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7,719,901 | Congress lifted the 41 year old ban. Republicans favored lifting the ban and in return agreed to not block a $500m payment to the UN Green Climate Fund and tax breaks for solar and wind power. The EPCA contained several policies to encourage the production of domestic energy sources. It authorized a program to promote ... | Energy Policy and Conservation Act |
7,719,902 | who is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency to operate their plant in compliance with the Clean Air Act. At least 80% of the total guarantee amount must finance low-sulfur coal development. Finally, large coal or oil companies are prohibited from receiving loan guarantees. Complementary to the increased coa... | Energy Policy and Conservation Act |
7,719,903 | petroleum based fuels was extended through 1977. This mechanism would reduce the use of these fuels for power generation and free them for use by other consumers. Furthermore, the President was given authority to order maximum domestic oil and gas production, and the President was directed to submit plans for energy co... | Energy Policy and Conservation Act |
7,719,904 | Little Eaton Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430 The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means the little town by the water. It is situated on the former route of the old A61 (now B6179), just north of the Derby sect... | Little Eaton |
7,719,905 | the borough of Erewash. Since the early part of the 80’s was the home for prominent restaurateur James Marcus paley of come dine with me fame . Unfortunatly this legend has since moved away but does return to visit family Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 described Little Eaton as follows: "Littl... | Little Eaton |
7,719,906 | & Sons, and machine-paper works of Messrs. Tempest & Son; there are, besides, malting concerns, and corn-mills on the Derwent river." Many of the village's historic buildings are built of stone which came from local quarries in the 1800s. The wealth of grit stones, minerals and coal in the area and further north in Den... | Little Eaton |
7,719,907 | mill c. 1800 at the north end of the village was recorded in 1851 as one of the largest in the world and brought much prosperity to the area. It is now a private house – the chimney continues to be a dominant feature of the landscape. To the east of the mill, on the hill, is a terrace of 14 cottages known as Blue Mount... | Little Eaton |
7,719,908 | Little Eaton Brewery Company (which was later owned by Offiler’s)and the Elms farmhouse at 21 Duffield Road, a Grade II listed working farmhouse originally built in 1704. Little Eaton was once the terminus of the Little Eaton Gangway – the Derby Canal Railway –where it joined the Derby Canal. A gang was a set of six to... | Little Eaton |
7,719,909 | Derby Canal Act of 1793 and its construction was largely the work of Benjamin Outram; it was opened in 1795 and closed in 1908. The tramroad ran from the terminus of the Derby Canal northwards to Smithy Houses, a distance of four miles, and then continued for a further mile to Denby Hall Colliery. In this area were sev... | Little Eaton |
7,719,910 | the rails the ground was always made up level with the tops of the sleeper blocks to provide a clear surface for the horses. Little Eaton was later served by Little Eaton railway station on the Midland Railway Ripley Branch. In the early 20th century, Little Eaton was a popular resort for many working people with a tra... | Little Eaton |
7,719,911 | in sheds, barns and disused buildings, until finally residing in her famous box home (a box that used to hold bacon that was donated by the local butcher) at the pinfold on 'Th Back o' the Winns' in Coxbench Wood. She spent 20 years as a hermit until forcibly taken to the Union workhouse at Shardlow in 1907. She died a... | Little Eaton |
7,719,912 | on Duffield Road and was educated at the local National School, which then became the original village hall (also known as the parish rooms). In his will Bates donated £1000 to the village, for the draining, levelling, fencing and laying out of a park – having donated the land for a park during his lifetime. He also le... | Little Eaton |
7,719,913 | in 1837 and then heavily modernised in 1851), which can be found directly opposite the park. There was a reason behind his request however – he was born on St Peter's Day, 29 June. There is a polished granite pillar by the entrance to the park. The north-facing side of the pillar bears an engraving celebrating the coro... | Little Eaton |
7,719,914 | isn't mentioned on the pillar, the park is also dedicated to Bates. The two plaques visible on the base of the obelisk also mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (2 June 1953), the Golden Jubilee of the park (13 June 1953) and the Centenary of the park (June 2003). The village has three pubs today but also used to ... | Little Eaton |
7,719,915 | of its past is a stained glass picture of an anchor in one of the corner windows. The pub closed sometime in the 19th Century. When St Peter's Park was first created, it was little more than a four-acre fenced area of flat grass. Today, one corner of the park contains a children's play area, with swings, slides, tunnel... | Little Eaton |
