restaurants nearby - See our review here: http://www.passportchop.com/reviews/accommodation-reviews/somerset-sukhumvit-thonglor-bangkok/
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 555349
- author: AscottInternational
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Snow Patrol Wow Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Wow, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 01
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Snow Patrol, Wow, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 01
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 3244
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Gleaming Auction Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Gleaming Auction, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 02
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Snow Patrol, Gleaming Auction, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 02
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 5842
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Spitting Games Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Siptting Games, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 03
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Snow Patrol, Siptting Games, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 03
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 4457
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol One Night Is Not Enough Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, One Night Is Not Enough Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 04
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Snow Patrol, One Night Is Not Enough Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 04
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 2445
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol How To Be Dead Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, How To Be Dead, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 05
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Snow Patrol, How To Be Dead, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 05
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 1107
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol You Are My Joy Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, You Are My Joy, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 06
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Snow Patrol, You Are My Joy, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 06
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 3124
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Chocolate Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:14
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Chocolate, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 07
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Snow Patrol, Chocolate, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 07
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 799
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol An Olive Grove Facing The Sea Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, An Olive Grove Facing The Sea, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 08
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Snow Patrol, An Olive Grove Facing The Sea, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 08
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 9613
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Same Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Same, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Live At Somerset House
Part 09
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Snow Patrol, Same, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Live At Somerset House
Part 09
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 4937
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:10
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 10
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Snow Patrol, Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 10
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 41633
- author: FeliciaYT
Sonw Patrol Ways & Means Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:44
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Ways & Means, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 11
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Snow Patrol, Ways & Means, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 11
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 705
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Run Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:14
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Run, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 12
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Snow Patrol, Run, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 12
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 4525
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Black And Blue Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Black and Blue, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 13
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Snow Patrol, Black and Blue, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 13
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 705
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Post Punk Progression Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Post Punk Progression, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 14
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Snow Patrol, Post Punk Progression, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 14
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 2170
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Tiny Little Fractures Live At Somerset House
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Snow Patrol, Tiny Little Fractures, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 15
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Snow Patrol, Tiny Little Fractures, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 15
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 2724
- author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House 4 Play 'Home'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:02
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
http://wn.com/Snow_Patrol_Live_At_Somerset_House_4_Play_'Home'
Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House Band's US Tour Film
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
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Professor Green - Goodnight - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
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- Duration: 4:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A rare live performance of Goodnight by Professor Green, this is one of the tracks he does not perform live very often due to the personal nature of the lyrics. live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
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A rare live performance of Goodnight by Professor Green, this is one of the tracks he does not perform live very often due to the personal nature of the lyrics. live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 1415
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Upper Clapton Dance - ft. Cores Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Upper Clapton Dance by Professor Green ft Cores live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts.
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Upper Clapton Dance by Professor Green ft Cores live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts.
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 166
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Do For You - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Do For You by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
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Do For You by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 255
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Just Be Good To Green - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:54
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Just Be Good To Green by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
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Just Be Good To Green by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 170
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green ft. Fink - Closing The Door - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Closing The Door by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
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Closing The Door by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 315
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Coming To Get Me - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Coming To Get Me by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
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Coming To Get Me by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 73
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - City Of Gold - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:28
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
City Of Gold by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
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City Of Gold by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 50
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - How Many Moons - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
How Many Moons by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
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How Many Moons by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 905
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Spinning Out - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:39
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Spinning Out is a Take on The Pixies Track "Where Is My Mind" and will be on Professor Greens new album "At Your Inconvenience" recorded live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
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Spinning Out is a Take on The Pixies Track "Where Is My Mind" and will be on Professor Greens new album "At Your Inconvenience" recorded live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 5546
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Fuck The Evening Standard - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Professor Green voices his opinion on The London Evening Standard branding him cartoon rap, before his gig at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
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Professor Green voices his opinion on The London Evening Standard branding him cartoon rap, before his gig at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 85
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - I Need You Tonight - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
I Need You Tonight by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
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I Need You Tonight by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 520
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Fix Up Look Sharp / One Thing Mash Up - Somerset House 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://wn.com/Professor_Green_Fix_Up_Look_Sharp_One_Thing_Mash_Up_Somerset_House_08072011
Professor Green - Billionaire - Travie McCoy Cover Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Travie Mccoy cover of Billionaire by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
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Travie Mccoy cover of Billionaire by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 132
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Hard Night Out - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Hard Night Out by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts.
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Hard Night Out by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts.
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 166
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Monster - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Monster by by Professor Green ft. Example live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
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Monster by by Professor Green ft. Example live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 435
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Jungle - ft. Maverick Sabre - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Jungle by Professor Green ft. Maverick Sabre live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
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Jungle by Professor Green ft. Maverick Sabre live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 1291
- author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - At Your Inconvenience - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:20
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
At Your Inconvenience by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
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At Your Inconvenience by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 1101
- author: iBounceTVuk
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Somerset® CDR- 500 Dough Sheeter/Dough Roller
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
See the Somerset® CDR-500 dough sheeter/roller in action!
Shop for this dough sheeter at BigTray:
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See the Somerset® CDR-500 dough sheeter/roller in action!
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- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 422
- author: BigTrayVideos
Somerset® CDR-2000 Dough Sheeter/Dough Roller
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
See the Somerset® CDR-2000 Dough Roller in action!
Shop for this dough roller at BigTray:
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See the Somerset® CDR-2000 Dough Roller in action!
Shop for this dough roller at BigTray:
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- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 429
- author: BigTrayVideos
Somerset® SDP- 800 - Heated Dough/Tortilla Press
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:06
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
See the Somerset® dough/tortilla press #SDP- 800 in action!
Designed to handle a variety of products including Mexican tortillas, pizzas, and flat breads, this press can make over 1,000 pieces an hour.
Shop for this dough press at BigTray:
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See the Somerset® dough/tortilla press #SDP- 800 in action!
Designed to handle a variety of products including Mexican tortillas, pizzas, and flat breads, this press can make over 1,000 pieces an hour.
Shop for this dough press at BigTray:
http://www.bigtray.com/g.asp?s=SOMSDP800
- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 597
- author: BigTrayVideos
Somerset® SDP-747 - Pizza/Bread Heated Dough Press
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
See the Somerset® Dough Press SDP-747 in action!
Ideal for pizza crust, tortillas, chapati, Navajo bread, focaccia, pita bread, parathas, roti, lavash, and flat breads.
Shop for this Somerset dough press at BigTray:
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See the Somerset® Dough Press SDP-747 in action!
Ideal for pizza crust, tortillas, chapati, Navajo bread, focaccia, pita bread, parathas, roti, lavash, and flat breads.
Shop for this Somerset dough press at BigTray:
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- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 562
- author: BigTrayVideos
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BRANCH LINE - 3 - Sir John Betjeman
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Part 3 - The final part of the 1963 BBC film. Sir John Betjeman completes his journey along the 24 mile branch line from Evercreech Junction to Burnham on Sea by taking a freight from Highbridge to the sea.
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Part 3 - The final part of the 1963 BBC film. Sir John Betjeman completes his journey along the 24 mile branch line from Evercreech Junction to Burnham on Sea by taking a freight from Highbridge to the sea.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 39571
- author: blade5859
BRANCH LINE - 2 - Sir John Betjeman
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Part 2 - Continuing the BBC broadcast of 1963 we look at Highbridge and the freight trains which were still running to Burnham on Sea. The former loco works of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway were derelict but still in situ.
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Part 2 - Continuing the BBC broadcast of 1963 we look at Highbridge and the freight trains which were still running to Burnham on Sea. The former loco works of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway were derelict but still in situ.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 38789
- author: blade5859
BRANCH LINE - 1 - Sir John Betjeman
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Part 1 - A 1963 BBC programme showing the 24 mile S&D; line from Evercreech Junction. In this first episode we reach Highbridge - then the end of passenger services.
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Part 1 - A 1963 BBC programme showing the 24 mile S&D; line from Evercreech Junction. In this first episode we reach Highbridge - then the end of passenger services.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 78656
- author: blade5859
Somerset and Dorset railway (3)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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Somerset and Dorset railway (2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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Somerset and Dorset railway
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:07
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Documentery from 1986 20 years after the closure, with extracts from an 1963 documentery made by John Betchamin. Lamenting the loss of one of hundreds of branch lines, thanks beeching!
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Documentery from 1986 20 years after the closure, with extracts from an 1963 documentery made by John Betchamin. Lamenting the loss of one of hundreds of branch lines, thanks beeching!
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 8570
- author: blade5859
All change at Evercreech Junction
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
All change at Evercreech Junction 1986. Sorry video suddenly cuts, this is due to my mum vacuuming and knocking out the TV arial.
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All change at Evercreech Junction 1986. Sorry video suddenly cuts, this is due to my mum vacuuming and knocking out the TV arial.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 27560
- author: blade5859
![Return to Evercreech Junction [3/3]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130407215352im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_fvZ8TeJDUA/default.jpg "Return to Evercreech Junction [3/3]")
Return to Evercreech Junction [3/3]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Return to Evercreech junction (1985)
http://wn.com/Return_to_Evercreech_Junction_3_3_
![Return to Evercreech Junction [2/3]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130407215352im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vU6j9_dylwU/default.jpg "Return to Evercreech Junction [2/3]")
Return to Evercreech Junction [2/3]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Return to Evercreech Junction (1985)
http://wn.com/Return_to_Evercreech_Junction_2_3_
![Return to Evercrech Junction [1/3]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130407215352im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jLL-WoG5kzc/default.jpg "Return to Evercrech Junction [1/3]")
Return to Evercrech Junction [1/3]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Return to Evercreech Junction (1985)
First Minute jumps slightly.
http://wn.com/Return_to_Evercrech_Junction_1_3_
Return to Evercreech Junction (1985)
First Minute jumps slightly.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 52363
- author: blade5859
"End of the Line" Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (part three of three).WMV
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The video quality is poor as its from the original std 8 film which this film was recorded on
Excerpt from part 3 of a series of original footage of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. Full film available from copyright owners (see end of clip for thier contact details)
http://wn.com/End_of_the_Line_Somerset_Dorset_Joint_Railway_part_three_of_threeWMV
The video quality is poor as its from the original std 8 film which this film was recorded on
Excerpt from part 3 of a series of original footage of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. Full film available from copyright owners (see end of clip for thier contact details)
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 60131
- author: blade5859
End of the Line - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (Part two of three)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is part two of the three part episode of a complete work on the S&D; by TVP DVD , Herts, England who are the copyright owners of this film. The full trilogy of Somerset & Dorset films can be purchased from them in much better resolution on dvd disc.
http://wn.com/End_of_the_Line_Somerset_Dorset_Joint_Railway_Part_two_of_three
This is part two of the three part episode of a complete work on the S&D; by TVP DVD , Herts, England who are the copyright owners of this film. The full trilogy of Somerset & Dorset films can be purchased from them in much better resolution on dvd disc.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 17783
- author: blade5859
'End of the Line' - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (part one of three )
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:17
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is the first part of video 3 in the Three full series about the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. (The film quality is poor as the original footage comes mainly from 8mm film stock of the 60's) I do not own copyright to this footage Copyright belongs TVP DVD , Herts, England who have the complete , higher quality version archive footage for all complete videos.of this series.
http://wn.com/'End_of_the_Line'_Somerset_Dorset_Joint_Railway_part_one_of_three_
This is the first part of video 3 in the Three full series about the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. (The film quality is poor as the original footage comes mainly from 8mm film stock of the 60's) I do not own copyright to this footage Copyright belongs TVP DVD , Herts, England who have the complete , higher quality version archive footage for all complete videos.of this series.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 41034
- author: blade5859
Somerset and Dorset Railway
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
part 1 of somerset and dorset railway on the new rail simulator
http://wn.com/Somerset_and_Dorset_Railway
part 1 of somerset and dorset railway on the new rail simulator
- published: 10 May 2012
- views: 15463
- author: blade5859
Somerset and Dorset Railway part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
continuing from Midsomer Norton on to Shepton Mallet
http://wn.com/Somerset_and_Dorset_Railway_part_2
continuing from Midsomer Norton on to Shepton Mallet
- published: 10 May 2012
- views: 8007
- author: blade5859
Somerset and Dorset railway part 3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
final part Shepton Mallet to Templecombe. Hope you enjoyed the trip.
http://wn.com/Somerset_and_Dorset_railway_part_3
final part Shepton Mallet to Templecombe. Hope you enjoyed the trip.
- published: 10 May 2012
- views: 8469
- author: blade5859
Somerset & Dorset Railway
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is an excerpt of a DVD produced by 1st Take. The complete film is available to order at www.1st-take.com or by calling 01454 321614. Recalling one of the country's favourite lines: from beginnings to heyday and the route today.
The Somerset & Dorset remains one of Britain's best-loved railways. As well as boosting trade in the region and helping people get to and from work, it passed through some stunning scenery and is fondly remembered by holidaymakers and day trippers. This souvenir DVD is the fascinating story of how the railway grew from humble beginnings in the 1850s, when it linked the Somerset towns of Glastonbury and Highbridge, into a mainline route. Eventually it connected the Bristol Channel to the English Channel, and the Midlands and North to the South Coast. Memories of journeys on the famous Pines Express to Bournemouth are particularly cherished.
The story is enhanced by rare archive film, much of which has never previously been released. It is also illustrated by evocative photographs, slides and maps, and most of the old station sites and prominent surviving landmarks are shown as they are today. You will also enjoy the recollections of engine drivers, firemen and other staff who worked on the S & D, as well as those of railway historians, authors and volunteers who are working to keep the spirit of the line alive at Washford, Midsomer Norton and Shillingstone. This is the most comprehensive DVD record of a greatly missed line and will be enjoyed by railway enthusiasts everywhere.
http://wn.com/Somerset_Dorset_Railway
This is an excerpt of a DVD produced by 1st Take. The complete film is available to order at www.1st-take.com or by calling 01454 321614. Recalling one of the country's favourite lines: from beginnings to heyday and the route today.
The Somerset & Dorset remains one of Britain's best-loved railways. As well as boosting trade in the region and helping people get to and from work, it passed through some stunning scenery and is fondly remembered by holidaymakers and day trippers. This souvenir DVD is the fascinating story of how the railway grew from humble beginnings in the 1850s, when it linked the Somerset towns of Glastonbury and Highbridge, into a mainline route. Eventually it connected the Bristol Channel to the English Channel, and the Midlands and North to the South Coast. Memories of journeys on the famous Pines Express to Bournemouth are particularly cherished.
The story is enhanced by rare archive film, much of which has never previously been released. It is also illustrated by evocative photographs, slides and maps, and most of the old station sites and prominent surviving landmarks are shown as they are today. You will also enjoy the recollections of engine drivers, firemen and other staff who worked on the S & D, as well as those of railway historians, authors and volunteers who are working to keep the spirit of the line alive at Washford, Midsomer Norton and Shillingstone. This is the most comprehensive DVD record of a greatly missed line and will be enjoyed by railway enthusiasts everywhere.
- published: 08 Jul 2012
- views: 10572
- author: blade5859
Bailey Gate Railway Station 1960's Dorset UK Subtitles Part 4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://captionworld.co.uk
S&D; Steam Railway Bailey Gate station Dorset and the cheese making factory United Dairies. Filmed in 1984 with superimposed archive film of the goods yard in the early 1960's. CC. Closed captions.Subtitles Edited.Archive film of Shllingston to Blandford forum steam railway in the 1960'sContinued from Blandford Forum through charlton Marshal to Spetisbury the S&D; railway from operations in the 1960's to 20 years later in the early 1980's.
The remains of the railway track bed and some cuttings I filmed then have now gone. There is no evidence left of the Railway through Bailey Gate and the grand old days of steam railways.
I always thought as a child in the 1960's this line would be here forever with all that work to construct, it took around 2 years and built to last a thousand years, only to last little more than a life time.
Dr Beeching known to be the axeman of the railway branch lines. I remember at the time late 1950's there were many strikes, and transporting freight and commuting by road became more popular and convenient which I would say led more to the branch lines demise. The branch lines could not support themselves financially. In the video you will see the construction of the new Blandford By-Pass from brewery arch. These days with the ever rising cost of road transport Could the railway branch lines make a come back I sure do hope so. In the industrial age of the 1800's land owners fought against the railways through their land now we're fighting to get them back. Hope you enjoyed this memory of the past. Please like and comment thank you. From Gigagannet
http://wn.com/Bailey_Gate_Railway_Station_1960's_Dorset_UK_Subtitles_Part_4
http://captionworld.co.uk
S&D; Steam Railway Bailey Gate station Dorset and the cheese making factory United Dairies. Filmed in 1984 with superimposed archive film of the goods yard in the early 1960's. CC. Closed captions.Subtitles Edited.Archive film of Shllingston to Blandford forum steam railway in the 1960'sContinued from Blandford Forum through charlton Marshal to Spetisbury the S&D; railway from operations in the 1960's to 20 years later in the early 1980's.
The remains of the railway track bed and some cuttings I filmed then have now gone. There is no evidence left of the Railway through Bailey Gate and the grand old days of steam railways.
I always thought as a child in the 1960's this line would be here forever with all that work to construct, it took around 2 years and built to last a thousand years, only to last little more than a life time.
Dr Beeching known to be the axeman of the railway branch lines. I remember at the time late 1950's there were many strikes, and transporting freight and commuting by road became more popular and convenient which I would say led more to the branch lines demise. The branch lines could not support themselves financially. In the video you will see the construction of the new Blandford By-Pass from brewery arch. These days with the ever rising cost of road transport Could the railway branch lines make a come back I sure do hope so. In the industrial age of the 1800's land owners fought against the railways through their land now we're fighting to get them back. Hope you enjoyed this memory of the past. Please like and comment thank you. From Gigagannet
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 12266
- author: blade5859
Blandford Forum Railway Station 1960's Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The final days of the Railway Blandford in Dorset UK Then and Now Archive film of Shllingston to Blandford forum steam railway in the 1960'sContinued from Blandford Forum through charlton Marshal to Spetisbury and Baileygate the S&D; railway from operations in the 1960's to 20 years later in the early 1980's.
