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Asset Management Services (UK) Ltd
24 Aug 2005 10:00
Unit 5 Church Farm Business Centre,
Church Road,
Leckhampton
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 0QJ

Reason for Sale: On Instructions from: Newent Windows, The Official Receiver, Various Liquidators, Major Finance Companies, Glos. Constabulary, Neat Ideas, Hoover, Wholesalers/Distributors, Importers, Mail Order Companies and Other Vendors.
Viewing: Tuesday 23 August from 10.30am - 6.30pm and on morning of sale from 9am.

Content: OFFICE FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT

Range of Office Furniture and Equipment incl: Executive Piano Desks; Chairs; Cabinets; Cupboards: Beech Desks; 100 x Pallets of Office Stationery and Equipment. Computer Systems and Accessories: 2004, Primera Composer Max CD and DVD Duplicating Machines; 2004, Signature Pro Printer; 2004, Accent Disc Laminator; Pakon Impak F12 Negative Scanning System; Epson/Brother/Hewlett Packard Multifunction Printers; Digital Cameras; 1GB MP3 Players. Electrical Goods: Stereo Systems; Lanier M5222 Photocopier, Fax Machines

UPVC WINDOW/DOOR MANUFACTURING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

Some of the following Machines are situated off site. Contact the Office for details: 1995, Femi Pull Down Saw; 1993, Saltech Single Head Vee Notch Welder; 1993, Saltech End Miller; Kombimatic Single Head Welder; 1997, Abac Air Compressor; Kompak LT300 Compressor; Antiference UPVC Router; Double Head Mitre Saw; 1986, Urban Double Headed Welder; 1996, Windaquip 2F1-2 Twin Head Combi PVCU Welder; 2001, Pertici Twin Head Mitre Saw; 2000/2001, Windmill Murrat Single Head Welder/Corner Cleaner/End Mill; 1996, Windmill Top and Bottom Vee Welder; 1995, Windequip Vee Notch Saw; 1990, Wegoma End Mill; 1995, Bi Trip Copy Router; 1989, Elumatec Twin Head Mitre Saw/Single Head Mitre Saw; 1998, Rotapak Fluidair 45 Rotary Compressor; 2005, Antiference MLAA24 Copy Router

ENGINEERING/GENERAL MACHINERY

2000, Kuhlmeyer BKK ½ Auto Corner Grinder; 1995/1998, Camelot 1414 Pasting Machines; Zevatech Placemat 460; 1999, Tecna Spot Welder; 1995, Aberlink Coordinate Measuring Machine; Kemco CNC Coordinate Measuring Machine

UNUSED TOOLS, GARDEN MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, TEAK GARDEN FURNITURE, UNUSED AND USED BICYCLES

MOTORCYCLE EQUIPMENT, CARS, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

Motorcycle Equipment:
100 x Khi Motorcycle Helmets - Unused
50 x Bell Padded Jackets - Unused

Cars:
1983, Volkswagen Golf Convertible
1994, London Black Cab
1998, Mercedes Benz E300 Avantgarde TD
2002, Peugoet 206 Roland Garros
2003, Fiat Punto Active
2004, MG Rover ZR+

Commercial Vehicles:
1994, Mercedes 7.5 Ton Tipper
1979, Ford 54 Seater Coach

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Eastbourne Auction Rooms

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Finmere Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN22 8QL

Telephone Us: +44(0)1323-431444
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E-Mail Us: Enquires@eastbourneauction.com

Quality Modern Furniture, Affordable Collectables Affordable Jewellery, Lesser Antique Furniture, Household & General Sale approximately 800 lots Sale.

