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Bristol City Council Elections 1995 All seats were up for election, in preparation for Bristol City Council becoming a Unitary Authority following the abolition of Avon County Council. The same ward boundaries were used, however these are elections to a new authority and cannot be considered gains or losses compared to previously held seats.
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery The Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol, England. The museum includes sections on natural history, local, national and international archaeology and local industries.
Bristol City Police Bristol City Police was a police force responsible for policing the city of Bristol in south-west England until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with Somerset and Bath Constabulary and parts of the Gloucestershire Constabulary to form the Avon and Somerset Constabulary.
Bristol Downs Football League The Bristol Downs League is an English association football league based in the city of Bristol. Its top division is officially at level 21 of the football pyramid, making its fourth division at level 24 the lowest in the whole country from which a team could in theory get promoted all the way to the FA Premier League.
Bristol Farms Bristol Farms is an upscale grocery store chain, with thirteen stores located mainly in the Southern California market. Formerly a subsidiary of Albertsons, Bristol Farms is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, Inc.
Bristol Festival of Nature The Bristol Festival of Nature is a three week long event in Bristol, England, featuring hundreds of events, including lectures, tours and film screenings on subjects of science, natural history and the environment.
Bristol Gang Show The Bristol Gang Show is an annual production held at The Bristol Hippodrome, in Bristol. As the poduction is a Gang Show the cast is made up entirley my members of the Scouting and Guiding movement; many members of the supporting members are also involved in Scouting and Guding.
Bristol Harbour Festival The Harbourside hosts the Bristol Harbour Festival (now officially named the EDF Energy Bristol Harbour Festival — EDF standing for Électricité de France) for 35 years, with about 200,000 visitors attending live music, street performances and all sorts of live entertainments by choirs, DJs or jazz bands, among others.
Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum The Bristol Industrial Museum () is a museum in Bristol, England. The museum features exhibits documenting Bristol's maritime history, and includes outdoor exhibits along Prince's Wharf on the Floating Harbour, including the Bristol Harbour Railway and a small fleet of preserved vessels.
Bristol Herald Courier The Bristol Herald Courier is a 41,000 circulation daily newspaper owned by Richmond, Virginia-based Media General, Inc. The newspaper is located in Bristol, Virginia, a small city located in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee.
Bristol Hippodrome The Bristol Hippodrome () is a theatre in the centre of Bristol with seating on three levels giving a capacity of 1951. It frequently features West End theatre shows when they tour the UK as well as the yearly traditional pantomime.
Bristol Hospital Broadcasting Service The Bristol Hospital Broadcasting Service (BHBS) is a hospital radio station based in the Bristol Royal Infirmary. It broadcasts to several other major hosptials in the Bristol area, including Frenchay Hospital, Southmead Hospital and the Bristol General Hospital.
Bristol Hydra The Hydra was an experimental 16-cylinder, twin row radial aircraft engine built by Bristol Aero Engines. It is a relatively rare example of a radial with and even number of cylinders – it is often claimed that radial engines require an odd number of cylinders, but this is simply easier, not physically required.
Bristol Channel The Bristol Channel () is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West England and extending from the lower estuary of the River Severn (Afon Hafren) to that part of the North Atlantic Ocean known as the Celtic Sea (MĂ´r Celtaidd). It takes its name from the English city of Bristol and is over 30 miles (50km) across at its widest point.
Bristol Channel floods, 1607 On 30 January 1607 (New style) the Bristol Channel floods resulted in the drowning of an estimated 2,000 or more people, with houses and villages swept away, farmland inundated and livestock destroyed, wrecking the local economy along the coasts of the Bristol Channel, England.
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is held during August in Bristol, United Kingdom. Teams from all over the UK and other parts of the world bring their hot air balloons to the site and participate in mass ascents where as many as 100 balloons may launch at a time.
Bristol Island Bristol Island () is an 8 km (5 mile) long island lying midway between Montagu Island and Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775 and named in honour of naval officer Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol.
Bristol Mountain Bristol Mountain Snowsports Resort is a resort located in South Bristol, New York in the Finger Lakes region. It is approximately a 20 minute drive from the center of Canandaigua, the nearest city, to the resort.
Bristol Mountains The Bristol Mountains are found in the Mojave Desert of California, USA. The range, which reaches an elevation of 3,874 feet (1,181 m), is located in San Bernardino County, and crosses Interstate 40 between Ludlow and the Granite Mountains.
Bristol Municipal Stadium Bristol Municipal Stadium, also referred to as the Stone Castle, is an athletic facility located on the campus of Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee. The structure features a design that is reminiscent of Medieval Gothic architecture and has a seating capacity of approximately 6,000.
