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David Fisher (artist)
David Fisher (1946 – 21 March 2013) was an award-winning English artist and designer based in Midsomer Norton, Somerset. He was a prolific designer and painter of pub signs before securing a unique commission to create vast murals to improve UK service stations. He has won many awards including the Holburne Museum of Art's portrait award. His work has been praised by Victoria Glendinning, Humphrey Ocean RA and John Leighton, Director of the National Galleries of Scotland. Early life From 1961–1966 he served an apprenticeship as a signwriter and decorator for F.Speed and Sons in Midsomer Norton. From 1966–1970 he attended the West of England College of Art, now the School of Creative Arts, Bristol. He then went self-employed as a freelance artist and designer. Career After leaving West of England College of Art he started a business at his home at the Hole in the Wall, Church Square, Midsomer Norton, painting pictorial pub signs for Courage Brewery and Butcombe Brewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midsomer Norton
Midsomer Norton is a town near the Mendip Hills in Bath and North East Somerset, England, south-west of Bath, Somerset, Bath, north-east of Wells, Somerset, Wells, north-west of Frome, west of Trowbridge and south-east of Bristol. It has a population of around 13,000. Along with Radstock and Westfield, Somerset, Westfield it used to be part of the conurbation and large civil parishes in England, civil parish of Norton Radstock, but is now a town council in its own right. It is also part of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. Midsomer Norton is characterised by the River Somer which runs the length of the town centre. The river itself was regenerated with new plant life during the summer of 2012 in a bid to improve the aesthetics of the town centre. The Town has a long history which can be seen through a number of early churches which remain, but really started to grow and become a transport hub with the development of the Somerset coalfield. For many y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport Pagnell Services
Newport Pagnell Services is a motorway service station between junctions 14 and 15 of the M1 motorway near Newport Pagnell in the City of Milton Keynes, north Buckinghamshire, England. It is owned and operated by Welcome Break. History Planning The proposals for the site were read to Newport Pagnell Rural District council on Wednesday 29 May 1957 at Little Linford. Most of the site, on the northbound is in Great Linford. Four service stations on the M1 were planned - each of - Toddington, Newport Pagnell, Rothersthorpe, and one near Ashby St Ledgers in Northamptonshire. The petrol site was run by Blue Star Garages. Licensing squabble In February 1960, North Buckinghamshire Licensing Magistrates was asked to approve a table licence for alcoholic drinks, which was refused by the twelve magistrates (eight men and four women), in a two and a half hours hearing. The application had been made by Hubert Pinder. The British Travel and Holiday Association wanted the alcohol lic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Giro
National Girobank was a British public sector financial institution run by the General Post Office that opened for business in October 1968. It was initially called ''National Giro'' then ''National Girobank'' and finally ''Girobank plc'', before being absorbed into Alliance & Leicester in 2003. It was the first bank in Europe to adopt OCR (optical character recognition) technology; the first bank to offer interest-bearing current accounts, and the first in Europe to offer telephone banking. History Background In 1959, the Radcliffe Committee set up to investigate the "Working of the Monetary System in the United Kingdom" recommended the introduction of a giro system, and said that if the main banks did not do this, the possibility of the Post Office introducing it should be investigated. Planning for the National Giro In 1965 a white paper "A Post Office Giro" was published, outlining a system which would use post offices as its business outlets, with automated ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Of Oman
The sultan of the Sultanate of Oman () is the monarchical head of state and head of government of Oman. It is the most powerful position in the country. The sultans of Oman are members of the Al Bu Said dynasty, which has been the ruling family of Oman since the mid-18th century. Haitham bin Tariq is the current sultan, reigning since 11 January 2020. Prior to the establishment of the present-day Sulnate of Oman in 1970, the Sulanate of Muscat and Oman, the Omani Empire, and the Imamate of Oman all ruled the area since 749. List of imams Initial Imams (749–1406) Nabhani dynasty (1406–1624) Yarubi dynasty (1624–1749) List of sultans (1749–present) Succession On 12 January 2021, the current Sultan, Haitham bin Tariq officially changed the Basic Law of the State, stipulating the creation of the post for the Crown Prince of Oman and appointed his first son, Theyazin bin Haitham as the apparent successor, making him the first Crown Prince of the Sultana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaboos Bin Said Al Said
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Said dynasty, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death, having ruled for almost half a century. The only son of Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Qaboos was educated in Suffolk, England. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he served briefly in the British Army. He returned to Oman in 1966 and was the subject of considerable restrictions from his father. In 1970, Qaboos ascended to the Omani throne after overthrowing his father in a coup d'état, with British support. The country was subsequently renamed the Sultanate of Oman. As sultan, Qaboos implemented a policy of modernization and ended Oman's international isolation. His reign saw a rise in the country's living standards, the abolition of slavery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Saudi Air Force
