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Victoria — Sometimes you have to leave your
familiar surroundings to fully appreciate their
uniqueness and beauty.

During my recent stay in the United Kingdom, I
came across a story that gave me a new
appreciation for one of British Columbia’s finest
natural assets — its temperate rainforests.

The story appeared in the June 21 edition of the
Sunday Times. The headline said: “Lb61 million
rainforest plan to save London zoo.”

The front-page story went on to say that the
Laing construction family, which holds control-
ling interest-in one of Britain’s largest construc-
tion firms, was about to launch a plan that would
see London’s famous zoo transformed into a
rainforest conservation| centre.

The scheme, which has the tentative support of
Sir David Attenborough, famous naturalist and
broadcaster, was to be presented to zoo officials
sometime this month. Detailed plans have been
drawn up to redevelop the 36-acre Regent’s Park
site over an eight-year period.

The scheme has become a viable option ever
since the zoo announced that falling attendances
had triggered a cash crisis that will force it to
close to the public on September 30, after 166
years, with the loss of 200 jobs.

Under the Laing scheme, part of the zoo would
remain open during construction work, scheduled
to start at the end of 1993. A $40 million
aquarium would be built first.

Next on the list are three varieties of rainforest
to be built under cover in a new pavilion, costing a
further $40 million. Other features would include
a film theatre, a savannah for giraffes and zebras,
and lion terraces. All in all, the project would cost
an astonishing $125 million.

Now, it’s true that British Columbia’s temper-
ate rainforests are radically different from the type
of rainforest to be built under cover at the London
zoo site. But they are every bit as unique,
important and worth preserving, at least in large
measure.

To be sure, British Columbia’s newly-acquired
reputation for being the Brazil of the North is
undeserved. As Prince Philip remarked after a
recent visit to our province, we don’t devastate our
forests, as is the case with Brazil’s rainforests.

“New forests are being planted. There will
always be forest in British Columbia,” Philip
said, much to the consternation of environmental-
ists,

On the other hand, we still don’t have a policy
that sets out what old-growth forests are to be
protected in perpetuity. And such a policy is badly
needed, not only for the protection of an import-
ant heritage, but also to put a damper on the war
between the forest industry and the environmen-
talists.

Surely, if Britain can find $125 million to
transform 36 acres into a rainforest, we can
develop a policy that will protect some of the
temperate rainforests we still have.

Some other notes about my brief vacation in the
UK. I thought I’d pass on: While in Manchester,
we visited the Museum of Science and Industry,
housed in the buildings of Liverpool Road
Station, which opened as the world’s first passen-
ger railway station in 1830.

The museum is one of the finest of its kind I’ve
seen, with hundreds of working exhibits that bring
the past to life. It includes the Power Hall, housing
the world’s largest collection of working steam
mill-engines and some of the finest locomotives
ever built. It’s a heaven for railroad buffs.

But it was in the Air and Space Gallery I was to .

be stumped. Coming face to face with an aircraft
of days-gone-by, Barry Clark, broadcaster and
former politician who was along on the trip, said,
“I'm sure you recognize this baby, Hubert.”

I didn’t, at least not until I saw the schematic
drawing on a large board next to the aircraft.

“Sorry, Barry, I never saw these things on the
ground, but I sure as hell remember what their
underside looks like,” I said. It was a Lancaster,
one of Britain’s most reliable bombers during the
Second World War. Yes, I saw a lot of them, but
always flying overhead, ready to drop their deadly
loads.

Anyone watch Coronation Street? If you do,
Manchester might be worth a visit, because that’s
where the Granada Studios are located where the
long-running TV show is produced.

Aside from the familiar Coronation Street set,
you'll find an exact replica of 10 Downing, and a
partial replica of the House of Commons. Kids
will really enjoy a tour of the studios.

Manchester prides itself on having the largest
concentration of theatres outside London’s West
End, and the city boasts 35 museums and
galleries. With all those assets, Manchester seems
well-equipped to host the Olympic Games in the
year 2,000. The city has made its bid.

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TOO MUCH FAMILY is what Glen Meadows
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the hard work on a new computer program and in
the accounting department done by his wife
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come from the Saanich Peninsula, he said.
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to Brentwood College at Mill bay for a display
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charged to help organizers cover costs. Last year,
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awards to a °27 street rod, a replica 1966 SC
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