If you are ever in the UK and are in the area of Beaconsfield in
Buckinghamshire (just west of London) go and visit a place called
Beaconscot, it is a miniature village with a fantastic model train system
that threads its way through the acres of the place. Nothing to do with the
Q or the current thread, but fond memories of where I grew up and where I
first fell in love with Trains.
Simon
Troy, IL
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From: <pitschni@e...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:44 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Beaconsfield notables
> A couple of days ago, I posed the following query - after the
> observation was made that one of the recent space shuttle mission
> members hailed from Beaconsfield:
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> Beaconsfield is also famous for another reason - hint - used to be a
> mainly Iowa business, but has expanded to the surrounding states as
> well.
>
> Since no one bit, here's the answer - from the HyVee corporate site -
> and there is a RR connection:
>
> Hy-Vee was founded in 1930 by Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg, who
> opened a small general store in Beaconsfield, IA. In 1938 they
> incorporated as Hyde & Vredenburg, Inc., with 15 stores and 16
> stockholders. The current company name, Hy-Vee, is a contraction of
> our founders' names.
>
> In those early years, company offices were located in Lamoni, IA. The
> company moved to Chariton, IA in 1945 to gain access to rail
> services, and in 1948 constructed the first office/warehouse complex.
> The corporate offices moved to West Des Moines in 1995.
>
> http://www.hy-vee.com/default.asp?p=abouthyvee
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> Nick
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