Bristol North (UK Parliament constituency) Bristol North was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
Bristol Old Vic The Bristol Old Vic () is a theatre complex and theatrical company in the centre of Bristol, England. The complex includes the 1766 Theatre Royal, which claims to be the oldest continually-operating theatre in England, along with a 1970s studio theatre, offices and backstage facilities.
Bristol Rovers F.C. season 2006-07 During the 2006-07 season, Bristol Rovers are playing in Coca-Cola League 2. There has been a subdued atmosphere among fans, caused by six previous seasons of poor performances and a bitter boardroom split, resulting in four directors leaving the club.
Bristol Royal Infirmary The Bristol Royal Infirmary, also known as the BRI, is a large teaching hospital situated in the centre of Bristol, England. It has links with the medical faculty of the nearby University of Bristol, and the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of the West of England, also in Bristol.
Bristol Siddeley Bristol Siddeley was a British aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors. Its Filton factory in North Bristol produced many high performance military aeroplane engines including the Olympus two spool turbojet (from which the engine for Concorde was developed), the Orpheus turbojet for the Folland Gnat light fighter/trainer aircraft, the Pegasus vectored thrust turbofan for the Hawker P.
Bristol Siddeley BS100 The Bristol Siddeley BS100 was a two-spool, vectored thrust, turbofan, similar in general arrangement to that of the Pegasus, but with the addition of Plenum Chamber Burning (PCB), to enable the P1154 VSTOL fighter to accelerate to supersonic speed.
Bristol Southside Bristol Southside is a mid-rise residential development in the neighborhood of Southside in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. It is convenient to many Birmingham landmarks including the University of Alabama-Birmingham, downtown, and Five Points South.
Bristol Stomp The Bristol Stomp was a song written in 1961 by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, two executives with the Cameo/Parkway record label, for the Dovells, an a capella singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, which recorded the song for Cameo/Parkway late that year.
Bristol Stool Scale The Bristol Stool Scale or Bristol Stool Chart is a medical aid designed to classify the fæces form into seven groups. It was developed by Heaton and Lewis at the University of Bristol and was first published in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology in 1997 .
Bristol Superfreighter The Bristol Superfreighter was a larger, stretched version of the Bristol Freighter, still with two propeller engines. It could carry 20 passengers instead of the 12 passengers of the smaller Freighter, and three cars instead of two in its air ferry role.
Bristol Sycamore The Bristol Type 171 Sycamore was the first British designed helicopter to fly and also to serve with the Royal Air Force. Created by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, it was used for search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare.
Bristol Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Bristol Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The borough ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
Bristol Virginia-Tennessee Slogan Sign The Bristol Virginia-Tennessee Slogan Sign is a landmark in the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee. The sign is positioned over State Street, a roadway along the border separating the two states.
Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency) Bristol West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As of 2005, the Member of Parliament (MP) is the Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams, elected in the 2005 election.
Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland and Labrador Bristol's Hope was the second Newfoundland colony established by Bristol's Society of Merchant Venturers. Located on Conception Bay between Carbonear and Harbour Grace, it was a "sister" colony to Cuper's Cove, and was established in 1618 when the Society won a land grant from King James I of England, and was settled by colonists from Cuper's Cove.
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School is a vocational high school located in Taunton, Massachusetts. It services grades 9 through 12, and draws its student body from the towns and cities of Bridgewater, Raynham, Berkeley, Taunton and Middleboro.
Bristol-Siddeley Orpheus The Bristol-Siddeley Orpheus was a single spool turbojet developed by Bristol Aero Engines for various light fighter/trainer applications such as the Folland Gnat and the Fiat G91Y. Later, the Orpheus formed the core of the first Bristol Pegasus vectored thrust turbofan as used for the Hawker Siddeley Harrier "jump jet".
Brit *A Brit (a shorter form of Briton in its modern political sense) is a British person, that is, a resident of the United Kingdom, or of the island of Great Britain. In the United States it usually refers to people from England.
Brit and Tiff Krust Brittany "Brit" and Tiffany "Tiff" Krust are a pair of fictional characters created for the Nickelodeon animated series My Life as a Teenage Robot. They are the popular kids at school -Brit is the tall African descent one that speaks with a thick British accent, and Tiff is the short Caucasian one.
