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147236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20111 | British Rail Class 111 | The Class 111 DMUs were based on Class 101/2s, but with different engines. The only external body difference was on the final batch of cars where a four character headcode box was fitted above the front cab windows, with the destination indicator on top of a reduced height centre window.
The first cars built, part of ... |
147237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20112 | British Rail Class 112 | The Class 112 DMUs used the standard Cravens body used for Class 105s but had a single Rolls-Royce engine of 238 hp per car, and they were all formed into 'power twins'- two car sets with both vehicles powered.
There were two batches built, the first 50 vehicles (25 sets) had standard mechanical transmission via a gea... |
147239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20114 | British Rail Class 114 | The British Rail Class 114 diesel multiple units were built by BR Derby from 1956 to 1957. Forty-nine 2-car units were built, numbered 50001-49 for driving motors (later renumbered 53001-49) and 56001-49 for driving trailers (later renumbered 54001-49). The units were used on services in the West Midlands, Lincolnshire... |
147247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1995 Atlantic hurricane season | The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season was the time from June 1 to November 30, 1995 when hurricanes officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Storms sometimes form before and after these dates but most storms form during the season. No storms formed after November 30 in the 1995 season.
The 1995 season was extremely activ... |
147248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20giant | Red giant | A red giant is a giant star that has the mass of about one-half to ten times the mass of our Sun. Red giants get their name because they appear to be colored red and they are very large. Many red giants could fit thousands and thousands of suns like ours inside of them. Aldebaran, Arcturus, Betelgeuse and Mira are red... |
147254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergiant | Hypergiant | A hypergiant (luminosity class 0) is a star with an enormous mass and luminosity, It shows signs of a very high rate of mass loss. The exact definition is not yet settled.
Hypergiants are the largest stars in the universe, usually larger than supergiants. The hypergiant with the largest known diameter is Stephenson ... |
147271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiver%20%28Coldplay%20song%29 | Shiver (Coldplay song) | "Shiver" is a single released by rock band Coldplay. "Shiver" was released off the album Parachutes in March 2000. A re-release was released a year later in February 2001.
Format
The format of the single by Coldplay is a CD. It plays as an Extended Play (or EP).
Coldplay songs
2000 songs |
147273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow%20%28song%29 | Yellow (song) | "Yellow" is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay. The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British record producer Ken Nelson. It was for their first album Parachutes. The song's lyrics are a reference to band vocalist Chris Martin's unreturned love.
The song was released across the world in June 20... |
147274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%20Panic%20%28song%29 | Don't Panic (song) | "Don't Panic" is a single by British rock band Coldplay.
The single was recorded in 1996. Coldplay released the single off the hit studio album called Parachutes which was released on July 10, 2000.
Coldplay songs
2000 songs |
147275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20My%20Place | In My Place | "In My Place" was released August 2002. The single was released off the hit album A Rush of Blood to the Head" released by rock band Coldplay in 2002. "In My Place" was well received by critics. The song was praised for its music and the deep meaning of its words. "In My Place" won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Gro... |
147277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20video%20games%20featuring%20Mario | List of video games featuring Mario | Over the years, Mario has become a famous video game character. He stars in many video games and even has his own series of video games and its spinoff series, the Donkey Kong, Yoshi, and Wario series. The following course of video games Mario has appeared in over the years is listed below:
Home consoles
Nintendo Ent... |
147286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2rgovi%C5%9Fte | Târgovişte | Târgovişte is a city in the Dâmboviţa County of Romania. About 89,000 people lived in Târgovişte as of the year 2003.
Twin cities
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Targovishte, Bulgaria
Trakai, Lithuania
Orvault, France
Miami, United States
Corbetta, Italy
Santarem, Portugal
Vellinge, Sweden
Castellon de la Plan... |
147290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Machado | Antonio Machado | Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado (July 26, 1875 – February 22, 1939), was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98.
