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Edgeley Park Panoramic
Edgeley is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. Edgeley is characterised largely by Victorian terraced housing around Alexandra Park. The population in 2021 was 14,182. Edgeley Park is home to Stockport County F.C. History References to Edgeley, or "Eddyshelegh", are recorded in the early part of the 13th century. However the main history of the area dates from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution where it was a working class hub, after the decline of industrial Britain, Edgeley like many northern urban areas suffered economically and the area fell into decay, after some subtle investment the area is slowly showing signs of improvement. On 27 November 1792, an advertisement appeared in the ''Manchester Mercury'' to let land at Edgeley as: An Eligible situation for Bleach Ground or Print Field in which there are a number of Fine White Sand Springs with a Rivulet capable of Turning Wash Wheels etc. The Grounds lie very contiguous to the populous Manufact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Borough Of Stockport
The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is south-east of central Manchester and south of Tameside. As well as the towns of Stockport, Bredbury and Marple, Greater Manchester, Marple, it includes the outlying villages and suburbs of Hazel Grove, Bramhall, Cheadle, Greater Manchester, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Reddish, Woodley, Greater Manchester, Woodley and Romiley. In , it had a population of , making it the fourth-most populous borough of Greater Manchester. History The borough was created in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the former area of the County Borough of Stockport and from the administrative county of Cheshire the Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple Urban District, Marple. Stockport became a county borough in 1889 and was enlarged by gaining territory from Lancashire, including Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel-en-le-Frith
Chapel-en-le-Frith () is a town and civil parish, in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It has been dubbed the "Capital of the Peak", in reference to the Peak District, historically the highland areas between the Saxon lands (below the River Trent) and the Viking lands (which came as far south as Dore, Sheffield). History The town was established by the Normans in the 12th century, originally as a hunting lodge within the Forest of High Peak. This led to the Anglo-Norman-derived name ("chapel in the forest"). (It appears in a Middle English form in a Latin record as , in 1401.) The population at the 2011 census was 8,635. Church of St Thomas Becket The first chapel in the town (now the Church of St. Thomas Becket) was built originally by the Normans, but was replaced with a larger building a hundred years later. It stands at the highest point in the town proper. The current building is now almost entirely of 18th-century construction above a crypt of 1225. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hardcastle Sykes
Thomas Hardcastle Sykes (15 February 1833 – 25 April 1901) was an English bleacher and businessman and was High Sheriff of Cheshire. Sykes was born at Edgeley House Stockport, the third son of Richard Sykes, owner of the Sykes Bleaching Company, and his wife Jane Hardcastle. He went to Rugby School and then joined the family bleaching business. He was involved in several successful business speculations. Sykes was a Justice of the Peace, J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire and was High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1899. He was also a captain in the 20th Cheshire Royal Volunteers. Sykes lived at Cringle House on Schools Hill Cheadle, Greater Manchester, Cheadle, where he died aged 68. He was buried in a family vault with his wife in Cheadle St Mary's Parish Church graveyard Sykes married Mary Platt, daughter of John Platt (MP), John Platt, of Platt Brothers textile manufacturer and MP for Oldham. She was born 3 February 1844 and died 22 August 1875. Their son Sir Alan Sykes, 1st Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Dakota
North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west. North Dakota is part of the Great Plains region, characterized by broad prairies, steppe, temperate savanna, badlands, and farmland. North Dakota is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 19th-largest state by area, but with a population of just under 800,000, the List of U.S. states and territories by population, fourth-least populous and List of U.S. states by population density, fourth-least densely populated. The List of capitals in the United States, state capital is Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck and the List of cities in North Dakota, most populous city is Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo, which accounts for nearly a fifth of the state's population; both cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sykes (rugby Union)
