Rejects.co.uk - Personal site by Steve and Lorna of Fleckney. Photo albums and stories about Ford Puma.
Phil's Homepage - Main hobbies are folk music singing, morris dancing, drinking beer and compiling his family genealogy. Lives in Loughborough.
SouthMeade House - Some photos, 1999-2001, includes an mp3 download.
Kevin Williams Homepage - Computer science graduate of Loughborough University. Some photos and links.
losingtouch.co.uk - Personal site of Jimbo Haslam, a student of Loughborough University. Contains many photos and general information.
Frank's Slang Page - A collection of some old Leicestershire slang phrases from a local person.
Alf Gorrell - CV of this person which includes experience with theatre lighting, digital art and web.
Martin's Website - Contains in depth information about Coventry City football club, sites of Loughborough, folk music, Morris dancing and Goldsmiths PLC.
Home at Hemington Hill - Contains information about Chris Hills and an overview of issues about the Castle Donington Parish Council.
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If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who,
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-- Gandhi In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
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I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.
-- Virginia Woolf Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.
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These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.
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Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to
happen to him.
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