Major publications
Soledades (1903)
Soledades, Galerías y Otros poemas ... |
147291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garcilaso%20de%20la%20Vega | Garcilaso de la Vega | Garcilaso de la Vega (Toledo, c. 1501– Le Muy, Nice, France, October 14, 1536), was a Spanish soldier and poet. The prototypical "Renaissance man", he was the most influential (though not the first or the only) poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques and themes to Spain. His exact birth dat... |
147301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes | Nepenthes | The Nepenthes, often known as Tropical Pitcher Plants or Monkey Cups, are a genus of carnivorous plants in the family of the Nepenthaceae consisting of about 120 species (this number is fast increasing, with one to two new species being described each year). Many hybrids exist, both natural and created by humans. Thes... |
147302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurohime%20%28manga%29 | Kurohime (manga) | is a manga series made by the mangaka . The manga began its run in 2002, monthly in Monthly Shōnen Jump. The manga talks about the story and the adventures of Kurohime and the others friends to fight the Gods of their lands and to resurrect the true love of her, the man who sacrificed his life for her, Zero.
Kurohime ... |
147311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20115 | British Rail Class 115 | These 41 high density sets operated the outer-suburban services from Marylebone usually to destinations such as High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Banbury which are on the Chiltern Main Line and Great Central Main Line (now the London to Aylesbury Line). Sometimes, these sets used to operate 8-12 car long expresses to Notting... |
147314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomaia | Pomaia | Pomaia is a little village (it: frazione), near the city of (it: comune) Santa Luce, in the Province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. The village is a very important point for Buddhism in Italy. In Pomaia, one of biggest Tibetan monasteries, called the "Lama Zong Khapa Institute", can be seen.
Economy
Pomaia has an economy ba... |
147317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morellino%20di%20Scansano | Morellino di Scansano | Morellino di Scansano DOCG is an Italian red wine made in the hills of the village of Scansano (province of Grosseto), in the Maremma, which includes a part of the coast of southern Tuscany. Morellino is the local name for the Sangiovese grape varietal.
The wine, which gained the DOC status in 1978, and upgraded to DO... |
147318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vino%20Nobile%20di%20Montepulciano | Vino Nobile di Montepulciano | Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (in English lit. Noble Wine of Montepulciano) is a red wine with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita status produced in the vineyards in the town of Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy. The wine is made for the main part from the Sangiovese grape varietal (minimum 70%), blended with... |
147319 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunello%20di%20Montalcino | Brunello di Montalcino | Brunello di Montalcino is a red Italian wine. It is made in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino about southwest of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" in the local dialect, is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese (also known as Sangiovese Grosso) grown in t... |
147320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borodin%20Quartet | Borodin Quartet | The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in what was then the Soviet Union. The four players have not always been the same people: there have been some changes to the group, but it is one of the world's longest lasting string quartets. In 2005 they celebrated their 60th anniversary. Until he ret... |
147321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pienza | Pienza | Pienza, a town (it: commune) in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."
In 1996, UNESCO put the town his list as a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the all valley, the Val d'Orcia, was put on ... |
147325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive%20whiteboard | Interactive whiteboard | An interactive whiteboard is a large, interactive screen that connects a computer and a projector. The projector projects the computer's desktop onto the screen of the interactive whiteboard. The user can control the computer by using a special pen, finger or another tool to touch the screen of the interactive whiteboa... |
147327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue%20%28dinosaur%29 | Sue (dinosaur) | "Sue" is the nickname given to FMNH PR 2081, one of the largest, most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever found.
Sue was discovered in the summer of 1990 by Sue Hendrickson, a paleontologist, and was named after her. She contacted the Black Hills Institute, whose staff retrieved and prepared the... |
147331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCG | DOCG | DOCG is the short version of Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita, a warranty mark used in Italy, about the wines, for to help who buy wines against fake wines or frauds. This warranty mark shows the exact point where the wine was made. A wine before to be able to use the DOCG mark must pass many tests and ... |
147345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscan%20food | Tuscan food | This is a list of food from the area of Tuscany, Italy.
