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Poundland Limited is a British variety store chain founded in 1990. It once sold most items at the single price of £1, including clearance items and proprietary brands. The first pilot store opened in December 1990 following numerous rejections by landlords who had reservations about allowing a single-price store to operate, fearing it could adversely affect the local competition.
Paella valenciana is the traditional paella of the Valencia region, believed to be the original recipe, and consists of Valencian rice, olive oil, rabbit, chicken, saffron or a substitute, tomato, ferradura or flat green bean, lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus), salt and water. [6]
IF Vesta, sports club in Uppsala, Sweden established in 1911; SS Vesta (1853–1875), a French iron screw steamer; Vesta (name), feminine given name; Vesta Rowing Club (founded 1870), a rowing club based in London, England; Vesta Battery Corporation (1897–1964), an automobile battery company; Vesta, a genus of flowering plant, sole species ...
The discovery of "an odd vesta or two" made it possible for Richard Hannay to escape confinement in John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. In John le Carré's Smiley's People, a box of Swan Vestas is found in General Vladimir's pocket after his murder. That fact later reminds Smiley that Vladimir was a heavy smoker, which leads him to an ...
Bescot Stadium, currently known as the Poundland Bescot Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the area of Bescot, Walsall, West Midlands, England, and is the current home ground of Walsall Football Club and Aston Villa Women. It was built in 1989–90 by GMI Construction, with a reported build cost of £4.5m. [2]
Paelya (Tagalog: [pɐˈʔɛːl.jɐ]) or paella is a Philippine rice dish adapted from the Valencian paella. However, it differs significantly in its use of native glutinous rice (malagkít), giving it a soft and sticky texture, unlike the al dente texture favoured in Spanish paella. It is also characteristically topped with sliced eggs.
Vesta is testing whether the olivine weathering process will mitigate coastal recession [14] and reduce ocean acidification. [4] [2] [17] Vesta's process mimics natural weathering processes to transform the olivine into silicates and other stable chemicals, like calcium carbonate which precipitate to the oceans bottoms as marine life consumes the naturally occurring chemical and die (see ...
She adopted the stage name Vesta Tilley and became one of the best-known male impersonators of her era. Her career lasted from 1869 until 1920. Her career lasted from 1869 until 1920. Starting in provincial theatres with her father as manager, she performed her first season in London in 1874.