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The Head Office of The Boys' Brigade is at Felden Lodge, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, whilst the BB in Scotland is based at Carronvale House, Larbert, Stirlingshire.
William Wallace's mother was born in Glensburgh in 1256, and legend has it that he spent more than one month in the area (in his mother's birth home) whilst preparing for the Battle of Falkirk in 1298.
Wilmslow Road, Rusholme is part of the B5117. There are a large number of Indian and Middle Eastern restaurants along a section of this road, known locally as the Curry Mile. It contains at least seventy restaurants, take-aways and kebab houses specialising in the cuisines of South Asia and the Middle East.
The Mumbles district of Swansea also had it's own mile, but this one centred around the 26 pubs that were to be found there (The Mumbles Mile).
David Gwilym John (1884-1958?) was a Welsh cartoonist, best known as the creator of the cartoon character Dai Lossin, who lived and worked in Rhoose, for a number of years. He was, however, born at Pancross, Llancarfan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The composer of the hymn Abide With Me, Rev. Francis Henry Lyte was a vicar at All Saints' Church, Brixham. He lived at Berry Head House, and when he was a very sick man, near to dying, he looked out from his garden as dusk fell over Torbay, and the words of the hymn came into his mind. He was born at Ednam, near Kelso, on 1st June 1793 and died on 20th November 1847.