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4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
shareholder of the club.
## Relegation (2017).
Iraklis was dissolved as a professional club in 2017, due to major financial issues the club had been facing for some years. They failed to participate in Football League (second tier) and were thus dissolved as a professional football club an... | 36,500 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
the 2008–09 season the club used a special logo, created especially for its centenary. The crest that is now used depicts the demigod Heracles resting upon his club, a scene inspired by Farnese Hercules statue, itself a copy of a statue crafted by Lysippos in the fourth century BC.
Througho... | 36,501 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
and white stripes, but through the years this was changed often to all blue, all white, chess-like, and hooped, among others.
## Kit evolution.
First
Alternative
Sponsorships:
- Great Shirt Sponsor: N/A
- Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer: Givova
- Official Sponsor: N/A
# Faciliti... | 36,502 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
unable to use its facilities until 1919, due to World War I. In 1927 the club renewed the contract for the use of the area, but in 1930, the newly founded Aristotle University of Thessaloniki tried to take the ownership of the field. For almost two decades the ground was used by both the ath... | 36,503 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
ever since, including the 2011–12 season, when both the G.S. Iraklis and the A.E.P. Iraklis team used it as their home ground. In the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons Iraklis used Makedonikos Stadium as its home ground. That decision was made due to the renovation of Kaftanzoglio for the 2004 Sum... | 36,504 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
training ground of the team. The training facilities include three football fields, gym, sauna, water pool, such as the administration building of Iraklis FC. In the area, the club's new stadium also was planned to be built.
# Supporters.
Iraklis was well supported right from the start of ... | 36,505 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
and the general fall in attendances in Greek football, crowds in Kaftanzoglio deteriorated to a modest average of 3,000. A record low attendance was recorded during the '90s, as in a match against Paniliakos there were only 384 tickets sold. A brief increase in attendance was recorded after ... | 36,506 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
OFI. In two recent opinion polls Iraklis was ranked as the 6th most popular football club in Greece, gathering 2.8%–3.7% of the participating football supporters.
The most prominent supporters' club of the team is "Aftonomi Thira 10" (meaning Autonomous Gate 10), a fan club with a total of ... | 36,507 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
of FSV Mainz, Rayo Vallecano and FK Buducnost Podgorica as those have shown their support during Iraklis' supporters rallies against Super League's refusal to grant Iraklis a license to participate in the 2010–11 Super League season.
Also, the fans have sympathy for all the clubs named "Her... | 36,508 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
respective multi-sport club, of which it was considered a branch. In the 1979–80 season the football branch of Iraklis became an SA owned by local businessmen Tertilinis and Pertsinidis. In the 1983–84 season Iraklis was bought by Petros Theodorides who remained at the helm of the club for a... | 36,509 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
Iraklis against OFI, Mytilineos gave a press conference in which he announced his withdrawal from Iraklis' affairs, due to his disgust with the establishment of Greek football. Shortly afterwards the ownership of the club was passed to businessman Giorgos Spanoudakis for 1 euro and until 200... | 36,510 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
and tried to hand Iraklis' stocks to Cypriot businessman Pheevos Morides. After the latter failed to fulfill his promises the deal was cancelled. Greek singer Antonis Remos, a prominent supporter of Iraklis, expressed his interest to undertake the club's fortunes, but he moved back when Span... | 36,511 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
issues and reactions.