Tuscany
Italian food |
147347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpenisi | Karpenisi | Karpenisi is a mountainous Greek city. It is a small city in Eyritania district. Karpenisi is the capital of Eyritania prefecture. Eyritania prefecture has the most mountains of any other prefecture of Greece. There are mountains everywhere in the Eyritania prefecture. The highest point of Karpenisi is at the top of th... |
147348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empoli | Empoli | Empoli is a town in Tuscany, Italy, about 30 km southwest of Florence. It is 30 m above sea-level, to the south of the Arno. The plain of the town has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. Empoli is on the main railway line from Florence to Pisa and is well joined with the city of Siena.
Empoli has a long t... |
147349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igoumenitsa | Igoumenitsa | Igoumenitsa is a small Greek city. It has a population of about 9,644 people. It is found in the north-western part of Greece in the Ipiros periphery. It is a city built along the coast of the Ionian Sea. It has a big port which links Igoumenitsa with the Italian cities of Bari, Ancona and Brintezi. It is the second im... |
147351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larderello | Larderello | Larderello is a frazione of the comune of Pomarance, in Tuscany in central Italy. Larderello is famous for its geothermal productivity.
History
The region was known from ancient times for its volcanic nature and for the very hot springs. The Romans used its sulphur springs for bathing. In 1827, François de Larderel, ... |
147360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis%20Millers | Minneapolis Millers | The Minneapolis Millers were an ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey Association. A famous player who played for the Millers was Tiny Thompson.
Ice hockey teams in the United States |
147361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Hockey%20Association | American Hockey Association | There were two different American Hockey Associations:
American Hockey Association (1926–1942) – A minor pro league existing between 1926 and 1942.
American Hockey Association (1992–1993) – A minor pro league existing between 1992 and 1993. |
147362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Hockey%20Association%20%281926%E2%80%931942%29 | American Hockey Association (1926–1942) | The American Hockey Association was a small professional ice hockey league. It was active between 1926 and 1942.
Teams
Buffalo Majors (1930-31 to 1931-32)
Chicago Cardinals (1926-27)
Chicago Shamrocks (1930-31 to 1931-32)
Dallas Texans (1941-42; joins USHL in 1945)
Detroit Greyhounds (1926-27)
Duluth Hornets (19... |
147371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue%2C%20Alberta | Bellevue, Alberta | Bellevue is a small hamlet near the Crowsnest Pass of the Rocky Mountains found in southern Alberta, Canada. About 350 people live in Bellevue. It is currently part of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, where about 6,500 people live.
Hamlets in Alberta |
147372 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20of%20William%20%26%20Mary | College of William & Mary | The College of William & Mary in Virginia (also known as The College of William & Mary, The College, William & Mary, or W&M) is a public university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1693 by a Royal Charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II. It is the second-oldest institution of hig... |
147386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway%20track | Tramway track | Tramway tracks are used on tramways or light railways. Grooved rails (or girder rails) are normally used to let the trams run on streets. This is called "street-running". Like normal rail tracks, tram tracks consist of two parallel steel rails.
Tram rails can be placed in several surfaces. Standard rails can be put on... |
147389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20rail | Light rail | Light rail or light rail transit (LRT) is a form of urban rail public transportation. Generally it can carry fewer people and has a lower speed than heavy rail/metro systems, but it can carry more people and has a higher speed than street-running tram systems. The term is normally used to refer to rail systems with rap... |
147393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20County%20Council%20Tramways | London County Council Tramways | The London County Council Tramways was a large network of public street tramways. They were formed in 1899. They were run by the council in the County of London, UK. In 1933 they were taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board.
Trams in London
Tram transport in the United Kingdom |
147397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCC%20streetcar | PCC streetcar | The PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcar (tram) design was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design was very successful in America. After World War II it was allowed to be used in other countries in the world. The PCC car has proved to be a long lasting icon of streetcar design, and PCC car... |
147402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage%20Lottery%20Fund | Heritage Lottery Fund | The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993. The Fund opened for applications in 1994. It uses money raised through the National Lottery to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage. From museums, parks and historic places to archaeology, the natur... |
147407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%2C%20Isle%20of%20Man | Douglas, Isle of Man | Douglas () is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man
History
In 1869, Douglas became the capital city of Isle of Man.
