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Without the beady eye of Steve watching out for the David of bids against the Goliaths of Moscow, Paris, Madrid, London, New York etc, this would never have come to our notice. I've searched all over and found no other mention of the Billingham Bid. My conspiracy alarm is sounding and the volume is at 11. Why this has been excised from history? This really is one of those occasions when bloggers are prepared to say what needs to be said and take a stand in a way that the scaredy cat journalists are too frightened to do. Steve, when you need a place to hide from the IOC, we shan't turn our backs.
mrs mcmuffin on 7 Jul 2005 @ 10:14 AM ✲ Permalink
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It's just another example of government and press simply seeking to deny that the North even exists.
The Billingham bid really stood up on economic grounds too. Whereas London will be spending a fortune building Olympic Pools etc, Billingham planned to use the "naturally" heated lagoon adjoining the Nuclear Power Station to host such events.
Posted by: Steve | 7 Jul 2005 17:09:22
It's just another example of government and press simply seeking to deny that the North even exists.
The Billingham bid really stood up on economic grounds too. Whereas London will be spending a fortune building Olympic Pools etc, Billingham planned to use the "naturally" heated lagoon adjoining the Nuclear Power Station to host such events.
Posted by: Steve | 7 Jul 2005 17:10:11
Hmm, I didn't intend that. Please delete one (and this)
Posted by: Steve | 7 Jul 2005 17:11:18
No, sorry, Steve. This makes our comments list look a lot better!
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 7 Jul 2005 19:20:58