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DJ Manning
WEDNESDAY 31ST AUGUST 2005
AT 11 A.M.
VIEWING:- TUESDAY 30TH 2005 - 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
AND MORNING OF SALE
ALL AUCTION ENQUIRIES TO-: 01506 508321
ADDRESS:
Carriden,
Bo'ness,
West Lothian,
EH51 9SF

General Sales Catalogue

REMOVED FROM A PERTHSHIRE COUNTRY HOUSE ESTATE, EXECUTRIES & OTHERS. GOOD SELECTION OF QUALITY ANTIQUE FURNITURE & CERAMICS, CLOCKS, BOOKS, SILVER ETC. X REG'D JAGUAR XKR. HONDA QUAD BIKE. TO INCLUDE:-

Mirrorback Sideboards & Others, Victorian & Edwardian Wardrobes & Chest of Drawers, Writing Desks, Sets of Dining Chairs, Easychairs, Chaise Longue, Dressers, Bookshelves, Hallstands, Paintings, Pictures, Prints, Mirrors, Lamps, Chandeliers, Occasional Furniture, Mapchest, Trunks & Kists, Broadwood Victorian Grand Piano & 7 Various Upright Pianos, Benches, Fenders, 2 Rosewood Tea Tables, Rosewood Ladies Desk, Mahogany Display Case, 2 Longcase Clocks, Bracket & Other Clocks, Doors, Radiators. Persian, Wilton & Chinese Rugs. ALSO:- Hardy & Other Fishing Items, Silver & Silver Plate, WMF, Crystal & Glassware, Tea Sets, Dinner Services, Linen, Spelter Figures, Oriental Bronze & Brassware, Canteen of Cutlery, Train Set, Staffordshire, Doulton, Aynsley, Wemyss Ware, Nautilus, Masonic Regalia, Large Qty of Books. Treen & Ephemera.

AUCTION TO BE HELD WITHIN THE AUCTION SUITE

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Wyles Hardy & Co.
01 Sep 2005 10:00
Wyles Hardy & Co.
Ley Hill Road
Bovingdon
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP3 ONW

Reason for Sale: On behalf of a Major UK Finance Co & Others
Viewing: Thursday 1 September 10am to 4pm.
Additional Info: For further details & tender documents contact Simonal Withall simon.withall@wyleshardy.com or visit website.

Content: VARIOUS MOTOR CARS - 4X4's, MPV, SPORTS CAR

2 x Audi A4 1.9 TDi SE 4dr - 2001 (51) & 2004 (53)
Audi A4 2.0 FSi Sport Avant - 2003 (03)
BMW 320D ES 4dr - 2003 (53)
Ford Mondeo 2.0 LX 5dr - 2004 (04)
Honda CRV 2.0 i-VTEC SE Sport 4x4 Estate - 2003 (53)
Jaguar XK8 4.0 Coupe Auto. - 1998 (R)
Lexus GS300 SE 4dr Auto. - 2001 (51)
Mercedes C180 2.0 Classic 4dr Auto. - 2001 (Y)
Seat Alhambra 1.9 TDi 130 BHP SX Estate - 2003 (03)
SSANGYONG Rexton RX290 SE 4x4 Estate Auto. - 2004 (53)
VW Beetle 2.0 (LHD) 3dr - 2000 (V) (Y.O.M - 1999)
VW Passat 1.9 TDi 130 BHP High Line Estate - 2004 (53).

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Savills (L&P) Limited
02 Sep 2005 09:00
Engineering Works
Butterley Hill
Ripley
Derbyshire
DE55 3BQ

Reason for Sale: RE: Butterley Ltd (Equipment surplus to requirements)
Viewing: Thursday & Friday 1st & 2nd September from 9am to 4pm or by prior appointment.
Additional Info: Buyers Premium 10%

Content: SHEET METAL FABRICATION EQUIPMENT, WELDERS & PROFILE CUTTERS, MACHINE TOOLS, COLES 'GARGANTUAN' MOBILE CRANE, STEEL TRESTLING ETC.

Fabrication Equipment:- Scottish Machine Tool Co/Bennie 12m x 130mm Hydraulic Plate Edge Planing Machine; Craig & Baird/ Stolting 2m x 12mm Pyramid Bending Rolls; Noble & Lund 30/38" Fluifeed Cold Saw; Kingsland ‘Model 75 Type P’ Hydraulic Punch Press; Sertona ‘Model C25’ 80mm Gauge Hydraulic Plate Edge Bevelling Rolling Machine

