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Collings (other)
Collings may refer to: People * Collings (surname) Places * Collings Lakes, New Jersey, area within parts of Buena Vista Township and Folsom Borough in Atlantic County, and Monroe Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States * Collingswood, New Jersey, Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States Others * Collings Guitars *Collings Foundation The Collings Foundation is a private non-profit educational foundation located in Stow, Massachusetts, with a mission dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history, namely automobile and aviation history. The C ..., a private non-profit educational foundation dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history See also * Collins (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collings (surname)
Collings is an Olde English surname with two possible origins. One is from the Norse name which in Olde English became 'Cola', meaning swarthy or dark. The second possibility is that it comes from 'Coll', a diminutive of Nicholas, meaning 'victory of the people'. Alternative spellings or related surnames include Collin, Colling, Coling, Collins, Colings, Collis, Coliss, Collen, and Collens. For further information, see Collins. Notable people with this surname include * Benjamin Collings (born 1977), American politician *David Collings (1940–2020), British actor *Dulcie "Dahl" Collings (1909–1988), Australian designer of Collings Productions * Geoffrey Collings (1913–1996), British trade unionist *Geoffrey Collings (1905–2000) Australian film director of Collings Productions *Francis Collings, presenter of the "Sports News" television segment broadcast on BBC 1, BBC News 24 and BBC World since 1997 *Jesse Collings (1831–1920), mayor of Birmingham, England, a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collings Lakes, New Jersey
Collings Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32) , p. III-5, August 2012. Accessed June 16, 2013. As of the , the CDP's population was 1,706. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collingswood, New Jersey
Collingswood is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, located east of Center City Philadelphia. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 13,926,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Collingswood borough, Camden County, New Jersey , . Accessed October 4, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collings Guitars
Collings Guitars is an Austin, Texas based stringed instrument manufacturer. The company was founded in 1973 by ''Bill'' ''Collings'' (August 9, 1948 – July 14, 2017). In addition to acoustic guitars they also make electric guitars, archtop guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles. Company history Collings attended Ohio University as a pre-med student in the early 1970s, yet withdrew from his studies in order to work in machining, which he continued for five years. Within this time period, he built his first guitar. In 1975 he moved to Houston, Texas, where he begun work for a pipeline/oil-field company, as an engineer. Whilst also improving his guitar manufacturing skills after work-hours. Three years later he met musician Lyle Lovett ''(then a college student)'', who interviewed the fellow guitar-builder for the school newspaper, Collings told Texas Monthly. Lovett, who was impressed by the acoustics of Collings guitars, went on to purchase the 29th guitar he ever manufactured. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collings Foundation
The Collings Foundation is a private non-profit educational foundation located in Stow, Massachusetts, with a mission dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history, namely automobile and aviation history. The Collings Foundation is headquartered at a small private airfield in Stow that includes a small museum that opens for special events and pre-scheduled tour groups. The American Heritage Museum, a collection of military vehicles, is located on the grounds of the foundation. The organization also has a satellite operations base at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, primarily housing its Korean War and Vietnam War jet aircraft and helicopter collection. The Collings Foundation operates two touring collections of historic military aircraft: The Wings of Freedom Tour and The Vietnam Memorial Flight. The Wings of Freedom flights also provided a platform for testing a smartphone-based automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B), a means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