Other websites
Douglas' Website
Isle of Man |
147414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead | Gateshead | Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead town centre and Newcastle city centre are very close to one another, and together they form the urban core of Tyneside. Gateshead is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of G... |
147417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambergate | Ambergate | Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent.
Villages in Derbyshire |
147419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham | Rotherham | Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, close to its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Its football club, Rotherham United F.C., was founded in 1870.
Notable People
Liam Cuckson
Lee Wilson
Quavo
Harry Low
References
Towns in South Yorkshire |
147420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby | Grimsby | Grimsby (or Great Grimsby) is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England.
9th-century establishments in Europe
Towns in Lincolnshire
Port cities and towns of the North Sea
Port cities and towns of England |
147423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle%2C%20Saxony-Anhalt | Halle, Saxony-Anhalt | Halle (also called Halle an der Saale) is the largest town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It lies in the southern part of the state, on the river Saale. It has about 234,000 inhabitants (2006). It is famous all over the world because Georg Friedrich Handel was born there.
References
Other websites
Urban dis... |
147424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20London | Trams in London | This article is a general one on trams in London. For a specific article on the organisation responsible for running the current generation of trams in London, see London Trams. For a complete list of historical tram operators, see list of tram operators
There have been two separate generations of trams in London, fro... |
147426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20Kingdom%20locations%3A%20Aa-Ak | List of United Kingdom locations: Aa-Ak | The following is a list of United Kingdom locations, by letter:
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147431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay%20Cross | Clay Cross | Clay Cross is a former mining town in north east Derbyshire, England. It is six miles south of Chesterfield. It is the former Roman road Ryknield Street. Near by settlements are North Wingfield, Tupton, Pilsley, Ashover, and Tibshelf.
Villages in Derbyshire |
147435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talyllyn%20Railway | Talyllyn Railway | The Talyllyn Railway () is a narrow-gauge preserved railway in Wales. It runs for from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line was opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn. It was the first narrow gauge railway in Britain authorised by Act ... |
147440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%20of%20Howth%20Tramway | Hill of Howth Tramway | The Hill of Howth Tramway, or just Howth Tram, operated from June 1901 to June 1959 and served Howth Head, near Dublin, Ireland. The service was run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I)), which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth.
County Dublin
Light rail |
147447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley%20pole | Trolley pole | A trolley pole is a tapered cylindrical pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from a "live" overhead wire to the control and propulsion equipment of a tram or trolley bus. The use of overhead wire in a railway electrification system is said to be the 1880 invention of Frank J. Sprague.
Related pages
Bow... |
147450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow%20collector | Bow collector | A bow collector is one of the three main devices used on tramcars to transfer electric current from the overhead lines above to the tram below. While once very common in continental Europe, it has now been largely replaced by the pantograph.
Related pages
Pantograph
Trolley pole
Third rail
Rail technologies
Tram t... |
147451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantograph%20%28rail%29 | Pantograph (rail) | A pantograph is a device that collects electric current from overhead lines for electric trains or trams. The term stems from the resemblance to pantograph devices for copying writing and drawings.
Related pages
Bow collector
Trolley pole
Third rail
Overhead lines
Railway electrification system
Rail technologie... |
147464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assist%20%28ice%20hockey%29 | Assist (ice hockey) | In ice hockey, an assist is when up to two players of the scoring team shoots, passes or sends the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which made the goal. This usually means that they "assisted" in the goal. At most, there can only be 2 assists for each goal.
Other websites
NHL Ruleboo... |
147468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20Stratford | Water Stratford | Water Stratford is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England.