On 1 June 2010, the club was denied a license to compete in next season's Greek Super League. That summer, Iraklis's fans rallied in Thessaloniki for more than 10 days. Also there were 2 rallies in Athens and other important places in Greece like Malgara and Tempi. Fin... | 36,512 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
placed in the last position. That is a unique case as Iraklis have never finished in a relegation spot but have been relegated twice. On 26 September, however, the Professional Sports Committee stripped Iraklis from its professional licence and demoted it to Delta Ethniki. The team competed ... | 36,513 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
F.C., but is essentially considered as a direct continuation of it. Therefore, G.S. Iraklis Thessaloniki has no shares of the new company, but instead still holds the 10% of the bankrupt original Iraklis FC company, which remains to be dissolved. Currently, MAE Pontioi Katerini own 10% of th... | 36,514 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
again renamed in PAE Iraklis 1908. In 2014–15, Iraklis promoted easily from the second division (Football League) to the Superleague (first tier) after finishing in the first place during the regular season and second in the playoffs only behind AEK FC. The next season Iraklis finished in th... | 36,515 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
causing the club to be disbanded for the second time in five years. Papathanasakis stepped down as owner and chairman of Iraklis FC. For this reason, a brand new committee with Nikos Vafeiadis as it's chairman was made by Iraklis's Legends and fans to save the club.
Despite starting the 201... | 36,516 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
managed to finish in the 1st place and gain promotion to Football League (2nd tier).
## Tom Papadopoulos era (2018–present).
In the summer, negotiations began on the purchase of the football section of Iraklis Thessaloniki by the Greek–American businessman Tom Papadopoulos, who is involved... | 36,517 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
Championship
- Winners (2): 1914, 1915
- EPSM Championship
- Winners (5): 1926–27, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1950–51, 1951–52
- Runners up (6): 1923–24, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1936–37, 1946–47, 1952–53
National
- Super League (First Division)
- Runners up (3): 1933–34, 1938–39, 1946–47
- Football... | 36,518 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
leading in league appearances
# Records and statistics.
## Records.
- Biggest win:
- 14–1 v Enosi Charilaou, 1959–60 Greek Cup
- 13–0 v Odysseas Kordelio, 1955–56 Greek Cup
- Biggest away win:
- 1–8 v Apollon Krya Vrysi, 1993–94 Greek Cup
- Biggest league win:
- 12–0 v Edessaikos, 1... | 36,519 |
4221322 | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iraklis%20F.C.%20(Thessaloniki) | Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki)
Odysseas Kordelio, 1955–56 Greek Cup
- Biggest away win:
- 1–8 v Apollon Krya Vrysi, 1993–94 Greek Cup
- Biggest league win:
- 12–0 v Edessaikos, 1980–81 Beta Ethniki
- Biggest top tier win
- 8–1 v AEK, 1930–31 Panhellenic Championship,
- 8–1 v Rodos, 1978–79 Alpha Ethniki
## League ... | 36,520 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
Melvin Douglas Queen (March 26, 1942 – May 13, 2011) was an American professional baseball player, manager, coach, scout and executive. He played all or part of nine seasons as an outfielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball, and also served for four sea... | 36,521 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
Stars of the Pacific Coast League. He was signed to a bonus by the Reds after a stellar three-sport high school career at San Luis Obispo High School in San Luis Obispo, California, where he was a teammate of future Major League pitcher Jim Lonborg.
# Professional career.
## Cincinnati ... | 36,522 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
League.
In 1964, Queen started the season with the major league Reds, making his MLB debut on Opening Day, April 13, as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning, lining out to center field off Houston Astros pitcher Ken Johnson. He got his first hit 11 days later with a single against the San ... | 36,523 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
was two years earlier in 1964 that Queen had asked Reds coach and former big-league pitcher Jim Turner to give him the opportunity to throw and receive daily pitching lessons.
He made his pitching debut on July 15 against the St. Louis Cardinals, pitching the ninth inning of a blowout lo... | 36,524 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
while allowing two or less earned runs in 15 of his 24 starts. His season highlights included a six-hit shutout against the San Francisco Giants in his first career start on April 16, and a two-hit shutout against the New York Mets on September 8.
Queen developed shoulder problems includ... | 36,525 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
in 17 games, posting a 4.35 ERA with no decisions, while spending part of the year back in the minor leagues. It was his last year as an active player.