The remains of the track bed and some cuttings I filmed then have now gone leaving only one arch as evidence of the grand old days of steam railways.
I always thought as a child in the 1960's this line would be here forever with all that work to construct, it took around 2 years and built to last a thousand years, only to last little more than a life time.
Dr Beeching known to be the axeman of the railway branch lines. I remember at the time late 1950's there were many strikes and transporting freight and commuting by road became more popular and convenient which I would say led to the branch lines demise. The branch lines could not support themselves financially. In the video you will see the construction of the new Blandford By-Pass from brewery arch. These days with the ever rising cost of road transport Could the branch lines make a come back I sure do hope so. In the 1800's land owners fought against the railways now we're fighting to get them back.
http://wn.com/Blandford_Forum_Railway_Station_1960's_Part_2
The final days of the Railway Blandford in Dorset UK Then and Now Archive film of Shllingston to Blandford forum steam railway in the 1960'sContinued from Blandford Forum through charlton Marshal to Spetisbury and Baileygate the S&D; railway from operations in the 1960's to 20 years later in the early 1980's.
The remains of the track bed and some cuttings I filmed then have now gone leaving only one arch as evidence of the grand old days of steam railways.
I always thought as a child in the 1960's this line would be here forever with all that work to construct, it took around 2 years and built to last a thousand years, only to last little more than a life time.
Dr Beeching known to be the axeman of the railway branch lines. I remember at the time late 1950's there were many strikes and transporting freight and commuting by road became more popular and convenient which I would say led to the branch lines demise. The branch lines could not support themselves financially. In the video you will see the construction of the new Blandford By-Pass from brewery arch. These days with the ever rising cost of road transport Could the branch lines make a come back I sure do hope so. In the 1800's land owners fought against the railways now we're fighting to get them back.
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 17128
- author: blade5859
Shillingston to Blandford Railway in the1960's Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The famous Bounemouth Pines express Archive film of Shllingston Stoupaine Durweston halt to Blandford forum steam railway in the 1960's Continued from Blandford Forum through Charlton Marshal Spetisbury to Bailey Gate cheese factory the S&D; railway from operations in the 1960's to 20 years later in the early 1980's.
The remains of the track bed and some cuttings I filmed then have now gone leaving only one arch as evidence of the grand old days of steam railways.
I always thought as a child in the 1960's this line would be here forever with all that work to construct, it took around 2 years and built to last a thousand years, only to last little more than a life time.
Dr Beeching known to be the axeman of the railway branch lines. I remember at the time late 1950's there were many strikes and transporting freight and commuting by road became more popular and convenient which I would say led to the branch lines demise. The branch lines could not support themselves financially. In the video you will see the construction of the new Blandford By-Pass from brewery arch. These days with the ever rising cost of road transport Could the branch lines make a come back I sure do hope so. In the industrial age of the1800's land owners fought against the railways now we're fighting to get them back.
http://wn.com/Shillingston_to_Blandford_Railway_in_the1960's_Part_1
The famous Bounemouth Pines express Archive film of Shllingston Stoupaine Durweston halt to Blandford forum steam railway in the 1960's Continued from Blandford Forum through Charlton Marshal Spetisbury to Bailey Gate cheese factory the S&D; railway from operations in the 1960's to 20 years later in the early 1980's.
The remains of the track bed and some cuttings I filmed then have now gone leaving only one arch as evidence of the grand old days of steam railways.
I always thought as a child in the 1960's this line would be here forever with all that work to construct, it took around 2 years and built to last a thousand years, only to last little more than a life time.
Dr Beeching known to be the axeman of the railway branch lines. I remember at the time late 1950's there were many strikes and transporting freight and commuting by road became more popular and convenient which I would say led to the branch lines demise. The branch lines could not support themselves financially. In the video you will see the construction of the new Blandford By-Pass from brewery arch. These days with the ever rising cost of road transport Could the branch lines make a come back I sure do hope so. In the industrial age of the1800's land owners fought against the railways now we're fighting to get them back.
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 8490
- author: blade5859
Bailey Gate Railway Station Dorset UK 1984
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:42
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The remains of the old railway at Blandford Forum Spetisbury and Bailey Gate the new bypass and Sturminser Newton water mill.Edited subtitles and music.
http://wn.com/Bailey_Gate_Railway_Station_Dorset_UK_1984
The remains of the old railway at Blandford Forum Spetisbury and Bailey Gate the new bypass and Sturminser Newton water mill.Edited subtitles and music.
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 176
- author: blade5859
Shillingston to Blandford Forum S&D; Railway 1983
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:04
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A trip along the remains of the railway track as filmed in 1983.
Stourpaine river crossing photo 2011 http://bit.ly/mp5roo
http://wn.com/Shillingston_to_Blandford_Forum_S&D;_Railway_1983
A trip along the remains of the railway track as filmed in 1983.
Stourpaine river crossing photo 2011 http://bit.ly/mp5roo
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 3812
- author: blade5859
Midsomer Norton train ride 28 August 2010
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Train ride from Midsomer Norton Station southwards towards Chilcompton on the Down main line of the Somerset & Dorset Railway,
http://wn.com/Midsomer_Norton_train_ride_28_August_2010
Train ride from Midsomer Norton Station southwards towards Chilcompton on the Down main line of the Somerset & Dorset Railway,
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 4386
- author: blade5859
0:31
Celebrating 25 Years of Sterling Moments with You
Celebrate Ascott Internationals 25th Anniversary with us! Experience sterling moments with...
published: 25 Aug 2009
author: AscottInternational
Celebrating 25 Years of Sterling Moments with You
Celebrate Ascott Internationals 25th Anniversary with us! Experience sterling moments with special rates and promotions when you make your bookings from 1 April to 30 September 2009, valid for stays up till 31 December 2009!
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For more information on the promotions, terms and conditions, and reservations, visit http://www.the-ascott.com/25anniversary or call our Global Reservations at (65) 6272 7272.
- published: 25 Aug 2009
- views: 621
- author: AscottInternational
3:38
somerset lake point hotel
somerset lake point hotel...
published: 24 Jan 2010
author: AscottInternational
somerset lake point hotel
somerset lake point hotel
- published: 24 Jan 2010
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- author: AscottInternational
4:38
Bangkok Somerset Apartment
Bangkok Somerset Apartment...
published: 24 Jan 2010
author: AscottInternational
Bangkok Somerset Apartment
Bangkok Somerset Apartment
- published: 24 Jan 2010
- views: 613
- author: AscottInternational
0:52
Bangkok Somerset Park Suanplu, 11 June 2009
Apartment syle hotel near South Sathorn Road...
published: 24 Jan 2010
author: AscottInternational
Bangkok Somerset Park Suanplu, 11 June 2009
Apartment syle hotel near South Sathorn Road
- published: 24 Jan 2010
- views: 569
- author: AscottInternational
5:00
Somerset Soi Suan Plu
Apartment 2801...
published: 24 Jan 2010
author: AscottInternational
Somerset Soi Suan Plu
Apartment 2801
- published: 24 Jan 2010
- views: 655
- author: AscottInternational
1:18
Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor, Bangkok serviced residence
This is my studio executive unit at the newly opened serviced apartment in Bangkok - comes...
published: 18 Aug 2010
author: AscottInternational
Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor, Bangkok serviced residence
This is my studio executive unit at the newly opened serviced apartment in Bangkok - comes fully equipped with air-conditioning, washing machine & dryer, fridge, microwave oven and even a cooker!
The apartment at Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor also has a really nice ensuite bathroom and a comfortable bedroom that was bright and spacious. The apartment sure makes a great alternative to a hotel!
And I even got Florence and the Machine playing on the home entertainment system!
- published: 18 Aug 2010
- views: 2443
- author: AscottInternational
5:10
SOMERSET AMPANG KUALA LUMPUR - 1 Bedroom Apartment
Somerset Ampang Kuala Lumpur
Address: No 187, Jalan Ampang, 50450, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
published: 03 May 2012
author: AscottInternational
SOMERSET AMPANG KUALA LUMPUR - 1 Bedroom Apartment
Somerset Ampang Kuala Lumpur
Address: No 187, Jalan Ampang, 50450, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 1266
- author: AscottInternational
3:26
Bangkok - Day 1: Welcome to Somerset Lake Point!
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published: 03 May 2012
author: AscottInternational
Bangkok - Day 1: Welcome to Somerset Lake Point!
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 931
- author: AscottInternational
2:47
SOMERSET- BKK 2011
NICE TRIP WITH FAMILY...
published: 03 May 2012
author: AscottInternational
SOMERSET- BKK 2011
NICE TRIP WITH FAMILY
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 170
- author: AscottInternational
0:40
Review of Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor Apartments at Bangkok
Located in Soi Thonglor, one of Bangkok's most popular expatriate districts, Somerset Sukh...
published: 05 Feb 2013
author: AscottInternational
Review of Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor Apartments at Bangkok
Located in Soi Thonglor, one of Bangkok's most popular expatriate districts, Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor is close to the financial and business districts with entertainment, nightlife, shopping and restaurants nearby - See our review here: http://www.passportchop.com/reviews/accommodation-reviews/somerset-sukhumvit-thonglor-bangkok/
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 555349
- author: AscottInternational
4:00
Snow Patrol Wow Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Wow, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Wow Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Wow, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 01
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 3244
- author: FeliciaYT
2:36
Snow Patrol Gleaming Auction Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Gleaming Auction, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At So...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Gleaming Auction Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Gleaming Auction, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 02
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 5842
- author: FeliciaYT
4:05
Snow Patrol Spitting Games Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Siptting Games, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Some...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Spitting Games Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Siptting Games, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 03
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 4457
- author: FeliciaYT
4:16
Snow Patrol One Night Is Not Enough Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, One Night Is Not Enough Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol One Night Is Not Enough Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, One Night Is Not Enough Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 04
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 2445
- author: FeliciaYT
3:39
Snow Patrol How To Be Dead Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, How To Be Dead, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Some...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol How To Be Dead Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, How To Be Dead, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 05
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 1107
- author: FeliciaYT
4:14
Snow Patrol You Are My Joy Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, You Are My Joy, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Som...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol You Are My Joy Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, You Are My Joy, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 06
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 3124
- author: FeliciaYT
3:14
Snow Patrol Chocolate Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Chocolate, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset ...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Chocolate Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Chocolate, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 07
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 799
- author: FeliciaYT
5:52
Snow Patrol An Olive Grove Facing The Sea Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, An Olive Grove Facing The Sea, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patr...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol An Olive Grove Facing The Sea Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, An Olive Grove Facing The Sea, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 08
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 9613
- author: FeliciaYT
4:09
Snow Patrol Same Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Same, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Live At Somerset House
Part 09...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Same Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Same, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Live At Somerset House
Part 09
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 4937
- author: FeliciaYT
5:10
Snow Patrol Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patro...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 10
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 41633
- author: FeliciaYT
4:44
Sonw Patrol Ways & Means Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Ways & Means, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somers...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Sonw Patrol Ways & Means Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Ways & Means, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 11
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 705
- author: FeliciaYT
7:14
Snow Patrol Run Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Run, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Run Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Run, Live At Somerset House, 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 12
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 4525
- author: FeliciaYT
5:00
Snow Patrol Black And Blue Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Black and Blue, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Some...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Black And Blue Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Black and Blue, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 13
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 705
- author: FeliciaYT
5:22
Snow Patrol Post Punk Progression Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Post Punk Progression, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live ...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Post Punk Progression Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Post Punk Progression, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 14
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 2170
- author: FeliciaYT
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2:49
Snow Patrol Tiny Little Fractures Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Tiny Little Fractures, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live ...
published: 14 Apr 2011
author: FeliciaYT
Snow Patrol Tiny Little Fractures Live At Somerset House
Snow Patrol, Tiny Little Fractures, Live At Somerset House 08/08/04
From Snow Patrol Live At Somerset House
Part 15
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 2724
- author: FeliciaYT
4:55
Professor Green - Goodnight - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
A rare live performance of Goodnight by Professor Green, this is one of the tracks he does...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Goodnight - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
A rare live performance of Goodnight by Professor Green, this is one of the tracks he does not perform live very often due to the personal nature of the lyrics. live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 1415
- author: iBounceTVuk
2:16
Professor Green - Upper Clapton Dance - ft. Cores Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Upper Clapton Dance by Professor Green ft Cores live at Somerset House in London During Th...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Upper Clapton Dance - ft. Cores Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Upper Clapton Dance by Professor Green ft Cores live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts.
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 166
- author: iBounceTVuk
3:53
Professor Green - Do For You - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Do For You by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series ...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Do For You - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Do For You by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 255
- author: iBounceTVuk
4:54
Professor Green - Just Be Good To Green - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Just Be Good To Green by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Sum...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Just Be Good To Green - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Just Be Good To Green by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 170
- author: iBounceTVuk
2:39
Professor Green ft. Fink - Closing The Door - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Closing The Door by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer S...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green ft. Fink - Closing The Door - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Closing The Door by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 315
- author: iBounceTVuk
3:40
Professor Green - Coming To Get Me - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Coming To Get Me by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer S...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Coming To Get Me - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Coming To Get Me by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 73
- author: iBounceTVuk
2:28
Professor Green - City Of Gold - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
City Of Gold by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Serie...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - City Of Gold - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
City Of Gold by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 50
- author: iBounceTVuk
4:07
Professor Green - How Many Moons - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
How Many Moons by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Ser...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - How Many Moons - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
How Many Moons by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 905
- author: iBounceTVuk
4:39
Professor Green - Spinning Out - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Spinning Out is a Take on The Pixies Track "Where Is My Mind" and will be on Professor Gre...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Spinning Out - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Spinning Out is a Take on The Pixies Track "Where Is My Mind" and will be on Professor Greens new album "At Your Inconvenience" recorded live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 5546
- author: iBounceTVuk
0:46
Professor Green - Fuck The Evening Standard - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Professor Green voices his opinion on The London Evening Standard branding him cartoon rap...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Fuck The Evening Standard - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Professor Green voices his opinion on The London Evening Standard branding him cartoon rap, before his gig at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 85
- author: iBounceTVuk
3:09
Professor Green - I Need You Tonight - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
I Need You Tonight by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - I Need You Tonight - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
I Need You Tonight by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts 8th July 2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 520
- author: iBounceTVuk
3:26
Professor Green - Fix Up Look Sharp / One Thing Mash Up - Somerset House 08.07.2011
...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Fix Up Look Sharp / One Thing Mash Up - Somerset House 08.07.2011
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 135
- author: iBounceTVuk
3:09
Professor Green - Billionaire - Travie McCoy Cover Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Travie Mccoy cover of Billionaire by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London Duri...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Billionaire - Travie McCoy Cover Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Travie Mccoy cover of Billionaire by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 132
- author: iBounceTVuk
1:00
Professor Green - Hard Night Out - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Hard Night Out by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Ser...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Hard Night Out - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Hard Night Out by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts.
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 166
- author: iBounceTVuk
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Professor Green - Monster - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Monster by by Professor Green ft. Example live at Somerset House in London During Their Su...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Monster - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Monster by by Professor Green ft. Example live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 435
- author: iBounceTVuk
4:38
Professor Green - Jungle - ft. Maverick Sabre - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Jungle by Professor Green ft. Maverick Sabre live at Somerset House in London During Their...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - Jungle - ft. Maverick Sabre - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
Jungle by Professor Green ft. Maverick Sabre live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 1291
- author: iBounceTVuk
2:20
Professor Green - At Your Inconvenience - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
At Your Inconvenience by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Sum...
published: 04 Feb 2012
author: iBounceTVuk
Professor Green - At Your Inconvenience - Live Somerset House London 08.07.2011
At Your Inconvenience by Professor Green live at Somerset House in London During Their Summer Series of Concerts
- published: 04 Feb 2012
- views: 1101
- author: iBounceTVuk
0:40
Somerset® CDR- 500 Dough Sheeter/Dough Roller
See the Somerset® CDR-500 dough sheeter/roller in action!
Shop for this dough sheeter at ...
published: 13 Dec 2011
author: BigTrayVideos
Somerset® CDR- 500 Dough Sheeter/Dough Roller
See the Somerset® CDR-500 dough sheeter/roller in action!
Shop for this dough sheeter at BigTray:
http://www.bigtray.com/g.asp?s=SOMCDR500
- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 422
- author: BigTrayVideos
1:08
Somerset® CDR-2000 Dough Sheeter/Dough Roller
See the Somerset® CDR-2000 Dough Roller in action!
Shop for this dough roller at BigTray:...
published: 13 Dec 2011
author: BigTrayVideos
Somerset® CDR-2000 Dough Sheeter/Dough Roller
See the Somerset® CDR-2000 Dough Roller in action!
Shop for this dough roller at BigTray:
http://www.bigtray.com/g.asp?s=SOMCDR2000
- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 429
- author: BigTrayVideos
1:06
Somerset® SDP- 800 - Heated Dough/Tortilla Press
See the Somerset® dough/tortilla press #SDP- 800 in action!
Designed to handle a variety ...
published: 13 Dec 2011
author: BigTrayVideos
Somerset® SDP- 800 - Heated Dough/Tortilla Press
See the Somerset® dough/tortilla press #SDP- 800 in action!
Designed to handle a variety of products including Mexican tortillas, pizzas, and flat breads, this press can make over 1,000 pieces an hour.
Shop for this dough press at BigTray:
http://www.bigtray.com/g.asp?s=SOMSDP800
- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 597
- author: BigTrayVideos
0:58
Somerset® SDP-747 - Pizza/Bread Heated Dough Press
See the Somerset® Dough Press SDP-747 in action!
Ideal for pizza crust, tortillas, chapat...
published: 13 Dec 2011
author: BigTrayVideos
Somerset® SDP-747 - Pizza/Bread Heated Dough Press
See the Somerset® Dough Press SDP-747 in action!
