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Dewars Lane, Berwick-upon-Tweed, runs down Back Street just off Bridge Street. Like other Berwick locations it was painted by the English artist L. S. Lowry (1887 - 1976), who visited Berwick often, especially in the 1930s, when he stayed at the Castle Hotel. Many of his other drawings and paintings depict Pendlebury, Lancashire, where he lived and worked for more than 40 years.
The co-founder of Rolls Royce, Sir Henry Royce, lived in the village at Quarndon House from 1908 to 1911. He died on 22nd April 1933, aged 70, at West Wittering in Sussex.
The Old Course at St Andrews has hosted the Open Championship the most times, on 29 occasions between 1873 and 2015. The next most popular course is Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire which hosted on 24 occasions between 1860 and 1925; it is no longer on the Championship's list of venues.
I agree but do not see how it changes the connection of an Aberdeenshire settlement with the City of Aberdeen the administrative centre of Aberdeenshire?
Okay, moving on, then .... apart from Aberdeen FC, the other senior team in the city is Cove Rangers FC of the Highland Football League (HFL).
One of the teams that they play are the splendidly named Forres Mechanics Football Club, who from the town of Forres, Moray. Their unusual name is variously stated to come from the town's Mechanics Institute or most likely when a group of craftsmen or mechanics split from an earlier Forres team to form their own club.
Ulverston is the location of one of the numerous consulates of Norway, despite it's title being The Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate in Barrow-in-Furness.