7,719,916 | prominent in the park is the new Little Eaton village hall, opened in 2010 and heavily used by a wide range of clubs/groups of people in the village. In late June/early July, the village carnival is held. Following a week of events, the carnival concludes with a fancy dress parade from the top of the village at Westley... | Little Eaton |
7,719,917 | hot food event is sometimes held at the park or in one of the local pubs. Little Eaton is a linear settlement and benefits from passing trade. There is a Co-op on Alfreton Road next to the local primary school situated next to the newsagent. On the opposite side of the road is the well known Barry Fitch butchers establ... | Little Eaton |
7,719,918 | New Inn Lane, the "Queen's Head" on Alfreton Road and the "Bell and Harp" to the north of the village (originally known as the Bell Harp). Little Eaton has a great history for independent brewers, The Queen's Head was originally named the Delvers Inn after the "delvers" who worked in the local quarries. It later picked... | Little Eaton |
7,719,919 | two breweries share the cost of buying and revamping the grade II-listed alehouse which dates back to 1835. The pub features 10 hand pulls featuring Derby Brewing Company beers, hand selected guest ales and a hand pull cider plus beers, wines and spirits from around the world. As part of the restoration, the pub return... | Little Eaton |
7,719,920 | generation blacksmith using time honoured skills and knowledge that has been passed down from father to son. Steven's father Peter is the other resident blacksmith. The traditional techniques of forge work including riveting, banding and forge welding continue to be practised. In late 2011, the telephone box on Alfreto... | Little Eaton |
7,719,921 | Hill to the east is the transmitter for Capital FM East Midlands and Radio Derby. Drum Hill is also used by Derbyshire Scouts and Guides for camping and other events. Little Eaton Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430 The nam... | Little Eaton |
7,719,922 | Bešenovo Monastery The Bešenovo Monastery (Serbian: "Манастир Бешеново / Manastir Bešenovo", ) was a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It was located by the Čikoš stream, in the area of the Bešenovački Prnjavor village. During World War II, the monastery ... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,923 | monastery was destroyed in a bombing in 1944, and after World War II its remains have been demolished and stolen. It hasn't been rebuilt since. Before the demolition, a monastery complex consisted of a church, storey quarters on three sides of a church and sheds. Following the reconstruction of the all Monasteries of F... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,924 | the Monastery to Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, patron saints of his noble ruling dynasty. This makes Besenovo the only monastery on Fruska Gora connected with the holy Nemanjic dynasty. As it is known, other monasteries were, mainly, established during the rule of the last Serb despot rulers of the Brankovic fam... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,925 | 1297. As it is stated in this record, engraved on one side of it are the picture and the name of the Monastery of Besenovo, with the same patron saints as today, Dragutin’s patrons, Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (marked on November 8/21). Incidentally, it was the period when Dragutin Nemanjic ruled the Srem Kingd... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,926 | first Serb King to rule in our today’s capital. Dragutin stayed at the helm of the Srem Kingdom until his death in 1316. First written records of the Monastery existence date back to mid-15th century. Namely, on the wall of the Monastery church, there is an inscription suggesting that the church was icon-painted as far... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,927 | The Monastery treasury, which had been relatively rich even before, got additionally enriched at that time. As Vitovnica Monastery near Pozarevac was looted by the Turks, its monks took the most valuable liturgy objects to Besenovo. These included, also, a Four-Gospel, plated by Vuk Kondo, as well as silver glass by th... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,928 | of icons from that icon-painting have been preserved and are kept, today, in the Museum of Srem in Sremska Mitrovica, waiting for the Monastery to be restored, after which they will be put on the place where they were made. The author of these icons was the aforementioned Vasilije Romanovič, who already in 1737, as a y... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,929 | 1773. Preserved among the icons of the old iconostasis painted by Romanovich are those from the Holy Doors, as well as the icons of the Christ, the God Mother with the Christ, Saint John and Holy Archangel Michael. These icons are also waiting for restoration of the Monastery, being kept in the Srem Museum in Sremska M... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,930 | in 1906 and finished his work in 1909. Preserved from the Holy Doors are the icons of the Annunciation, Saint Stephen and Holy Archangel Michael, as well as the icons of Jesus Christ, the Ascension, the Transfiguration, the Holy Trinity and Saint John the Evangelist. Beside these, preserved, also, are Aleksić’s icons o... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,931 | saints of the Monastery of Besenovo, Saint Kirik and Julita have an important place in its history. These are a son and a mother, who died for Christian faith in the Greek town of Ikonia, during the rule of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. One part of their relics (the other part is still kept in the Holy Mother of God Bo... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,932 | of a chapel dedicated to them started. Among several icons in the church, there was, also, the one representing Saint Kirik and Julita, which was painted, exactly at that time, by Russian icon-painter Vasily Romanovich. The summer patron saint day of the Monastery is marked on the day of Saint Kirik and Julita (July 15... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,933 | to be taken to Zagreb by the Ustasha of Ante Pavelić, along with other precious objects which were taken there. There the relics remained after the war, also, to disappear without a trace, in the meantime. The whole 17th century was, according to chronicles of that time, a period of great poverty in the Monastery, so t... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,934 | times came for the monasteries on Fruska Gora Mt, yet, this lasted only until 1716. Namely, that year, the army of the Prince Eugene of Savoy, in which the Serbs had a very important role, dealt a hard defeat to the Turkish army on Vezirac hill near Petrovaradin. Among other casualties, the Great Vizier Damid Ali – Pas... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,935 | suffered hard“. The Monastery was damaged and whole of its property was either pillaged or destroyed. The recovery was neither fast nor easy, yet, the rest of that century was the period of the Monastery’s rise. In his census of estates in Srem in 1757, the Count Georgie Fekete de Galanta mentioned, as the land belongi... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,936 | World War II in early April 1941 and the Ustasha were carrying out attacks in Srem area, which also was a part of Pavelic’s Independent State of Croatia, the monks from Vrdnik and Jazak took the relics of the Saint Prince Lazar, Saint Emperor Uroš and Saint Stefan Stiljanovic from those two monasteries to Besenovo. The... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,937 | They were saved by professor Radoslav Grujić, who managed to transfer them to the Cathedral Church in Belgrade, with the help of the Germans. Though severely pillaged and unoccupied. All of the monks of Fruska Gora monasteries who failed to flee to Serbia under the rule of General Milan Nedić were arrested by the Ustas... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,938 | In the 21st-century reconstruction was planned. Bešenovo Monastery The Bešenovo Monastery (Serbian: "Манастир Бешеново / Manastir Bešenovo", ) was a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It was located by the Čikoš stream, in the area of the Bešenovački Prnja... | Bešenovo Monastery |
7,719,939 | El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport is a general aviation public use airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of El Dorado, in Butler County, Kansas, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of El Dorado. Althoug... | El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport |
7,719,940 | in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility. The El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport was named after Captain Wilbur Jackson Thomas a local hero and World War II Fighter Pilot Ace. Thomas flew with the United States Marine Corp VMF-213 Hellhawks from 1943 to 1947. The City of El Dorado, Ka... | El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport |
7,719,941 | credited with shooting down 18.5 Japanese planes, sharing a kill with another pilot. El Dorado was also used as a location for the flying movie, “The Gypsy Moths”. Several homes and businesses from the movie can still be seen today.</small> El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport operates 24 hours a day 7 days a... | El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport |
7,719,942 | the terminal. The Airport has two multi storage hangars and 24 individual T hangars. There are also Tie Downs and a single enclosed transient spot for overnight guests. A courtesy car is available 24 hours a day and there are several nearby motels. Aircraft rental and flight instruction are available on site from Marsh... | El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport |
7,719,943 | aircraft operations, an average of 36 per day: 99% general aviation and <1% military. In July 2018, there are 42 aircraft based at this airport: 41 single-engine and 1 ultralight. El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport is a general aviation public use airport locat... | El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport |
7,719,944 | Homenetmen Homenetmen (, , short for , meaning 'Armenian General Athletic Union') is a pan-Armenian diaspora organization devoted to sport and scouting. The motto of Homenetmen is "Rise and Raise" (Elevate Yourself and Elevate Others with You) (, "Partsratsir Partsratsour"). Homenetmen was founded 16 November 1918 in C... | Homenetmen |
7,719,945 | and writer Hagop Sirouni. On 1 May 1911, the Armenian Olympiad Navasartian Games were launched in Turkey. In 1912, Hintliyan also published a pioneering article in "Marmnamarz" about Robert Baden-Powell and the scouting movement and soon a great number of Armenian scouting groups were established. In 1913, the third pa... | Homenetmen |
7,719,946 | constituent assembly was held in Constantinople (Istanbul) to launch the "Armenian General Athletic Union and Scouts" by a collective of 7 prominent members: Krikor Hagopian, Levon Hagopian, Dikran Koyian, Carlo Shahinian, Haig Jizmejian, Vahram Papazian and Jirayr Korasanjian with the active support of writer Hagop Si... | Homenetmen |
7,719,947 | invited to the independent Republic of Armenia to share expertise regarding athleticism and Scouting with the Republic's government. The Homenetmen Executive Committee sent Vahan Cheraz, Dikran Khoyan, and Onig Yazmajian to the meeting. Although initially successful in their efforts to spread Homenetmen’s athletic and ... | Homenetmen |
7,719,948 | many cities in the Middle East, Europe, United States, Canada, South America and Australia. Almost all chapters established have activities in scouting and sports. The mission of Homenetmen is to prepare physically strong Armenians and exemplary citizens with the highest intellectual and spiritual virtues: Homenetmen's... | Homenetmen |
7,719,949 | many chapters, there is also a section for music bands. The Scouting Division's main objective is to help scouts develop character, citizenship, knowledge of Armenian culture and personal fitness, and acquire scouting knowledge. The program is developed and implemented by the Scout Council, a body appointed by the Regi... | Homenetmen |
7,719,950 | as field trips to local museums, and amusement parks. Moreover, each troop hosts an annual camping trip, inviting other chapter members to participate. Every four years, there is a Jamboree camp that takes place in Armenia. Scouts from chapters from all over the world attend this two-week-long camp and do community ser... | Homenetmen |
7,719,951 | Syria). Main sports included within the various Homenetmen programs include: Homenetmen has been a pioneer in developing sports publications in the Armenian diaspora. It has its own monthly magazine "Marzig" published in Beirut, Lebanon, but covering the pan-Armenian worldwide activities of the organization. Armenia Au... | Homenetmen |
7,719,952 | Rudy Pilous Rudolph Pilous (August 11, 1914 – December 5, 1994) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Pilous won a Stanley Cup coaching the Chicago Black Hawks in 1960–61, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 in the builder category. Pilous played junior ice hockey in ... | Rudy Pilous |
7,719,953 | ice hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association Senior division from 1938 to 1941. In 1943, Pilous cofounded the St. Catharines Falcons, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association. Pilous left the Falcons in 1946, spending the 1946–47 season as a scout for the nearby Buffalo Bisons. Pilous spent the 1947–4... | Rudy Pilous |
7,719,954 | to a Memorial Cup championship in the 1954 Memorial Cup, and was its general manager for the 1960 Memorial Cup victory. Pilous coached the Chicago Black Hawks from 1958 to 1963. In the 1961 Stanley Cup Finals, he led the Hawks to Stanley Cup victory. Pilous coached the Denver Invaders in 1963–64 to the Western Hockey L... | Rudy Pilous |
7,719,955 | them into a first place team by 1972. Pilous returned to his childhood home in Manitoba, with the Brandon Wheat Kings and subsequently coaching the Winnipeg Jets. Pilous later became general manager, and led the Jets to Avco World Trophy championships in 1976, 1978 and 1979. Pilous' coaching career ended where it start... | Rudy Pilous |
7,719,956 | Lew Pollack Lew Pollack (June 16, 1895 – January 18, 1946) was an American song composer and musician active during the 1920s and the 1930s. Pollack was born in New York City. Among his best-known songs are "Charmaine" and "Diane" with Ernö Rapée, "Miss Annabelle Lee", "Two Cigarettes in the Dark", "At the Codfish Ball... | Lew Pollack |
7,719,957 | Jack Yellen, amongst others. In 1914 he wrote "That's a Plenty", a rag that became an enduring Dixieland standard. He died in Hollywood. Lew Pollack was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Lew Pollack Lew Pollack (June 16, 1895 – January 18, 1946) was an American song composer and musician active during th... | Lew Pollack |