References
Villages in Buckinghamshire
Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire |
147469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20settlements%20in%20Cambridgeshire | List of settlements in Cambridgeshire | The following is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, by letter:
A
Abington Pigotts - Aldreth - America - Arrington - Ashley - Abbots Ripton - Abbotsley - Alconbury - Alconbury Weston - Alwalton
B
Babraham - Balsham - Bar Hill - Barnwell - Barrington - Bartlow - Barton ... |
147470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20settlements%20in%20Northern%20Ireland%20by%20county | List of settlements in Northern Ireland by county | The following is a list of places in Northern Ireland, by county:
Lists of places inside of counties
List of places in County Antrim
List of places in County Armagh
List of places in County Londonderry
List of places in County Down
List of places in County Fermanagh
List of places in County Tyrone
Related pages
List ... |
147471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20towns%20and%20villages%20in%20Northern%20Ireland | List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland | This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city status in the United Kingdom).
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) uses these definitions:
Town - population of 4,500 or more
Small Town - populat... |
147474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20towns%20in%20Northern%20Ireland | List of towns in Northern Ireland | The following is a list of towns in Northern Ireland, by letter:
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Antrim, Armagh
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Ballycastle, Ballyclare, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Bangor, Belfast
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Carrickfergus, Carryduff, Coalisland, Coleraine, Comber, Cookstown, Craigavon
D
, Donaghadee, Downpatrick, Dromore, Dundonald, Dunga... |
147478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt%20Hill | Burnt Hill | Burnt Hill is a hamlet in Berkshire, England. It can be found in the civil parish of Yattendon.
Villages in Berkshire
Hamlets in England |
147479 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%20Hill | Bar Hill | Bar Hill is a village that can be found about 4 miles (7 km) northwest of Cambridge, in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England. In 2001 there were 4,233 people living in Bar Hill.
References
Villages in Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire
Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire |
147480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yielden | Yielden | Yielden is a village in Bedfordshire. It is near the borders with Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire.
Other websites
Your Total Event - Yielden
Villages in Bedfordshire |
147485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mislea%2C%20Prahova | Mislea, Prahova | Mislea is a commune of Prahova County in Romania.
Communes in Prahova County
en:Scorţeni, Prahova |
147506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth%20College | Dartmouth College | Dartmouth College () is a private, coeducational university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"
it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. In addition to its undergraduate liberal arts program, Dartmouth has medi... |
147527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham%20Athletic%20A.F.C. | Oldham Athletic A.F.C. | Oldham Athletic Football Club is a football that plays in Football League One. The club plays its games at Boundary Park in Oldham, England.
The club has never won any major trophies through their history, though have made several appearances in the late rounds of the FA Cup and Football League Cup.
History
The clu... |
147538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpuss | Bagpuss | Bagpuss is a popular children's television series shown on BBC television. It was shown in 1974. Although only 13 episodes were made, it was so popular that it was repeated regularly until 1987. The series was made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate through their company Smallfilms.
The character Bagpuss was a toy... |
147540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Postgate | Oliver Postgate | Richard Oliver Postgate (12 April 1925 – 8 December 2008), generally known as Oliver Postgate, was an English animator, puppeteer and writer.
He made several series of children’s programmes for British television. They all became very popular. They include Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, C... |
147541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead%20Garden%20Festival | Gateshead Garden Festival | The Gateshead Garden Festival was the fourth of the United Kingdom's five National Garden Festivals. It was held between May and October 1990, in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The festival took place for 157 days. Over three million people went to the festival.
References
Festivals in the United Kingdom
Gateshead
1990 i... |
147542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow%20Garden%20Festival | Glasgow Garden Festival | The Glasgow Garden Festival was the third of the United Kingdom's five National Garden Festivals. It was the only one to take place in Scotland. It was held in Glasgow between April and September 1988.
Gardening
Glasgow
1988 in the United Kingdom
1980s in Scotland |
147543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animator | Animator | An animator is an artist who makes drawings for movies. The animator makes many drawings which are called "frames". These are played very quickly, one after another, to create animation. It makes it look as if the pictures are moving.
Animators can work in many areas including movies, television, video games, and the... |
147545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20116 | British Rail Class 116 | The British Rail Class 116 diesel multiple units were built by BR Derby from 1957 to 1961.
