jerryfaust (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jerryfaust) wrote,@ 2009-05-15 21:24:00 |
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Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
My grandparents resided in the village of Long Crendon, England, for a time in the 1950s. My grandmother and I recently talked about the small community, located within Buckinghamshire, and her efforts to locate specific information about the house she resided in. This conversation sparked my own curiosity about contemporary life in the village, and I began to explore the community's official web site (http://www.long-crendon.com/ ).
Three aspects of this web site fascinate me:
* The 'stock photo' of the Parish Council
This image, located on the main page of the site, is an obvious stock photograph as the real council members (seen at http://www.long-crendon.com/council/cou
* The restaurant recap
Foreign secretary Robin Cook famously called chicken tikka masala "Britain's True National Dish", but I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Thai and Indian cuisine-two of my absolute favourites- are represented in five of the community's ten restaurants & take away establishments.
* The post office description
Long Crendon's current population consists of 2,500 residents, so I wonder if the description of the post office (filed under 'Shops' in the "Living in Long Crendon" section) is intentionally ironic: "a bustling centre of activity where you invariably bump into local friends and neighbours, it offers comprehensive postal services including an ATM." :)
My grandparents resided in the village of Long Crendon, England, for a time in the 1950s. My grandmother and I recently talked about the small community, located within Buckinghamshire, and her efforts to locate specific information about the house she resided in. This conversation sparked my own curiosity about contemporary life in the village, and I began to explore the community's official web site (http://www.long-crendon.com/ ).
Three aspects of this web site fascinate me:
* The 'stock photo' of the Parish Council
This image, located on the main page of the site, is an obvious stock photograph as the real council members (seen at http://www.long-crendon.com/council/cou
* The restaurant recap
Foreign secretary Robin Cook famously called chicken tikka masala "Britain's True National Dish", but I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Thai and Indian cuisine-two of my absolute favourites- are represented in five of the community's ten restaurants & take away establishments.
* The post office description
Long Crendon's current population consists of 2,500 residents, so I wonder if the description of the post office (filed under 'Shops' in the "Living in Long Crendon" section) is intentionally ironic: "a bustling centre of activity where you invariably bump into local friends and neighbours, it offers comprehensive postal services including an ATM." :)