Ideal for pizza crust, tortillas, chapati, Navajo bread, focaccia, pita bread, parathas, roti, lavash, and flat breads.
Shop for this Somerset dough press at BigTray:
http://www.bigtray.com/g.asp?s=SOMSDP747
- published: 13 Dec 2011
- views: 562
- author: BigTrayVideos
7:16
BRANCH LINE - 3 - Sir John Betjeman
Part 3 - The final part of the 1963 BBC film. Sir John Betjeman completes his journey alon...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
BRANCH LINE - 3 - Sir John Betjeman
Part 3 - The final part of the 1963 BBC film. Sir John Betjeman completes his journey along the 24 mile branch line from Evercreech Junction to Burnham on Sea by taking a freight from Highbridge to the sea.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 39571
- author: blade5859
9:35
BRANCH LINE - 2 - Sir John Betjeman
Part 2 - Continuing the BBC broadcast of 1963 we look at Highbridge and the freight trains...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
BRANCH LINE - 2 - Sir John Betjeman
Part 2 - Continuing the BBC broadcast of 1963 we look at Highbridge and the freight trains which were still running to Burnham on Sea. The former loco works of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway were derelict but still in situ.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 38789
- author: blade5859
9:47
BRANCH LINE - 1 - Sir John Betjeman
Part 1 - A 1963 BBC programme showing the 24 mile S&D; line from Evercreech Junction. In th...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
BRANCH LINE - 1 - Sir John Betjeman
Part 1 - A 1963 BBC programme showing the 24 mile S&D; line from Evercreech Junction. In this first episode we reach Highbridge - then the end of passenger services.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 78656
- author: blade5859
10:07
Somerset and Dorset railway
Documentery from 1986 20 years after the closure, with extracts from an 1963 documentery m...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
Somerset and Dorset railway
Documentery from 1986 20 years after the closure, with extracts from an 1963 documentery made by John Betchamin. Lamenting the loss of one of hundreds of branch lines, thanks beeching!
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 8570
- author: blade5859
6:35
All change at Evercreech Junction
All change at Evercreech Junction 1986. Sorry video suddenly cuts, this is due to my mum v...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
All change at Evercreech Junction
All change at Evercreech Junction 1986. Sorry video suddenly cuts, this is due to my mum vacuuming and knocking out the TV arial.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 27560
- author: blade5859
9:53
Return to Evercrech Junction [1/3]
Return to Evercreech Junction (1985)
First Minute jumps slightly....
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
Return to Evercrech Junction [1/3]
Return to Evercreech Junction (1985)
First Minute jumps slightly.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 52363
- author: blade5859
12:53
"End of the Line" Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (part three of three).WMV
The video quality is poor as its from the original std 8 film which this film was recorded...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
"End of the Line" Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (part three of three).WMV
The video quality is poor as its from the original std 8 film which this film was recorded on
Excerpt from part 3 of a series of original footage of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. Full film available from copyright owners (see end of clip for thier contact details)
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 60131
- author: blade5859
14:49
End of the Line - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (Part two of three)
This is part two of the three part episode of a complete work on the S&D; by TVP DVD , Hert...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
End of the Line - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (Part two of three)
This is part two of the three part episode of a complete work on the S&D; by TVP DVD , Herts, England who are the copyright owners of this film. The full trilogy of Somerset & Dorset films can be purchased from them in much better resolution on dvd disc.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 17783
- author: blade5859
14:17
'End of the Line' - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (part one of three )
This is the first part of video 3 in the Three full series about the Somerset & Dorset ...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: blade5859
'End of the Line' - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (part one of three )
This is the first part of video 3 in the Three full series about the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. (The film quality is poor as the original footage comes mainly from 8mm film stock of the 60's) I do not own copyright to this footage Copyright belongs TVP DVD , Herts, England who have the complete , higher quality version archive footage for all complete videos.of this series.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 41034
- author: blade5859
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Somerset and Dorset railway part 3
final part Shepton Mallet to Templecombe. Hope you enjoyed the trip....
published: 10 May 2012
author: blade5859
Somerset and Dorset railway part 3
final part Shepton Mallet to Templecombe. Hope you enjoyed the trip.
- published: 10 May 2012
- views: 8469
- author: blade5859
1:51
Somerset & Dorset Railway
This is an excerpt of a DVD produced by 1st Take. The complete film is available to order ...
published: 08 Jul 2012
author: blade5859
Somerset & Dorset Railway
This is an excerpt of a DVD produced by 1st Take. The complete film is available to order at www.1st-take.com or by calling 01454 321614. Recalling one of the country's favourite lines: from beginnings to heyday and the route today.
The Somerset & Dorset remains one of Britain's best-loved railways. As well as boosting trade in the region and helping people get to and from work, it passed through some stunning scenery and is fondly remembered by holidaymakers and day trippers. This souvenir DVD is the fascinating story of how the railway grew from humble beginnings in the 1850s, when it linked the Somerset towns of Glastonbury and Highbridge, into a mainline route. Eventually it connected the Bristol Channel to the English Channel, and the Midlands and North to the South Coast. Memories of journeys on the famous Pines Express to Bournemouth are particularly cherished.
The story is enhanced by rare archive film, much of which has never previously been released. It is also illustrated by evocative photographs, slides and maps, and most of the old station sites and prominent surviving landmarks are shown as they are today. You will also enjoy the recollections of engine drivers, firemen and other staff who worked on the S & D, as well as those of railway historians, authors and volunteers who are working to keep the spirit of the line alive at Washford, Midsomer Norton and Shillingstone. This is the most comprehensive DVD record of a greatly missed line and will be enjoyed by railway enthusiasts everywhere.
- published: 08 Jul 2012
- views: 10572
- author: blade5859
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Bailey Gate Railway Station 1960's Dorset UK Subtitles Part 4
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S&D; Steam Railway Bailey Gate station Dorset and the cheese mak...
published: 21 Jul 2012
author: blade5859
Bailey Gate Railway Station 1960's Dorset UK Subtitles Part 4
http://captionworld.co.uk
S&D; Steam Railway Bailey Gate station Dorset and the cheese making factory United Dairies. Filmed in 1984 with superimposed archive film of the goods yard in the early 1960's. CC. Closed captions.Subtitles Edited.Archive film of Shllingston to Blandford forum steam railway in the 1960'sContinued from Blandford Forum through charlton Marshal to Spetisbury the S&D; railway from operations in the 1960's to 20 years later in the early 1980's.
The remains of the railway track bed and some cuttings I filmed then have now gone. There is no evidence left of the Railway through Bailey Gate and the grand old days of steam railways.
I always thought as a child in the 1960's this line would be here forever with all that work to construct, it took around 2 years and built to last a thousand years, only to last little more than a life time.
Dr Beeching known to be the axeman of the railway branch lines. I remember at the time late 1950's there were many strikes, and transporting freight and commuting by road became more popular and convenient which I would say led more to the branch lines demise. The branch lines could not support themselves financially. In the video you will see the construction of the new Blandford By-Pass from brewery arch. These days with the ever rising cost of road transport Could the railway branch lines make a come back I sure do hope so. In the industrial age of the 1800's land owners fought against the railways through their land now we're fighting to get them back. Hope you enjoyed this memory of the past. Please like and comment thank you. From Gigagannet
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 12266
- author: blade5859
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US officials have played down the threat of war on the Korean peninsula, after weeks of bellicose statements from Pyongyang. A White House spokesman said the US "would not be surprised" if North Korea launched a missile, while a top US military officer said recent threats appeared to fit a familiar pattern. Pyongyang has threatened to attack both US and South Korean targets ... 'Reckless' ... Please turn on JavaScript ... ....(size: 5.3Kb)
photo: US Navy / MCS3 Declan Barnes
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Just a few years after U.S. warships forced Japan to open its borders, another conflict arose in the Pacific region between the United States and Korea. While a New York newspaper called it "The Little War with the Heathens," Koreans referred to it as the "Barbarian Incursion of 1871." ... However, the U.S. ignored the message and landed at Pyongyang. When a crowd formed, U.S ... As the U.S ... 203 ... 204 ... ....(size: 7.4Kb)
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Up to 12 civilians - 10 children and two women - are reported to have been killed in a Nato air strike in eastern Afghanistan ... ....(size: 0.8Kb)
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President Obama apologized Friday to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for comments he made about her physical beauty at a Bay Area fundraiser the day before ... She also happens to be by far the best-looking attorney general in the country.". The problem with Obama's remarks, analysts said, is that even complimentary comments about a female politician's physical appearance can diminish her accomplishments ... E-mail ... @joegarofoli ....(size: 2.1Kb)
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05 Apr 2013
It seems a long time since US President Barack Obama's first day in office, when he declared that he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Some four years on, however, and the Pentagon has requested nearly $200m more for infrastructure upgrades - a clear sign, if any were needed, that the facility is here to stay. Meanwhile, prisoner anger and discontent at Guantanamo appears to be spreading. ... 671 Source.. Al Jazeera ... Close ... ....(size: 3.7Kb)
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07 Apr 2013
The matches will be played at three grounds - the National Sports Centre in Hamilton, Somerset and St David's ... in the third and final 50-over friendly thanks to a century by former skipper David Hemp, will begin their preparation with three 50-over matches at Somerset against touring Jamaican side Melbourne Cricket Club on April 13, 14 and 16....(size: 2.9Kb)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
07 Apr 2013
"We can now better serve the interests of wildlife and the public with these officers entering the field.". The new WCOs are Shawn Barron (southern Somerset County), Douglas Bergman (northern Fayette County), Michael Greiner (western Greene County), Nathaniel Kimmel (northern Somerset County), Michael Papinchak (northern Westmoreland County), Christopher Reidmiller (southern Indiana County) and Michael Yeck (northern Beaver County) ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
Canberra Times
07 Apr 2013
This deal safeguards at least 2,500 jobs ... Hilco said the deal had the backing of landlords and suppliers, all keen to protect a valuable outlet onto Britain's high streets ... Norreena Ingum, a 63-year-old shopper from Somerset in south west England, said she was delighted with the news as she preferred going into a store rather than buying online. "We shop in here once a month because we haven't got a store in Somerset," she told Reuters....(size: 4.4Kb)
BBC News
07 Apr 2013
Avon and Somerset Police said they were called to Gay Street in the city centre at ......(size: 0.4Kb)
The Guardian
07 Apr 2013
BBC News
07 Apr 2013
Memorial services have been held in churches in Somerset ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Basle air crash. The plane set off from Bristol on 10 April 1973, but crashed in a snow storm on a mountainside near Basle killing 108 people. Those on board were mainly mothers from Congresbury, Axbridge, Cheddar and Yatton on a day trip to Switzerland ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)
BBC News
07 Apr 2013
People see a major new reservoir planned for Somerset as "more of an opportunity than a threat", Bristol Water has said. The company has published the feedback following the first phase of public consultation about plans for the £100m reservoir at Cheddar. Some concerns were raised including the loss of trees, hedgerows, farmland and existing habitats ... 'Positive and constructive' ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
BBC News
07 Apr 2013
A fire which damaged acres of moorland in Devon on Saturday is one of the largest in years, according to Dartmoor National Park ... Because of the remote location of the blaze, fire engines had to park at the Ministry of Defence's Wilsworthy firing range and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue staff were then taken further on to the moor by park rangers. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote ... ....(size: 2.0Kb)
The New York Times
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Dennis Lampkowski and Gary Douglas Wagner were married Tuesday at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. James Mitchell, an assistant administrator in the City Clerk’s office, officiated. Mr. Lampkowski (left), 65, retired as a book publishing director in Manhattan at the Thomson Corporation, now Thomson Reuters ... He is the son of the late Jennie S. Lampkowski and the late Arthur M. Lampkowski ... Mr ... Wagner, who lived in Somerset, Pa ... ... N.Y ... ....(size: 2.8Kb)
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07 Apr 2013
Today. Put your hands together – but please not horizontally in any kind of fascist salute – for Paolo Di Canio's Premier League managerial debut. There could not be a better place for it than Stamford Bridge – so who will boo more, Chelsea fans at the sight of Benitez or Sunderland's at the sight of Di Canio? ... Tomorrow ... Tuesday ... Wednesday ... The champions, Warwickshire, face Derbyshire but Durham v Somerset looks interesting. Thursday ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
The Providence Journal
07 Apr 2013
At the end of Saturday's events, Donahoe stood in a tie with Middlebury senior William Prince (New Canaan, CT), who led the field after the first day of competition ... Senior Kyle Harper (Rehoboth, MA) finished with a score of 167 (83, 84; +23) to end the day in a tie for 20th, along with junior Tim Leigh (Somerset, MA), who also fired a 167 (80, 87; +23) ... TEAM SCORES ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
The Examiner
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Experts in networking have always preached that the secret to doing it well is to be self-less. It's paradoxical. To approach what seems to be a selfish endeavor (Gotta get me a job!) by turning it completely around (How can I help you?) may be one of the most puzzling aspects of the job search for many people ... Let them go first. Prompt them to tell you their elevator speech ... Call them up ... Note ... Matthias Employment Ministry in Somerset, NJ....(size: 6.1Kb)
This article is about the county of Somerset in England. For other uses, see Somerset (disambiguation).
| Somerset | |
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| Motto of County Council: Sumorsǣte ealle ('All The People of Somerset') |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial and (smaller) non-metropolitan county |
| Origin | Historic |
| Region | South West England |
| Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area |
Ranked 7th 4,171 km2 (1,610 sq mi) Ranked 12th 3,451 km2 (1,332 sq mi) |
| Admin HQ | Taunton |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-SOM |
| ONS code | 40 |
| NUTS 3 | UKK23 |
| Demography | |
| Population - Total (2010 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. |
Ranked 22nd 917,100 220 /km2 (570 /sq mi) Ranked 23rd 525,200 |
| Ethnicity | 98.5% White |
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| File:Somerset county coat of arms.png | |
| Executive | Conservative |
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The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset (
i/ˈsʌmərsɛt/ or /ˈsʌmərsɨt/) in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the River Severn. Its traditional northern border is the River Avon, but the administrative boundary has crept southwards with the creation and expansion of the City of Bristol, and latterly the county of Avon and its successor unitary authorities to the north.[1] Somerset's county town, Taunton, is in the south.
Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills such as the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. There is evidence of human occupation from Palaeolithic times, and of subsequent settlement in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The county played a significant part in the consolidation of power and rise of King Alfred the Great, and later in the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion.
Agriculture is a major business in the county. Farming of sheep and cattle, including for wool and the county's famous cheeses (most notably Cheddar), are traditional and contemporary, as is the more unusual cultivation of willow for basket weaving. Apple orchards were once plentiful, and Somerset is still known for the production of strong cider. Unemployment is lower than the national average; the largest employment sectors are retail, manufacturing, tourism, and health and social care. Population growth in the county is higher than the national average.
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Toponymy[link]
The name derives from Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn."[2] The first known use of the name Somersæte was in 845, after the region fell to the Saxons.[3] Sumortūn is modern Somerton and may mean "summer settlement," a farmstead occupied during the summer but abandoned in the winter.[4] However, Somerton is not down on the levels—lower ground, where only summer occupation was possible because of flooding—but on a hill where winter occupation would have been feasible. An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from Seo-mere-saetan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes."[5] The people of Somerset are first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's entry for AD 845, in the inflected form "Sumursætum," but the county is first mentioned in the entry for 1015 using the same name. The archaic county name Somersetshire is first mentioned in the Chronicle's entry for 878. Although "Somersetshire" had been in common use as an alternative name for the county, it went out of fashion in the late 19th century, and is no longer used. This is possibly due to the adoption of "Somerset" as the official name for the county through the establishment of the County Council in 1889. However, as with other counties not ending in "shire," this suffix was superfluous, as there was no need to differentiate between the county and a town within it.
The Old English name continues to be used in the motto of the county, Sumorsǣte ealle, meaning "all the people of Somerset." Adopted as the motto in 1911, the phrase is taken from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Somerset was a part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and the phrase refers to the wholehearted support the people of Somerset gave to King Alfred in his struggle to save Wessex from the Viking invaders.[6][7][8]
Somerset is Gwlad yr Haf in Welsh, Gwlas an Hav in Cornish and Bro an Hañv in Breton, which all mean "Land of Summer."
Somerset settlement names are mostly Anglo-Saxon in origin, but a few hill names include Celtic elements. For example, an Anglo-Saxon charter of 682 concerning Creechborough Hill defines it as "the hill the British call Cructan and we call Crychbeorh"[9] ("we" being the Anglo-Saxons). Some modern names are Brythonic in origin, such as Tarnock, while others have both Saxon and Brythonic elements, such as Pen Hill.[10]
History[link]
Main article: History of Somerset
The caves of the Mendip Hills were settled during the Palaeolithic period,[11] and contain extensive archaeological sites such as those at Cheddar Gorge. Bones from Gough's Cave have been dated to 12,000 BC, and a complete skeleton, known as Cheddar Man, dates from 7150 BC. Examples of cave art have been found in caves such as Aveline's Hole. Some caves continued to be occupied until modern times, including Wookey Hole.
The Somerset Levels—specifically the dry points such as Glastonbury and Brent Knoll— also have a long history of settlement, and are known to have been settled by Mesolithic hunters.[12][13] Travel in the area was helped by the construction of one of the world's oldest known engineered roadways, the Sweet Track, which dates from 3807 BC or 3806 BC.[Note 1][15][16]
The exact age of the henge monument at Stanton Drew stone circles is unknown, but it is believed to be Neolithic.[17] There are numerous Iron Age hill forts, some of which, like Cadbury Castle[18] and Ham Hill, were later reoccupied in the Early Middle Ages.