116 |
147546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20117 | British Rail Class 117 | The British Rail Class 117 diesel multiple units were built by Pressed Steel from 1959 to 1960.
References
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147556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky%20Sbragia | Ricky Sbragia | Richard 'Ricky' Spragia (born May 26, 1956) is a former Scottish footballer who currently manages Sunderland. He was appointed in late December 2008 after the previous manager Roy Keane walked out after a run of bad results which had left Sunderland towards the foot of the table. In his first four games as caretaker ma... |
147558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Austria | Flag of Austria | The official Flag of Austria is the flag of the European country, Austria. It has three horizontal stripes, two red ones and a white one.
Austria
Austria |
147560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20118 | British Rail Class 118 | The British Rail Class 118 diesel multiple units were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company (BRCW) and introduced from 1960.
118 |
147569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20119 | British Rail Class 119 | The British Rail Class 119 DMUs were used on the Western Region and on services in the Midlands that used units that were based at Tyseley Depot. Soon after they were introduced, many of the DMUs were moved to Cardiff. This was so that they could serve the intermediate stations on outer suburban services from London Pa... |
147570 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna%20Noble%20%28Doctor%20Who%29 | Donna Noble (Doctor Who) | Donna Noble is a character in the British television series Doctor Who. She is played by Catherine Tate. She is a secretary from Chiswick, London. She is a companion of the Tenth Doctor. She appears in one scene at the end of the last episode of the 2006 series, "Doomsday" (named in the credits only as "The Bride"), a... |
147571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20120 | British Rail Class 120 | The Class 120 was a cross-country DMU. It was made up of three units. The first unit was built in 1958 at the British Rail Swindon Works.
120 |
147573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20121 | British Rail Class 121 | Sixteen Class 121 single-car driving motor vehicles were built from 1960, numbered 55020-55035. These were supplemented by ten trailer vehicles, numbered 56280-289 (later renumbered 54280-289). They had a top speed of 70 mph, with slam-doors, and vacuum brakes. The driving motor vehicles were nicknamed "Bubble Cars" ... |
147574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20122 | British Rail Class 122 | The British Rail Class 122 diesel multiple units were built by Gloucester RC&W in 1958. Twenty single-car driving motor vehicles, called "Bubble Cars", were built, numbered 55000-55019. These were supplemented by ten trailer vehicles, numbered 56290-299 (later renumbered 54290-299).
122 |
147575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20123 | British Rail Class 123 | The Class 123 was a design of Diesel Multiple Unit built for British Rail in 1963. They were built by British Rail at Swindon Works, and designed like all Swindon units as inter-city sets. Ten of the four-car sets were built and introduced in 1963. The units bear a visible similarity to the British Rail Class 309, howe... |
147578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20124 | British Rail Class 124 | The British Rail Class 124 was a class of initially six-car Diesel Multiple Units used and built specifically for the trans-pennine route. They were progressively shortened during their lifetime, finally finishing as three-car sets. They were all withdrawn by the late 1980s. There was a movement to preserve a set of th... |
147579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20125 | British Rail Class 125 | The Class 125 was a design of three car Diesel Multiple Unit built for British Rail in 1958. They were high-density units, externally very similar to the Class 116. They were built specifically for the Lea Valley Line, were all withdrawn in 1977, and none survive to this day. Like many first-generation DMU classes, the... |
147580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20126 | British Rail Class 126 | The introduction of what became the Class 126 diesel multiple units originated in a British Transport Commission report of 1952 that suggested the trial use of diesel railcars. BR's Swindon Works were chosen to design and build express units for the ex-North British Railway Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street ro... |
147581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20127 | British Rail Class 127 | The British Rail Class 127 diesel multiple units were built by BR Derby in 1959. Thirty 4-car units were built, formed of two outer driving motor vehicles, sandwiching two intermediate trailers. The technical description of such as 4-car unit was DMBS + TSL + TS + DMBS.