## Career overview.
In a seven-season career, Queen went 20-17 with a 3.14 ERA and 14 saves in 140 games, giving up 154 runs (136 earne... | 36,526 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
21 runs batted in in 269 games as a hitter.
# Coaching career.
Following his playing career, Queen managed a friend's seafood restaurant and was thus able to spend more time with his wife Gail and their three children. In late 1978, Queen learned that the Cleveland Indians needed a mino... | 36,527 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
a significant role in the development of the homegrown players during their 11 straight winning seasons. He started as a coach, being promoted as their farm director in 1990 and served as their major league pitching coach from 1996 through 1999. During his four seasons in that role, two T... | 36,528 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
Kent, as well as outfielders Shawn Green and Shannon Stewart, among others.
Queen also served as the Blue Jays interim manager for the final five games of the 1997 season after Cito Gaston was fired, and later became a scout for the organization. Nevertheless, one of his major achievemen... | 36,529 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
him develop a new mental approach.
"There's no one I made that drastic a change to and verbally abused the way I did Doc", Queen explained after Halladay won his first Cy Young Award in 2003. "There aren’t many people that would have gone through what I put him through. I had to make him... | 36,530 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
married. Lonborg had also been Queen's high school teammate. Lonborg pitched from 1965 to 1979 for the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Mel Queen was a longtime resident of Morro Bay, California, where he died at age 69 on May 12, 2011 of complications from ca... | 36,531 |
4221538 | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Queen%20(pitcher/outfielder) | Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)
d. Lonborg had also been Queen's high school teammate. Lonborg pitched from 1965 to 1979 for the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Mel Queen was a longtime resident of Morro Bay, California, where he died at age 69 on May 12, 2011 of complications from cancer. ... | 36,532 |
4221617 | François Lake Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=François%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park | François Lake Provincial Park
François Lake Provincial Park
François Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the east end of Francois Lake. Total park area is 7,214 hectares. It is about 12 km off BC Highway 16, southwest of the town of Fraser Lake. There is no potable water a... | 36,533 |
4221617 | François Lake Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=François%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park | François Lake Provincial Park
boating and fishing on Francois Lake. There are also campsites with spectacular scenery. Picnickers can also avail of the picnic grounds.
# Cultural Heritage.
The Francois Lake is an area of abundant First Nations history. Ties to the history and to its ownership have been claimed by the... | 36,534 |
4221617 | François Lake Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=François%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park | François Lake Provincial Park
used to hunt, fish and gather.
# Flora and fauna.
The park's large forest tracts are full of plant life. They also offer important habitat for moose in winter. Several mammals, like deer and black bear are found here. There are several species of birds. The lake supports a good populatio... | 36,535 |
4221617 | François Lake Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=François%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park | François Lake Provincial Park
lake supports a good population of the sockeye salmon.
# Conservation.
The Francois Lake Park lies within the Bukley Basin Ecosection. The park contains some important habitat, which includes riparian zones. The park also supports numerous wildlife species. The lake's shore are covered w... | 36,536 |
4221618 | Fraser River Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fraser%20River%20Provincial%20Park | Fraser River Provincial Park
Fraser River Provincial Park
Fraser River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. | 36,537 |
4221621 | French Beach Provincial Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French%20Beach%20Provincial%20Park | French Beach Provincial Park
French Beach Provincial Park
French Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
French Beach Provincial Park is located on Vancouver Island, between Sooke and Jordan River, British Columbia.
The area has a day use parking lot and B.C. provincial campground.
#... | 36,538 |
4221634 | Chico the Rainmaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chico%20the%20Rainmaker | Chico the Rainmaker
Chico the Rainmaker
Chico the Rainmaker was a British film serial made by Eyeline Films and the Children's Film Foundation.
It was shown in 1974 on PBS in the USA, and shown in British cinemas in the 1970s and 1980s as part of their "Saturday Matinees".