7,719,958 | Xlendi Xlendi is a village in Malta situated in the south west of the island of Gozo. It is surrounded by the villages of Munxar, Fontana and Kerċem. The village is administered by Munxar, but has its own coat of arms and motto. From March 2010, Xlendi has had its own 5-person "mini council" responsible for the main ac... | Xlendi |
7,719,959 | at the bottom of the sea, in the 1960s. Since then the site has become a popular diving site. Also, tombs dating from Punic-Byzantine times were found in Xlendi, some at St. Simon Point (under St. Simon Street) and some others in Xlendi Valley. Romans used to port in Xlendi as it has features that can protect from the ... | Xlendi |
7,719,960 | Xlendi Tower guarding the mouth of the bay was built by the Grandmaster Juan de Lascaris-Castellar on 29 June 1650. This was built so pirates or Turks could not launch attacks from this bay. This tower is still standing. It has, until recently, been abandoned with substantial damage caused to the outer walls of the tow... | Xlendi |
7,719,961 | in the southwest of the island. It was entitled Tower B (secondly in place) to show its importance. It is strange that Xlendi in the middle 17th century had a total of 4 chapels. These were: St Simon Chapel (St Simon Point) which also had a cemetery and when profaned, the bishop ordered that a stone cross should be car... | Xlendi |
7,719,962 | Catherine was established over Xlendi on the cliffs on the side of the village of Kercem. It was built over a cliff which bears the same name. It is said that there was a small community in the area of this chapel; 'Vizitazzjoni ta' Forn il-Gir' was not much visited by people. It was established between Munxar and Xlen... | Xlendi |
7,719,963 | dating to 1868. Every year, on the first Sunday of September, a feast dedicated to the patron saint is held. In the Afternoon, water games are held at the bay with the traditional 'gostra', a greasy pole which the players have to walk on to catch a flag. In the evening a procession with the statue of Our Lady of Mount ... | Xlendi |
7,719,964 | meters high and 3 meters wide, leading into a large chamber. This chamber was divided into three floors and housed the storage, grinding and milling equipment. At the rear of the mill is the silo, having a storage capacity of approximately 1,000 tons of wheat, and connected to the milling machinery by mechanical augers... | Xlendi |
7,719,965 | This village has a great topography with quite steep cliffs on the side and a valley on the back which takes rain water from the villages surrounding it (Kerċem, Munxar, Fontana and Victoria) into the bay. During the British rule, Xlendi's bay was sandy, but with the passage of time, water from the valley and human int... | Xlendi |
7,719,966 | bay into the sea. So Xlendi Valley collects almost all the rain that falls on the adjacent villages of Kerċem, Munxar and Fontana. The rain water goes through Xlendi and this is quite a problem for most citizens living in Xlendi because they are isolated by the fast flowing water. This also causes flooding in the build... | Xlendi |
7,719,967 | "Alcantara" in Spanish-Sicilian. This is because of the entrance of the valley and the valley's form. From its entrance, it could be seen as a bow. This valley is home to many types of flora and fauna because not many people go there. The Tower of Xlendi was reached by a bridge built by the Knights of Saint John over t... | Xlendi |
7,719,968 | of Caroline Cauchi, a rich woman from Victoria. Later she founded the Augustinian Sisters on Gozo and donated almost all of her land, including the cave and other land in Xlendi. The Sisters during summers started to stay at Xlendi. They would go for a swim in this cave which was isolated and could only be reached by s... | Xlendi |
7,719,969 | blue water. In the 17th century, people used to live in the areas around the cave and built a church just over the cave. So the cave got its name from the saint to which the church was dedicated. The undeveloped area around Xlendi is home for a lot of flora and fauna species, some of them rare. One can name the Seagull... | Xlendi |
7,719,970 | Xlendi Bay westwards to Wardija Point forms the Xlendi Bay to Wardija Point Cliffs Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for two species of breeding shearwaters. Carolina Cauchi was born in Senglea on 25 December 1824, the only child of the Notary Nicolò Cauchi, fro... | Xlendi |
7,719,971 | as well. Above all she received an optimal Christian upbringing. The first Dominican community consisting of 9 women was born on 6 October 1889, feast of Our lady of the Rosary. These women after taking part in the procession returned to the monastery and started to live as contemplative nuns. However, until this commu... | Xlendi |
7,719,972 | the good of humanity. She lived the spirit of poverty after the example of Our Mother Mary and Saint Dominic. At the beginning she frequently visited the Sisters but she never stayed at the monastery. During the summer she would often invite the Sisters for a vacation at her holiday house in Xlendi. She was pleased to ... | Xlendi |
7,719,973 | so that a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel could be built. Constance Strickland made great restoration of the Xlendi Tower in two years starting in the year 1956, because the Tower was almost falling. But soon after the restoration in 1979 the tower fell again in bad condition. Tony Portelli was famous for ... | Xlendi |
