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Sinclair C5

Index Sinclair C5

The Sinclair C5 is a small one-person battery electric velomobile, technically an "electrically assisted pedal cycle". [1]

104 relations: Abingdon-on-Thames, Acorn Computers, Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom), Alexandra Palace, Ampere, Arthur C. Clarke, Austin Maestro, Battery electric vehicle, Bond Bug, British Safety Council, Cambridgeshire, Christopher Curry, Clive Sinclair, Colin Furze, Colombo, Comet Group, Coventry, Cycling UK, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Debenture, DeLorean Motor Company, Department for Transport, Dunmurry, Electric vehicle battery, Electromagnetic coil, Elton John, Financial Times, Glastonbury, Hayes, Hillingdon, Imperial Chemical Industries, Injection moulding, Isetta, Jig (tool), John Otway, Kensington Palace, Knight, Lancashire, Land's End to John o' Groats, Lead–acid battery, Leicestershire, Letchworth, Light-emitting diode, Linpac, List of motorized trikes, Lotus Cars, Market research, Merthyr Tydfil, Microcar, Middlesex, ..., Milk float, Mini, Moped, Motorized tricycle, Nigel Cross, NRS social grade, Oxford, Paul Daniels, Philips, Polypropylene, Preston, Lancashire, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Raleigh Bicycle Company, Renault Twizy, Resistor, Revolutions per minute, Royal College of Art, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Sinclair Executive, Sinclair Radionics, Sinclair Research, Sinclair Vehicles, Sodium–sulfur battery, South Wales Valleys, Sri Lanka, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, Stirling Moss, Taiwan, The Automobile Association, The Daily Telegraph, The Economist, The Engineer (magazine), The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, The Hoover Company, The Sunday Times, Torque, Toyota, Toyota Prius, University of Exeter, University of South Wales, University of the West of Scotland, Vehicle Excise Duty, Velomobile, Volt, Wales, Welsh Development Agency, West Midlands (region), Which?, Woolworths Group, Your Computer (British magazine), ZX Spectrum, ZX81. Expand index (54 more) »

Abingdon-on-Thames

Abingdon-on-Thames, also known as Abingdon on Thames or just Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.

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Acorn Computers

Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978.

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Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self-regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom.

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Alexandra Palace

Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, located between Muswell Hill and Wood Green.

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Ampere

The ampere (symbol: A), often shortened to "amp",SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of abbreviations for units.

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Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

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Austin Maestro

The Austin Maestro is a five-door hatchback small family car (and two-door van derivative) that was produced from 1982 to 1987 by British Leyland, and from 1988 until 1994 by Rover Group.

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Battery electric vehicle

A battery electric vehicle (BEV), or all-electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV) that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs.

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Bond Bug

The Bond Bug is a small British two-seat, three-wheeled automobile which was built from 1970 to 1974, initially by Bond Cars Ltd, but subsequently by the Reliant Motor Company.

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British Safety Council

The British Safety Council, a Registered Charity founded by James Tye in 1957, is one of the world's leading Health and Safety organisations alongside the likes of IOSH & IIRSM unlike these the Council's members are mostly companies.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.), is an East Anglian county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west.

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Christopher Curry

Christopher Curry (born 28 January 1946 in Cambridge) is the co-founder of Acorn Computers, with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper.

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Clive Sinclair

Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (born 30 July 1940) is an English entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Colin Furze

Colin Furze (born 14 October 1979) is a YouTube personality, stuntman, inventor, and filmmaker, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Comet Group

Comet Group Limited, traded as Comet, was an electrical retail chain trading in the United Kingdom, latterly owned by OpCapita.

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Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Cycling UK

Cycling UK is a brand name of the Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC), which is a charitable membership organisation supporting cyclists and promoting bicycle use.

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Daily Express

The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903.

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Debenture

In corporate finance, a debenture is a medium to long-term debt instrument used by large companies to borrow money, at a fixed rate of interest.

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DeLorean Motor Company

The DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) was an American automobile manufacturer originally formed by automobile industry executive John DeLorean in 1975.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.

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Dunmurry

Dunmurry is an urban townland, in Belfast.

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Electric vehicle battery

An electric-vehicle battery (EVB) or traction battery is a battery used to power the propulsion of battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Electromagnetic coil

An electromagnetic coil is an electrical conductor such as a wire in the shape of a coil, spiral or helix.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a Japanese-owned (since 2015), English-language international daily newspaper headquartered in London, with a special emphasis on business and economic news.

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Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol.

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Hayes, Hillingdon

Hayes is a town in West London, situated west of Charing Cross.

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Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company and was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain.

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Injection moulding

Injection moulding (British English) or injection molding (American English) is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting molten material into a mould.

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Isetta

The Isetta is an Italian-designed microcar built under license in a number of different countries, including Argentina, Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

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Jig (tool)

A jig is a type of custom-made tool used to control the location and/or motion of parts or other tools.

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John Otway

John Otway (born 2 October 1952 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring.

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Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Land's End to John o' Groats

Land's End to John o' Groats is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities; in the southwest and northeast.

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Lead–acid battery

The lead–acid battery was invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté and is the oldest type of rechargeable battery.

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Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.

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Letchworth

Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of 33,600.

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Light-emitting diode

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a two-lead semiconductor light source.