The series featured a talking shrunken head... | 36,539 |
4221634 | Chico the Rainmaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chico%20the%20Rainmaker | Chico the Rainmaker
had been taken from the jungle by explorers three years previously, and had been awaiting an opportunity to return to his tribe ever since - he is vital to the tribe both as protector and because he has the power to make it rain. The head had been sold to the antiques shop inadvertently, and is bein... | 36,540 |
4221634 | Chico the Rainmaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chico%20the%20Rainmaker | Chico the Rainmaker
Box
- 2. Chico makes magic
- 3. Chase for Chico
- 4. The Magic Football
- 5. The Secret Cave
- 6. Chico makes the Rain
- 7. Farewell to Chico
# Cast & Characters.
Main characters:
- Spencer Plumridge as Chris Page
- Leslie Ash as Jill Page
- Hilda Fenemore as Hilda Page
- Peter Halliday ... | 36,541 |
4221634 | Chico the Rainmaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chico%20the%20Rainmaker | Chico the Rainmaker
- Peter Halliday as Mr. Page
- Stanley Meadows as Douglas
- Lance Percival as Stanley Thornton
- Louis Mansi as Desmond
- Clive Revill as Chico (voice)
- Alex Mackenzie as the All-Father (hair)
Director: Jonathan Ingrams
# Theme song.
"Chico chico the rainmaker,
Chico chico the rainmaker,
... | 36,542 |
4221629 | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chautauqua%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
The Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River in Mason County northeast of Havana, Illinois. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as one of the four "Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges".
Th... | 36,543 |
4221629 | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chautauqua%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
dike, however, and the Illinois River reclaimed the polder. The complex alluvial topography that had existed before this intervention was replaced by the broad shallow pool of Chautauqua Lake.
In 1936, the federal government acquired the Chautauqua Drainage and Levee District parcel... | 36,544 |
4221629 | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chautauqua%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
and an alluvial topography of sloughs and floodplain woodlands may be slowly re-establishing itself. However, many of the plant and animal species inhabiting the current Chautauqua Lake and Wildlife Refuge and adjacent Illinois River are nonnative and invasive species such as the Asi... | 36,545 |
4221629 | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chautauqua%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge | Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
3.2 km²) were classified as "water and timbered bottomland", and the remaining 388 acres (1.6 km²) were classified as upland forest. The closest numbered highway is U.S. Highway 136 in Mason County.
A nesting pair of bald eagles was observed in the Chautauqua National Wildlife Refug... | 36,546 |
4221699 | Dragobraća | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dragobraća | Dragobraća
Dragobraća
Dragobraća (Cyrillic: "Драгобраћа" ) is a settlement located in the Stanovo municipality, in the Šumadija District of Serbia.
The population of the village is 845 (2002 census), most of whom are ethnic Serbs. | 36,547 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
Lindy Davies
Lindy Davies (29 August 1946) is an Australian actress, director, actor trainer and performance consultant. She played Ruth Ballinger in the Australian soap opera "Prisoner" in 1985, and won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film "Malcolm". She went on to be the h... | 36,548 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992, and worked with Christie as a consultant on the Dennis Potter TV series "Karaoke" (1996) and the films "Hamlet" (1996), "Afterglow" (1997), "Away From Her" (2006) and "Glorious 39" (2009).
Davies, who has said that "Intuition" is the defining principle of... | 36,549 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
Theatr Clwyd, "Old Times" (with Julie Christie and Leigh Lawson)
- Chichester Festival Theatre, "Hedda Gabler" (with Harriet Walter Nicholas Le Prevost and Phyllida Law)
- Chichester Festival Theatre, "Suzannah Andler" (with Julie Christie)
- Sydney Theatre Company, "Three Days of Rain, A Month in the C... | 36,550 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
"The Cherry Orchard", "Three Sisters", "Lysistrata".
- National Institute of Dramatic Art, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"; "Electra"; "Miss Sarah Sampson".