7,719,974 | some goats and used to go at his fields on the right cliffs of Gozo. Gianni was the local policeman for most of his life. He used to stay on guard in large storms because of the strong water currents coming from the valley. Gianni was well known for his seriousness about his work. He used to help the Rector who lived o... | Xlendi |
7,719,975 | them because they had a lot of work to do. They also had about 6 cows which was a rarity in these islands in those periods. Their crops and milk were sold to the citizens and the extra was sold at Kercem. Xlendi Xlendi is a village in Malta situated in the south west of the island of Gozo. It is surrounded by the villa... | Xlendi |
7,719,976 | Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin Boys' School is a state school secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. The school currently has around 1,000 boys as pupils. The school is part of a consortium for sixth form teaching with other schools in the town whereby the classes... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,977 | on the teaching at the school, especially as boys were more inclined to watch Oliver Cromwell pass through Hitchin. In 1664 William Patricke succeeded Heyndy as Headmaster. He relaxed the rules of the school, allowing laxer and simpler Latin as well as more English and Mathematics lessons to be taught in the "Free and ... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,978 | the Trustees at the school were forced to endure a testing period. After Stone's death in 1691 Sir Ralph Radcliffe employed a new Headmaster – Thomas Cheyney – who invoked discipline and original Latin. Under Cheyney and his successor, Thomas Harris, school life was good, but a fallout between Radcliffe and his co-trus... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,979 | Richard Finch from London to the School so that when Lawrence, Tristam and Radcliffe arrived, the School had been overthrown. The matter went to a "Chancery suit", and in the end the defence were defeated by a strong argument for putting Finch in the job, with Lawrence proved incapable of teaching. A new board of Trust... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,980 | James Lawrence in the job, and he was forced back into the Mastership by order of a local judge and the people of Hitchin's support. It was not an unmitigated disaster, but Lawrence could not do the job with the same gusto that Finch had. In 1730 the Reverend Mark Hildesley was appointed in Hitchin. He enjoyed teaching... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,981 | James Lawrence in 1741 a London lawyer called Dodson seized property for debt repayment, became receiver of the trust property and appointed a new Headmaster – John Lyle – to teach at the salary of £17, a very low sum at the time for a Master. The School became more associated with the local church in 1750 when Lyle be... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,982 | with his understudy John Lyle to resign and a new Headmaster – Richard Snell – to be appointed. The Board of Trustees was enlarged to 21, some from outside Hitchin. But in 1779, Snell was deemed incapable of the "Duties and Business of his place" by the Board of Trustees, and a new Master, William Reynolds, was chosen.... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,983 | also became rarer. When Reynolds died in 1819 the School had returned to normal. One unfortunate incident occurred in that same year, when Paynes Park was deemed not to be a part of the Boys' School. There were numerous protests, some from men of Hitchin, some from the students, but despite this Paynes Park was taken a... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,984 | Dictionary was written to translate in the opposite direction. He spent only 11 of his 25 years in teaching at Hitchin, but he helped to improve the School. In one unfortunate incident during his tenure, the son of a Colonel Lousada was killed when he was punched in the nose by William Miller, the grandson of Sir Thoma... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,985 | were extended until 3 o' clock in the afternoon as a result. Niblock was also said to be "one of the best Greek scholars in England", and a Greek grammar book that he wrote was in use for many years at Eton College, among other public schools. Reports were sent many times during the school year to the Board of Trustees... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,986 | conduct marks. Niblock was very severe when it came to discipline. Suspensions and expulsions were very common, with some students taken out of the School for the punishments they received. When a severe 'crime' was committed the School became a Court of Justice, with culprits becoming 'the accused' and taking evidence... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,987 | was expelled for good. The other boy was reinstated upon a letter being written by his father regarding his son's poor conduct. Niblock's usher was a young man called Samuel Goodwin, a man Niblock had taught himself. However thanks to an anonymous letter sent to Niblock, the Reverend determined that Goodwin was an impo... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,988 | set up a school himself, subsequently reducing numbers in the Free School. The new Trustees passed a new set of rules for the School, including a leaving age of 15, a minimum entrance age of 8, twice school yearly examinations and most importantly, an immediate payment of £500 by any incoming Headmaster into a bond as ... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,989 | E.C. Cumberbatch, who resigned in 1835, and the Reverend W.B. Dyntram, a man who felt he was more important than both students and the Trustees. Seen as a "Blockhead", he soon resigned in 1838, passing power to the last Free School Headmaster John Sugars. Sugars was a man of education, particularly regarding foreign la... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,990 | no English and Mathematics was woefully poor. There was no improvement and eventually Sugars had a mental breakdown in 1876. The Trustees closed the School and paid Sugars a small pension. In 1888 the great debate regarding the quality of schools and their students was resolved, with a new proposal of a higher educatio... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,991 | to Mark Hildelsey) had founded the Girls' School, and so the Boys' School was born again. Natural Science, Drawing and English Grammar were among the subjects to be compulsory teaching for the School. The School was now fee-paying, occasionally £12 a year, sometimes £6 a year. Now the problem of a site arose. Thanks to... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,992 | of the land was examined it was found to have been John Mattock's previously. In the beginning the Girls' and Boys' School were both in the large Portmill Lane building, but within two years the new buildings for the Boys' School were ready, and Portmill was free for the Girls' School to do with as they pleased. Compul... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,993 | dying in 1935. Jabez King came to the Headmaster's job in January 1898 with just 24 pupils in the School and full permission to do whatever it would take to repair the situation. He was a former Oxford University student with an M.A. in Classics and English. A fearless climber, he placed the traditional chamber pot on ... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,994 | the chicken coops and the cow sheds down by the entrance from Bancroft. The School groundsman and cow-herd were summoned with the use of King's megaphone from his Oxford years, and often he left the School on Tuesdays to take part in the local Farmers' Market. Often the running of the School was left to Second Master F... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,995 | was conducted and if King – the interrogator – liked the boy, he was admitted. The School tuck shop began in 1910, and the following year tar paving was laid in the School Quad to stop excessive amounts of mud getting into the School. The First World War began soon after, but School life remained about the same. While ... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,996 | began in 1920, but lapsed in 1922 before being revived in that same year due to the change in School schedule of Wednesday becoming a School day and Saturday being a Games day. By 1925 the system had changed twice more, but to the names of Mattocke, Pierson, Skynner and Radcliffe after John Mattocke, Joseph Pierson, Ra... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,997 | During his time canings were regular, detention automatic for lateness during the General Strike or any other time, and staff regularly carpeted, who left in small droves in the early years of Jones's rule. His motto was "Good manners, good work, good games". Later in his school career it is said he showed a caring sid... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,998 | House for themselves, and this was where they stayed for most of their lives outside school. Quiet and lonely, Mrs. Jones died in 1949, but even after this the Headmaster still welcomed the visits of the Old Boys, interested in their social and professional lives. In School, the House Points Scheme was established, wit... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,719,999 | the creation of the main building of the School, and in the Autumn of 1931 it was ready for moving into, including the Main Hall, the modern-day Art Rooms, the modern-day Modern Foreign Languages Rooms, the modern-day Science Department and the modern-day Business Studies Room. The former Hall became the Dining Room, t... | Hitchin Boys' School |
7,720,000 | North Court were sandbagged, with discounts on food and milk established and eating habits changed with the addition of compulsory non-meat meals such as spaghetti cheese. School allotments sprouted up again, but as more of a detention task than required vegetable sources. The force call-ups became more and more regula... | Hitchin Boys' School |
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