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  • Not so long ago the state of the Inclined Plane, the Foxton Steps and the Bottom Lock Basin was pretty poor and I even described some of it as looking worse than the bomb sites I had seen in Bosnia.

    Hyperbolic Press Release of the Day 2009

  • William Foxton, 65, who had served in the British Army and more recently worked as a defense contractor in Afghanistan, died from a single bullet wound to the head in the southern English port city of Southampton on Tuesday, police said.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Life of Citi 2009

  • That particular dream died for me the day I saw Bruce Foxton in a Bournemouth nightclub some years after the band broke up … …. he was wearing a tweed jacket!

    All entrepreneurs are punk rock | Johnny B. Truant 2010

  • My own views on the restoration of Foxton Locks - the last time I saw them was when I walked there and back in November - are more ambivalent.

    Hyperbolic Press Release of the Day 2009

  • Despite reconnecting with bassist Bruce Foxton, his cold war with drummer Rick Buckler rolls on.

    Stone Roses reunion: What's the worst that can happen? 2011

  • The winner is my own MP, Edward Garnier, for his release congratulating Foxton locks and inclined plane on winning a Waterway Renaissance Award.

    Hyperbolic Press Release of the Day 2009

  • And those boats were moored at Foxton, famous for its two staircases of locks and once the site of a remarkable inclined plane that lifted boats up the hillside in Edwardian days.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Foxton Locks are this morning virtually invisible (the Tour doesn't 'load' for my Firefox).

    Foxton Locks 2008

  • And those boats were moored at Foxton, famous for its two staircases of locks and once the site of a remarkable inclined plane that lifted boats up the hillside in Edwardian days.

    Foxton Locks 2008

  • Foxton joined Still Little Fingers from 1990 till the mid-aughts and continues to collaborate with Buckler.

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 125 2010

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