- Pram Factory: "Calling For Help"
- La Mama: "Calling For Help"
- Open Stage: "Marat Sade; Ride Across Lake Constance; The Birthday Party"
## Perfor... | 36,551 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
with Julie Christie.
- Sally Potter's "The Tango Lesson".
- Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet" with Julie Christie.
- Dennis Potter's "Karaoke" with Julie Christie.
- Michael Whyte's "The Railway Stationman" with Julie Christie.
- Pat O’Connor's "Fools of Fortune" with Julie Christie.
- Australia: includes "... | 36,552 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
of Arts in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Lindy Davies created an integrated curriculum for the training of Actors, Directors, Writers, Theatre-Makers, Designers and Technical Practitioners at the School of Drama of the former Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.
- From 1979-1982 she held the p... | 36,553 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
Award for Best Actress)
- State Theatre Company of South Australia, "The Seagull" (Arkadina) "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Martha), "Wild Honey" (Anna Petrovna).
- Hunter Valley Theatre Company, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Martha), Condor Award for Best Actress.
- New Work: Lyndal Jones: Pre... | 36,554 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
"Thoughts on Meeting A Friend; Halewyn; Tombstone."
- The Pram Factory, "Marvellous Melbourne"; "Marvellous Melbourne II"; "Chicago Chicago"; "Don's Party".
- La Mama Experimental Theatre Company: "Calm Down Mother; Comings and Goings; Birth of Space; I Don’t Know Who to Feel Sorry For; Dimboola, Halewyn... | 36,555 |
4221684 | Lindy Davies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lindy%20Davies | Lindy Davies
hicago"; "Don's Party".
- La Mama Experimental Theatre Company: "Calm Down Mother; Comings and Goings; Birth of Space; I Don’t Know Who to Feel Sorry For; Dimboola, Halewyn."
# Awards.
- Malcolm, (AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress)
- Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award - A special citation for her ... | 36,556 |
4221688 | Doaktown, New Brunswick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doaktown,%20New%20Brunswick | Doaktown, New Brunswick
Doaktown, New Brunswick
Doaktown (2016 population: 792) is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
# History.
Situated on the Southwest Miramichi River and first settled in 1807 as a base for the growing lumber industry in central New Brunswick, United Empire Loyalists, le... | 36,557 |
4221688 | Doaktown, New Brunswick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doaktown,%20New%20Brunswick | Doaktown, New Brunswick
population grew. He served with the government in several capacities, including magistrate and justice of the peace. The community was named Doakton, in his honour, when the post office first opened, but was later changed to its present name, Doaktown.
The village has a prosperous lumber indust... | 36,558 |
4221688 | Doaktown, New Brunswick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doaktown,%20New%20Brunswick | Doaktown, New Brunswick
village has two museums: the Doak Historic Site and the Atlantic Salmon Museum. Other nearby attractions include the Priceville Footbridge, the longest suspension footbridge in New Brunswick, and Nelson Hollow Bridge, the oldest covered bridge in the province.
# Administration.
The municipal c... | 36,559 |
4221705 | Ruth Nye | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruth%20Nye | Ruth Nye
Ruth Nye
Ruth Nye MBE (born 1932) is an Australian pianist and teacher, based in the United Kingdom.
Ruth Nye, born Ruth Farren-Price, sister of fellow pianist Ronald Farren-Price, grew up in Australia where she attended Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne.
# Career.
Nye studied with Claudio Arrau in Ne... | 36,560 |
4221705 | Ruth Nye | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruth%20Nye | Ruth Nye
n by her maiden name Ruth Farren-Price, before turning her attention to teaching. She married fellow Australian Ross Nye in 1956.