On the authority of the future emperor Vespasian, as part of the ongoing expansion of the Roman presence in Britain, the Second Legion Augusta invaded Somerset from the south-east in AD 47. The county remained part of the Roman Empire until around AD 409, when the Roman occupation of Britain came to an end.[1] A variety of Roman remains have been found, including Pagans Hill Roman Temple in Chew Stoke,[19] Low Ham Roman Villa and the Roman Baths that gave their name to the city of Bath.[20]
After the Romans left, Britain was invaded by Anglo-Saxon peoples. By AD 600 they had established control over much of what is now England, but Somerset was still in native British hands. The British held back Saxon advance into the south-west for some time longer, but by the early eighth century King Ine of Wessex had pushed the boundaries of the West Saxon kingdom far enough west to include Somerset.[21] The Saxon royal palace in Cheddar was used several times in the 10th century to host the Witenagemot.[22] After the Norman Conquest, the county was divided into 700 fiefs, and large areas were owned by the crown,[3] with fortifications such as Dunster Castle used for control and defence. Somerset contains HMP Shepton Mallet, England's oldest prison still in use, which opened in 1610.[23] In the English Civil War Somerset was largely Parliamentarian,[24] with key engagements being the Siege of Taunton[25] and the Battle of Langport.[26] In 1685 the Monmouth Rebellion was played out in Somerset and neighbouring Dorset.[27] The rebels landed at Lyme Regis and travelled north, hoping to capture Bristol and Bath, but they were defeated in the Battle of Sedgemoor at Westonzoyland, the last pitched battle fought in England.[28] Arthur Wellesley took his title, Duke of Wellington from the town of Wellington;[29] he is commemorated on a nearby hill by a large, spotlit obelisk, known as the Wellington Monument.
The Industrial Revolution in the Midlands and Northern England spelled the end for most of Somerset's cottage industries. Farming continued to flourish, however, and the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures and Commerce was founded in 1777 to improve farming methods. Despite this, 20 years later John Billingsley conducted a survey of the county's agriculture in 1795 and found that agricultural methods could still be improved.[30] Coal mining was an important industry in north Somerset during the 18th and 19th centuries, and by 1800 it was prominent in Radstock.[31] The Somerset Coalfield reached its peak production by the 1920s, but all the pits have now been closed, the last in 1973.[32] Most of the surface buildings have been removed, and apart from a winding wheel outside Radstock Museum, little evidence of their former existence remains. Further west, the Brendon Hills were mined for iron ore in the late 19th century; this was taken by rail to Watchet Harbour for shipment to the furnaces at Ebbw Vale.
Many Somerset soldiers died during the First World War, with the Somerset Light Infantry suffering nearly 5,000 casualties.[33] War memorials were put up in most of the county's towns and villages; only nine, described as the Thankful Villages, had none of their residents killed. During the Second World War the county was a base for troops preparing for the D-Day landings. Some of the hospitals which were built for the casualties of the war remain in use. The Taunton Stop Line was set up to repel a potential German invasion. The remains of its pill boxes can still be seen along the coast, and south through Ilminster and Chard.[34]
A number of decoy towns were constructed in Somerset in World War II to protect Bristol and other towns, at night. They were designed to mimic the geometry of "blacked out" streets, railway lines, and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, to encourage bombers away from these targets.[35] One, on the radio beam flight path to Bristol, was constructed on Beacon Batch.[35][36] It was laid out by Shepperton Film Studios, based on aerial photographs of the city's railway marshalling yards.[35] The decoys were fitted with dim red lights, simulating activities like the stoking of steam locomotives. Burning bales of straw soaked in creosote were used to simulate the effects of incendiary bombs dropped by the first wave of Pathfinder night bombers; meanwhile, incendiary bombs dropped on the correct location were quickly smothered, wherever possible. Drums of oil were also ignited to simulate the effect of a blazing city or town, with the aim of fooling subsequent waves of bombers into dropping their bombs on the wrong location.[35] The Chew Magna decoy town was hit by half-a-dozen bombs on 2 December 1940, and over a thousand incendiaries on 3 January 1941.[35] The following night the Uphill decoy town, protecting Weston-super-Mare's airfield, was bombed; a herd of dairy cows was hit, killing some and severely injuring others.[35]
Cities and towns[link]
See also: List of places in Somerset and Category:Villages in Somerset
Somerton took over from Ilchester as the county town in the late thirteenth century,[37] but it declined in importance and the status of county town transferred to Taunton about 1366.[38] The county has two cities, Bath and Wells, and only a small number of towns. The largest urban areas in terms of population are Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Taunton, Yeovil and Bridgwater.[39] In many cases there are villages which are larger than their neighbouring towns; the village of Cheddar, for example, has three times the population of the nearby town of Axbridge. Many settlements developed because of their strategic importance in relation to geographical features, such as river crossings or valleys in ranges of hills. Examples include Axbridge on the River Axe, Castle Cary on the River Cary, North Petherton on the River Parrett, and Ilminster, where there was a crossing point on the River Isle. Midsomer Norton lies on the River Somer; while the Wellow Brook and the Fosseway Roman road run through Radstock. Chard is the most southerly town in Somerset, and at an altitude of 121 m (397 ft) it is also the highest.[40]
Physical geography[link]
Main article: Geography of Somerset
Geology[link]
Main article: Geology of Somerset
Much of the landscape of Somerset falls into types determined by the underlying geology. These landscapes are the limestone karst and lias of the north, the clay vales and wetlands of the centre, the oolites of the east and south, and the Devonian sandstone of the west.[41]
To the north-east of the Somerset Levels, the Mendip Hills are moderately high limestone hills. The central and western Mendip Hills was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1972 and covers 198 km2 (76 sq mi).[42] The main habitat on these hills is calcareous grassland, with some arable agriculture. To the south-west of the Somerset Levels are the Quantock Hills which was England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty designated in 1956[43] which is covered in heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands with plantations of conifer and covers 99 square kilometres. The Somerset Coalfield is part of a larger coalfield which stretches into Gloucestershire. To the north of the Mendip hills is the Chew Valley and to the south, on the clay substrate, are broad valleys which support dairy farming and drain into the Somerset Levels.
Caves and rivers[link]
There is an extensive network of caves, including Wookey Hole, underground rivers, and gorges, including the Cheddar Gorge and Ebbor Gorge.[44] The county has many rivers, including the Axe, Brue, Cary, Parrett, Sheppey, Tone and Yeo. These both feed and drain the flat levels and moors of mid and west Somerset.[45] In the north of the county the River Chew flows into the Bristol Avon. The Parrett is tidal almost to Langport, where there is evidence of two Roman wharfs.[46] At the same site during the reign of King Charles I, river tolls were levied on boats to pay for the maintenance of the bridge.[46]
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Levels and moors[link]
The Somerset Levels (or Somerset Levels and Moors as they are less commonly but more correctly known) are a sparsely populated wetland area of central Somerset, between the Quantock and Mendip hills. They consist of marine clay levels along the coast, and the inland (often peat based) moors. The Levels are divided into two by the Polden Hills; land to the south is drained by the River Parrett while land to the north is drained by the River Axe and the River Brue. The total area of the Levels amounts to about 647.5 square kilometres (160,000 acres)[47] and broadly corresponds to the administrative district of Sedgemoor but also includes the south west of Mendip district. Approximately 70% of the area is grassland and 30% is arable.[47] Stretching about 32 kilometres (20 mi) inland, this expanse of flat land barely rises above sea level. Before it was drained, much of the land was under a shallow brackish sea in winter and was marsh land in summer. Drainage began with the Romans, and was restarted at various times: by the Anglo-Saxons; in the Middle Ages by the Glastonbury Abbey, from 1400–1770; and during the Second World War, with the construction of the Huntspill River. Pumping and management of water levels still continues.[48]
The North Somerset Levels basin, north of the Mendips, covers a smaller geographical area than the Somerset Levels; and forms a coastal area around Avonmouth. It too was reclaimed by draining.[48][49] It is mirrored, across the Severn Estuary, in Wales, by a similar low-lying area: the Caldicot and Wentloog Levels.[49]
In the far west of the county, running into Devon, is Exmoor, a high Devonian sandstone moor, which was designated as a national park in 1954, under the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act.[50] The highest point in Somerset is Dunkery Beacon on Exmoor, with an altitude of 519 metres (1,703 feet).[51] Over 100 sites in Somerset have been designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Coastline[link]
The 64 km (40 mi) coastline of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary forms part of the northern border of Somerset.[52] The Bristol Channel has the second largest tidal range in the world. At Burnham-on-Sea, for example, the tidal range of a spring tide is more than 12 metres (39 feet).[53] Proposals for the construction of a Severn Barrage aim to harness this energy. The island of Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel is within the historic county and is now administered by North Somerset Council.[54]
The main coastal towns are, from the west to the north-east, Minehead, Watchet, Burnham-on-Sea, Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead. The coastal area between Minehead and the eastern extreme of the administrative county's coastline at Brean Down is known as Bridgwater Bay, and is a National Nature Reserve.[55] North of that, the coast forms Weston Bay and Sand Bay whose northern tip, Sand Point, marks the lower limit of the Severn Estuary.[56] In the mid and north of the county the coastline is low as the level wetlands of the levels meet the sea. In the west, the coastline is high and dramatic where the plateau of Exmoor meets the sea, with high cliffs and waterfalls.[57]
Climate[link]
Along with the rest of South West England, Somerset has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country.[58] The annual mean temperature is approximately 10 °C (50.0 °F). Seasonal temperature variation is less extreme than most of the United Kingdom because of the adjacent sea temperatures. The summer months of July and August are the warmest with mean daily maxima of approximately 21 °C (69.8 °F). In winter mean minimum temperatures of 1 °C (33.8 °F) or 2 °C (35.6 °F) are common.[58] In the summer the Azores high pressure affects the south-west of England, but convective cloud sometimes forms inland, reducing the number of hours of sunshine. Annual sunshine rates are slightly less than the regional average of 1,600 hours.[58] In December 1998 there were 20 days without sun recorded at Yeovilton. Most the rainfall in the south-west is caused by Atlantic depressions or by convection. Most of the rainfall in autumn and winter is caused by the Atlantic depressions, which is when they are most active. In summer, a large proportion of the rainfall is caused by sun heating the ground leading to convection and to showers and thunderstorms. Average rainfall is around 700 mm (28 in). About 8–15 days of snowfall is typical. November to March have the highest mean wind speeds, and June to August the lightest winds. The predominant wind direction is from the south-west.[58]
| Climate data for Yeovilton, England (1971–2000) data | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.3 (34.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
2.4 (36.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 72.0 (2.835) |
55.6 (2.189) |
56.5 (2.224) |
47.3 (1.862) |
48.9 (1.925) |
57.2 (2.252) |
48.9 (1.925) |
56.6 (2.228) |
64.5 (2.539) |
67.9 (2.673) |
65.8 (2.591) |
83.3 (3.28) |
724.5 (28.524) |
| Avg. rainy days | 12.5 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 121.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 50.2 | 68.9 | 107.6 | 155.4 | 193.1 | 186.0 | 205.8 | 197.8 | 139.8 | 101.1 | 70.2 | 46.8 | 1,522.7 |
| Source: [59] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Nettlecombe, England (1971–2000) data | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 123.6 (4.866) |
87.6 (3.449) |
80.6 (3.173) |
66.3 (2.61) |
62.6 (2.465) |
58.7 (2.311) |
43.4 (1.709) |
66.5 (2.618) |
85.4 (3.362) |
108.6 (4.276) |
106.6 (4.197) |
128.7 (5.067) |
1,018.6 (40.102) |
| Avg. rainy days | 15.1 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 136.1 |
| Source: [60] | |||||||||||||
Economy and industry[link]
Main article: Economy of Somerset
Somerset has few industrial centres, but it does have a variety of light industry and high technology businesses, along with traditional agriculture and an increasingly important tourism sector, resulting in an unemployment rate of 2.5%.[61] Bridgwater was developed during the Industrial Revolution as the area's leading port. The River Parrett was navigable by large ships as far as Bridgwater. Cargoes were then loaded onto smaller boats at Langport Quay, next to the Bridgwater Bridge, to be carried further up river to Langport;[62] or they could turn off at Burrowbridge and then travel via the River Tone to Taunton.[46] The Parrett is now only navigable as far as Dunball Wharf. Bridgwater, in the 19th and 20th centuries, was a centre for the manufacture of bricks and clay roof tiles, and later cellophane, but those industries have now stopped.[62] With its good links to the motorway system, Bridgwater has developed as a distribution hub for companies such as Argos, Toolstation and Gerber Juice. AgustaWestland manufactures helicopters in Yeovil,[63] and Normalair Garratt, builder of aircraft oxygen systems, is also based in the town.[64] Many towns have encouraged small-scale light industries, such as Crewkerne's Ariel Motor Company, one of the UK's smallest car manufacturers.
Somerset is an important supplier of defence equipment and technology. A Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Bridgwater was built at the start of the Second World War, between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington,[65] to manufacture explosives. The site was decommissioned and closed in July 2008.[66] Templecombe has Thales Underwater Systems,[67] and Taunton presently has the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and Avimo, which became part of Thales Optics. It has been announced twice, in 2006 and 2007, that manufacturing is to end at Thales Optics' Taunton site,[68] but the trade unions and Taunton Deane District Council are working to reverse or mitigate these decisions. Other high-technology companies include the optics company Gooch and Housego, at Ilminster. There are Ministry of Defence offices in Bath, and Norton Fitzwarren is the home of 40 Commando Royal Marines. The Royal Naval Air Station in Yeovilton, is one of Britain's two active Fleet Air Arm bases and is home to the Royal Navy's Lynx helicopters and the Royal Marines Commando Westland Sea Kings. Around 1,675 service and 2,000 civilian personnel are stationed at Yeovilton and key activities include training of aircrew and engineers and the Royal Navy's Fighter Controllers and surface-based aircraft controllers.
Agriculture and food and drink production continue to be major industries in the county, employing over 15,000 people.[69] Apple orchards were once plentiful, and Somerset is still a major producer of cider. The towns of Taunton and Shepton Mallet are involved with the production of cider, especially Blackthorn Cider, which is sold nationwide, and there are specialist producers such as Burrow Hill Cider Farm and Thatchers Cider. Gerber Products Company in Bridgwater is the largest producer of fruit juices in Europe, producing brands such as "Sunny Delight" and "Ocean Spray." Development of the milk-based industries, such as Ilchester Cheese Company and Yeo Valley Organic, have resulted in the production of ranges of desserts, yoghurts and cheeses,[70] including Cheddar cheese—some of which has the West Country Farmhouse Cheddar PDO.
Traditional willow growing and weaving is not as extensive as it used to be but is still carried out on the Somerset Levels and is commemorated at the Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre.[71] Fragments of willow basket were found near the Glastonbury Lake Village, and it was also used in the construction of several Iron Age causeways.[72] The willow was harvested using a traditional method of pollarding, where a tree would be cut back to the main stem. During the 1930s more than 3,600 hectares (8,900 acres) of willow were being grown commercially on the Levels. Largely due to the displacement of baskets with plastic bags and cardboard boxes, the industry has severely declined since the 1950s. By the end of the 20th century only about 140 hectares (350 acres) were grown commercially, near the villages of Burrowbridge, Westonzoyland and North Curry.[47] The Somerset Levels is now the only area in the UK where basket willow is grown commercially.
Towns such as Castle Cary and Frome grew around the medieval weaving industry. Street developed as a centre for the production of woollen slippers and, later, boots and shoes, with C&J Clark establishing its headquarters in the town. C&J Clark's shoes are no longer manufactured there as the work was transferred to lower-wage areas, such as China and Asia.[73] Instead, in 1993, redundant factory buildings were converted to form Clarks Village, the first purpose-built factory outlet in the UK. C&J Clark also had shoe factories, at one time at Bridgwater, Minehead, Westfield and Weston super Mare to provide employment outside the main summer tourist season, but those satellite sites were closed in the late 1980s, before the main site at Street. Dr. Martens shoes were also made in Somerset, by the Northampton-based R. Griggs Group, using redundant skilled shoemakers from C&J Clark; that work has also been transferred to Asia.
The county has a long tradition of supplying freestone and building stone. Quarries at Doulting supplied freestone used in the construction of Wells Cathedral. Bath Stone is also widely used. Ralph Allen promoted its use in the early 18th century, as did Hans Price in the 19th century, but it was used long before then. It was mined underground at Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines, and as a result of cutting the Box Tunnel, at locations in Wiltshire such as Box.[74][75][76] Bath stone is still used on a reduced scale today, but more often as a cladding rather than a structural material.[74] Further south, Hamstone is the colloquial name given to stone from Ham Hill, which is also widely used in the construction industry. Blue Lias has been used locally as a building stone and as a raw material for lime mortar and Portland cement. Until the 1960s, Puriton had Blue Lias stone quarries, as did several other Polden villages. Its quarries also supplied a cement factory at Dunball, adjacent to the King's Sedgemoor Drain. Its derelict, early 20th century remains, was removed when the M5 motorway was constructed in the mid-1970s.[77] Since the 1920s, the county has supplied aggregates. Foster Yeoman is Europe's large supplier of limestone aggregates, with quarries at Merehead Quarry. It has a dedicated railway operation, Mendip Rail, which is used to transport aggregates by rail from a group of Mendip quarries.[78]
Tourism is a major industry, estimated in 2001 to support around 23,000 people. Attractions include the coastal towns, part of the Exmoor National Park, the West Somerset Railway (a heritage railway), and the museum of the Fleet Air Arm at RNAS Yeovilton. The town of Glastonbury has mythical associations, including legends of a visit by the young Jesus of Nazareth and Joseph of Arimathea, with links to the Holy Grail, King Arthur, and Camelot, identified by some as Cadbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort. Glastonbury also gives its name to an annual open-air rock festival held in nearby Pilton. There are show caves open to visitors in the Cheddar Gorge, as well as its locally produced cheese, although there is now only one remaining cheese maker in the village of Cheddar.
In November 2008, a public sector inward investment organisation was launched, called Into Somerset,[79] with the intention of growing the county's economy by promoting it to businesses that may wish to relocate from other parts of the UK (especially London) and the world.
