Davenports. The beer of the Midlands

Advantages: Very tasty!
Disadvantages: None

...Davenports was, arguably, THE beer of the Midlands. "Beer at Home Means Davenports" was the slogan and I can remember my dad and granddad buying their beer and my pop from the Davenports brewer's dray. By the late 1950s and early 1960s the horse drawn drays had been replaced by lorries. Sadly Davenports was taken over and the brewery closed down. But now it is possible to once again enjoy the fine taste of Davenports beers, because the Highgate Brewery in Walsall has began to brew Davenports Original Bitter using the old recipes of the Davenport family brewery. I first came across the rejuvenated and recreated Davenports Original Bitter at a Wetherspoons' pub on Broad Street, Birmingham. I decided to have at least one pint in honour of my late father and grandfather. After all, I reasoned, if I did not like it, it was neither here...

Martinscholes 08.07.2006 · Read review
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Nigel Mansell

Advantages: Great Driver
Disadvantages: None

...Nigel Ernest James Mansell ************************** Born August 8, 1953 Nigel Mansell is an English former racing driver who won world championships for both Formula One in 1992 and in CART in 1993 Nigel Mansell's Biography ************************* Nigel Mansell was born in 1953 at Upton-on-Severn which is a small town in Worcestershire. Most of his childhood was spent in Hall Green, Birmingham. He attended the Rosslyn School, then Hall Green Bilateral, before studying engineering at Matthew Boulton College. Using his own money to help kick start his career in motor racing he had a fairly slow start, despite suffering from a broken neck in an accident Mansell took part in the British Formula Ford Championship in 1977 and become a Champion. As a result of Mansell's accident doctors had told him he had to be confined...

me_and_my_teddybear 22.01.2006 (27.03.2006) · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

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Nigel Mansell

Advantages: Good in his prime
Disadvantages: Fortunate to always have good cars

...Good Old Wonder Nige! He was everyones hero during the 1980's. Always the Bridesmaid but never the Bride was the best statement I ever heard about this man. The Moustachio man from the Isle of Man, joined the Formula 1 Circus in 1980, driving for the infamous Colin Chapman and team Lotus. This was an inspired move by Chapman who realised his days as a Formula One leader were slipping by. It took Nigel 4 years of trying with the Lotus and along the way scoring a couple of podiums and a Pole Position in Dallas, before his talents were spotted by a team worthy of him and he signed for the powerful Williams Honda Team. With Sir Frank, Nigel experienced one of his most successful periods of Motor racing. Scoring 2 race victories in his first year with the team (South Africa and European), much was expected of the young Englishman...

andycharger 23.04.2001 (17.04.2001) · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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... And so a legend was born

Advantages: Powerful Strokes / Brillaint Game
Disadvantages: Dissapointing End to the Game

...For more than fifteen years, Lindsay Davenport has provided us Tennis fans with matches full of style and power, ups and downs and now its time to take a look down memory lane as Lindsay Davenport is destined not to play professional tennis again and take the long journey of motherhood. ** WHO IS LINDSAY DAVENPORT ** Lindsay Davenport is one of the most successful tennis players to grace this generation winning a whole plethora of Tournaments including three Grand slams. Though not as recognisable as the Williams Sisters or the newly shot to fame Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport set the mark for Female tennis stars after the generation of Steffi Graff and Sanchez Vicario. Not only has she been ranked at No. 1 in both singles and doubles she is an Olympic Gold medallist and has earned a record breaking $21 Million dollars...

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Upsy Daisy Here I Come

Advantages: Lovely pictures and readable font
Disadvantages: Tear easily

...Upsy Daisy Loves the Ninky Nonk Upsy Daisy Here I Come My daughter loved ?In the Night Garden?, a toddlers programme shown on CBeebies and as she loves books we brought this book for her to add to her ever growing collection and has become a firm favourite of hers, even though she can not read it herself as of yet! ****************** NIGHT GARDEN ****************** In the Night Garden is produced by Ragdoll Productions from the creator Andrew Davenport, who also wrote this very book. The programme is mostly live action with a mix of actors in costumes, puppetry and animation. In the Night Garden follows a group of colourful characters with very unusual names as they all meet up in a garden setting at night just before their bedtimes. There is not a lot of speech, though what speech there is create learning through repetition...

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YAMAHA DVD-S 557 this is THE DVD player of all time.

Advantages: Brilliant DVD player, perfect quality
Disadvantages: cant think of any

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Lindsay Is Not Finished Yet

Advantages: Good serve. Good baseliner, Good strokes
Disadvantages: Self-effacing. Shy.

...Lindsay Davenport is indisputably among the finest female tennis players on the circuit today. Her record,since turning pro,in 1993,speaks for itself. Winner of a large number of ATP tour titles in singles and doubles,including Indian Wells, Oklahoma City, Zurich and Chicago, she was also the 1996 Olympic champion when she defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario for the gold medal. The US Open was won by the American in 1998 when she defeated the Swiss player, Martina Hingis, 6-3,7-5,in the final and,of course,she was the 1999 Wimbledon ladies singles champion. Davenport also won the 2000 Australian Open,again defeating Martina Hingis and reached the semi final of the recently concluded Wimbledon championships,before losing to the all conquering Venus Williams. Lindsay Davenport was born on June 8,1976 at Palas Verdes...

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Potential winner for next year

Advantages: Experience - Good game to go on grass
Disadvantages: Injury prone

...Lindsay was unlucky to lose to eventual winner Venus Williams in the semi-finals of this years Wimbledon, taking the now twice winner to three sets. Along the route to the semi-finals she beat Jelena Dokic, Kim Clijsters and Patty Schneider, all with customary skill and coolness. For me Lindsay is one of the select few that is genuinely capable of lifting the Wimbledon title again next year, along with Martina Hinges, the Williams sisters, and Justine Henin. Lindsay Davenport was born in California USA on the 8th June 1976, and is currently residing in the same state. She is 6’2” tall and weighs 165lbs, so is one of the tallest girls on the women’s tour. She uses her height well, to send down powerful serves and ground shots, and long reach to hit balls other players would not be able to get. Her height does have...

Chris_Padden 31.08.2001 · Read review
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