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11 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by laurencereade in E

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Chilton, Diamond Light Source, East Hendred, Grove Rangers, Harwell International, North Berkshire hop, North Berkshire League, Rutherford Appleton

Tuesday 5th August 2014 ko 18.45

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EAST HENDRED 3 (Sutton 24 Riccio 65 Hummel 84)

GROVE RANGERS 1 (Vaux 51p)

Att 22 at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory pitch, Chilton

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If you’re travelling along the A34 north of Wantage and south of what’s left of Didcot Power Station you’ll see quite an edifice. When it was built in 2007 I saw it and wondered if Wantage Town were making an unannounced tilt for the Premier League! It’s the Diamond Light Source, a scientific facility attached to the Harwell International facility, and no I wasn’t visiting the ground used by now defunct North Berks League outfit Harwell International.

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