Demography[link]
| Somerset Compared | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Census 2001 | Somerset C.C.[80] | North Somerset UA[81] | BANES UA[82] | South West England[82] | England[82] |
| Total population | 498,093 | 188,564 | 169,040 | 4,928,434 | 49,138,831 |
| Foreign born | 7.6% | 9.5% | 11.2% | 9.4% | 9.2% |
| White | 98.8% | 97.1% | 97.3% | 97.7% | 91% |
| Asian | 0.3% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 4.6% |
| Black | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Christian | 76.7% | 75.0% | 71.0% | 74.0% | 72% |
| Muslim | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Hindu | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| No religion | 14.9% | 16.6% | 19.5% | 16.8% | 15% |
| Over 75 years old | 9.6% | 9.9% | 8.9% | 9.3% | 7.5% |
| Unemployed | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 3.3% |
In the 2001 census the population of the Somerset County Council area was 498,093[83] with 169,040 in Bath and North East Somerset,[84] and 188,564 in North Somerset[85] giving a total for the historic county of 855,697.
Population growth is higher than the national average, with a 6.4% increase, in the Somerset County Council area, since 1991, and a 17% increase since 1981. The population density is 1.4 persons per hectare, which can be compared to 2.07 persons per hectare for the South West region. Within the county, population density ranges 0.5 in West Somerset to 2.2 persons per hectare in Taunton Deane. The percentage of the population who are economically active is higher than the regional and national average, and the unemployment rate is lower than the regional and national average.[86]
Somerset has a high indigenous British population, with 98.8% registering as white British and 92.4% of these as born in the United Kingdom. Chinese is the largest ethnic group, while the black minority ethnic proportion of the total population is 2.9%.[52] Over 25% of Somerset's population is concentrated in Taunton, Bridgwater and Yeovil. The rest of the county is rural and sparsely populated. Over 9 million tourist nights are spent in Somerset each year, which significantly increases the population at peak times.[52]
| Population since 1801 | |||||||||||||
| Year | 1801 | 1851 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset CC area[87] | 187,266 | 276,684 | 277,563 | 280,215 | 282,411 | 284,740 | 305,244 | 327,505 | 355,292 | 385,698 | 417,450 | 468,395 | 498,093 |
| BANES[88] | 57,188 | 96,992 | 107,637 | 113,732 | 113,351 | 112,972 | 123,185 | 134,346 | 144,950 | 156,421 | 154,083 | 164,737 | 169,045 |
| North Somerset[89] | 16,670 | 33,774 | 60,066 | 68,410 | 75,276 | 82,833 | 91,967 | 102,119 | 119,509 | 139,924 | 160,353 | 179,865 | 188,556 |
| Total | 261,124 | 407,450 | 445,266 | 462,357 | 471,038 | 479,758 | 520,396 | 563,970 | 619,751 | 682,043 | 731,886 | 812,997 | 855,694 |
Politics[link]
The county is divided into nine constituencies for the election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. As of May 2010, the constituencies of Bridgwater and West Somerset, North East Somerset, North Somerset and Weston-super-Mare elect Conservative MPs, while Bath, Somerton and Frome, Taunton Deane, Wells and Yeovil return Liberal Democrats.[90] Residents of Somerset also form part of the electorate for the South West England constituency for elections to the European Parliament.[91]
Local government[link]
Main article: Somerset County Council
The ceremonial county of Somerset consists of a non-metropolitan county, administered by Somerset County Council, and two unitary authorities.
The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. The two administratively independent unitary authorities, which were established on 1 April 1996 following the break-up of the county of Avon, are North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset. These unitary authorities include areas that were once part of Somerset before the creation of Avon in 1974.[92] In 2007, proposals to abolish the district councils in favour of a single Somerset unitary authority were rejected following local opposition.[93]
Culture[link]
Main article: Culture of Somerset
Somerset has traditions of art, music and literature. Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote while staying in Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey.[94] The writer Evelyn Waugh spent his last years in the village of Combe Florey.[95] Traditional folk music, both song and dance, was important in the agricultural communities. Somerset songs were collected by Cecil Sharp and incorporated into works such as Holst's A Somerset Rhapsody. Halsway Manor near Williton is an international centre for folk music. The tradition continues today with groups such as The Wurzels specialising in Scrumpy and Western music.[96]
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts takes place most years in Pilton, near Shepton Mallet, attracting over 170,000 music and culture lovers from around the world to see world-famous entertainers.[97] The Big Green Gathering which grew out of the Green fields at the Glastonbury Festival is held in the Mendip Hills between Charterhouse and Compton Martin each summer.[98] The annual Bath Literature Festival is one of several local festivals in the county; others include the Frome Festival and the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival, which, despite its name, is held at Farleigh Hungerford in Somerset. The annual circuit of West Country Carnivals is held in a variety of Somerset towns during the autumn, forming a major regional festival, and the largest Festival of Lights in Europe.[99]
In Arthurian legend, Avalon became associated with Glastonbury Tor when monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have discovered the bones of King Arthur and his queen.[100] What is more certain is that Glastonbury was an important religious centre by 700 and claims to be "the oldest above-ground Christian church in the World"[101] situated "in the mystical land of Avalon." The claim is based on dating the founding of the community of monks at AD 63, the year of the legendary visit of Joseph of Arimathea, who was supposed to have brought the Holy Grail.[101] During the Middle Ages there were also important religious sites at Woodspring Priory and Muchelney Abbey. The present Diocese of Bath and Wells covers Somerset – with the exception of the Parish of Abbots Leigh with Leigh Woods in North Somerset – and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is now in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the city of Wells, having previously been at Bath Abbey. Before the English Reformation, it was a Roman Catholic diocese. The Benedictine monastery Saint Gregory's Abbey, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is at Stratton-on-the-Fosse, and the Cistercian Cleeve Abbey is near the village of Washford.
The county has several museums; those at Bath include the American Museum in Britain, the Building of Bath Collection, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, the Jane Austen Centre, and the Roman Baths. Other visitor attractions which reflect the cultural heritage of the county include: Claverton Pumping Station, Dunster Working Watermill, the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Nunney Castle, The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, King John's Hunting Lodge in Axbridge, Blake Museum Bridgwater, Radstock Museum, Museum of Somerset in Taunton, the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury, and Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum.
Somerset has 11,500 listed buildings, 523 Scheduled Monuments, 192 conservation areas,[102] 41 parks and gardens including those at Barrington Court, Holnicote Estate, Prior Park Landscape Garden and Tintinhull Garden, 36 English Heritage sites and 19 National Trust sites,[1] including Clevedon Court, Fyne Court, Montacute House and Tyntesfield as well as Stembridge Tower Mill, the last remaining thatched windmill in England.[1] Other historic houses in the county which have remained in private ownership or used for other purposes include Halswell House and Marston Bigot. A key contribution of Somerset architecture is its medieval church towers. Jenkins writes, "These structures, with their buttresses, bell-opening tracery and crowns, rank with Nottinghamshire alabaster as England's finest contribution to medieval art."[103]
Bath Rugby play at the Recreation Ground in Bath, and the Somerset County Cricket Club are based at the County Ground in Taunton. The county gained its first Football League club in 2003, when Yeovil Town won promotion to Division Three as Football Conference champions.[104] They had achieved numerous FA Cup victories over Football League sides in the past 50 years, and since joining the elite they have won promotion again—as League Two champions in 2005. They came close to yet another promotion in 2007, when they reached the League One playoff final, but lost to Blackpool at the newly reopened Wembley Stadium. Horse racing courses are at Taunton and Wincanton.
In addition to English national newspapers the county is served by the regional Western Daily Press and local newspapers including: the Weston & Somerset Mercury, the Bath Chronicle, Chew Valley Gazette, Somerset County Gazette, Clevedon Mercury and the Mendip Times. Television and radio are provided by BBC Somerset, GWR FM Bristol, Orchard FM Taunton, Ivel FM Yeovil, and HTV, now known as ITV Wales & West Ltd, but still commonly referred to as HTV.[105]
Recently there have been proposals for the introduction of an official Somerset flag for the ceremonial county.
Transport[link]
Main article: Transport in Somerset
Somerset has 6,531 km (4,058 mi) of roads. The main arterial routes, which include the M5 motorway, A303, A37, A38 and A39, give good access across the county, but many areas can only be accessed via narrow lanes.[52] Rail services are provided by the West of England Main Line through Yeovil, the Bristol to Taunton Line, Heart of Wessex Line which runs from Bristol to Weymouth and the Reading to Taunton line. Bristol Airport provides national and international air services.
The Somerset Coal Canal was built in the early 19th century to reduce the cost of transportation of coal and other heavy produce.[46] The first 16 kilometres (10 mi), running from a junction with the Kennet and Avon Canal, along the Cam valley, to a terminal basin at Paulton, were in use by 1805, together with several tramways. A planned 11.7 km (7.3 mi) branch to Midford was never built, but in 1815 a tramway was laid along its towing path. In 1871 the tramway was purchased by the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR),[106][107] and operated until the 1950s.
The 19th century saw improvements to Somerset's roads with the introduction of turnpikes, and the building of canals and railways. Nineteenth-century canals included the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Westport Canal, Glastonbury Canal and Chard Canal.[12][46] The Dorset and Somerset Canal was proposed, but little of it was ever constructed and it was abandoned in 1803.[46]
The usefulness of the canals was short-lived, though some have now been restored for recreation. The 19th century also saw the construction of railways to and through Somerset. The county was served by five pre-1923 Grouping railway companies: the Great Western Railway (GWR);[108][109] a branch of the Midland Railway (MR) to Bath Green Park (and another one to Bristol);[110] the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway,[109][111][112] and the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR).[109][113] The former main lines of the GWR are still in use today, although many of its branch lines were scrapped. The former lines of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway closed completely,[114] as has the branch of the Midland Railway to Bath Green Park (and to Bristol St Philips); however, the L&SWR survived as a part of the present West of England Main Line. None of these lines, in Somerset, are electrified. Two branch lines, the West and East Somerset Railways, were rescued and transferred back to private ownership as "heritage" lines. The fifth railway was a short-lived light railway, the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. The West Somerset Mineral Railway carried the iron ore from the Brendon Hills to Watchet.
Until the 1960s the piers at Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Portishead and Minehead were served by the paddle steamers of P and A Campbell who ran regular services to Barry and Cardiff as well as Ilfracombe and Lundy Island. The pier at Burnham-on-Sea was used for commercial goods, one of the reasons for the Somerset and Dorset Railway was to provide a link between the Bristol Channel and the English Channel. The pier at Burnham-on-Sea is the shortest pier in the UK.[115] In the 1970s the Royal Portbury Dock was constructed to provide extra capacity for the Port of Bristol.
For long-distance holiday traffic travelling through the county to and from Devon and Cornwall, Somerset is often regarded as a marker on the journey. North–south traffic moves through the county via the M5 Motorway.[116] Traffic to and from the east travels either via the A303 road, or the M4 Motorway, which runs east–west, crossing the M5 just beyond the northern limits of the county.
Education[link]
State schools in Somerset are provided by three Local Education Authorities: Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, and the larger Somerset County Council. All state schools are comprehensive. In some areas primary, infant and junior schools cater for ages four to eleven, after which the pupils move on to secondary schools. There is a three-tier system of first, middle and upper schools in the Cheddar Valley,[117] and in West Somerset, while most other schools in the county use the two-tier system.[118] Somerset has 30 state and 17 independent secondary schools;[119] Bath and North East Somerset has 13 state and 5 independent secondary schools;[120] and North Somerset has 10 state and 2 independent secondary schools, excluding sixth form colleges.[121]
| % of pupils gaining 5 grades A-C including English and Maths in 2006 (average for England is 45.8%) | |
|---|---|
| Education Authority | % |
| Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority) | 52.0% |
| West Somerset | 51.0% |
| Taunton Deane | 49.5% |
| Mendip | 47.7% |
| North Somerset (Unitary Authority) | 47.4% |
| South Somerset | 42.3% |
| Sedgemoor | 41.4% |
Some of the county's secondary schools have specialist school status. Some schools have sixth forms and others transfer their sixth formers to colleges. Several schools can trace their origins back many years, such as The Blue School in Wells and Richard Huish College in Taunton.[122] Others have changed their names over the years such as Beechen Cliff School which was started in 1905 as the City of Bath Boys' School and changed to its present name in 1972 when the grammar school was amalgamated with a local secondary modern school, to form a comprehensive school. Many others were established and built since the Second World War. In 2006, 5,900 pupils in Somerset sat GCSE examinations, with 44.5% achieving 5 grades A-C including English and Maths (compared to 45.8% for England).
Sexey's School is a state boarding school in Bruton that also takes day pupils from the surrounding area.[123] The Somerset LEA also provides special schools such as Farleigh College, which caters for children aged between 10 and 17 with special educational needs.[124] Provision for pupils with special educational needs is also made by the mainstream schools.
There is also a range of independent or public schools. Many of these are for pupils between 11 and 18 years, such as King's College, Taunton and Taunton School. King's School, Bruton, was founded in 1519 and received royal foundation status around 30 years later in the reign of Edward VI. Millfield is the largest co-educational boarding school. There are also preparatory schools for younger children, such as All Hallows, and Hazlegrove Preparatory School. Chilton Cantelo School offers places both to day pupils and boarders aged 7 to 16. Other schools provide education for children from the age of 3 or 4 years through to 18, such as King Edward's School, Bath, Queen's College, Taunton and Wells Cathedral School which is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in Britain.[125] Some of these schools have religious affiliations, such as Monkton Combe School, Prior Park College, Sidcot School which is associated with the Religious Society of Friends,[126] Downside School which is a Roman Catholic public school in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, situated next to the Benedictine Downside Abbey,[127] and Kingswood School, which was founded by John Wesley in 1748 in Kingswood near Bristol, originally for the education of the sons of the itinerant ministers (clergy) of the Methodist Church.[128]
Further and higher education[link]
A wide range of adult education and further education courses is available in Somerset, in schools, colleges and other community venues. The colleges include Bridgwater College, City of Bath College, Frome Community College, Richard Huish College, Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Strode College and Yeovil College.[129] Somerset County Council operates Dillington House, a residential adult education college located in Ilminster.
The University of Bath and Bath Spa University are higher education establishments in the north-east of the county. The University of Bath gained its Royal Charter in 1966, although its origins go back to the Bristol Trade School (founded 1856) and Bath School of Pharmacy (founded 1907).[130] It has a purpose-built campus at Claverton on the outskirts of Bath, and has 12,000 students.[131] Bath Spa University, which is based at Newton St Loe, achieved university status in 2005, and has origins including the Bath Academy of Art (founded 1898), Bath Teacher Training College, and the Bath College of Higher Education.[132] It has several campuses and 5,500 students.
See also[link]
- Outline of England
- Flag of Somerset
- High Sheriff of Somerset
- List of Grade I listed buildings in Somerset
- List of schools in the county of Somerset
- List of tourist attractions in Somerset
- Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
- West Country dialects
Notes[link]
- ^ A 6,000 year-old trackway was discovered in Belmarsh prison in 2009.[14]
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- ^ "Overview of Somerset". Somerset Chamber of Commerce and Industry. http://www.somerset-chamber.co.uk/index.php?opt=page&action=overview. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Jenkins, Simon (2000). England's Thousand Best Churches. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-029795-2.
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- ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 237.
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- ^ Williams, R. A. (1968) The London & South Western Railway, v. 1: The formative years, and v. 2: Growth and consolidation. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, ISBN 0-7153-4188-X; ISBN 0-7153-5940-1
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Further reading[link]
- Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911, "Somersetshire".
- Victoria History of the Counties of England – History of the County of Somerset. Oxford: Oxford University Press, for: The Institute of Historical Research.
- Note: Volumes I to IX published so far ** Link to on-line version (not all volumes)
- Volume I: Natural History, Prehistory, Domesday
- Volume II: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Houses, Political, Maritime, and Social and Economic History, Earthworks, Agriculture, Forestry, Sport.
- Volume III: Pitney, Somerton, and Tintinhull hundreds.
- Volume IV: Crewkerne, Martock, and South Petherton hundreds.
- Volume V: Williton and Freemanors hundred.
- Volume VI: Andersfield, Cannington and North Petherton hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes).
- Volume VII: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds.
- Volume VIII: The Poldens and the Levels.
- Volume IX: Glastonbury and Street, Baltonsborough, Butleigh, Compton Dundon, Meare, North Wootton, Podimore, Milton, Walton, West Bradley, and West Pennard.
- Adkins, Lesley and Roy (1992). A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-0-946159-94-9.
- Aston, Michael; Ian Burrow (1982). The Archaeology of Somerset: A review to 1500 AD. Somerset: Somerset County Council.. ISBN 0-86183-028-8.
- Aston, Michael (1988). Aspects of the Medieval Landscape of Somerset & Contributions to the landscape history of the county. Somerset: Somerset County Council. ISBN 0-86183-129-2.
- Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-874336-27-X.
- Costen, Michael (1992). The origins of Somerset. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-3675-5.
- Croft, Robert; Mick Aston (1993). Somerset from the air: An aerial Guide to the Heritage of the County. Somerset: Somerset County Council. ISBN 978-0-86183-215-6.
- Dunning, Robert (1995). Somerset Castles. Somerset: Somerset Books. ISBN 0-86183-278-7.
- Leach, Peter (2001). Roman Somerset. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-874336-93-8.
- Little, Bryan (1983). Portrait of Somerset. London: Robert Hale Ltd. ISBN 0-7090-0915-1.
- Palmer, Kingsley (1976). The Folklore of Somerset. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-3166-0.
- Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-874336-03-7.
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| Born | Christopher David Moyles[1] (1974-02-22) 22 February 1974 (age 38)[2] Temple Newsam, Leeds, England |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Partner | Ana Boulter (1999–2002) Sophie Waite (2002–2010) |
Christopher David Moyles (born 22 February 1974) [2] is an English radio and television presenter and author, who currently presents The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4.
