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Valle Adurni (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
I've been spending my few days of Retreat at St Mildred's Abbey, Minster, on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. For those who aren't from round here, that is near Dover, the nearest point to France. St Augustine landed here to bring the Gospel to the pagan Saxons of the Kingdom of Kent; there is a commemorative cross very near the Abbey. The Abbey was founded only a couple of generations after St Augustine,...
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io9 (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
On the chilly Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, farmers are placing 220 acres of land under glass so they can grow vegetables all year round. The greenhouse, when completed, will house 1.3 million... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Daily Mail online | Home (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
A huge greenhouse complex - the size of 70 football pitches - is under construction on the Isle of Thanet in Kent.
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Daily Mail on Sunday (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
A huge greenhouse complex - the size of 70 football pitches - is under construction on the Isle of Thanet in Kent.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 26/09/2007
Airport chaos and carbon footprints have done wonders for Kentish seaside towns such as Margate. Not long ago it was the enfant terrible of the Isle of Thanet, a byword for dilapidated bingo halls and kiss-me-quick postcards. Now the sandy bucket-and-spade resort is the seaside resort du jour. Tourists tired of the nearby trendy town of Whitstable are heading downstream to Margate, where the beaches...