127 |
147582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20128 | British Rail Class 128 | British Rail Class 128 was a class of diesel multiple unit, built for British Rail. Introduced in 1959, ten of the class were built by British United Traction, each with two 230 hp Leyland engines. The class was built specifically for parcels, and did not feature any passenger accommodation; fitted out with parcel rack... |
147583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20129 | British Rail Class 129 | The Class 129 was a class of single-car Diesel Multiple Unit built in 1955 for British Rail. Only three were built by Cravens and were introduced in 1958. The class was built for parcels traffic like the Class 128. One unit (55997) survived into departmental service being named 'Hydra'. The driving ends of a Class 129 ... |
147591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Master%20%28Doctor%20Who%29 | The Master (Doctor Who) | The Master is a character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is an evil Time Lord and is one of the biggest enemies of the Doctor.
When the Master first appeared in 1971, he was played by Roger Delgado. Delgado continued in the role until his death in 1973. Afterwards, Peter Pratt and Geo... |
147599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth%20University | Dartmouth University | Dartmouth University was a university in New Hampshire which existed from 1817 to 1819. It was the result of an attempt by the state legislature to change Dartmouth College, a private college, into a public university but it did not happen.
Colleges and universities in New Hampshire
1817 establishments in the United S... |
147608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Kapranos | Alex Kapranos | Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley (born 20 March 1972), commonly known as Alex Kapranos, is an English musician. He is the lead singer of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand. Kapranos was born in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire to an English mother and Greek father.
References
Living people
1972 births
English guitarists
Englis... |
147612 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20from%20Above%201979 | Death from Above 1979 | Death from Above 1979 is a Toronto-based Canadian band with two members. The members were Jesse F. Keeler on bass guitar, synths and backing vocals, and Sebastien Grainger on vocals and drums.
Canadian punk bands
Musical entertainers from Toronto
Musical groups established in 2001
2001 establishments in Canada
Musical... |
147613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin%20Berlinsky | Valentin Berlinsky | Valentin Berlinsky (born Irkutsk, 19 January, 1925; died 15 December, 2008) was a Russian cellist. He played with the world-famous Borodin Quartet from 1945 when it was founded, and was a member until he retired in 2007.
His life
Early life
Valentin Berlinsky was born in Irkutsk, Siberia. His father had learned the... |
147621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Lamacq | Steve Lamacq | Steve Lamacq (born 16 October 1965) is a disc jockey for BBC radio stations. He is known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat". He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire and grew up in Essex.
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1965 births
Living people
British radio personalities
People from Basingstoke
People from Essex |
147627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internship | Internship | Intern is the job title given to people who work in an organization that has an internship program. It is similar to an apprenticeship but is the term more commonly used if the work takes place in office environments. The work in an internship is expected to be part of the desired learning experience for the intern. Th... |
147628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Master | The Master | The Master can refer to:
People who have been named or nicknamed The Master:
Edward Butowsky
Fictional characters called The Master:
Master (Doctor Who), a recurring villain in the science fiction television series Doctor Who
sv:Buffy och vampyrerna#Mästaren |
147630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonie%20Fantastique%20%28Berlioz%29 | Symphonie Fantastique (Berlioz) | The Symphonie fantastique is a symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz. It is one of the most famous Romantic works for orchestra. The official title of the piece is Episode de la Vie d’un Artiste (An Episode in the Life of the Artist), but it is always called by its subtitle Symphonie Fantastique which ... |
147639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%27s%20Hospital | Christ's Hospital | Christ's Hospital is a boarding school in Sussex. The school was started in 1552. King Edward VI started it. The headmaster is John Franklin BA MEd Admin. It has 831 students. The school is very big.
Schools in England
1552 establishments
1550s establishments in England |
147657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluenza%3A%20When%20Too%20Much%20is%20Never%20Enough | Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough | Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough is a 2005 book by Professor Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss. Affluenza suggests that Western society consumes too many products and services. Hamilton and Denniss argue that people "aspire to the lifestyles of the rich and famous". They state that rates of stress, depression... |
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