Born in Leeds, he attended Mount St Mary's Catholic High School in Leeds and volunteered to work at WBHS (Wakefield's Broadcast to Hospitals Service). He has worked at various radio stations including Radio Luxembourg (under the pseudonym Chris Holmes) and Capital FM. Moyles moved to BBC Radio 1 in 1997 and has remained there ever since, presenting the early breakfast show, a Saturday morning show, the drive time show and currently, the breakfast show. On 7 September 2009 he became Radio 1's longest serving breakfast presenter. Moyles has become famous for his irreverent broadcasting style on Radio 1 and has been embroiled in numerous controversies, including homophobic and sexist accusations, due to statements he has made on the air and in the press. Despite that, Moyles' regular audience figures averages 8 million listeners per annum, and remains one of the more popular presenters on BBC Radio 1.
He has achieved various Radio awards, and has helped raise money for charity by taking part in challenges, aired on T.V on behalf of Comic Relief. He has recorded a parody album and written two autobiographies. He frequently appears on television having appeared on Hotel Babylon, a celebrity version of Dale's Supermarket Sweep, Top Gear, The Charlotte Church Show, The F-Word, The Friday Night Project, The One Show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Richard & Judy and The New Paul O'Grady Show. In 2009 he launched his own show, Chris Moyles' Quiz Night for Channel 4 which is currently in its fifth series.
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Career[link]
Pre-Radio 1[link]
Chris Moyles was born on 22 February 1974 in Leeds and was educated at the Mount St Mary's Catholic High School in Leeds.[2][3] While at school, he began his broadcasting career at WBHS (Wakefield's Broadcast to Hospitals Service), a voluntary staffed hospital radio station in the West Yorkshire city.
He then started out at local station Aire FM as an assistant for DJ Carl Kingston. During this time, he was also a presenter on Radio Top Shop in the Leeds Briggate branch. After hosting his own Saturday Evening Show on Aire FM (and occasionally serving as a stand-in presenter), he was then employed as a presenter at Radio Luxembourg in 1992, until the station closed.
In 1993, he gained a job at The Pulse of West Yorkshire, presenting the evening show from 7–10 pm. He remained there until early 1994 when he was dismissed[4] for comments made about the station's previous programme controller. Moyles subsequently turned up at Signal 1 in Stoke-on-Trent – again presenting The Evening Bit from 7–10 pm. In 1995 Moyles was heard on the Chiltern Radio Network, presenting the evening show from 7–10 pm, before taking on the late show from 10 pm–1 am. This show was simulcast on Horizon Radio, Chiltern Radio, Severn Sound and Northants 96.
In 1996, Moyles joined London station Capital FM hosting his weekend show 'The Late Bit', which went out on a Friday & Saturday evening, and covering for other DJs. It was at Capital that Moyles fell out with fellow DJ 'Doctor' Neil Fox. After declining the offer of presenting the breakfast show on rival station Kiss 100,[5] Moyles joined Radio 1 in July 1997.
Radio 1[link]
Moyles was voted one of the Faces for 97 by SKY magazine and presented his first show on Radio 1 on 28 July 1997, hosting the 4–7 am Early Breakfast show – soon called The Early Bit. In May 1998, his work was recognised with the award of the Silver Sony Awards DJ of the Year, and he was styling himself as 'The Saviour Of Early Morning Radio'. Within the year Moyles was promoted to a Saturday breakfast, then Saturday mid-morning slot from 10 am–1 pm. At Radio 1, he has presented most of his shows with David "Comedy Dave" Vitty, who worked behind the scenes at the station prior to Moyles' arrival.
After standing in regularly for Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Moyles's next promotion came in October 1998 when he took control of the drivetime show from 4–5.45 pm. The show was extended to 3–5.45 pm in February 2001. Moyles has co-presented the show from 1998, with his sidekick.
On 5 January 2004, Moyles started presenting Radio 1's flagship programme The Breakfast Show, switching places with Sara Cox. He had been appointed to increase the ratings for the show and did so, putting on an extra 1,000,000 listeners to the audience in the first quarter of 2004. After a successful first year, Moyles was awarded 'DJ of the Year' by readers of The Sun.
By 2005, Moyles and his team had succeeded in hugely increasing the morning audience, with his programme's audience swelling to 6.5 million. This was coupled with an increase in the overall Radio 1 audience share. With 895,000 listeners in London in the third quarter of 2005, he succeeded in overtaking Johnny Vaughan to take the position of the capital's most listened to youth breakfast show. Moyles's audience rating's continued to increase each week and led to him winning a gold Sony Radio Award in 2006 for best entertainment show.
With the release of the RAJAR listening figures on 3 August 2006, Moyles had added a further 470,000 listeners to the Breakfast Show, taking the average listenership up to 6.79 million. On 10 May 2007, RAJAR figures confirmed that Moyles had increased his listening figures to 7.06 million, breaking the seven million barrier for the first time with the station having 10.55 million listeners overall. Moyles again increased his audience to 7.72 million as of 1 May 2008 slightly narrowing the gap between him and Terry Wogan, the current highest rated radio show in the UK. The station's overall listener figure is now over 11 million.
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On 12 May 2008 The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show won its second Sony radio gold award for 'best breakfast show'. At this time he was given another half hour on his show going from 7 am–10 am to 6.30 am–10 am.[6]
On 7 September 2009 Moyles became the longest serving breakfast presenter on Radio 1, breaking the record previously set by Tony Blackburn.[7]
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In March 2011, Moyles and on-air radio personality Dave Vitty beat the record for the longest continuous Radio 1 show, on Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief. Between 16 and 18 March they beat both Simon Mayo's 1999 record of 37 hours[8] and the 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)' Guinness World Record by broadcasting for 52 hours for Comic Relief[9] initially raising £2.4 million,[10][11] and with an audience of 2.84 million, it was the most popular live BBC Red Button radio feature ever.[12] The event raised a final total of £2,821,831.[citation needed]
On 1 July 2011 it was announced that Moyles will remain within the BBC until at least 2014,[13] ending speculation that he would move to a commercial rival. This would allow the presenter to reach his 10-year anniversary on The Chris Moyles Show. It is estimated that the deal is worth £1 million.[14]
| Preceded by Clive Warren |
Radio 1 Early Breakfast Show Host July 1997 – October 1998 |
Succeeded by Scott Mills |
| Preceded by Mark Goodier |
Radio 1 Saturday Morning Host April 1998 – September 2001 |
Succeeded by Jamie Theakston |
| Preceded by Dave Pearce |
Radio 1 Drivetime Host October 1998 – January 2004 |
Succeeded by Sara Cox |
| Preceded by Sara Cox |
Radio 1 Breakfast Show Host January 2004–Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
The Chris Moyles Show[link]
Main article: The Chris Moyles Show
The Chris Moyles Show is the current BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK, and has been since Chris Moyles became the station's breakfast show presenter on 5 January 2004. From 2004 to 2007, the show was broadcast 6:55–10:00 am each weekday, but since 15 October 2007 it has started from 6:30 am. It is the longest running Radio 1 breakfast show in the station's history. On 1 July 2011 it was announced that Moyles had signed a contract to keep him on the show until 2014 making it a decade on the breakfast show.[15]
The team[link]
Comedy Dave (Dave Vitty) has worked with Moyles longer than any other team member; and currently is the self appointed "Director of Comedy" for the show. The rest of the team include the show's news reader Dominic Byrne, sports reader Tina Daheley, producer Aled Haydn Jones; Day producer Freya Mehta and assistant producer Matt Fincham. Moyles's friends also contribute to the show such as "Longman" (until 2007) and "Rob DJ". Presenters such as Andi Peters, Davina McCall Keith Chegwin and impressionist Jon Culshaw, contribute, albeit infrequently. Roy Walker appears as "Roy" the voice of the daily quiz show "Car Park Catchphrase".
Features[link]
- Car Park Catchphrase
- Two listeners in their cars have to guess a catchphrase answer from an anecdote-style clue.
- Tedious Link
- This feature was carried forward from Moyles' afternoon show and is a parody of Jo Whiley's now defunct feature Tenuous Link. Comedy Dave plays one song, first explaining how this song is linked to the last show's feature song with a deliberately ramshackle and vague succession of linking 'facts', some real and some ludicrous.
- The Golden Hour
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Main article: The Golden Hour (radio feature)A well-established feature, previously on Radio 1 from 1973 to 2001. For the first half, records are played that all charted in the UK Singles Chart in a certain year and listeners are invited to guess the year. The second half are random songs chosen by each member of the team.
- Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz
- The team play a 5-question pub quiz against each other. The questions are taken from a real pub quiz run the previous evening by one of Chris's friends, Rob DJ, in their mutual home town of Leeds. Running totals of each team member's recent scores are kept and analysed. Listeners are able to play along via SMS, Facebook and Twitter. It is played on the tuesday morning show.
- Classical Class
- In this feature the team talk over classical music. It was designed to be a relaxing wake up in the morning.
Radio 1's longest show ever[link]
On 28 February 2011, it was announced that Moyles and Vitty would attempt to beat the record for the longest continuous Radio 1 show in aid of Comic Relief. The previous record of 37 hours was set by Simon Mayo in 1999.[16]
Moyles and Vitty began their record attempt on the morning of 16 March 2011. At the beginning of the show, Moyles announced that they would attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)" and attempt to continuously broadcast for 51 hours 30 minutes.[17] At 19:30 on 17 March they were joined by Simon Mayo who held the previous record and also revealed that they had raised £1,009,033. Moyles and Vitty were presented with a cake by Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt.[18][19]
On Friday 18 March 2011 at 08:30 Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave broke the Guinness World Record for the 'Longest Marathon Radio DJ (team)' and by the end of the show (at 10:00), they had hit the 51 and a half hour mark. The duo opted to 'round it off' by going to 10:30 and thus set a new record of 52 hours. In doing, so they raised a final total of £2,406,648 for Comic Relief,[20] which is an average of £46,282 for each hour they were on air. During the attempt the duo were joined by many celebrity guests including The Wanted, Chipmunk, Jimmy Carr, Craig David, Katy Perry and Ricky Gervais.[21] The grand total has since increased to £2,821,831 and with an audience of 2.84 million, the event was the most popular live BBC Red Button radio feature ever.[22] 3.8 million people watched on the Radio 1 Website.
Work outside radio[link]
BT Red Nose Climb and Speaking Clock[link]
Moyles was one of a team of celebrities who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief reaching the summit on 7 March 2009.[23] He was joined by his show's producer, Rachel Mallender and BBC Radio 1 controller, Andy Parfitt. Also on the climb were Girls Aloud members Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh, Fearne Cotton, Ben Shephard, Gary Barlow, Ronan Keating, Denise Van Outen and Alesha Dixon. He recorded a parody song around this time to promote the climb, mentioning all the names of the people that were also taking part – it was based on Lily Allen's "The Fear", and was called "(A month off of) The Beer".
From 3 February – 23 March 2009, Moyles was joined by Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Gary Barlow, Ronan Keating and Fearne Cotton to help raise money for charity by reading the time on the Speaking Clock.[24]
Voice work in film[link]
Moyles has provided his voice and/or likeness to a number of films and games. His face was used in 24: The Game, and his voice can be heard in the films Wimbledon, War of the Worlds and Robots.[25][26] In some of these films, his voice was only used for the UK version.
Television presenter[link]
Moyles has branched out his work into television. In 2002, his own Five show, Live With Chris Moyles, ran five shows a week for 13 weeks. Chris was replaced by Christian O'Connell, before the programme was shelved altogether.
He and sidekick Dave Vitty had their own TV show, also entitled The Chris Moyles Show like their current Radio 1 show, which was aired from 1998–99 on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play.
Moyles voiced the fourth and final series of Sky One show The Villa and has occasionally presented Top of the Pops. He has also worked for the Comic Relief and Children in Need charities on their telecasts.
Moyles has presented a number of episodes of Big Brother's Big Mouth. Daily Mirror journalist Rob Leigh once said of his Big Brother's Big Mouth presenting that "Chris Moyles may be Marmite for the ears on radio but never quite nails it on TV, even with his relative star power".[27] He also presented The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 several times between 2000 and 2002.
On 24 October 2011, The Metro announced that Moyles would be presenting a new dating show, The Love Machine, alongside Stacey Solomon for Sky.[28] Moyles confirmed this on his radio show that morning.
Chris Moyles Quiz Night[link]
Moyles launched a new show on Channel 4, called Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on 22 March 2009. The show consists of Moyles alongside three other celebrities partaking in a traditional pub-style quiz. The original series had the four competing to win an item that belonged to Moyles but this has since developed into a more traditional quiz with the loser singing karaoke-style at the end of the show.
The opening show received poor viewing figures attracting just 6% of total audience for the timeslot.[29][30] It was continued for a second series between 26 February and 11 April 2010, a third series following between 1 November and 22 December 2010 and fourth between 15 July and 2 September 2011.[31] The show is currently in its fifth series.
Other television appearances[link]
Moyles appeared on the ITV show The X Factor: Battle Of The Stars and had minor success. He was voted out of the show on 4 June 2006 in the semi-final. Following this appearance, stories in the New Statesman and The Sun both reported that Moyles was looking to relaunch his television career; rumours suggested that he had been offered his own show by ITV. Moyles has spoken of a desire to transfer the format of his radio show to the T.V, but otherwise has thus far stayed clear of a conventional TV format.
Moyles played himself in an episode of the drama Hotel Babylon which aired on 15 February 2007 and appeared on a celebrity version of Dale's Supermarket Sweep that broadcast on the same day. He has appeared as a guest on numerous British television shows, including the ninth series of Top Gear, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Charlotte Church Show, The F-Word, The Friday Night Project, Richard & Judy and The New Paul O'Grady Show.
In 2008, Moyles appeared on the Brit Awards to present the award for the best live act, and appeared in the BBC documentary series Comedy Map of Britain. He has appeared on Channel 4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack TV programme as well as an appearance as a team captain on the Channel 4 show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong and on 18 July 2008 he appeared on Jimmy Carr's show on Channel 4, 8 out of 10 Cats.
On 23 February 2009, Chris was the guest on BBC One's The One Show to promote the BT Red Nose climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. He appeared again on the show on 26 February 2010 to talk about and promote the second series of Chris Moyles' Quiz Night. In July 2009, he featured in an episode of the genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One where he explored his Irish ancestry. He visited Ireland and Belgium, where his great grandfather fought and died in World War One. On the programme Moyles discovered that his last name means bald servant from the Irish "Ó Maolmanach".[32][33] He also co-presented Children in Need Rocks Manchester in November 2011. Moyles appeared on the quiz show The Million Pound Drop along with Andi Peters in February 2012, they won £25,000 to divide between their chosen charities
Autobiography[link]
Moyles' autobiography, The Gospel according to Chris Moyles: The Story of One Man and His Mouth was released by Ebury Press on 5 October 2006.
On 4 October 2007 a follow-up book Chris Moyles: The Difficult Second Book, published by Ebury Press, was officially released. The Difficult Second Book was released in paperback on 1 May 2008. Stewart Lee, on his own programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, commented that the title of the book suggests "a degree of irony and self-awareness largely absent from the text itself" and then went on to deconstruct and mock the book's contents.[34]
Stage Work[link]
On 16 May 2012 it was announced that Chris Moyles had been cast to play the part of King Herod in an upcoming arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Jesus Christ Superstar.[35]
Presenting style[link]
Moyles relies on his team members and audience participation for his show's games and quizzes and for other sources of comedy. He is renowned for his sharp manner, quick temper and put-downs.[36] It is this approach which most commonly leads to criticism of Moyles. It has also caused him to become involved in numerous controversies related to perceived offensive statements. However, Moyles generally accepts counter-attacks in the same manner and routinely derides himself for being overweight and so forth, often in the lyrics of jingles. Due to his fascination with radio,[37] Moyles regularly discusses the process of making the show, often spoofing clichéd radio practices. Many of his show's features are homages to or exaggerations of other radio features.
Parody songs[link]
In December 2000, he parodied the Eminem song "Stan" that was No.1 in the charts at the time, with a seasonal Christmas themed variation called "Stanta", instead. It became one of the most popular requested parodies, and was often played more than once during the course of a show.
In October 2004, Moyles and The Chris Moyles Show team replaced U2's "Vertigo" at number one in the UK Official Download Chart with their download-only charity song "Dogz Don't Kill People (Wabbitz Do)", under the name 'Mouldie Lookin' Stain'. The song was a spoof of Goldie Lookin' Chain's "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do" (itself a spoof rap song) and proceeds went to Comic Relief. At the time of its release, it was the fastest selling download on UK charts.
Moyles has parodied several Kaiser Chiefs songs under the name "The Kaiser Chefs". These include "I Predict A Diet" (Parody of I Predict a Riot) and "Donny" (Parody of Ruby). Chris and Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs (both Leeds United fans) said they had accidentally given Doncaster Rovers fans an unofficial anthem with "Donny" after Doncaster Rovers beat Leeds United 1–0 in the 2008 League One Play Off Final.
During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Chris organised a parody of England World Cup songs, to ridicule the number of songs there were out at the time. Listener favourite "Jose – The Special One" a parody of "Rosé" by The Feeling, was written on team manager José Mourinho's departure from Chelsea and was banned after Chelsea FC complained to the BBC (although subsequently played repeatedly on his show and on Radio 5 Live). He made a parody of "We Have Got to Zero Baby", a take on Enrique Iglesias's "Hero", which describes how his football team, Leeds United, managed to claw back a 15-point deficit in League One in only 5 games. In November 2007, he used Hoosiers – "Goodbye Mr A" for "Goodbye Mr. M" where he sings about the Ex-England football manager Steve McClaren being sacked.
