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Midsummer Walk booking essential. RSPB Dungeness Reserve, Boulderwell Farm, Dungeness Road, Lydd, TN29 9PN. T. 01797-320588. 19:30-21:30 RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve. Dungeness, Kent [Saturday 21 June 2008]

Essential Festival Super Furry Animals, Kula Shaker, Menswear, Echobelly, Marion, Chumbawamba, Bis and more... missed David Devant, but I did trek there with 16 people in my bus. Stanmer Park Brighton [Sunday 26 May 1996]

Essential Music Festival Carter USM, PWEI, Teenage Fanclub, Dodgy, The Charlatans, Gene, Lighting Seeds, Skunk Anansie, Reef. Think I was at this... Stanmer Park Brighton [Saturday 27 May 1995]

Michael Schenker in London Michael Schenker Formed: Jan 10, 1955 in West Germany Active: '80s, '90s, 2000s Major Styles: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Contemporary Instrumental Representative Albums: "The Essential... Mean Fiddler 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2 0EN [Wednesday 2 June 2010]

Family event - Pond dipping - explore & make day booking essential. RSPB Dungeness Reserve, Boulderwell Farm, Dungeness Road, Lydd, TN29 9PN. T. 01797-320588. 13:30-15:30 RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve. Dungeness, Kent [Thursday 29 May 2008]

Meet the Moths booking essential. RSPB Dungeness Reserve, Boulderwell Farm, Dungeness Road, Lydd, TN29 9PN. T. 01797-320588. 09:30-11:30 RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve. Dungeness, Kent [Saturday 5 July 2008]

Mammal walk booking essential. RSPB Dungeness Reserve, Boulderwell Farm, Dungeness Road, Lydd, TN29 9PN. T. 01797-320588. 19:30-21:30 RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve. Dungeness, Kent [Saturday 5 July 2008]

Spot & score safari AND Pond dipping sessions Booking essential. RSPB Dungeness Reserve, Boulderwell Farm, Dungeness Road, Lydd, TN29 9PN. T. 01797-320588. 10:00-15:00 RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve. Dungeness, Kent [Friday 1 August 2008]

Essential Spa Days at Mercure Hythe Imperial Hotel [Thursday 21 October 2010]

Essential East Kent P.H. 72 Oxford Street, Whistable, , Kent, Ct5 1da
01227 272018 [Friday 4 June 2010]

Suede @ Folkestone Metronome [Tuesday 19 May 1992]

Rah, NME didn't let me down NME features popEx in their "essential websites" guide, part of the AltaVista sponsored "internet guide" pull out in this week's issue... [Wednesday 6 December 2000]

Essential Suede [Friday 6 February 2004]

Swine Flu Essentials RT @philipbeel amazing marketing strategy! http://tinyurl.com/y8klw7r [Thursday 12 November 2009]

ah forgot to attach my own take on that here http://bit.ly/3qzm0r [Thursday 12 November 2009]

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