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Sir Gordon Shattock
Sir Gordon Shattock (12 May 1928 – 10 April 2010) was a British veterinarian who served as the Conservative Party's Western-area Chairman. He survived the 1984 Brighton bombing, which claimed the life of his first wife, Jeanne. He suffered sensory damage to his vision and hearing. A native of Exeter, Shattock was educated at Hele's School. He studied veterinary science at the Royal Veterinary College in London and worked in that profession in his native city for more than three decades. He was forced to retire after the bombing due to the damage he had sustained in the blast. He met his second wife, Wendy, at Exeter Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The presen ..., where his wife's memorial service was held in December 1984. They married four years later. He chaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton Bombing
On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Brighton Hotel, Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. Five people were killed, including the Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP Sir Anthony Berry; more than thirty people were injured. Thatcher was uninjured. The bombing was a key moment in the Troubles, the conflict in Northern Ireland between Unionism in Ireland, unionists and Irish republicanism, republicans over the constitutional position of Northern Ireland, which took place between the late 1960s and 1998. The IRA decided to assassinate Thatcher during the 1981 Irish hunger strike. Her stance against the return of Special Category Status to republican prisoners—the status that meant they were treated as political prisoners, rather than as criminals—meant the strike was not quickly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter
Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglicanism, Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham Campus, Streatham and St Luke's Campus, St Luke's. The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hele's School
Hele's School, formerly Plympton Grammar School, is a co-educational Secondary education#England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Academy school and Sixth Form in the Plympton district of Plymouth, England, east of Plymouth city centre. Until 31 March 2011, Hele’s was a Community school (England and Wales), community school funded by the Local Education Authority (LEA), which is Plymouth#City Council, Plymouth City Council. From 1 April 2011, Hele's became an Academy (English school), Academy, which among other things gives the school financial and educational independence. The school has a voluntary Combined Cadet Force with Navy, Army and RAF sections. Cadets in the CCF are given the option to take part in the annual Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor. Admissions In September 2000, the Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom), Department for Education and Skills (DfES) designated the school as a Specialist school, specialist Language College. The school has also been d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
