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Date: 23 June 2008 12:38:45
We had a very good but tiring weekend this week.
Saturday saw us having an easy start seeing us go to Blaenavon for lunch and then to a fete at the Welsh primary school at which FW is a governor. I needed to escape fairly quickly as the place was rather crowded and hot.
Then we went to get Sad Sister and the Troublesome Trucks. After a month we were finally off to see Indiana Jones & The Half Baked Storyline. I must say that I did find the film "pleasant" but did not really fulfil my hoped for desire.
It ticked all the right boxes but never really seemed to reach any peaks. The story seemed to be more intent on moving from expected event to expected event. It never really did anything new but didn't do the other things as well as Episodes 1 & 3. It was on a par with Temple of Doom realy.
Yesterday we went to chapel and then back to Blaenavon for the Model Railway show they had. It was only 5 layouts, in differing states of completion, but it was well worth the visit. The layout of a working coal mine was very good, complete with wagon tipper.
Then, after the weekly shop, we went to get Best Man, who is back from Belgium for a few weeks.
History Today:
1757 : Robert Clive defeats Suraja Dowla at the Battle of Plassey, gaining control of North East India for the British.
1894 : The International Olympic Committee is founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocat. Bribery and corruption soon followed as elements of the modern Olympic spirit.
1972 : Britain dismantles the "Sterling Zone" of 45 nations that linked their currency to the pound. Claims that is was made of Meccano were soon dismissed.