Brit milah Brit milah (Hebrew: בְרִית מִילָה [bə'rīt mī'lā] literally: "covenant [of] circumcision"), also berit milah (Sephardi), bris milah (Ashkenazi pronunciation) or bris (Yiddish) is a religious ceremony within Judaism that welcomes infant Jewish boys into a covenant between God and the Children of Israel through ritual circumcision performed by a mohel ("circumcisor") in the presence of family and friends, followed by a celebratory meal (seudat mitzvah).
Brit shalom Brit shalom (Hebrew covenant of peace) is a naming ceremony for Jewish boys that is intended to replace the traditional brit milah ceremony as an initiative by some, more liberal, Jews who do not approve of circumcision of boys. (A parallel covenantal naming ceremony for girls only is commonly called Brit Bat.
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, also known as Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, is an organization of United States Jews and describes its members as "deeply committed to Israel's well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They describe this as "necessitating an end to Israel's occupation of land acquired during the 1967 war and an end to Palestinian terrorism".
Brit-Cit Brit-Cit is a huge fictional city in Judge Dredd which covers the south of England and bordering on the Black Atlantic. It also has jurisdiction over Cal-Hab (covering part of Scotland) and Murphyville (Ireland), as seen in the Cal-Hab Justice strip and Emerald Isle Dredd storyline.
Brita Granström Brita Granström (born 1969) is an award-winning Swedish artist and illustrator living and working in Great Britain. She is represented by The University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne and has won The People Show twice.
Britain and Ireland The islands of Great Britain and Ireland are part of an archipelago with a combined area of 315,000 km² off the west coast of Europe, and the term "Britain and Ireland" is sometimes used, somewhat loosely and incorrectly, to refer to that entire archipelago.
Britain in Europe Prior to August 2005, Britain in Europe was the main British pro-European pressure group. Despite connections to Labour and the Liberal Democrats, it was a cross-party organisation with supporters from many different political backgrounds.
Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) is a United Kingdom based organisation which acts to promote awareness of Israel and the Middle East in the UK. BICOM issues materials on the history, economy, culture and politics of Israel, the Middle East peace plan, terrorism in the Middle-East, UK-Israel relations and foreign policy and the future of Palestine.
Britain Yearly Meeting Britain Yearly Meeting is the umbrella body for the Religious Society of Friends in Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man). It is among the many yearly meetings of Friends around the world.
Britain's Best Sitcom Britain's Best Sitcom was a poll conducted in 2003 and 2004 by the BBC to identify the United Kingdom's best situation comedy. Criticism was levelled at the BBC after it was revealed that the top ten programmes were all their own productions and that only one place lower at number 11 was the highest ranking non-BBC production (Father Ted).
Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs was a programme broadcast in February 2006 on Five in the United Kingdom, and produced by the independent production company North One Television. The list was chosen as a representation of the 40 songs people in Britain most appreciated as signifying the end of a relationship.
Britain's Real Monarch Britain's Real Monarch was an historical documentary presented by Tony Robinson shown on Channel 4 on January 3, 2004, and again on November 20, 2004.This documentary presented evidence that the present monarch, Elizabeth II], does not have a valid claim to the throne that she has occupied since 1952.
Britain's Road to Socialism Britain's Road to Socialism (BRS) is the programme of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) and is adhered to by the Young Communist League (YCL) and the editorship of the British daily newspaper The Morning Star. It was first published in 1953 as the programme of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and has gone through several revisions since then, most recently in 2000, bringing the document into its seventh edition.
Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver was a Five reality television show in which 6 British celebrities had to drive from John O'Groats and perform various challenges. The British public then decide who will be 'awarded' the title of Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver.
Britain's Worst Driver Britain's Worst Driver is a TV series, made by Mentorn and shown on Five in the UK. In 30-minute episodes, the worst drivers chosen by viewers "earned back" their driving licences by performing various driving challenges.
Britain-Australia Society The Britain-Australia Society was established in 1971 as a friendship society to promote historic links between Britain and Australia. It has headquarters in Buckingham Gate in London and branches throughout England.
Britain, Virginia Britain is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA lying along Milltown Creek. It is located on the eastern flanks of Short Hill Mountain along Mountain Road (VA 690) at its junction with Britain Road.
Britalian British-Italian or Britalian are terms used to describe people of dual Italian and British ancestry. More specific terms used to describe people from specific countries within Britain include; Anglo-Italian, Italian-Scots and Italian-Irish.
Britannia The Britannias was the original Latin name the Roman Empire gave to the Roman province of the British Isles, consisting of Albion, Hibernia and many smaller islands. Later, Brittania became the preferred Roman term for the island of Great Britain, and in particular the province of Britain in the south-east.
