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Good day everyone,

This is Brentford..

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And a mere five miles west along the A4 from the delightful Syon Park is Hounslow Urban Farm where one can find tips on lambing. You may also learn when you should plant your winter wheat and how to propagate your bulbs in prime Richmond Park cattle compost. In 54 BC Brentford was a likely site of a battle between Julius Cæsar and the local king, Cassivellaunus who was a local British Celt, sounds incongruous, who farmed the lands north of the Thames and, myth has it, reared domesticated sheep and was accustomed to sleeping with them on cold nights around his brazier. I cannot verify this story but it does sound rather intriguing.

Modern day Brentford is one of those places that sits rather awkwardly on a flood plane as much of west London does. Mind you the area always has and it is rather sobering to consider that building goes on regardless of the warnings. The Thames Barrier, constructed to protect London in the 1980s, stops high tides and storm surges moving in from the sea and can also ease fluvial flooding from upstream during periods of heavy rain. Fluvial deposits abound in west London and is one reason why the mixture of chalk, clay and those upstream fluvial's help grazing and wheat growing yield such decent returns. In 2015 there was a record set for the number of times the Thames barrier was closed, forty eight, compared to just four in 2013. It failed to stop homes along the Thames being submerged in January 2014 after months of severe winter storms across the country, leaving residents in Twickenham wading to work in their Wellingtons.

What I particularly admire about this part of London, aside from all the trivial nonsense of farming is The Great West Road. Opened in 1925, it precip­itated a new wave of industrial devel­opment. Brentford’s ‘golden mile’ of art deco factories, built by the likes of Smith’s crisps and Maclean’s toothpaste, prompted JB Priestley to liken a drive along the Great West Road to a vista of California. That sounds a tad overdoing it but if one does drive down that stretch of road, although this only works at the quietest of times such as early dawn, I can see somewhat where Priestley was coming from. Rather intriguingly this part of west London has a paltry population of just over 14,000. It rather makes Aldershot, a town hitherto in the Football League twice, look like a metropolis. Of course Brentford feels a lot bigger. And support for football no doubt comes far and wide. And as I had written on a previous Bees thread the club only just managed to be voted into existence in the first place. On October 10th, 1889 Brentford Rowing Club, desiring a winter pursuit, met to discuss the topic. Shortly thereafter the committee members voted 8 to 5 in favour of Football over Rugby. And so a club was born and they spent 5 seasons in the top flight all, if I am not mistaken, in the 1930's. Interestingly, and off topic, Wigan Athletic were fortuitously relegated a season before equalling our 9 seasons which is something we rather require Swansea to do in 2017 or they will equal us. They are my new favourites for relegation.

And finally. I was looking at a news round up of the past week and while watching the US President Elect, unless the Electoral College dump Trump, and his erstwhile adversary Mitt Romney 'cuddling' up I was reminded of this volte face by 'The Two Brentford Kings' . These were two farcical characters of a play, called the Brentford Kings, within a play called 'The Rehearsal' by the Duke of Buckingham from 1672. It is farcical because both characters enter stage smelling a nosegay or flower bouquet and holding hands whom once were both bitter rivals and the consideration is the new 'romance' or alliance is a farce or unbelievable. Bear with me here ...The play within the play collapses because of an increasing number of preposterous and incoherent scenes. In more recent times The Rehearsal has received rather critical acclaim not least because it is thought to have offered a logical political analysis of its time in the form of its very satire precisely by diagnosing the ideology implicit in its literary target, the heroic drama, in which it is said this play was a game changer. Is that not what we have just seen in the US Election and in the Trump versus Romney affair? We might therefore consider that the entire election was a rehearsal, the result a farce and the resultant 8 years will be a celebration of the critically acclaimed Presidency.

Time will reveal all but remember this play, modern day or not, for one thing; it could be a farce or it could be a game changer.

Are there any Brentford Kings out on the pitch tonight? I do not see any. But should we lose it the knives will be out. Rightly or wrongly, who am I to judge, I merely set the scene of discussion. 

Good night all. Enjoy the game. I will be over the moon if we win and rather moody if we don't.

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BigTone

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1 hour ago, havanatopia said:

Good day everyone,

This is Brentford..