Ruth Nye is currently on the faculty of the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, UK and the Royal College of Music in London, UK. She holds master classes and lectures throughout the w... | 36,561 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
North Road (Manchester)
North Road was a football and cricket ground in Newton Heath, Manchester, England. It was the first home of Manchester United Football Club – then known as Newton Heath Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Football Club – from its foundation in 1878 until 1893, when the club m... | 36,562 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
to afford the rent on the ground and was evicted.
# History.
## Early years.
Following the foundation of Newton Heath LYR F.C., at the request of the employees of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) company's Carriage and Wagon Works, the club needed a pitch to play on. The chosen site... | 36,563 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
mist of steam from passing trains. Players had to get changed in The Three Crowns public house, a few hundred yards away on Oldham Road, as there were no facilities nearby. There may have been some kind of refreshment offered to supporters at the eastern end of the site.
The first recorded matc... | 36,564 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
fee of 3d (about £ as of 2020) was charged for the match. Football became a professional sport in England in 1885, and Newton Heath signed their first professional players in the summer of 1886. The club's income was insufficient to cover its wage bill, and so the 3d admission charge was extende... | 36,565 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
However, this transaction put the club at odds with the railway company, who refused to contribute any finance to the deal. The two organisations began to drift apart from then onwards, and in 1892 the club attempted to raise £2,000 in share capital to pay off the debts incurred by the expansion... | 36,566 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
searching for a new stadium since the first eviction attempt in May the previous year, and they were able to move to a new ground on Bank Street, three miles away in Clayton. It proved impossible though to take the two grandstands to the new ground, and they were sold for £100.
## Present.
The... | 36,567 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
Development Agency (NWDA) as the location of the North Manchester Business Park in 2002.
# Other uses.
Newton Heath LYR Football Club was also founded as a cricket club, and the North Road ground was used by both branches of the club. However, the cricket and football seasons often overlapped,... | 36,568 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
for a First Division match against Sunderland on 4 March 1893. A similar attendance was also recorded for a friendly match against Gorton Villa on 5 September 1889. A record-low league attendance of approximately 1,000 was recorded for Football Alliance matches against Walsall Town Swifts and Bi... | 36,569 |
4221644 | North Road (Manchester) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Road%20(Manchester) | North Road (Manchester)
rch 1893. A similar attendance was also recorded for a friendly match against Gorton Villa on 5 September 1889. A record-low league attendance of approximately 1,000 was recorded for Football Alliance matches against Walsall Town Swifts and Birmingham City on 21 April 1890 and 13 December 1890 r... | 36,570 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
Bank Street (football ground)
Bank Street, also known as Bank Lane, was a multi-purpose stadium in Clayton, Manchester, England. It was mostly used for football matches and was the second home ground of Manchester United Football Club (then known as Newton Heath Football Club), after Nort... | 36,571 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
car park of the Manchester Velodrome, with a plaque on a house wall on Bank Street indicating the presence of the former ground. The site is close to the City of Manchester Stadium, the home of Manchester City Football Club.
# History.
## Early years.
Also known as Bank Lane, the ground... | 36,572 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
Deans and Canons, who believed it to be inappropriate for the club to charge an entry fee to the ground, secretary A. H. Albut procured the use of the Bank Street ground in June 1893. The site was let to the club for eight months of the year, with pre-season training permitted on occasiona... | 36,573 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
Burnley on 1 September 1893, when 10,000 people saw Alf Farman score a hat-trick, Newton Heath's only goals in a 3–2 win. The remaining stands were completed for the following league game against Nottingham Forest three weeks later. However, Newton Heath did not fare well in their first se... | 36,574 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
the pitch to the referee, they were finally persuaded to take to the field, only to be beaten 14–0 (unofficially, the biggest win in the history of Manchester United). However, the Football League ruled in favour of Walsall and the match was ordered to be replayed, though the result was no... | 36,575 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
12,000. Improvements to the ground were restricted by the running track that encompassed the pitch, which, by the request of the Bradford and Clayton Athletic Company, could not be removed. However, the ground came into the possession of the club's former president, Mr W. Crompton, in 1898... | 36,576 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
the club committee.
