Duke of Gloucester declares Bradford's City Park the bee's knees. (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Duke of Gloucester declares Bradford's City Park the bee's knees.
4:33pm Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in News
By Jo Winrow, City Hall Reporter
The Duke of Gloucester with the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Dr Ingrid Roscoe, and the Lord Mayor, Coun Dale Smith, at the City Park opening
Bradford’s six-acre award-winning City Park has been officially opened by the Duke of Gloucester with the unveiling of a plaque containing a quote about enchanting fountains from one of the city’s most famous sons J B Priestley.
The Duke, a cousin of the Queen, took in the park and the mirror pool and all its 100 fountains from the pavilion roof, before being shown the underground plant room from where the water and lights are controlled, followed by a video of the construction work.
The Duke met members of City Park's design, contractor and operational teams before he unveiled the plaque bearing the piece by Priestley, entitled Fountains.
The Lord Mayor, Coun Dale Smith, said: "It’s great to see a project come to fruition and to have the final seal of approval that the centre of Bradford has been transformed.”
Earlier, the Duke exchanged notes on beekeeping with Bill and Lyn Cadmore, of the Bradford Beekeepers' Association, during his visit to the new £4 million Inspire Bradford business park at Eccleshill , which he officially opened.
The Duke said he had installed some hives at the palace and these were being used by university researchers to compare any differences between urban and country bees.
The Association, which has two hives each housing 50,000 European honey bees at the business park, was one of several tenants the Duke met during a tour of the site.
The Duke also met Helen Barraclough, Holly MacGregor and Andy Willis of Space Connections, a national organisation that provides teachers and schools with educational resources about space and the universe. Space Connections moved its base from Bradford College to Inspire where it has offices and workshop space.
He also toured the premises of Special Needs Objective Outreach Project (SNOOP) which offers care for children and young people aged between two and 25 with disabilities and complex health needs.The organisation is run by Carol Beardmore and Carol Amery who showed him round .
Comments(18)
collos25
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4:39pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Andy2010
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4:50pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Mik_e
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4:51pm Tue 23 Oct 12
huggy b
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4:59pm Tue 23 Oct 12
richard grant
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5:00pm Tue 23 Oct 12
A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.
I BET SHE DID NOT GET CAUGHT AND FINED IN THE BUS LANE TRAP WHILE SHE WAS VISITING AND GIVEN THE VIP TREATMENT.
I WONDER HOW MUCH THAT COST.
BARMY
Joedavid
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5:13pm Tue 23 Oct 12
I never seen it and not heard of anybody who as.
Cost £24m thought it was over £30m.
Outraged English Subject
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5:23pm Tue 23 Oct 12
angry bradfordian
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6:14pm Tue 23 Oct 12
What on earth has it won an award for? It was finished 6 months late and probably went over budget.
count_cillla
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6:25pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Salty Bantam
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6:47pm Tue 23 Oct 12
ORFF WITH THEIR HEADS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rambo
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10:36pm Tue 23 Oct 12
ANY WHERE BUT HERE
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11:10pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Gooood one i would..
Get back to work
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11:28pm Tue 23 Oct 12
Salty Bantam wrote:Get a job then ! work shy !
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY ARE GOING HUNGRY, MANY HAVE HAD THEIR STATE BENEFITS STOPPED, MANY MORE ARE SUBJECTED TO CONTINUAL PERSECUTION BY THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THREAT OF HAVING THEIR STATE BENEFITS STOPPED. THOUSANDS ARE BEING PLUNGED INTO A LIFE OF DESPAIR AND DESTITUTION. MANY WILL DIE THIS WINTER FROM BEING FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN EATING AND HEATING. BUT DON'T WORRY, WE HAVE LOVELY NEW FOUNTAIN.
ORFF WITH THEIR HEADS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Even the association has had to employ 50,000 european bees per hive to do the job that English bee`s cant.
Are all our bee`s claiming incapacity ?
Walruss
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8:23am Wed 24 Oct 12
I urge you to watch the video currently available on this site.
Stick with it until 1:19 when you will see the Duke apparently congratulating a blonde young lady on the size of her breasts !
Andy2010
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11:39am Wed 24 Oct 12
Walruss wrote:LOL I also noticed that
The D & D also went to the Business Park in Eccleshill. I urge you to watch the video currently available on this site. Stick with it until 1:19 when you will see the Duke apparently congratulating a blonde young lady on the size of her breasts !
Lizzydripping
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12:09pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Walruss wrote:There's no mention of the Duchess of Gloucester in the article!
The D & D also went to the Business Park in Eccleshill.
I urge you to watch the video currently available on this site.
Stick with it until 1:19 when you will see the Duke apparently congratulating a blonde young lady on the size of her breasts !
anotherreader1980
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1:13pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Lizzydripping wrote:
Walruss wrote:There's no mention of the Duchess of Gloucester in the article!
The D & D also went to the Business Park in Eccleshill.
I urge you to watch the video currently available on this site.
Stick with it until 1:19 when you will see the Duke apparently congratulating a blonde young lady on the size of her breasts !
There's no mention of the Duchess of Gloucester in the article!
... the picture caption was wrong when this article was first published, and said that she was the duchess of Gloucester; she is now correctly identified as Dr Ingrid Roscoe, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire.
Salty Bantam says...
4:39pm Tue 23 Oct 12