1.jpg

And a mere five miles west along the A4 from the delightful Syon Park is Hounslow Urban Farm where one can find tips on lambing. You may also learn when you should plant your winter wheat and how to propagate your bulbs in prime Richmond Park cattle compost. In 54 BC Brentford was a likely site of a battle between Julius Cæsar and the local king, Cassivellaunus who was a local British Celt, sounds incongruous, who farmed the lands north of the Thames and, myth has it, reared domesticated sheep and was accustomed to sleeping with them on cold nights around his brazier. I cannot verify this story but it does sound rather intriguing.

Modern day Brentford is one of those places that sits rather awkwardly on a flood plane as much of west London does. Mind you the area always has and it is rather sobering to consider that building goes on regardless of the warnings. The Thames Barrier, constructed to protect London in the 1980s, stops high tides and storm surges moving in from the sea and can also ease fluvial flooding from upstream during periods of heavy rain. Fluvial deposits abound in west London and is one reason why the mixture of chalk, clay and those upstream fluvial's help grazing and wheat growing yield such decent returns. In 2015 there was a record set for the number of times the Thames barrier was closed, forty eight, compared to just four in 2013. It failed to stop homes along the Thames being submerged in January 2014 after months of severe winter storms across the country, leaving residents in Twickenham wading to work in their Wellingtons.

What I particularly admire about this part of London, aside from all the trivial nonsense of farming is The Great West Road. Opened in 1925, it precip­itated a new wave of industrial devel­opment. Brentford’s ‘golden mile’ of art deco factories, built by the likes of Smith’s crisps and Maclean’s toothpaste, prompted JB Priestley to liken a drive along the Great West Road to a vista of California. That sounds a tad overdoing it but if one does drive down that stretch of road, although this only works at the quietest of times such as early dawn, I can see somewhat where Priestley was coming from. Rather intriguingly this part of west London has a paltry population of just over 14,000. It rather makes Aldershot, a town hitherto in the Football League twice, look like a metropolis. Of course Brentford feels a lot bigger. And support for football no doubt comes far and wide. And as I had written on a previous Bees thread the club only just managed to be voted into existence in the first place. On October 10th, 1889 Brentford Rowing Club, desiring a winter pursuit, met to discuss the topic. Shortly thereafter the committee members voted 8 to 5 in favour of Football over Rugby. And so a club was born and they spent 5 seasons in the top flight all, if I am not mistaken, in the 1930's. Interestingly, and off topic, Wigan Athletic were fortuitously relegated a season before equalling our 9 seasons which is something we rather require Swansea to do in 2017 or they will equal us. They are my new favourites for relegation.

And finally. I was looking at a news round up of the past week and while watching the US President Elect, unless the Electoral College dump Trump, and his erstwhile adversary Mitt Romney 'cuddling' up I was reminded of this volte face by 'The Two Brentford Kings' . These were two farcical characters of a play, called the Brentford Kings, within a play called 'The Rehearsal' by the Duke of Buckingham from 1672. It is farcical because both characters enter stage smelling a nosegay or flower bouquet and holding hands whom once were both bitter rivals and the consideration is the new 'romance' or alliance is a farce or unbelievable. Bear with me here ...The play within the play collapses because of an increasing number of preposterous and incoherent scenes. In more recent times The Rehearsal has received rather critical acclaim not least because it is thought to have offered a logical political analysis of its time in the form of its very satire precisely by diagnosing the ideology implicit in its literary target, the heroic drama, in which it is said this play was a game changer. Is that not what we have just seen in the US Election and in the Trump versus Romney affair? We might therefore consider that the entire election was a rehearsal, the result a farce and the resultant 8 years will be a celebration of the critically acclaimed Presidency.

Time will reveal all but remember this play, modern day or not, for one thing; it could be a farce or it could be a game changer.

Are there any Brentford Kings out on the pitch tonight? I do not see any. But should we lose it the knives will be out. Rightly or wrongly, who am I to judge, I merely set the scene of discussion. 

Good night all. Enjoy the game. I will be over the moon if we win and rather moody if we don't.

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Brentford:

Drive along the M4 towards London and when nearly at the end of the Motorway you will see a fallen down ruin on the RHS with floodlights..........enough said. Apparently they make Richmond Cattle Compost there as well.  Shit eh !

Could it be that Donald Trump and Mitt Romney are plotting a takeover ?

City 2-0 (Tammy brace)

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Mike Hunt-Hertz

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1 hour ago, havanatopia said:

Good day everyone,

This is Brentford..