These improvements would cost a lot of money, however, and this, in combination with the players' ever-increasing wages, sent the club into a period of financial turmoil. The club was presented with a winding up order in January 1902, and Bank Street was on the brink o... | 36,577 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
ability to hold approximately 50,000 spectators, some of whom could watch from the viewing gallery atop the Main Stand. The stadium was even deemed worthy enough to host a match between Football League and Scottish Football League representative sides in April 1904, hosting 25,000 spectato... | 36,578 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
would benefit from increased coverage of football.
## Departure and destruction.
Following Manchester United's first league title in 1908 and the FA Cup a year later, it was decided that Bank Street was too restrictive for Davies' ambition and the club would have to move to a new stadium... | 36,579 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
after the Tottenham match, one of the stands was blown down in a storm. The roof of the grandstand was blown across the road, landing on the houses opposite, and the stand was left in tatters. The Tottenham match was meant to have been played at Old Trafford, but building problems at the n... | 36,580 |
4221679 | Bank Street (football ground) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bank%20Street%20(football%20ground) | Bank Street (football ground)
Old Trafford, but building problems at the new ground had caused the fixture to revert to Bank Street. Despite the destruction of the Bank Street End stand, the club's reserve team continued to use the ground for matches until the expiry of the lease on 1 January 1912. The remaining timber... | 36,581 |
4221716 | Garry Nelson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garry%20Nelson | Garry Nelson
Garry Nelson
Garry Paul Nelson (born 16 January 1961) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Southend United, Swindon Town, Plymouth Argyle, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic and Torquay United (as player/assistant manager) between 1979 and 1997. He played as a strik... | 36,582 |
4221716 | Garry Nelson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garry%20Nelson | Garry Nelson
n in diary form, chronicling a season with Charlton (1994–95) and Torquay (1996–97) respectively. The books have been generally well received, and noted as showing the real life of "ordinary" professional footballers, became best-sellers, and each was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Yea... | 36,583 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
Francis Jammes
Francis Jammes (; 2 December 1868, Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées ; 1 November 1938, Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) was a French poet. He spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a h... | 36,584 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
around 1895, and they were appreciated for their fresh tone which broke considerably from symbolist tendencies of the period. Jammes fraternised with other writers, including André Gide (with whom he travelled to Algeria in 1896), Stéphane Mallarmé and Henri de Régnier. His most famous collection of poem... | 36,585 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
with whom he became close, "converted" to Catholicism (in actuality a return to being a practicing Catholic) and his poetry became more austere and occasionally more dogmatic.
In the eyes of Parisian literary circles, Francis Jammes was generally considered a solitary provincial who chose to live a life... | 36,586 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
habillée de feuilles" ("The Church Clothed in Leaves") (1906); Brassens changed some of the words to make the text more rhythmic.
Jammes was known to have an ardent passion for field sports, especially game hunting. He was known to have also been a believer in the conservation of endangered species.
Th... | 36,587 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
"[year] in poetry" article:
- 1891: "Six Sonnets"
- 1892: "Vers", also 1893 and 1894
- 1895: "Un jour"
- 1897: "La Naissance du poète" ("The Birth of the Poet")
- 1898: "Quatorze prières"
- 1898: "De l'Angélus de l'aube à l'Angélus du soir" ("From the Morning Prayer to the Evening Prayer")
- 1899:... | 36,588 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
de l'Occident
- 1911–1912: "Les Géorgiques chrétiennes" ("Christian Georgics"), three volumes
- 1913: "Feuilles dans le vent"
- 1916: "Cinq prières pour le temps de la guerre", Paris: Librairie de l'Art catholique
- 1919: "La Vierge et les sonnets", Paris: Mercure de France
- 1921: "Épitaphes", Pari... | 36,589 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
Paris: Bloud et Gay
- 1935: "Alouette"
- 1935: "De tout temps à jamais", Paris: Gallimard
- 1936: "Sources", Paris: Le Divan
- 1943: "Elégies et poésies diverses"
- 1946: "La Grâce"