Often Moyles will pick a track because of the silliness of its lyrics, for instance "Smile" by Lily Allen was parodied by Moyles's invention "Silly Allen", in a song called "Piles" and Natasha Bedingfield's "I Wanna Have Your Babies" written by Comedy Dave and performed in May 2007. In the same month, he performed a parody of Hellogoodbye's hit "Here (In Your Arms)" called "Beer In My Arms" in which he describes how much he really dislikes the song, calling it 'daft'. Moyles also covered Puretone "Addicted to Bass" with "Addicted to Plaice", which covers the subject of being addicted to fish. In September 2007, he performed "Suicidal" a parody of the UK number one Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls", in which he talks about how the song makes him feel suicidal and wonders why it reached number one.
Although of 2008, UK's chart no.1 Basshunter was renamed "Chuffhunter" in which he mocks the song and those that would buy it, Kylie Minogue's "Bow Wow Wow" and a re-write of the Estelle song "American Boy", named "Somerset Boy". In the past, he has parodied include Billie Piper's "Honey to the Bee" as "Guinness For Me", All Seeing Eye's "Walk Like a Panther", Will Smith's "Gettin Jiggy Wit It", and McFly's "All About You" as "He Don't Use Shampoo". Moyles has also written Baked Beans, a parody of Same Jeans by The View, and "Lunch in this Pub", originally the Usher single "Love in this Club". One of his recent parodies, "No Hair" – sung by "follicly-challenged" newscaster Dominic Byrne – is a cover of Jordin Sparks's "No Air (ft Chris Brown)".
Another two of Moyles' recent parodies are "Lorry Driver" which is a cover of Britney Spears' song "Womanizer" and "The Boy Does Plenty" by "Adrian Dixon", originally a song by Alesha Dixon, both of which are written by 'Comedy Dave' Vitty.
In March 2009 Moyles released a parody song called "Dreaming of Debbie McGee". The song was about a man who has recurring dreams of the assistant on The Paul Daniels Magic Show. Comedy Dave wrote the song, and Paul Daniels asked for it to be made into an MP3 file after hearing it on air. It was a parody of the Kings of Leon song "Revelry". In April 2009, McGee recorded a reply which was played on air and was a parody of the same song called Dreaming of Moylesy.
Moyles released "Waterproof" in July 2009, a parody of the La Roux song "Bulletproof". This song has an approved record deal to be used on a parody album, should Chris wish to do so.[38]
Moyles has released an album entitled The Parody Album. Recording began in September 2009,[39] and the album was released on 23 November[40]
The official Moyles Parody Album game[41] entitled Parody Island was released to help promote the album and allow players to hear snippets from his new album
The Chris Moyles Show was credited with the debut of the unofficial England World Cup Song, written and performed by Chico Slimani a parody of his hit single "It's Chico Time" and originally named "It's England Time. Slimani recorded the single after having a 'vision' that England won the 2010 World Cup and that in the celebrations, commentators made reference to his song. The single debuted, Monday 8 February 2010.
Controversies[link]
Moyles has come into conflict with the Broadcasting Standards Commission and Ofcom. These have occurred during his time at both Capital FM and Radio 1. For example, these regulatory bodies upheld complaints when Moyles threatened Dr Fox in October 2002 with the claim that "I'm gonna tear his head off and poo down his neck";[42] and also in early 2002, when he said "he would take the virginity of Charlotte Church", when she reached sixteen.[43]
When he first arrived at Radio 1, John Peel took an instant dislike to Moyles and accused him of being a "DLT-in-waiting". Moyles retorted that Peel was a "Kenny Everett-in-waiting, because Kenny Everett’s dead and it’s only a matter of time before John pops his clogs".[44]
In September 2008, Moyles, along with other British radio presenters, was criticised for on-air promotion of drinking to excess.[45]
Sexism[link]
In February 2006, Moyles apologised, along with the BBC, after swearing when speaking to a caller live on air. He made the outburst while teasing a mother-of-three from Newcastle during an on-air feature which her children had interrupted. "You've got three kids from some fuckin'..." he blurted out, before apologising profusely for his mistake.[46]
The BBC issued six apologies, adding that such mistakes could occur during live broadcasts such as Moyles' show. The BBC was later cleared by broadcasting regulator Ofcom over the incident.
In July 2006, communications watchdog Ofcom found Moyles in Breach of rule 1.5 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code Rules for an incident in which he referred to female listeners as "dirty whores". A listener objected to an item in which the presenter discussed people who urinated in the shower. He considered that the presenter’s reference to women who did this as “dirty whores” was unacceptable at this time of the morning.[47][48]
On 5 June 2008, when former Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown was on the programme,[49] much to his enjoyment, she consensually let him fondle[50] both of her breasts live on air, to which he gave a running commentary of the precise topography of each. It arose from his enquiry into whether her breasts had been surgically enhanced.
Pay[link]
Alongside a number of other Radio 1 and Radio 2 presenters, Moyles crossed a strike picketline in 2005. BBC staff were striking over recently announced job cuts.[51] A report by the BBC Trust on 2 June 2008 revealed that Moyles was paid £630,000 in 2007.[52] However, Moyles revealed in September 2009 that he took a 20% pay cut three months earlier, quoting the reason "I want to work at the BBC, which is trying to save some of its gazillions".[53] On 22 September 2010 Moyles spoke out on air about not being paid by the BBC in two months.[54]
Homophobia[link]
Moyles was accused of homophobia in May 2006, when he rejected a ringtone by saying "I don't want that one, it's gay", live on air. This led to a number of complaints to the BBC. They argued that the use of the word gay in this context was homophobic. The BBC governors said that Moyles was simply keeping up with developments in English usage.
The programme complaints committee said that, "The word 'gay', in addition to being used to mean 'homosexual' or 'carefree', was often now used to mean 'lame' or 'rubbish'. In describing a ringtone as gay, the DJ was conveying that he thought it was 'rubbish' rather than 'homosexual'. Moyles was not being homophobic." The panel acknowledged, however, that this use of the word 'gay' in a derogatory sense could cause offence to some listeners and counselled caution on its use.
Subsequently in June, LGBT charity Stonewall marched with placards demanding the dismissal of Moyles during Europride in London. According to Stonewall, “Chris Moyles is not helping young LGBT people struggling to come out through his comments.”[55] Stonewall gave Moyles the award of "Bully of the Year" at their annual Stonewall Awards that same year.[56][57]
Those defending Moyles have noted that Aled Haydn Jones, his show's producer who has worked with Moyles since 2001, is openly gay.[36] He was quoted in The Guardian by Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill as saying "Yeah, I'm homophobic, I don't like the gays. Sorry, it just does my head in. We have a token gay on the show!"[58] In his book The Difficult Second Book, Moyles says that he was responding to another article with sarcasm, and was subsequently quoted out of context.
Moyles was censured by Ofcom following eight complaints made after a broadcast on 20 January 2009 in which he told listeners it was the birthday of Will Young and then went on to sing "Evergreen" and "Leave Right Now!" in a high pitched and effeminate voice, changing the lyrics to references to Young's sexuality. Ofcom stated that the language used could have been "interpreted by listeners as promoting and condoning certain negative stereotypes based on sexual orientation" and whilst acknowledging the intention was to be humorous in their opinion it could have been perceived as hostile and pejorative. The media regulator also said in their view that because of the show's breakfast time slot that attracts a young audience it had the potential to encourage children to discriminate against others based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation and ran the risk of being imitated on the playground causing "unnecessary distress".[59]
Auschwitz[link]
On 20 January 2009, Moyles made comments on his radio show regarding the family history programme Who Do You Think You Are? and the Holocaust. Referring to his trips while filming the programme, Moyles said "I went off to Ireland and other places to film and unlike a lot of the Who Do You Think You Are? shows I didn't go to Auschwitz. Pretty much everyone goes there whether or not they're Jewish. They just seem to pass through there on their way to Florida".[60] Celebrities featured on Who Do You Think You Are? including Stephen Fry,[61] Jerry Springer and Natasha Kaplinsky, have traced their family histories back to Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War.[62] The BBC released a statement: “Anyone who listens to the Chris Moyles Show will know he has an irreverent style. However, we regret that on this occasion his comments were misjudged and we are speaking to Chris and his team about them.”[63]
N-Dubz behaviour[link]
On 12 January 2010, hip-hop trio N-Dubz appeared on the Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1. The show received a text message from a female listener saying that band member Dappy was "vile" and "a little boy with a silly hat" and that N-Dubz were "losers". Dappy secretly copied her phone number from the studio console and sent abusive and threatening text messages to the woman the following day including one telling her she was "gonna die!".[64] Moyles said of the resulting criticism: "I feel let down by him, I've supported them and said, 'Do you know what, N-Dubz aren't just a bunch of dippy chavs, they're really good.' So for him to go and do something like that is a bit rubbish."[65]
Personal life[link]
Moyles dated former children's TV presenter Ana Boulter for three years, but the couple split in 2002. The same year he met Sophie Waite, and the couple dated for eight years. The relationship ended in September 2010.[66]
Discography[link]
Studio albums[link]
- The Parody Album (2009) UK Chart #17
Awards and tributes[link]
Moyles has won several Sony Radio Awards: Silver in 1998; Gold in 2006; nominated in 2007: Gold in 2008; Bronze in 2009; Silver in 2010; Bronze in 2011
He was voted "Best DJ" by readers of The Sun newspaper and readers of Loaded magazine.
In 2007 the rugby league team Featherstone Rovers named their ground after him. Traditionally known as Post Office Road, it was renamed via a sponsorship deal as the Chris Moyles Stadium.[67][68] On 7 July 2007 Moyles appeared as a presenter at the UK leg of Live Earth in Wembley Stadium in London.
In March 2011, Chris Moyles and David Vitty broke the Guinness World Records for Worldwide Longest Marathon Radio DJ (Team). They totalled 52 consecutive hours on air and raised £2,622,421 for Comic Relief
Bibliography[link]
- Moyles, Chris (5 October 2006). The Gospel According to Chris Moyles. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-191417-2.
- Moyles, Chris (4 October 2007). The Difficult Second Book. Ebury Press. ISBN 978-0-09-192242-9.
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Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst, 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.[1]
His early works show the influence of Grieg, Wagner,[2] Richard Strauss and fellow student Ralph Vaughan Williams,[3] and later, through Vaughan Williams, the music of Ravel.[4] The combined influence of Ravel, Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes[4] enabled Holst to free himself of the influence of Wagner and Strauss and to forge his own style. Holst's music is well known for unconventional use of metre and haunting melodies.
Holst composed almost 200 works, including operas, ballets, choral hymns and songs. An enthusiastic educator, Holst became music master at St Paul's Girls' School in 1905 and director of music at Morley College in 1907, continuing in both posts until retirement.[4] He also taught singing at Wycombe Abbey School from 1912 until 1917.
He was the brother of Hollywood actor Ernest Cossart and father of the composer and conductor Imogen Holst, who wrote a biography of him in 1938.[3]
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Early life[link]
Holst was born on 21 September 1874, at 4 Pittville Terrace (named today Clarence Road)[5] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.[1][6] The house has been opened as a museum devoted to Holst's life and times since 1974, devoted partly to him and partly to illustrating local domestic life of the mid-19th century.[7]
Holst's great-grandfather, Matthias von Holst, was of Nordic origin, and came to England in 1802 from Riga.[5] His son Gustavus moved to England with his parents as a child; he became a composer of salon-style harp music and a notable harp teacher.[6] Holst's father, Adolph von Holst, was organist and choirmaster at All Saints' Church in Pittville.[1] He also gave both piano lessons and recitals, most regularly at the Assembly Rooms.[8] Holst's mother, Clara von Holst, who died in 1882, was a singer who bore two sons, Gustav and Emil Gottfried (who later became Ernest Cossart, a film actor in Hollywood).[9] Following his wife's death, Adolph von Holst moved with his sons to 1 Vittoria Walk, Cheltenham, and eventually married Mary Thorley Stone in 1885: she gave birth to two further sons, Matthias Ralph and Evelyn Thorley.[10]
Holst was christened Gustavus Theodore von Holst, after his grandfather and his great-uncle Theodor, a painter.[11] He was a frail child with neuritis in his arm which plagued him for the rest of his life. His early recollections were musical; he was taught to play the piano and violin, and began composing when he was about twelve.[6] He also started to play the trombone when his father thought this might improve his son's asthma.[12] He was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School for Boys. He began composition at school, writing piano pieces, organ voluntaries, songs, anthems and a Symphony in C minor (from 1892). He was also organist and choir master at Wyck Rissington in the Cotswolds.[13]
He attended the Royal College of Music[1] on a scholarship, where he studied composition with Charles Villiers Stanford and where in 1895[6] he met fellow student Ralph Vaughan Williams,[1] who became a lifelong friend. Vaughan Williams's own music was in general quite different from Holst’s,[6] but he praised Holst's work abundantly and the two men developed a shared interest in exploring and maintaining the English vocal and choral tradition as found primarily in folk song, madrigals and church music.[4] Holst and Vaughan Williams were able to criticise each other's compositions as they were being written. They never lost this degree of mutual trust.
While at the Royal College of Music, Holst fell in love with the music of Wagner, which he was able to hear at Covent Garden. He also came under the influence of William Morris, joining the Hammersmith Socialist Society and attending lectures by Morris and George Bernard Shaw (with whom he temporarily shared a passion for vegetarianism ). Holst remained a socialist all his life. He was also invited to conduct the Hammersmith Socialist Choir, teaching them Madrigals by Thomas Morley, choruses by Purcell, extracts from Wagner as well as works by Mozart and himself.[14]
Career[link]
See also: List of compositions by Gustav Holst
First steps[link]
Holst had hoped to build his career partly as a pianist, but stricken from adolescence with a nerve condition that increasingly affected the movement of his right hand, he eventually gave up the piano for the trombone.[4] He was good enough to earn employment with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and the Scottish Orchestra (forerunner of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra) although his salary was only just enough to live on.[15]
He also played in a popular orchestra called the "White Viennese Band", conducted by Stanislas Wurm. The music was cheap and repetitive and not to Holst's liking, and he referred to this kind of work as "worming" (a pun on Wurm's name, which means "worm" in German) and regarded it as "criminal". His need to "worm" came to an end as his compositions became more successful, and his income was given stability by his teaching posts.[1] With his finances secure, Holst married Emily Isobel Harrison, a fair-headed soprano, at Fulham Register Office on 22 June 1901, their union enduring until his death in 1934. Emily Isobel bore him a daughter, Imogen, on 12 April 1907; to be their only child.[16]
The poetry of Walt Whitman also had a profound effect on Holst, as it did with many of his contemporaries, and he set Whitman's words in "Dirge for Two Veterans" and The Mystic Trumpeter (1904). He also set poetry by Thomas Hardy[6] and Robert Bridges. Holst also wrote an orchestral Walt Whitman Overture in 1899,[17] which was given a world premiere recording by the Munich Symphony Orchestra, as well as a recording by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.[18]
During these years Holst also became interested in Hindu mysticism and spirituality,[4] and this interest led to the composition of several works set to translations of Sanskrit texts, including: Sita (1899–1906), a three-act opera based on an episode in the Ramayana; Sāvitri (1908),[4] a chamber opera based on a tale from the Mahabharata; 4 groups of Hymns from the Rig Veda (1908–14); and two texts originally by Kalidasa: Two Eastern Pictures (1909–10) and The Cloud Messenger (1913). The texts of these last three works were translated by Holst himself.[19] To make these translations from Sanskrit to English, Holst enrolled at University College London (UCL) to study the language as a 'non-matriculated' student. On 14 January 1909 he paid 5 guineas for Sanskrit classes during the spring and summer terms of that year. The UCL records also show that during this time he moved from 23 Grena Road in Richmond, to 10 The Terrace in Barnes. On 19 October 1909 he re-enrolled at UCL for the autumn term and paid 3 guineas "special fee" for his Sanskrit classes of "2 hours a week". The records end at this point, and so it seems he only spent one year as a student at UCL.[20]
Teaching[link]
In 1904 Holst took his first teaching job as music master at James Allen's Girls' School in West Dulwich, South London.[21]
In 1905, Holst was appointed Director of Music at St Paul's Girls' School[4] in Hammersmith, London. In 1907, Holst also became director of music at Morley College.[4] These were the most important of his teaching posts, and he retained both until the end of his life.[4]
During the first two decades of the 20th century, musical society as a whole (and Holst's friend Vaughan Williams in particular) became interested in old English folksongs, madrigal singers,[4] and Tudor composers. Holst shared in his friend’s admiration for the simplicity and economy of these melodies, and their use in his compositions is one of his music’s most recognisable features.
Holst was an avid rambler. He walked extensively in Italy, France and England. He also travelled outside the bounds of Europe, heading to French-controlled Algeria in 1908[22] on doctor's orders as a treatment for asthma and the depression that crippled him after his submission failed to win the Ricordi Prize, a coveted award for composition. His travels in Arab and Berber lands, including an extensive cycling tour of the Algerian Sahara, inspired the suite Beni Mora, written upon his return.
After the lukewarm reception of his choral work The Cloud Messenger in 1912, Holst was again off travelling, financing a trip to Spain with fellow composers Balfour Gardiner and brothers Clifford and Arnold Bax with funds from an anonymous donation. Despite being shy, Holst was fascinated by people and society, and had always believed that the best way to learn about a city was to get lost in it. In Girona, Catalonia, he often disappeared, only to be found hours later by his friends having abstract debates with local musicians. It was in Spain that Clifford Bax introduced Holst to astrology, a hobby that was to inspire the later Planets suite. He read astrological fortunes until his death, and called his interest in the stars his "pet vice".
Shortly after his return in 1913, St Paul's Girls School opened a new music wing, and Holst composed the still popular St Paul's Suite for the occasion.[1] In 1913, Stravinsky premiered The Rite of Spring, sparking riots in Paris and caustic criticism in London. A year later, Holst first heard Schoenberg’s Five Pieces for Orchestra, an "ultra-modern" set of five movements employing "extreme chromaticism" (the consistent use of all 12 musical notes). Although he had earlier lampooned the stranger aspects of modern music, the new music of Stravinsky[4] and Schoenberg influenced his work on The Planets.
