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The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in South West England, within eight post towns. These cover the city of Bristol , north Somerset (including Weston-super-Mare , Axbridge , Banwell , Cheddar , Clevedon , Wedmore and Winscombe ) and south Gloucestershire .
Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport cooperated with Sullivan County to build an airport on 323 acres in Sullivan County, between the three cities. In September 1937, two small runways, a terminal building, and aircraft hangar had been built and the airport saw its first airliner, an American Airlines DC-2 .
After many years as rivals, Essel and Silor merged on 1 January 1972 to form Essilor, then the world's third-largest ophthalmic optical firm. [1] Its first year of existence was marked by the creation of Valoptec, a non-trading company composed of stockholder managers who held half the company's capital stock, and the purchase of Benoist-Bethiot, a French lens manufacturer specializing in ...
[6] [15] Essilor had previously purchased Framesdirect.com in 2010. [6] [15] Hessel was retained as Eyebuydirect CEO. [6] Eyebuydirect redesigned and relaunched its website in April 2014. [16] Eyebuydirect introduced EyeZen digital screen protection lenses from Essilor as an option to customers in 2016. The company still sells EBD Blue lenses. [17]
Bristol (/ ˈ b r ɪ s t əl / ⓘ) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. [9] [10] Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south.
The city of Bristol, England, is divided into many areas, which often overlap or have non-fixed borders. These include Parliamentary constituencies , council wards and unofficial neighbourhoods. There are no civil parishes in Bristol.
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The Bristol CDP is located in the northwest part of the town of Bristol, on the north side of the New Haven River as it exits the Green Mountains to the east. Vermont Route 17 passes through the community, leading west 5 miles (8 km) to U.S. Route 7 at New Haven Junction and east across the Green Mountains through Appalachian Gap 20 miles (32 km) to Waitsfield.