## Prose.
Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in literature" article:
- 1899: "Clara d'Ellébeuse; ou, L'Hi... | 36,590 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
1919: "Le Noël de mes enfants", Paris: Édouard-Joseph
- 1919: "La Rose à Marie", Paris: Édouard-Joseph
- 1920: "Le Poète rustique", Paris: Mercure de France
- 1921: "Le Bon Dieu chez les enfants"
- 1921: "De l'âge divin à l'âge ingrat", the first of three volumes of his memoirs, followed by "L'Amour,... | 36,591 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
1928: "Janot-poète"
- 1928: "Les Nuits qui me chantent"
- 1928: "La Divine Douleur"
- 1930: "Champétreries et méditations"
- 1930: "Leçons poétiques", Paris: Mercure de France
- 1932: "L'Antigyde; ou, Elie de Nacre"
- 1934: "Le Crucifix du poète", Paris: M. deHartoy
- 1936: "Le Pèlerin de Lourdes"... | 36,592 |
4221721 | Francis Jammes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Jammes | Francis Jammes
"
- 1930: "Champétreries et méditations"
- 1930: "Leçons poétiques", Paris: Mercure de France
- 1932: "L'Antigyde; ou, Elie de Nacre"
- 1934: "Le Crucifix du poète", Paris: M. deHartoy
- 1936: "Le Pèlerin de Lourdes", Paris: Gallimard
- 1938: "La Légende de l'aile; ou, Marie-Elisabeth"
- 1941: "Sa... | 36,593 |
4221720 | Sweet onion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet%20onion | Sweet onion
Sweet onion
A sweet onion is a variety of onion that is not pungent. Their mildness is attributable to their low sulfur content and high water content when compared to other onion varieties.
# Origins in the United States.
United States sweet onions originated in several places during the early twentieth... | 36,594 |
4221720 | Sweet onion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet%20onion | Sweet onion
at Texas A&M University, Texas. 1015 Onions are actually named for their optimum planting date, October 15.
Grown only in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, this large, prized onion was developed after ten years of extensive research, endless testing and a million dollars in cost. As a result, Texas ach... | 36,595 |
4221720 | Sweet onion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet%20onion | Sweet onion
when Peter Pieri, a French soldier who settled in the area, brought a sweet onion seed from the island of Corsica with him to the Walla Walla Valley. This sweet onion was developed by selecting and reseeding onions from each year's crop that possessed sweetness, jumbo size, and round shape. It is the design... | 36,596 |
4221720 | Sweet onion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet%20onion | Sweet onion
is a variety of sweet onion grown by Carzalia Valley Produce in Columbus, New Mexico.
- The Sunbrero (Texas) Sweet Onion is grown in Texas and distributed by Sweet Onion Trading Company, Melbourne, Florida.
- The Sweetie Sweet is a variety of sweet onion grown in the Mason Valley in Yerington, Nevada. The... | 36,597 |
4221720 | Sweet onion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet%20onion | Sweet onion
of coastal Carolina, and is named for Lake Mattamuskeet in central Hyde County.
- Maui onions are one of the smaller varieties of onions grown on the Hawaiian island of Maui. They are trademarked "Kula-grown" onions.
- Pecos onions are sweet onions grown in the Pecos Valley in the state of Texas.
# Bermu... | 36,598 |
4221720 | Sweet onion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweet%20onion | Sweet onion
in the Pecos Valley in the state of Texas.
# Bermuda onions.
The "Bermuda onion" is a variety of sweet onion grown on the island of Bermuda. The seeds were originally imported from the Canary Islands before 1888. Onion export to the United States made up such a prominent feature of Bermudian life, they so... | 36,599 |
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