23 Mig/Mag Welders:- Rockweld (RD500); Cemont ‘Bluemaster’ (Mig 400 & Mig 450); Lincoln Electric ‘Idealarc’ (R3S-600, DC-600, CV400-1, DC-400); Hobart (RC 410); Newarc (RM550); L-TEC (V1-650A, V1-450A); & Olympus (Migparts 600); 6 x Arc Welders:- Cytringan (Model 28); Quasi Arc (Type ACP 300); Pickhill (Model PT350); & Murex (Transarc DC 405). And:- Britweld ‘NB500’ Mini Boom Welder; Cebora ‘Plasma PROF 120’ Plasma Cutter; Burny ‘Replicator 1200’ C.N.C. Profile Cutter; & Messer Griesheim 2-Head C.N.C. Plasma Profile Cutter

Machine Tools:- Herbert ‘9C-30CST’ Combination Turret Lathe; D.S.G. ‘Type 21’ 21" x 48" Centre Lathe (10" Powered Compound Slide); Colchester ‘Triumph 2000’ Gap Bed Centre Lathe; Webster Bennett 48” Vertical Borer; Kitchen & Wade ‘H4’ Horiz. Drill/Borer; Asquith ‘ODI’ 4ft.6in. Radial Drill, etc.

Also:- Cast Iron Machine Beds; 2 Belliss & Morcom Vertical Twin Cylinder Air Compressors; Shotblast Eng. Services Shot Blast Cabinet; Coles ‘Gargantuan’ Mobile Strut Jib Crane (8 x 4 Chassis) (Jib Sections to 160ft.) and a Large Quantity of Steel Trestling Columns (Suitable for Bridge Erection Work, etc.) (Full Sizes & Quantities Available); Granite Tables, etc.

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Robson Kay & Co
06 Sep 2005 11:00
Tilson Road
Roundthorn Industrial Estate
Baguley
Manchester
M23 9PH

Reason for Sale: RE: Various companies in liquidation
Viewing: Stricitly by catalogue on Monday 5 September 12 noon - 4.30pm and on sale day from 10am.
Catalogue Info: £2 admits 2.
Additional Info: A £200 refundable cash deposit is required to bid. Balances by access, visa, switch, draft or cash, no cheques. No children under 16.

Content: PLANT & MACHINERY

WOODWORKING: SCM Record 125 N CNC Router (2 yrs old), S/N AA1/013681, SCM Z32 large panel saw, Biesse Forecon 51 multi head borer, IMA KFM model 291/146, 4 off 3 bag & 1 bag extractors, IMA large edge bander, Wadkin table saw, De Walt mitre saw, Rye multi spindle drill, 2 Sedgewick spindle moulder, White Thicknesser, Torwegge multi ripsaw, 2 Wadkin crosscut saws, Wadkin LS router, Wadkin straight line edger, Wadkin dimension panel saw, 3 Wadkin vertical band saws, 3 Wright triple head werhead & multihead borers, 4 compressors, Wadkin Bursgreen BLM 65399 drill, pedestal drills, etc, etc, etc.

METALWORKING: 5 Tube Benders (Addison D40 databend with CNC s/n MC9940, Addison D25 with CNC, Arco CNC hydraulic bender, Pedrazoli bender & Landbow TM32-ZM twin bender), The contents of 4 Robotic Welding Cells (4 x ASEA & Motorman 5 & 6 axis robots, ESAB LAM500/LNA315R/LAH500R welders, Kemppi 3500S welder, wire feeds, manipulators, etc), Jones & Shipman 1400 surface grinder w magnetic chuck, Jones & Shipman 540P surface grinder with magnetic chuck, Gate turret mill w DRO, Prvomajska turret mill, Wickman model EDM1 eroder, Archdale radial arm drill, radial arm drill, Gate lathe, DSG 13x42 lathe, Clarkson II tool & cutter grinder, Jafo Jarodin tirret mill, 2 off Starrett toolroom surface plates, Elliot sturdimill 1250, Startrite vertical bandsaw, compressor, banding equipment, horizontal band saw, Eclipse compact surface grinder, Colchester 600 lathe, Colchester Triumph 2000 lathe, testers, gauges, Mitutoyo height gauge, welder, tooling & accessories, vices, twin grinding wheels, etc, etc.

