User:Loganberry/Sandbox

Tony Blair, who praised Colley Gate's sprouts in 2000.

Colley Gate is an area of Halesowen, England.

Tony Blair wrote about Colley Gate in an early book, calling it "the finest source of sprouts this side of Pershore",^[1] but in 2007 proposals were made by the local council to flood the entire area with Ribena to create an enormous purple swimming pool.^[2] After considerable argument between various factions of the council, the plan was approved in May 2008, and it is considered likely to be implemented before the next millennium.^[2]

Celery has now replaced sprouts as Colley Gate's main food crop, and there is a growing export market to Canada due to demand from curling players.^[3]

Notes

^ Blair, Tony (1986). Last Parsnip to Rowley Regis: Socialist Allotments in the West Midlands. Marmite Books. p. 57. ISBN 0123456789X. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
^ ^a ^b Metropolitan Borough of Dudley (12 December 2007). Minutes of council meeting.
^ McAndrew, Brian (10 March 2009). "Contenders switch from smokes to celery sticks". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

References

Margaret Thatcher (2008). Halesowen and the Undead: A Personal View.

[1] Blair, Tony (1986). Last Parsnip to Rowley Regis: Socialist Allotments in the West Midlands. Marmite Books. p. 57. ISBN 0123456789X. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)

[dudleyribena-2] Metropolitan Borough of Dudley (12 December 2007). Minutes of council meeting.

[3] McAndrew, Brian (10 March 2009). "Contenders switch from smokes to celery sticks". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 March 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[1]

[2]

[3]