EFFECT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

the podcast I have listened to

A young man make a interview to a small town to find out the reason for people who sell their house there. When he stand on the street of the towm he can see there are a lot of for sale sign in front of these houses . Why ? He made a interview to a old couple . It shows that many people when retired go to this town to buy a house for their rest of lives, because of the beautiful lanscape there. Since the Economic Crisis begain in 2008, most of retired people can not afford their new houses ,so they had to sell them and go back to their own city. The rest of the show is about the analysis about the global economy effects to people`s everyday lives, but most of their words and talk are so professional that I can`t understand.

The big changes during the year 2008 and 2009 has change the world a lot . People`s lives was changed , but I never thought it can do so bad a effect on people` lives to make them sell their house! Most common people suffered some problems from the economy drop but the it is just reduce their money spend on entertainment or something just like that.

Based on my point of view, this difference may be made by the fundament of the economy system of each country. Recently China had her industry develop rapidly and most of the factories are still having their products sold in China or other countries. But when it came to 21st centry ,in many developed countries people want to make more money but do not want these industries to pollute their environment , do not want to employ so many people and something like that . At last they made a choice that put their factories abroad and develop a series of financial way to make their wealth expand. But this kind of development has a problem. If the economy system have something wrong , big dister may be on the horizon.

Modern or Traditional

when I first land at Heathrow Airport a strong feeling about this country was deeply stamped into my mind. What is the countre, morden or traditional?
It maybe easy for you , but for me it is a new subject to study. Everything I met in the past week is so old ,old cities, old narrow road, old cars running on the flexual street, people go follow some old rules :lady first , go along the left side of the road. All of these are not the same as I thaught them before. In my opinion, the UK. one of the developed country has the third biggest airport----healthrow airport, get in the top 10 countries of their GDP ,she must be a quite modern place full of skyscraper, wide motoway.
When the time is up to 2 week from it we got here , I began to understand what is it. The British people keep a morden life style but follow some old tradition . They get some values and hold it until situtation is changed .

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BEDFORD-------By Tim Lambert

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BEDFORD
By Tim Lambert
DANISH AND SAXON BEDFORD
The town of Bedford was founded by the Danes. There may have been an existing settlement when they conquered this part of England in the late 9th century. Whether there was or not the Danes created a town at Bedford. They made a burgh or fortified settlement north of the river Great Ouse by a ford. The burgh was surrounded by a ditch and an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top.
However Bedfordshire was recaptured by the English king Edward in 915 AD. He then created another burgh or fortified settlement south of the river. A ditch called the kings ditch surrounded it. Bedford prospered. It was more than just a fortified settlement. It also had a weekly market and a mint.
Nevertheless Bedford was pillaged by the Danes in 1010.
BEDFORD IN THE MIDDLE AGES
In the Middle Ages Bedford was a small market town with a population of probably no more than 1,500. To us it would seem tiny. Even by the standards of the time Bedford was small and unimportant town.
However the Normans built a wooden castle to keep the people of Bedford in order. (It was later rebuilt in stone). However in 1224 a rebellious baron held the castle against the king. When it was captured Bedford castle was destroyed.
In 1166 Bedford was given a charter (a document granting the townspeople certain rights). In the Middle Ages Bedford had a weekly market and an annual fair. In those days fairs were like markets but they were held only once a year. People would come from all over Bedfordshire to attend a Bedford fair.
The main industry in Bedford was making wool. Wool was woven in the town. Then it was fulled. That means the wool was cleaned and thickened by pounding it in a mixture of clay and water. Afterwards the wool was dyed.
In the 13th century the friars arrived in England. They were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world they went out to preach. The Franciscan friars arrived in Bedford by 1238. They were known as grey friars because of their grey costumes. There was also a priory (small abbey) called Caldwell Priory just outside Bedford and a leper hostel dedicated to St Leonard.
From 1295 Bedford sent 2 MPs to parliament.
BEDFORD 1500-1800
Henry VIII closed the friary and the priory in Bedford.
However during the 16th and 17th centuries Bedford grew in size. By the mid-17th century Bedford probably had a population of about 2,000. This was despite outbreaks of the plague in 1575-76 and 1578-79. (Like all towns in those days Bedford suffered from plague. However each time it appeared and killed many people the population soon recovered).
In the 16th century wool was still the mainstay of Bedford's economy. It was still woven, fulled and dyed in the town. However in the 17th century the wool industry declined.
In 1554 Bedford was allowed an extra weekly market and 2 more annual fairs.
Then in 1566 a man named Sir William Harpur founded a school in Bedford.
The famous writer John Bunyan was born in the village of Elstow near Bedford in 1628.
The in 1642 came civil war between king and parliament. The people of Bedford supported parliament. However, although a fort was built on the castle mound the royalists captured Bedford in October 1643. Yet they only held the town for a short time before withdrawing.
Then in 1689 the Great Ouse was made navigable as far as Bedford. That was a huge boost to the town. In those days it was cheaper and easier to transport goods by river than by road. Once the river was navigable goods could be brought to and from Bedford much more easily. As a result Bedford began to grow more rapidly.
In the 18th century Bedford became known for its brewing industry.
The first bank in Bedford opened in 1799.
In 1773 John Howard was made High Sheriff of Bedford. He was so appalled by conditions in Bedford jail he

the first touch of BEDFORD

This saturdhay moring we walked along the small river running through the town.
So many beautiful birds there I have never seen before in my hometown. I took many photoes, but at last I lost them because of the virus in my computer.only guot one saved .That is what you can see from this page