Settlement Association

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Gary Waddock, the former Queen's Park Rangers and Republic of Ireland player grew up in Alperton. He is now Manager of Aldershot Town FC.

 

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Catteríck is also a garrison town.

 

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Alexander John Scott (1768–1840) was vicar of Catterick from 1816 until his death in 1840. A naval chaplain, he had served with his uncle, Rear-Admiral Alexander Scott, in the West Indies. He was a close friend and secretary of Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, who was born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.

 

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Toftrees was also once administered by the Hundred of Brothercross.

 

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Toftrees has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is recorded by the names Toffas and Toftes. The main landholders were William de Warenne and Peter de Valognes, who was the founder of St Mary's Priory, Binham, or Binham Priory in North Norfolk.

 

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Brighton also hosts an annual "Pride" event.

 

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Brian Cobby (1929 – 2012) was an English actor and telephone exchange worker who, in 1985, became the first male voice of the British speaking clock.

More than 5,000 staff entered the "Golden Voice" competition, which ended on 5 December 1984 when Cobby, an assistant supervisor at a telephone exchange in Withdean, Brighton, was selected from 12 finalists. Brian Cobby was born in Gravesend, Kent.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Portsmouth was also sacked during the Hundred Years War.

 

[A Challenge]

Belfast also has links to shipbuilding.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Buxton also has an Opera House

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Lloyd Cole, who was born in Buxton on 31st January 1961 is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989, and subsequent solo work. He attended Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grimethorpe also has a noted brass band.

 

[johnnychips]

Audenshaw also used to have a colliery.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Burnage also lies on the line of the early-medieval defensive earthwork known as the Nico Ditch.

 

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The stage, film and television actor and director David Threlfall was born in Burnage on 12th October 1953. In April 2014, he portrayed comedian Tommy Cooper in a television film entitled "Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This".

Tommy Cooper was born in Caerphilly on 19th March 1921.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Nantwich has also hosted a cheese festival.

 

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The last CME of the Caledonian Railway, William Pickersgill was born in Nantwich

He succeeded John F. McIntosh, who was born in Farnell, Angus

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Bracknell in Berkshire also has a town memorial of those who fell in the Great War.

 

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Bracknell Town FC play in the Hellenic League Premier Division, as do Royal Wootton Bassett FC.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Royal Tunbridge Wells has also been the recipient of Royal Patronage.

 

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David Gower was born in Tunbridge Wells in 1957 and made his debut for Leicestershire on 30th July 1975, during that season's County Championship, against Lancashire at Stanley Park, Blackpool.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Colchester also has a zoo.

 

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Colchester United's most famous result was when they beat Leeds United 3 - 2 in the FA Cup during the 1970 - 1971 season.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Barnoldswick is also on the line of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

 

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Barnoldswick, with twelve letters, is one of the longest place names in the United Kingdom without repeating any letters. Buckfastleigh, Devon; Buslingthorpe, Leeds, West Yorkshire; and Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire are longer, with 13 letters, while Bricklehampton in Worcestershire has 14.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Alderminster was also once administered by the Hundred of Pershore.

 

[High Dyke]

Ettington was also used as a film location for the 1963 horror film The Haunting

 

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Clifford Chambers also lies on the line of the River Stour

 

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The Shakespearean and Hollywood actor Sir Ben Kingsley is a former resident of the village.
He was born Krishna Pandit Bhanji on 31st December 1943 at Snainton in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

 

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Plumley in Cheshire East also has a riding centre.