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF; ) is the military aviation, aviation branch of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces. The Royal Saudi Air Force currently has wings, squadrons, and a special forces unit dedicated to combat search and rescue. The RSAF has developed from a largely defensive military force into one with an advanced offensive capability, and maintains the second largest fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, F-15 Eagles after the United States Air Force, USAF. The backbone of the RSAF is currently the F-15 Eagle, with the Panavia Tornado also forming a major component. The Tornado and many other aircraft were delivered under the Al-Yamamah arms deal, Al Yamamah contracts with British Aerospace (now BAE Systems). The RSAF ordered various weapons in the 1990s, including Sea Eagle (missile), Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles, laser-guided bombs and gravity bombs. Al-Salam, a successor to the Al Yamamah agreement will see 48 Eurofighter Typhoons deli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RoadChef
Roadchef Motorways Limited is a company which operates 21 motorway service areas in the United Kingdom. History Roadchef was founded in July 1973 as a joint venture between Lindley Catering Investments and Galleon World Travel, with the first Roadchef opening at Killington Lake Services on the M6. By 1998, Roadchef had built a portfolio of 21 sites. A large expansion occurred in 1998 when Roadchef agreed to purchase Blue Boar Group and Take A Break for a total of £80million, gaining the company an extra four services plus one under-construction site. In September 2014, it was announced that owners Delek Group were selling Roadchef to Antin Infrastructure Partners for £153million. Employee Benefit Scheme legal action In 1986, Patrick Gee, the managing director of the company, set up an employee benefit scheme to give ordinary workers shares in the company. After Gee's early death, Timothy Ingram Hill took over as Roadchef's managing director, having helped lead a managemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Dover
The Port of Dover is a cross-channel ferry, cruise terminal, maritime cargo and marina facility situated in Dover, Kent, south-east England. It is the nearest English port to France, at just away, and is one of the world's busiest maritime passenger ports, with 11.7 million passengers, 2.6 million lorries, 2.2 million cars and motorcycles and 80,000 coaches passing through it in 2017, and with an annual turnover of £58.5 million a year. This compares with the nearby Channel Tunnel, the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and the European mainland, which now handles an estimated 20 million passengers and 1.6 million trucks per year. The modern port facility features a large artificial harbour constructed behind stone piers and a defensive concrete breakwater. The port is divided into two main sections: the Eastern Docks serve as the main cross-channel ferry terminal, while the Western Docks contain a cruise ship terminal and a yacht marina along with cargo facil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heathrow Terminal 4
Heathrow Terminal 4 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, England, situated to the south of the southern runway, next to the cargo terminal. It is connected to Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 by the vehicular Heathrow Cargo Tunnel, and by rail with the Heathrow Terminal 4 tube and Heathrow Terminal 4 railway stations. The Prince and Princess of Wales opened Terminal 4 on 1 April 1986.''Above Us The Skies: The Story Of BAA'' – 1991 (Michael Donne – BAA plc), p. 40 British Airways was the main airline operating from the terminal from 1986 until its move to Terminal 5 on 29 October 2009, eventually making Terminal 4 the Heathrow base for airlines of the SkyTeam airline alliance. History In 1979, approval for a fourth terminal at Heathrow Airport was granted. The new terminal was built south of the southern runway for £200 million over a site. The Prince and Princess of Wales opened Terminal 4 on 1 April 1986. Construction The public e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretna Green Services
Gretna Green services is a motorway service station near the village of Gretna Green, Scotland and the town of Gretna. The service station is located next to the A74(M) motorway between junctions 21 and 22 and can be accessed by both northbound and southbound traffic. It is owned by Welcome Break Welcome Break Limited is a British motorway service station operator that operates 35 motorway service stations in England, Scotland and Wales. It is the second-largest motorway service area operator behind Moto. It also operates hotels and .... References {{Motorway service stations in the United Kingdom Motorway service areas in Scotland Welcome Break motorway service stations Transport in Dumfries and Galloway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abington Services
Abington services is a motorway service station near the village of Abington, Scotland. The service station is located next to the M74 motorway and is accessed using motorway junction 13 in both the northbound and southbound directions. It is owned by Welcome Break Welcome Break Limited is a British motorway service station operator that operates 35 motorway service stations in England, Scotland and Wales. It is the second-largest motorway service area operator behind Moto. It also operates hotels and .... In a 2001 survey by Which, Abington was the only service area to be given an excellent rating for its food. However, a survey in 2004 rated the service area as poor. They were awarded the five star ''Loo of the year award'' in 2008, after receiving only three stars in 2007 and 2006. The service station is one of fourteen for which large murals were commissioned from artist David Fisher in the 1990s, designed to reflect the local area and history. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartshead Moor Services
Hartshead Moor services is a motorway service station on the M62 near Brighouse, West Yorkshire. It is the highest service station in the United Kingdom. History Construction The service area was built from March 1972 by Shepherd Construction, for Ross Motorway Services, after Leicester Forest East, and with Membury services. Construction was to begin in December 1971. Cooperation would be with Huddersfield Polytechnic for training staff. 250 staff would be needed in the summer, and 225 in the winter. Each side would be 16 acres, with no restaurant. There would be a cafeteria on each side, with a movable partition for the transport cafeteria. In February 1973, 46 year old Richard Clark was appointed as general manager. He had been catering manager of Washington Service Area, for Esso, and general manager of Leigh Delamere services, when it opened on the M4. He was married, with a policeman son. It opened on Thursday 5 July 1973, when the motorway section opened. The 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