Richard Sykes (11 May 1839 – 31 May 1923) was a pioneering rugby player who helped found two major clubs and became a landowner in North Dakota, founding five towns there. He was the fourth son of Richard Sykes, owner of the Sykes Bleaching Company, and his wife Jane Hardcastle. He was born at Edgeley House, Stockport, Cheshire, and was known as Dick. He went to Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire where he was Captain of Rugby in 1857. The following extract is from the ''First 125 years Liverpool Football Club Rugby Union 1857–1982'' by I R A Daglish. In the Autumn of 1857, Frank Albert Mather, who had recently left Rugby School, wrote to his friend Richard Sykes the Captain of Football at Rugby School inviting him to take part in a game of football in Liverpool and bring with him one of the balls in use at the school, made by Linden a Rugby bootmaker. The game was arranged for Saturday 19 December 1857 on the Liverpool Cricket Ground at Edgehill. Fifty players arrived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daz Sampson
Darren "Daz" Sampson (born 28 November 1974) is a British singer-songwriter, record producer and football manager. Sampson is known for his commercial dance music, as part of several groups, and his television appearances. He has had nine Top 30 UK singles. In 2006, he in the Eurovision Song Contest with " Teenage Life", a top 10 hit. He also established Sporting Riff Raff Records and has continued to perform and release recordings. He has been involved as a professional football manager in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Asia, and the United States. In May 2016, he became the North West of England scout for Scottish Championship team Ayr United F.C. He also has close links to English team Stockport County F.C. In February 2020, he accepted the role as first team manager of Phuentsholing United FC, a team in the Bhutan Premier League. Sampson was due to undertake his duties at the start of April 2020; however, with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he remaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hope (composer)
Peter Hope (born 2 November 1930) is a British composer and arranger. He is particularly noted for his light music compositions, such as the '' Ring of Kerry Suite'', which won an Ivor Novello award, and for his arrangements, such as "Mexican Hat Dance". He has also written a '' Recorder Concerto'' and arranged music for the 2003 Spanish royal wedding, as well as Jessye Norman and José Carreras. He is sometimes credited as William Gardner. Career Born in Edgeley, Stockport, Hope spent a lot of time at the cinema during his childhood, absorbing the musical scores, and began learning piano at the age of thirteen. One of his teachers was Dora Gilson, on the staff of the Royal Manchester College of Music. He began composing while still at school. From 1949 he studied music at Manchester University under Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895-1980) and Maurice Aitchison. His time there overlapped with Peter Maxwell-Davies and Elgar Howarth, who joined in 1952.Turner, John. 'Peter Hope, Biog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Gilliat
Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and '' Night Train to Munich'' (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama '' Millions Like Us'' (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with '' The Rake's Progress'', which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including ''Green for Danger'' (1946), '' London Belongs to Me'' (1948) and '' State Secret'' (1950). He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera '' Our Man in Havana'', based on the novel by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockport Academy
Stockport Academy is a non-selective co-educational school within the English Academy (English school), Academy programme, located in Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Greater Manchester. It caters for children aged 11–16 and has approximately 869 pupils on roll. History Avondale High School served the area until its closure in August 2007. Stockport Academy took its place in September 2007, moving into a new building on the same site in 2008. While Avondale operated as a community school, Stockport Academy is run by United Learning, formerly the United Church Schools Trust. The school is non-denominational, but follows the Christian (specifically, Church of England) ethos of its parent organisation. Academics The academy has chosen to run a three year Key Stage 3; it is moving to a system in Years 7 and 8, initially in English an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal
''The Royal'' is a British period medical drama, produced by Yorkshire Television (later part of ITV Studios), and broadcast on ITV from 2003 until its cancellation in 2011. The series is set in the 1960s and focuses on the lives of the staff at the fictional "St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital", a National Health Service hospital serving the fictional rural seaside town of Elsinby and its surrounding area. The programme was a spin-off of ITV's period drama series '' Heartbeat'' and the first three series featured crossovers with ''Heartbeat'' and appearances by its cast members. From the start of the fourth series, the crossover elements were removed, and ''The Royal'' focussed on stories involving its own cast. The series initially began with its cast including Ian Carmichael, Wendy Craig, Robert Daws and Amy Robbins, and gradually expanded. Much of the outdoor scenes were primarily shot within North Yorkshire, including within Whitby and Scarborough, with interior shots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