1.jpg

And a mere five miles west along the A4 from the delightful Syon Park is Hounslow Urban Farm where one can find tips on lambing. You may also learn when you should plant your winter wheat and how to propagate your bulbs in prime Richmond Park cattle compost. In 54 BC Brentford was a likely site of a battle between Julius Cæsar and the local king, Cassivellaunus who was a local British Celt, sounds incongruous, who farmed the lands north of the Thames and, myth has it, reared domesticated sheep and was accustomed to sleeping with them on cold nights around his brazier. I cannot verify this story but it does sound rather intriguing.

Modern day Brentford is one of those places that sits rather awkwardly on a flood plane as much of west London does. Mind you the area always has and it is rather sobering to consider that building goes on regardless of the warnings. The Thames Barrier, constructed to protect London in the 1980s, stops high tides and storm surges moving in from the sea and can also ease fluvial flooding from upstream during periods of heavy rain. Fluvial deposits abound in west London and is one reason why the mixture of chalk, clay and those upstream fluvial's help grazing and wheat growing yield such decent returns. In 2015 there was a record set for the number of times the Thames barrier was closed, forty eight, compared to just four in 2013. It failed to stop homes along the Thames being submerged in January 2014 after months of severe winter storms across the country, leaving residents in Twickenham wading to work in their Wellingtons.

What I particularly admire about this part of London, aside from all the trivial nonsense of farming is The Great West Road. Opened in 1925, it precip­itated a new wave of industrial devel­opment. Brentford’s ‘golden mile’ of art deco factories, built by the likes of Smith’s crisps and Maclean’s toothpaste, prompted JB Priestley to liken a drive along the Great West Road to a vista of California. That sounds a tad overdoing it but if one does drive down that stretch of road, although this only works at the quietest of times such as early dawn, I can see somewhat where Priestley was coming from. Rather intriguingly this part of west London has a paltry population of just over 14,000. It rather makes Aldershot, a town hitherto in the Football League twice, look like a metropolis. Of course Brentford feels a lot bigger. And support for football no doubt comes far and wide. And as I had written on a previous Bees thread the club only just managed to be voted into existence in the first place. On October 10th, 1889 Brentford Rowing Club, desiring a winter pursuit, met to discuss the topic. Shortly thereafter the committee members voted 8 to 5 in favour of Football over Rugby. And so a club was born and they spent 5 seasons in the top flight all, if I am not mistaken, in the 1930's. Interestingly, and off topic, Wigan Athletic were fortuitously relegated a season before equalling our 9 seasons which is something we rather require Swansea to do in 2017 or they will equal us. They are my new favourites for relegation.

And finally. I was looking at a news round up of the past week and while watching the US President Elect, unless the Electoral College dump Trump, and his erstwhile adversary Mitt Romney 'cuddling' up I was reminded of this volte face by 'The Two Brentford Kings' . These were two farcical characters of a play, called the Brentford Kings, within a play called 'The Rehearsal' by the Duke of Buckingham from 1672. It is farcical because both characters enter stage smelling a nosegay or flower bouquet and holding hands whom once were both bitter rivals and the consideration is the new 'romance' or alliance is a farce or unbelievable. Bear with me here ...The play within the play collapses because of an increasing number of preposterous and incoherent scenes. In more recent times The Rehearsal has received rather critical acclaim not least because it is thought to have offered a logical political analysis of its time in the form of its very satire precisely by diagnosing the ideology implicit in its literary target, the heroic drama, in which it is said this play was a game changer. Is that not what we have just seen in the US Election and in the Trump versus Romney affair? We might therefore consider that the entire election was a rehearsal, the result a farce and the resultant 8 years will be a celebration of the critically acclaimed Presidency.

Time will reveal all but remember this play, modern day or not, for one thing; it could be a farce or it could be a game changer.

Are there any Brentford Kings out on the pitch tonight? I do not see any. But should we lose it the knives will be out. Rightly or wrongly, who am I to judge, I merely set the scene of discussion. 

Good night all. Enjoy the game. I will be over the moon if we win and rather moody if we don't.

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So we can justifiably shout "sheepshaggers!" at THEM??

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41 years ago today my dad had to leave Ashton Gate early to see me being born into this world, to this day he still gets grief from my mother for being at that game....to me it shows his dedication for following City in the 70's :)

He got to the hospital in time and City went on to beat Hull 3-0 with Cheesley bagging a hat trick!

3-0 tonight then lads!

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6 hours ago, Super said:

Home games are vital for us considering how poor our recent form is away from home.

Agree with the above, we need to take advantage of home games, especially two in a week.

Brentford not in the best of form, usually means only one thing when a team out of form plays City!

3-2 home win, fingers crossed!!

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