Garage Equipment: 2 post vehicle lift, wheel diagnostic system, welders, tools, jigs, compressors, etc, etc.

Miscellaneous: Large qty components including cupboard door handles, screws & other fixings, drawer rail mechanisms, commercial staple guns, hinges, castors & fittings, fire extinguishers, etc, etc, etc.

VEHICLES, FLTS & RACKING

Fork Lifts: Datsun 3 ton FLT, Kalmar electric fork lift truck model EC 16, electric & reg pallet trucks, etc.

Vehicles: K, P, R & V Transit vans, J Leyland DAF 7.5t box, X Merc E220CDi auto A/garde silver/blk leather

Pallet Racking: Redirack SD170: 22x 15'9 (4.8m) orange uprights (1100mm depth) & 125x 10'10 (3.3m) orange beams, ApexUK8: 10x 14'10 (4.5m) grey uprights (900mm depth) & 40 x 8'8 (2.65m) orange beams

Japanese Car Imports

New Address:
30 Berth Tilbury Freeport, Tilbury, Essex RM18 7HB!
Please visit the website on www.japaneseimportauctions.com
New Address as above:
Turn left when entering the port and follow the road round - we are on the right after 1.4 miles.
All other contact details remain the same.

The Port Secutiry has been upgraded; please ensure you bring your Photo ID with you to ensure smooth entry to the Port. NO under 16's allowed on the Port, Port regulations.

WE ADVISE YOU TO CONFIRM ABOVE DETAILS WITH AUCTIONEER BEFORE TRAVELLING

Auction News

Da Vinci Code Link to Images.

DAN Brown's Da Vinci Code certainly revived interest in Roslin Castle, outside Edinburgh, and the nearby chapel where the Holy Grail is reputed to have been buried.

Bonhams 'Made-in-Scotland Sale' - August 24-26 - will include images of the castle attributed to Hugh 'Grecian' Williams which, no doubt, will attract much interest, not only from art lovers.

The pen-and-ink wash of Edinburgh's Roslin Castle - which includes Roslin Chapel - from the river below and two views of the Castle from the valley above is estimated at £300 but could make a lot more.

Another treasure in the sale is a picture, La Plage, by John Duncan Fergusson, RBA, which carries a high estimate of £150,000.

Three lost masterpieces by Selkirk painter Tom Scott, recently rediscovered by Bonhams specialists, are also included in the sale.

They are expected to make in the region of £10,000.

Another, even larger, picture entitled 'Gone to Ground', featuring the Buccleuch Hunt in characteristic, sun-dappled Borders farmland is estimated at £10-15,000.

Chris Brickley, who rediscovered Scott's auction record-breaking 'Border Widow's Lament' in Ireland, said: "We are always excited to find lost pictures. Scott is an artist in whom there is always great interest, and we would hope the pictures will return to Borders collections."

Timepieces

Clarke McCartney at CARRYDUFF AUCTIONS tells me about their antiques and collectibles sale on Tuesday night.

"We have no less than 550 lots and there will be something for everyone," he says.

"There is a wide range of lots including some fine Moorcroft, Clarice Cliff, Royal Doulton and Coalport.

"For those interested in timepieces, there is a selection of pocket watches and a number of fine clocks."

Around the sales

ROSS'S: Pair Rockingham vases, £900; Arts & Crafts oak eight piece dining room suite, £800; Edwardian wind-out table with two extra leaves, £700; Edwardian inlaid mahogany three piece bedroom suite, £500; Arts & Crafts oak two piece bedroom suite, £420; Edwardian walnut two door bookcase, £420; L Richards - pair of oil paintings, £300.

MORGANS: gent's 9ct goldpocket watch, £240; pair Victorian hall chairs, £280; pair paintings on porcelain, £210; oil painting, £210; carved oak hall table, £200; 9ct gold chain, £190; gold diamond/sapphire ring, £180; carved oak sideboard, £180; 9ct gold chain, £160; carved oak monk's bench, £130.

BLOOMFIELDS: quantity of Royal Albert, £400; gold chain, £200; grandfather clock, £200; pine farmhouse table, £120. The sale commences at 7pm

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ELSIE TANNER'S THIS IS YOUR LIFE BOOK FOUND IN A CHARITY SHOP.