Britannia (Ultima Online) Britannia is a virtual world which exists in the Ultima Online MMORPG and is based on the original Britannia from the main Ultima series. Many copies of Britannia, called shards, exist simultaneously to support many players without overcrowding.
Britannia (Ultima) Britannia is a fictitious land in the Ultima universe. It consists of the remains of Sosaria which were united under the rule of Lord British after the defeat of the evil wizard Mondain and his offspring Exodus.
Britannia Beach, British Columbia Britannia Beach is a small unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District located approximately 30 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. It has a population of about 300.
Britannia coin The Britannia is a British bullion gold coin issued since 1987, weighing one troy ounce and with a face value of ÂŁ100. There are also fractional Britannia coins, weighing a half, quarter, and one-tenth of an ounce, with face values of 50, 25, and 10 pounds respectively.
Britannia Industries Britannia Industries Limited is an Indian company based in Kolkata that is famous for its Britannia brand of biscuit, which is highly recognised throughout the country. The Company's principal activity is the manufacture and sale of biscuits, bread, rusk, cakes and dairy products like cheese, butter and milk.
Britannia Manor Britannia Manor is the residence of game designer Richard Garriott. The name comes from the castle of Lord British, ruler of Britannia, the setting of the Ultima computer role playing game series, which he created.
Britannia Prima Britannia Prima was one of the provinces of Roman Britain in existence by c. AD 312 and probably created as part of the administrative reforms of the Roman Emperor Diocletian after the defeat of the usurper Allectus by Constantius Chlorus in AD 296.
Britannia Range Britannia Range is an Antarctic mountain range bounded by the Hatherton and Darwin glaciers on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) under Scott.
Britannia Secunda Britannia Secunda was one of the provinces of Roman Britain in existence by c. AD 312 and probably created as part of the administrative reforms of the Roman Emperor Diocletian by after the defeat of the usurper Allectus by Constantius Chlorus in AD 296.
Britannia Theatre The Britannia Theatre (1841-1940) was a Music hall, located at 115/117 High Street, Hoxton, LondonBritannia Theatre Hoxton accessed 20 Dec 2006. The site is marked by a London Borough of Hackney historic plaque.
Britannicus Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (February 12,41 - February 11,55) was the son of the Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Messalina. He became the heir-designate of the empire at his birth, less than a month into his father's reign.
BritBowl BritBowl is the Division 1 Championship game of the British American Football League (BAFL) in the United Kingdom. It is one of three Bowl games that constitute BritBowl Weekend, an event held annually at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on the last weekend of September.
Britek Motorsport Britek Motorsport is one of the youngest teams in the V8 Supercar Series. Established in 2005 under the ownership of Ford Performance Racing driver Jason Bright, Britek struggled through their debut season with testing restrictions (They were grouped with FPR because of technical allegiance and Bright was driving for FPR) and licensing restrictions.
Britelite Technologies Britelite Technologies (GmbH) is a limited company in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2001. The company produces and markets high-tech products like HD DVD, HDTV and home cinema systems under the brand name "Vinverth".
Brithenig Brithenig is an invented language, or constructed language ("conlang"). It was created as a hobby in 1996 by Andrew Smith from New Zealand, who also invented the alternate history of Ill Bethisad to "explain" it.
Brithopodidae Brithopodidae are a paraphyletic family of primitive mostly carnivorous Dinocephalians known from the Middle Permian of Russia. Nowadays the name is used less often, being replaced by Anteosauria (a generic name for the clade that includes the carnivorous branch of dinocephalia (Hopson & Barghusen 1986, Rubidge & Sidor 2001).
Britches (monkey) Britches was the name given by researchers to a Stump-tailed Macaque monkey who was born into a breeding colony at the University of California, Riverside in March 1985. He was removed from his mother at birth as part of a psychology experiment into maternal deprivation, and had his eyelids sewn shut as part of a three-year sight-deprivation study involving 24 infant monkeys.
British British is the adjectival form of Britain. In terms of etymology, it is derived from the aincient Greek Pretannic, a term once used as collective description for both Great Britain and Ireland, via the Latin Britannic, which until the 17th century more commonly referred only to Great Britain, especially the southern half.
British 143th Infantry Brigade The British Army's 143rd Infantry Brigade was originally formed in World War I as a part of the Territorial Army's 48th (South Midland) Division, and served with that Division in both world wars. A key precursor was the formation of the Warwickshire Brigade in 1906.
British 150th Infantry Brigade This World War II British Army formation was part of the Territorial Army unit the British 50th Infantry Division. It was overrun and forced to surrender during the Battle of Gazala in the North African campaign.
