Among sweetest places on Earth! TOURISM: World-renowned suburb Bournville features in new travel guide.Byline: Catherine Lillington A BIRMINGHAM village has been hailed as one of the world's top destinations in a new travel guide. Leafy Bournville, home to the Cadbury factory, is said by Lonely Planet to be "one of the world's best places for chocolate". The suburb is featured in the guide's Best in Travel 2010 publication along with the London Underground The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. It is the world's oldest underground system, and is one of the longest in terms of route length. , the Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest[1] and Liverpool's Cavern Club. Locals said Bournville attracts visitors from around the world, not just to Cadbury's, but to its picturesque village green which is also home to the Rest House, shops and the largest carillon carillon, in music: see bell. carillon Musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells tuned in chromatic order. Usually located in a tower, it is played from a keyboard. Most carillons encompass three to four octaves. in the country perched on top of Bournville Junior School. Last month it formed part of the route of the Birmingham Half Marathon A half marathon is a road running event of 21,097.5 meters, or 13 7/64 miles, about 13.1 miles. It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. with more than 200 elite runners competing for the IAAF IAAF abbr. International Amateur Athletic Federation World Half Marathon title, won by Eritrean Zersenay Tadese Zersenay Tadese (born February 9, 1982 in Adi Bana) is an Eritrean long distance track, and road running athlete. He became the first person in Eritrean sporting history to win an Olympic medal. Zersenay took the bronze in the 10. in the men's race and Kenyan Mary Keitany in the women's. Joy Workman, who manages the Rest House and is married to Trevor, who has played the carillon for more than 40 years, described the model village built by Richard and George Cadbury George Cadbury (September 19, 1839 – October 24, 1922) was the third son of Quaker John Cadbury, who founded Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company. Together with his brother Richard he took over the family business in 1861. at the turn of the last century as "unique". She said: "The number of international tourists has gone up and we've had a lot of people from Australia, Japan, Canada, America and Germany. "People who come to Bournville are surprised at how much more there is here to see. They come from all over the country on coaches to Cadbury World. "A lady who was visiting from London came across while all her family were at the factory. She said 'I told them I had to come back over to the green because the shops are wonderful'. She came into the Rest House and said it was just magical." Nearby Selly Manor, a Tudor house, medieval hall and period garden, has also seen high numbers of visitors this year. Joy added: "Bournville is so beautiful to walk through and people are just so amazed by it. "George Cadbury wanted what was best for the people so it is unique. People talk about it being an oasis in the middle of the city." n An image of Birmingham's Selfridges store is set to be flashed around the world thanks to computer giant Microsoft. It will appear as an option for desktop wallpaper in the new Windows 7 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . OUR SAY: PAGE 14 CAPTION(S): Model attraction: The shops at Bournville Green and (inset) the famous chocolate making factory. |
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