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Linpac

LINPAC Group Limited was founded in 1959 in Lincolnshire, England, as Lincolnshire Packaging - to produce paper packaging for local fresh food producers.

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List of motorized trikes

List of motorized trikes is a list of motorized tricycles also called trikes, and are sometimes considered cars.

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Lotus Cars

Lotus Cars is a British automotive company that manufactures sports cars and racing cars in its headquarters in Hethel, United Kingdom.

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Market research

Market research (also in some contexts known as industrial research) is any organized effort to gather information about target markets or customers.

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Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is a large town in Wales, with a population of about 63,546, situated approximately north of Cardiff.

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Microcar

A microcar is the smallest automobile classification, usually applied to very small cars (smaller than city cars).

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.

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Milk float

In British English, a milk float is a vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk.

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Mini

The Mini is a small economy car produced by the English-based British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000.

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Moped

A moped is a small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than motorcycles or automobiles because mopeds typically travel about the same speed as bicycles on public roads.

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Motorized tricycle

A motorized tricycle, motor trike, or three-wheeled motorcycle is three-wheeled vehicle based on the same technology as a bicycle or motorcycle, and powered by an electric motor, motorcycle, scooter or car engine.

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Nigel Cross

Nigel Cross is a British academic, a design researcher and educator, Emeritus Professor of Design Studies at The Open University, United Kingdom, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Design Studies.

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NRS social grade

The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Paul Daniels

Newton Edward Daniels (6 April 1938 – 17 March 2016), known professionally as Paul Daniels, was an English magician and television presenter.

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Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips, stylized as PHILIPS) is a Dutch multinational technology company headquartered in Amsterdam currently focused in the area of healthcare.

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Polypropylene

Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications.

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Preston, Lancashire

Preston is the administrative centre of Lancashire, England, on the north bank of the River Ribble.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is a member of the British royal family.

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Raleigh Bicycle Company

The Raleigh Bicycle Company is a bicycle manufacturer based in Nottingham, England.

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Renault Twizy

The Renault Twizy is a two-seat electric car designed and marketed by Renault and manufactured in Valladolid, Spain.

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Resistor

A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element.

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Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min) is the number of turns in one minute.

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Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, in the United Kingdom.

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Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England.

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Sinclair Executive

The Sinclair Executive was the world's first "slimline" pocket calculator, and the first to be produced by Clive Sinclair's company Sinclair Radionics.

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Sinclair Radionics

Sinclair Radionics Ltd was a company founded by Sir Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England which developed hi-fi products, radios, calculators and scientific instruments.

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Sinclair Research

Sinclair Research Ltd is a British consumer electronics company founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge.

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Sinclair Vehicles

Sinclair Vehicles Ltd was a company formed in March 1983 by Sir Clive Sinclair as a focus for his work in the field of electric vehicles.

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Sodium–sulfur battery

A sodium–sulfur battery is a type of molten-salt battery constructed from liquid sodium (Na) and sulfur (S).

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South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys (Cymoedd De Cymru) are a group of industrialised valleys in South Wales.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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St Ives, Cambridgeshire

St Ives is a market town and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (born 17 September 1929) is a British former Formula One racing driver.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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The Automobile Association

AA plc (The AA, originally The Automobile Association) is a British motoring association founded in 1905, which currently provides car insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans, motoring advice, road maps and other services.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.

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The Engineer (magazine)

The Engineer is a London-based monthly magazine covering the latest developments and business news in engineering and technology in the UK and internationally.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hoover Company

Hoover is a vacuum cleaner company founded in Ohio in the US.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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Torque

Torque, moment, or moment of force is rotational force.

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Toyota

, usually shortened to Toyota, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.

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Toyota Prius

The Toyota Prius (Japanese:トヨタプリウス)() is a full hybrid electric automobile developed by Toyota and manufactured by the company since 1997.

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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a public research university in Exeter, Devon, South West England, United Kingdom.

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University of South Wales

The University of South Wales (Prifysgol De Cymru) is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport, Pontypridd and Dubai.

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University of the West of Scotland

The University of the West of Scotland, formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Hamilton, Dumfries and Ayr, as well as a campus in London.

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Vehicle Excise Duty

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) (also known as "vehicle tax", "car tax" or "road tax", and formerly as a "tax disc") is a tax that is levied as an excise duty and which must be paid for most types of vehicles which are to be used (or parked) on public roads in the United Kingdom.

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Velomobile

A velomobile, velomobiel, velo, or bicycle car, is a human-powered vehicle (HPV) enclosed for aerodynamic advantage and protection from weather and collisions.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh Development Agency

Welsh Development Agency (WDA; Awdurdod Datblygu Cymru) was an executive agency (or QUANGO) and later designated an Assembly Sponsored Public Body (ASPB).

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West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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Which?

Which? is a brand name used by the Consumers' Association, a registered charity (No. 296072) and company limited by guarantee (No. 580128), which is based in the United Kingdom.

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Woolworths Group

Woolworths Group was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths.

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Your Computer (British magazine)

Your Computer was a British computer magazine published monthly from 1981 to 1988, and aimed at the burgeoning home computer market.

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ZX Spectrum

The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research.

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ZX81

The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland by Timex Corporation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

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