British 15th Infantry Brigade The 15th Infantry Brigade is a British Army brigade. Part of the regular British 5th Infantry Division during the Second World War, it is now part of the British 2nd Infantry Division in the north of the United Kingdom.
British 16th Infantry Brigade The British 16th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation based in Palestine at the beginning of the Second World War as part of the British 8th Infantry Division. It was later part of the British 6th Infantry Division which was redesignated as the British 70th Infantry Division on 10th October 1941.
British 23rd Infantry Brigade The British 23rd Infantry Brigade was a Second World War brigade which eventually became a Chindit formation during the Burma Campaign, before this it was part of the British 70th Infantry Division and saw service in North Africa. It did not take part in the Second Chindit Expedition.
British 29th Infantry Brigade The 29th Infantry Brigade was a regular brigade in the British Army during the Second World War. Originally designated as the Cairo Brigade it was renamed 29th Infantry Brigade on 20 September 1939 and then converted to the British 22nd Infantry Brigade .
British 2nd Division (World War I) The British 2nd Division was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War. During the First World War it was a permanently established Regular Army division that was amongst the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the war.
British 41st Division The British 41st Division is a New Army division formed in September 1915 as part of the K5 Army. The division landed in France in May 1916 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front.
British 42nd Infantry Brigade The British Army's 42nd Infantry Brigade was originally a brigade of the 14th (Light) Division in World War I. It was re-formed during the Second World War as a security force to protect Lines of Communication in North Africa.
British 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was a British Territorial Army division first formed in 1908. It was reformed in 1920 as part of the rebuilding of the Territorial Army, and raised a second line duplicate, 45th (Wessex) Division, on the doubling of the Territorial Army in 1939.
British 43rd Infantry Brigade The British Army's 43rd Infantry Brigade was originally created during World War I as part of the 14th (Light) Division. It was reformed as a Lines of Communication security force in North Africa during the Second World War.
British 49th Infantry Brigade The British Army's 49th Infantry Brigade started its existence as part of the British 16th (Irish) Division, part of Kitchener's Army in the First World War. The 16th Division served through the war on the Western Front.
British 51st Infantry Brigade The British 51st Infantry Brigade is currently known as 51 (Scottish) Brigade and as part of the 2nd Division, it is the regional administrative formation responsible for all the units of the Territorial Army based in Scotland. It is the largest Regional Brigade in the United Kingdom in terms of geographic area.
British 56th Infantry Brigade The British Army's 56th Brigade was originally a Kitchener's Army brigade within 19th (Western) Division during the First World War. Later during the Second World War it was reformed on 15th February 1944 in the United Kingdom.
British 60th (2/2nd London) Division The British 60th (2/2nd London) Division was the second of two second-line Territorial Force divisions formed from the surplus of London recruits in 1914. Originally the division merely supplied the first-line Territorial divisions with drafts to replace losses through casualties.
British 61st (2nd South Midland) Division The British 61st (2nd South Midland) Division was a second-line Territorial Force division raised in 1915 as a reserve for the first-line battalions of the 48th (South Midland) Division. The division was sent to the Western Front in May 1916 and served there for the duration of the First World War.
British 66th Infantry Brigade The 66th Infantry Brigade was a British Army brigade formed in Italy on 20th July 1944. The brigade fought in the Italian Campaign until 27th January 1945 when it was shipped to Palestine and finally Syria where it ended the war.
British absolute block signalling The principle of the British absolute block system of railway signalling is to prevent more than one train from occupying a block section at the same time. This system is used on double or multiple lines where use of each line is assigned a direction of travel.
British air forces in the Falklands War This is a list of the units, aircraft and casualties of the British air forces in the Falklands War. The numbers in bold are the number of aircraft used in the war, the numbers in brackets are the number of lost aircraft.
British and American keyboards There are two major English language keyboard layouts, the United States layout and the United Kingdom layout. United States users do not frequently need to make use of the £ and € currency symbols, which are common needs in the UK and Ireland.
British and Foreign Bible Society The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in Britain as simply as the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian charity that exists to make the Bible available throughout the world. The Society was formed in 1804.
British and Foreign School Society The British & Foreign School Society runs a number of centres in the vicinity of London, England. In the 19th century it supported free British Schools and teacher training; it continued in the latter role.
British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association BIGGA, the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association was officially formed on January 1 1987. The association represents the interests of greenkeepers and progresses and develops of the profession of greenkeeping.
British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) (formerly the Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland) is a conservation, education and scientific wildlife charity. Founded in 1966 within the zoo and aquarium community to see the principles and practices of animal management adopted in the British Isles and Ireland.

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