Holst's compositions include works for wind band, and have become standards in the repertoire. His most famous are the First Suite in E-flat for Military Band of 1909 and the Second Suite in F for Military Band of 1911 (see also Hammersmith, below). He also wrote the "Moorside Suite" for brass band in 1928, the first recognised 'classical' composer to treat the medium seriously.[23]
Holst and wife Isobel bought a cottage in Thaxted, Essex and, surrounded by medieval buildings and ample rambling opportunities, he started work on the suite that became his best known work, the orchestral suite The Planets. Holst himself adapted the theme from "Jupiter" as a hymn tune under the name of "Thaxted", specifically for the words "I Vow to Thee My Country". (According to the documentary by Tony Palmer In the Bleak Midwinter, Holst hated this association because the text was the opposite of what he believed. This is a little surprising, though, since he had made the adaptation himself in 1921.)[24] His daughter Imogen later recalled of "I Vow to Thee" that "At the time when he was asked to set these words to music, Holst was so over-worked and over-weary that he felt relieved to discover they 'fitted' the tune from Jupiter".[25]
While living in Thaxted, Holst became friendly with Rev. Conrad Noel, the famous 'Red Vicar', who supported the Independent Labour Party and espoused many unpopular causes. Holst became an occasional organist and choir master at Thaxted Parish Church and began an annual music festival at Whitsuntide in 1916, at which students from Morley College and St Paul's School performed. His best-known partsong, 'This Have I Done For My True Love', was dedicated to Noel and often performed with dancing during religious ceremonies at Thaxted. This was controversial, as the Church of England still retained much of the Puritan ethic in its services. (The singing of non-biblical texts had been allowed only as recently as 1820, and religious dancing harked back to pre-Reformation times.) As late as 1951 at the Leith Hill Festival, singers from the Anglican tradition objected to the words of Holst's partsong, which mention dance and religion together. Vaughan Williams, who was conducting, advised the objectors to vocalise and leave the words to those singers who did not share the inhibition.[26] Controversy surrounded Holst's friendship with Noel, whose opinions grew progressively uncompromising, leading to his displaying the Red Flag and that of Sinn Fein in the church. Holst's view was that Noel's philosophy was a "gospel of comic hate",[27] but he ceased to hold the music festival at Thaxted after three seasons, moving it to Dulwich.
Other tunes that also became attached to hymns were Cranham which is the usual tune to Christina Rossetti's poem In the Bleak Midwinter and Sheen which is attached to a versification of the recessional From glory to glory advancing from the Orthodox Christian Liturgy of Saint James.
World War I and after[link]
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Holst drawn by William Rothenstein, 1920
At the onset of World War I, Holst tried to enlist but was rejected because of his bad eyes, bad lungs and bad digestion. He dropped the "von" from his name in 1916 in response to anti-German sentiment, making it official by deed poll in 1918.[1][4][6][28]
His new music, however, benefited from the growing demand for new English music. This was partly in response to an embargo on contemporary German music that saw very few performances of Richard Strauss and Max Reger throughout the war (although older generations of German composers remained as popular as ever, culminating in a run of Die Walküre, conducted by Thomas Beecham, in 1918).[29] Towards the end of the war he was offered a post within the YMCA’s educational work programme as musical director and he set off for Salonica (present day Thessaloniki, Greece) and Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1918. While he was teaching music to troops eager to escape the drudgery of army life, The Planets was being performed to audiences back home. Shortly after his return after the war’s end, Holst composed Ode to Death, based upon a poem by Walt Whitman.
During the years 1920–1923, Holst's popularity grew through the success of The Planets and The Hymn of Jesus (1917)[1] (based on the Apocryphal gospels), and the publication of a new opera, The Perfect Fool (a satire of a work by Wagner). Holst became something of "an anomaly, a famous English composer", and was busy with conducting, lecturing and teaching obligations. He hated publicity; he often refused to answer questions posed by the press and when asked for his autograph, handed out prepared cards that read, "I do not hand out my autograph". Always frail, after a collapse in 1923 he retired from all teaching (other than at St Paul's School, where he would remain until his death)[30] to devote the remaining eleven years of his life to composition.[1]
Later life[link]
Holst's 'retirement' was immediately productive, with the First Choral Symphony to words by Keats (a Second Choral Symphony to words by George Meredith exists only in fragments). A short Shakespearian opera, At the Boar's Head, followed quickly, although neither had the immediate popular appeal of A Moorside Suite for brass band of 1928.[31]
Holst took advantage of new technology to publicise his work through sound recordings and the BBC’s wireless broadcasts. He began to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra for the Columbia company in 1922, using the acoustic process; his recordings of the period include Beni Mora, the Marching Song and (remarkably) the complete Planets. Although, as his daughter Imogen noted, he couldn't quite achieve the gradual fade-out of women's voices and orchestra he had written (owing to the limitations of early recording), it was a landmark recording of the work. Holst conducted it again, with the same orchestra and for the same company, in an electrical recording of 1926. All performances have been issued on LP and CD format.
In 1927 he was commissioned by the New York Symphony Orchestra to write a symphony. Instead, he wrote an orchestral piece based on Thomas Hardy's Wessex, a work that became Egdon Heath and which was first performed a month after Hardy’s death, in his memory. By this time, Holst was going out of fashion, and the piece was poorly reviewed (although this may have as much to do with the austere nature of the work). However, Holst is said to have considered the short, subdued but powerful tone poem his "best work".[32] The piece has been much better received in recent years, with several recordings available. Holst did complete a scherzo for the symphony before his death; this music has been recorded.
Towards the end of his life, Holst wrote Choral Fantasia (1930),[1] and he was commissioned by the BBC to write a piece for military band; the resulting Hammersmith was a tribute to the place where he had spent most of his life, a musical expression of the London borough (of Hammersmith), which begins with an attempt to recreate the haunting sound of the River Thames sleepily flowing its way. He then made an orchestral version of this work for its first performance, sharing the programme with the London premiere of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. This unlucky coincidence may account for its subsequent obscurity as an orchestral work.
Interested as ever in new mediums, Holst wrote a score for the Associated Sound Film Industries picture 'The Bells' in which Holst believed he appeared as an extra in a crowd scene.[33] However, he was mortified when he heard the quality of the 1931 soundtrack. The film was the victim of poor marketing and no copy can now be traced.[34] He also wrote a 'jazz band piece' that his daughter later arranged for orchestra as Capriccio. A late flowering of academic life came when Harvard University offered him a lectureship for the first six months of 1932.
Holst had a lifetime of poor health, which worsened due to a concussion during a backward fall from the conductor's podium in 1923, from which he never fully recovered.[6] In his final four years, Holst grew ill with stomach problems. One of his last compositions, the Brook Green Suite, named after the land on which St Paul’s Girls’ School was built, was performed for the first time a few months before his death. Holst died on 25 May 1934, of complications following stomach surgery, in London.[35] His ashes were interred at Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, with Bishop George Bell giving the memorial oration at the funeral.
Artistic Philosophy[link]
According to his friend Vaughan Williams, Holst once told him two things about art "that ought to be recorded":
1.) About 'Aristocracy in art' - art is not for all but only for the chosen few - but the only way to find those few is to bring art to everyone - then the artists have a sort of masonic signal by which they recognise each other in the crowd - he put it much better than that - but that is the gist.
2.) That the artist is born again & starts afresh with every new work."[36]
Memorial[link]
On Sunday 27 September 2009, after a weekend of concerts at Chichester Cathedral in memory of Holst, a new memorial was unveiled to the public. On it are inscribed Holst's dates, and an epitaph, taken from the text of The Hymn of Jesus, reading "The heavenly spheres make music for us".
Radio and television biographies[link]
In 2007, BBC Radio 4 produced a radio play by Martyn Wade called The Bringer of Peace, which is an intimate biographical portrait of Holst. The play follows his early dismay at his lack of composing success, to the creation of The Planets suite, with the play's seven tiers following the structure of The Planets. Adrian Scarborough played Holst, and the producer was David Hitchinson.[37]
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter, directed by Tony Palmer, was first transmitted on 24 April 2011. The documentary charted his life with special reference to his support for socialism and for working class ventures.[38]
Media[link]
Extracts from The Planets can be found in the main article for the suite.
Notes[link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica Concise, "Gustav Holst", 2006, webpage
- ^ Short, pp. 23–4
- ^ a b HighBeam Encyclopedia, "Gustav Holst", 2006, Encyclopedia.com webpage: EC-GHolst.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m B-GH Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Gustav Holst", 2006
- ^ a b Short, p.9
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Gustavus Theodore Holst" (biography), Classical Net, 2006, webpage: CNet-GHolst.
- ^ Holst Birthplace Museum website
- ^ Short, p. 10
- ^ Short, p. 11
- ^ Short, p.11
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Holst (The Great Composers). London: Faber, 1974: p. 13
- ^ Short, p.12
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Great Composers (1974): p. 15
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Great Composers (1974): p. 23
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Great Composers (1974): p. 27
- ^ Holst, I. (1938). Gustav Holst: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1938.
- ^ http://www.gustavholst.info/compositions/listing.php?work=10
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Holst-Whitman-Overture-Suite-Ballet/dp/B000M5B6LA
- ^ Colin Matthews. "Holst, Gustav." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://0-www.oxfordmusiconline.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/subscriber/article/grove/music/13252 (accessed 8 November 2008).
- ^ This information was located in the UCL Record Office, November 2008 <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/efd/recordsoffice/>
- ^ Short, p. 50
- ^ Short, pp.74–5
- ^ Holst, Imogen. A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music. Faber 1974
- ^ Palmer, Tony. "Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter". Presto Classical. http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Tony%2BPalmer%2BFilms/TPDVD173.
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Thematic Catalogue (1974): p. 145
- ^ Short, p. 158
- ^ Letter to Vally Lasker, 25 December 1918
- ^ London Gazette: no. 30928. p. 11615. 1 October 1918. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ Foreman, Lewis, Music in England 1885–1920, Thames Publishing, London, 1994
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Great Composers (1974): p. 29
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Thematic Catalogue (1974): pp. 150, 153, 171
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Great Composers (1974): p. 69
- ^ Holst, Imogen. Great Composers (1974): p. 80
- ^ Short, p. 298
- ^ London Gazette: no. 34094. p. 6416. 9 October 1934. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ Letter to Imogen Holst, 19 September 1937, quote in Cobbe, Hugh: Letters of Ralph Vaughan Williams, OUP 2008, p. 252
- ^ BBC – Press Office – Network Radio Programme Information Week 4 Wednesday 23 January 2008
- ^ Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter.
References[link]
- Britannica Concise, "Gustav Holst", 2006, Concise.Britannica.com webpage: ConciseBritannica-GHolst.
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Gustav Holst", 2006, Britannica.com webpage: Britannica2006-GHolst.
- Imogen Holst, The Great Composers: Holst. London: Faber, 1974. ISBN 0-571-09967-X
- Michael Short, Gustav Holst: The Man and his Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990.
- Kenric Taylor, "Gustav Holst (1874–1934) | Compositions" (list of works), 2006, GustavHolst.info webpage: GHolstInfo-Compositions.
- David Trippett, "A Biography of Gustav Holst: Part 2: 1903-1914", Music Web International, [1]
Further reading[link]
- Holst, Imogen, Gustav Holst: A Biography, Oxford University Press, 1938.
- Holst, Imogen, Gustav Holst and Thaxted (4-page pamphlet)
- Randel, Michael, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, Harvard University Press, 1996. Cf. p. 390.
External links[link]
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- Free scores by Gustav Holst in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Gustav Holst in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
- Free scores by Gustav Holst at the International Music Score Library Project
- The Mutopia Project has compositions by Gustav Holst
- www.GustavHolst.info
- Gustav Holst: The Lost Films (Discovered 2009)
- The Planets Suite Op. 32 Live recording by Peabody Concert Orchestra (2002)
- Holst Birthplace Museum, Cheltenham
- Gustav Holst at Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
- Compositions by Gustav Holst
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| Birth name | Alain Kienast |
| Born | (1944-05-27) May 27, 1944 (age 68) Casablanca, French Morocco |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Alternative rock French pop Pop/Rock Experimental Chanson Techno |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Labels | RCA (1973-1984), Virgin (1985-present) |
| Associated acts | Laurent Voulzy, Renaud, Maurane, Geoffrey Oryema, Zazie, Michel Jonasz, Catherine Lara |
| Website | alainsouchon.net |
Alain Souchon (born Alain Kienast on May 27, 1944) is a French singer, songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.
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Profile[link]
Six months after Souchon was born his family returned to France. When he was 15 his father died in an accident. His mother sent him to a French college in England, but due to problems registering he decided to stay in London and work. Upon returning to France he took up guitar, influenced by English and American music. In 1970, he married and had his first son continuing to play in the cabarets and bars in the Rive Gauche of Paris.
Souchon signed his first contract in 1971 with the Pathe-Marconi label but had no success. Bob Socquet, the artistic director of RCA encouraged him to perform his song "L'amour 1930" at the Rose D'Or of Antibes contest. Souchon then began to collaborate with composer/arranger Laurent Voulzy (b. 1948); they would write together, but each released albums under his own name. Souchon's first hit was "J'ai 10 ans" (1974), from the album of the same name. He continued releasing albums and in 1978 wrote the theme for François Truffaut's 1979 film Love on the Run (L'amour en fuite). At this time his second son was born. In 1980, he was invited to perform at l'Olympia. He also began his acting career, most notably starring in the 1983 film L'été Meurtrier. Following the album 'On avance', he left RCA and signed with Virgin Records at 40 years old. In 1989 "La beauté de Ava Gardner" was voted best title of the year by the Victoires de la Musique.
Then came Souchon's biggest hit "Foule sentimentale" from 1993's million-selling C'est déja ça. At the 20th anniversary of the Victoires de la Musique in 1995, Alain Souchon received the award for best "Chanson Originale" for his song "Foule Sentimentale." In 1996, he received the "le Prix Vincent Scotto" award given by the SACEM (Societe des Auteurs Compositeurs) for his song "Sous les Jupes des Filles". Souchon returned in 2005 with the hugely successful album La vie Théodore which contained the hit single "...Et si en plus y'a personne".
Discography[link]
Studio Albums[link]
| Year | Album | FR [1] |
BE [2] |
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| 1974 | J'ai dix ans
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| 1976 | Bidon
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| 1977 | Jamais content
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- | - | - | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 1978 | Toto 30 ans, rien que du malheur...
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- | - | - | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 1980 | Rame
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- | - | - | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 1983 | On avance
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- | - | - | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 1985 | C'est comme vous voulez
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108A | - | - | |
| 1988 | Ultra moderne solitude
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- | - | - | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 1993 | C'est déjà ça
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37A | 7 | - | France: Diamond (1,000,000+) |
| 1997 | Sol en si (with Francis Cabrel, Michel Jonasz, Catherine Lara, Maxime le Forestier, Maurane, Zazie)
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3 | - | - | |
| 1999 | Au ras des pâquerettes
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1 | 5 | 74 | France: Diamond (1,206,000) |
| 2005 | La Vie Théodore
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1 | 1 | 3 | France: 2xPlatinum (462,100) |
| 2008 | Écoutez d'où ma peine vient
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1 | 2 | 27 | France: Platinum (200,000) |
| 2011 | À cause d'elles
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8 | 11 | 90 | France: Platinum (200,000) |
Live albums[link]
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| 1984 | Olympia 83
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| 1990 | Nickel
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49A | - | - | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 1995 | Défoule sentimentale - Live
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- | 9 | - | France: 2xGold (200,000) |
| 2002 | J'veux du live
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29 | 26 | - | France: Gold (100,000) |
| 2010 | Alain Souchon est chanteur
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13 | 15 | - | France: |
- A Re-release
Compilations[link]
| Year | Album | FR | BE | CH | Sales |
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| 1994 | L'Intégral
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| 1997 | 20 Chansons
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- | - | - | France: Platinum (300,000) |
| 2001 | Collection (1974-1984)
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- | 30 | 10 | France: Platinum (300,000) |
Collection (1985-2001)
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- | - | - | France: Platinum (300,000) | |
| 2002 | Par les Sentiments
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| 2004 | Platinum Collection
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- | 13 | - | |
| 2007 | 100 Chansons
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Singles[link]
| Year | Single | FR | BE | SNEP | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "La Ballade de Jim" | 24 | - | C'est comme vous voulez | |
| 1989 | "Quand je serai k.o. | 29 | - | Ultra moderne solitude | |
| 1993 | "Foule sentimentale" | 1 | - | Silver (125,000) | C'est déjà ça |
| 1994 | "L'amour à la machine" | 21 | - | ||
| 2000 | "Tailler la zone" | 71 | - | Au ras des pâquerettes | |
| 2001 | "Le baiser / Caterpillar" | 80 | - | ||
| 2002 | "La vie ne vaut rien" | 46 | - | J'veux du live | |
| 2005 | "Et si en plus y'a personne" | 19 | 12 | La vie Théodore | |
| 2006 | "La vie Théodore" | 68 | - | ||
| 2008 | "Écoutez d'où ma peine vient" | - | 7 | Ecoutez d'où ma peine vient |
Awards[link]
1986
- Victoires de la musique: Music Video of the Year (La Ballade de Jim), directed by Philippe Bensoussan
- Victoires de la musique: Song of the Year (Belle-Île-en-Mer)
1990
- Victoires de la musique: Song of the Year (Quand j'serai KO)
1991
- Victoires de la musique: Album of the Year (Nickel)
1994
- Victoires de la musique: Male Artist of the Year
- Victoires de la musique: Song of the Year (Foule sentimentale)
1996
- Victoires de la musique: Album of the Year (Défoule sentimentale)
References[link]
External links[link]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alain Souchon |
- (French) Official site
- Biography of Alain Souchon, from Radio France Internationale
- Alain Souchon at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by Alain Bashung |
Victoires de la Musique Male artist of the year 1994 |
Succeeded by MC Solaar |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Souchon, Alain |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | |
| Date of birth | May 27, 1944 |
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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