CORRIE CLASSIC UP FOR AUCTION

THE famous This Is Your Life big red book given to Coronation Street legend Pat Phoenix has turned up in a charity shop.

The 1972 book is packed with photos of the actress, who played glamorous maneater Elsie Tanner in the ITV soap for 24 years.

Inside the cover is the inscription: "Presented to Pat Phoenix as a memento of her appearance as the subject of This Is Your Life".

Pictures of famous friends and Street stars, including stalwarts Ena Sharples, Albert Tatlock, Stan Ogden, Minnie Caldwell and Annie Walker, make it a collector's item.

The book was given to the Springhill Hospice shop in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, by a mystery donor. It is set to raise thousands of pounds when it is auctioned in aid of the hospice next month.

A spokeswoman for the shop said: "We don't know why the person decided to give us the book, but it was a wonderful gesture.

"We hope it raises plenty of money for the hospice, as it is a real one-off treasure for Coronation Street fans."

TV's This Is Your Life host Eamonn Andrews would read from the red book as he presented the show, in which celebrities were given surprise reunions with old friends and family. At the show's finale, he would hand over the book as a keepsake.

Pat's private life was almost as colourful as her TV persona. She married three times in both. She died in 1986, aged 62, following a long fight against lung cancer, just days after marrying actor Tony Booth - father of the Prime Minister's wife Cherie.

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Bidding Up That Rosy Glow From The Past

There is nothing so contemporary as nostalgia and those experts in old artefacts, the auction houses, have been quick to cash in on the current obsession with the past, in particular the recent past. Christie's South Kensington expects a full house for its auction of vintage film posters on September 11. To make things easier for the growing band of collectors of these still modestly priced memories the auction is to be held on a Sunday.

Since South Ken introduced Sunday sales earlier this year they have performed unevenly, with packed rooms for hot collectables, such as Clarice Cliff ceramics, but less interest in traditional sectors, such as model cars. With vintage posters Christie's can hardly fail. Since it launched specialist auctions 10 years ago, a buoyant market has emerged, with, on average, 90 per cent of the lots finding new homes.

Film posters have a particular appeal - their images are often striking; they cover every emotion, from terror to escapist comedy; they offer reminders of happy days at the cinema; and they come in every price range, from £10 for an advertisement of last year's big hit to the $455,000 paid in the US in 1997 for a poster of the 1930's horror movie The Mummy.

This was in excellent condition, a key factor in pricing posters: the record price winkled out another Mummy but because this poster was less pristine it only managed to make £80,750. Along with condition, rarity is the other decisive influence on value. In the 1930s cinema managers were expected to return the advertisements for pulping after the run of a film: obviously some held on to the posters, but just how many copies survive of the most desirable films only time discloses.

At one stage, film poster auctions were the happy hunting ground of dealers, but collectors quickly realised that by buying wholesale they could secure posters for around half the retail price. The trade is flourishing and the auction on September 11 is Christie's largest ever, with more than 400 lots. Traditionally the greatest interest in film posters, and the highest prices, were found in the US, but now the UK is drawing level, and American buying will feature heavily in South Kensington.

Naturally, with such mass produced objects, old favourites turn up regularly. The James Bond films, for example, have a large and loyal following, although only posters featuring Sean Connery fetch high prices - single posters for the films starring Roger Moore as 007 invariably fail to reach the saleroom's price bar of £200 a lot and are sold in groups. Even with Connery there is a fixed pecking order. A poster for Dr. No, the first film in the series, is on offer with a £2,000-£3,000 estimate, and From Russia with Love and Goldfinger are also expected to top £2,000, but the later films, where more posters are likely to have survived, such as You Only Live Twice, fall into the £300-£500 price range. Ten years ago a Dr. No poster could have been acquired for £200-£300.

Collectors go for genres, with the horror movies produced by Universal Studios in the 1930s commanding the top prices; and for stars Marlene Dietrich has popular appeal and the most expensive lot at Christie's is a larger than life poster of her 1931 movie Blonde Venus. It was designed for the Austrian market, which reduces its appeal slightly, but the vampish image is so striking it could well make £20,000. The fact that it is so rare - only one other has appeared at auction - also helps. Even rarer is a US three-sheet poster for Charlie Chaplin's 1936 classic Modern Times. This is its debut at auction and it carries an estimate of up to £15,000. Christie's also expects around £8,000 for a US half sheet for Orson Welles's War of the Worlds.

There are fashions in film poster collecting. A few years ago momentous movies such as Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz carried all before them. Now demand for the box office triumphs of the distant past seems to be satisfied and it is posters of more recent classics which set the pace: a poster for Lawrence of Arabia recently sold for £11,000 and Breakfast at Tiffany's has topped the £3,000 mark. As dealer Terry Norman, owner of the Reel Picture Gallery in Westbourne Grove, says, "My most constant request runs along the lines of, 'Have you a poster for The Graduate. It's the first film I saw with my husband.'"

Norman detects some slowing of interest for run-of-the-mill posters, but demand for Bond and for posters featuring charismatic stars such as Michael Caine, Steve McQueen and Audrey Hepburn keeps mounting. The business has been greatly affected, for good or ill, by trading on the internet, especially through eBay. Supply has multiplied, with quite rare posters suddenly emerging, but there are many copies, often unknowingly offered, making this a treacherous marketplace.

If buyers are not hooked on films they could turn up at Christie's a few days later, on September 14, when the auction house holds its third travel poster sale of the year, which also includes some advertising posters.

The heart of this market is the posters produced by the railway companies in the 1920s and 1930s promoting the attractions of seaside resorts and other tourist destinations. The highlight of Christie's sale is a large poster of a bathing belle on the top board of the lido in a surprisingly bucolic New Brighton, which seems to rival Monte Carlo in sophistication. This striking image, with a fashionable art deco appeal, has never appeared at auction and could sell for £6,000, possibly to a nostalgic inhabitant of the northern town.

There are also lively posters of Burnham-on-Sea and Weston-super-Mare in 1960, promising innocent fun on the beach, for up to £700. For worldly travellers there are posters promoting Seville and the Côte d'Azur, Nassau and Bermuda, but greater interest is likely to be shown in 10 rare London tram posters, advertising destinations such as Hampstead Heath and St. James's Park, and a 1922 map of the London Underground, with a top estimate of £600.

It is hard to find a vintage poster in perfect condition, but restorers can work wonders and for a few hundred pounds you can transform your home with a vivid image of a dream world, in film or memory. Christie's adds 20 per cent to the hammer price but these are still auctions with a relatively low entry point. If you miss out in September the saleroom has added one more poster auction to its 2005 schedule. On October 26 it is offering 85 vintage posters by the acclaimed early 20th-century French designer of advertising posters Leonetto Cappiello. They come from the collection of Champagne de Castellane and are each estimated at between £250 and £5,000.

Christies, tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060; www.christies.com

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Auction Sites Save Households £3000 A Year.

The rising popularity of online auction sites is beginning to have a positive impact on the UK economy and boosted consumer confidence, according to new research.
The report from Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) found that the rising use of sites such as eBay has increased the value of the average household's assets by more than £3,000.

The report said that there are now some 50,000 users buying and selling items online in the UK.

CEBR contends that auction sites have increased the value of second hand goods by providing a way to advertise them and maximising their sale price, which has subsequently improved the value of items people had sitting around their homes.

An estimated £4bn worth of goods and services will be traded this year on eBay alone, according to the report. This equates to 1.3% of total UK retail sales.

Laura Phaff, CEBR economist and one of the report's authors, said: "If people realise that they have sellable goods sitting in their cupboards, it ought to increase consumers' confidence just like any other unexpected boost to wealth - such as a building society demutualisation windfall."

The Positive Club

"To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed."

--Bernard Edmonds

"There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down -- until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living."

-- George Sheehan

"Let a person rejoice when he is confronted with obstacles, for it means that he has reached the end of some particular line of indifference or folly, and is now called upon to summon up all his energy and intelligence in order to extricate himself, and to find a better way; that the powers within him are crying out for greater freedom, for enlarged exercise and scope."

--James Allen

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