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11 unusual facts about Angus


Airlie Beach, Queensland

It is almost certain that the town was named for the parish of Airlie, in Scotland, as the name was suggested by the chairman of the former Proserpine Shire Council, who was born in nearby Montrose, Scotland.

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (1999) is a young adult novel by Louise Rennison.

Coble

A Scottish version of the coble, much shallower and beamier than the English type, serves for salmon-fishing off beaches near Arbroath and Montrose in Angus.

Daniel Blades, Lord Blades

In 1934 he moved to be Sheriff of Perth and Angus, a post he held until 1945 when he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland.

Dunnichen Stone

The stone was initially erected at the unidentified "Kirkton Church", either in Dunnichen or in Letham, then it was moved to the garden of Dunnichen House.

Eastbourne Buses

One of the company's buses featured in the 2008 film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

H'Angus

Drummond approached Hartlepool chairman Ken Hodcroft with an idea for some publicity and asked him to fund the £500 deposit that would allow him to stand for election.

On May 2, 2002, Drummond was elected the first directly elected mayor of Hartlepool.

Itaqui

The economy of the city is also based on large purebred creations of British and European cattle like Angus, Hereford, Charolais, Simmental and many others contemporary breeds as the result of crossing two or more of the older breeds like Santa Gertrudis purebred, from Texas, USA.

Jonathan Duncan Inverarity

Jonathan Duncan Inverarity (1812 or 1813 – 6 May 1882, Rosemount, Angus) was a civil servant of the Bombay Presidency.

Keilor, Victoria

James Watson is thought to have named the area after a place called Keilor in Forfarshire, Scotland where his father farmed a large property.


A Dark and Hungry God Arises

After finding out where the detention centre is, Angus' computer reveals to him that he is capable of emitting a type of jamming field that can bend light rendering him invisible to electronic surveillance, thus protecting his identity.

Angus Cumming

Angus Cumming describes the Strathspey as an ‘Old Highland Reel’ and indeed twenty six of the tunes in the collection appear with an alternative Gaelic title.

Angus Cumming produced the first collection of Strathspeys to be published by a person from Strathspey.

Angus Du Mackay, 7th of Strathnaver

Not long after the Parliament at Inverness Thomas Neilson Mackay, cousin of Angus Du Mackay killed Mowat, the Laird of Freswick in Tain.

Angus Dun

On September 15, 1917, the Reverend Angus Dun and the Reverend Dr. Endicott Peabody, headmaster at Groton School, conducted the first services, sponsored by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), for the newly arrived men.

Angus Horne Lake

The lake and creek are named for Angus Horne who was born in Enfield, Nova Scotia, in 1880 and came to the North Thompson Valley in 1912 to work on the Canadian Northern Railway surveys.

Angus McLagan

Angus McLagan collected a large number of ex-parliamentary library books (which were officially discarded) and other records, primarily books written in Latin (e.g. Homer's travels and a leather bound copy of the Iliad printed in the early 19th century), which remained with Sophie McLagan until her death in 1979.

Antony Crockett

He is the son of John Crockett, (John Angus Basil) the artist, playwright and television and film director, grandson of Colonel Basil Crockett (Basil Edwin) DSO and William Joseph Stern OBE (civ.), nephew of Colonel Anthony John Stewart Crockett RM, OBE (Mil.), ADC, and descendant of the Blessed Ralph Crockett, English Martyr.

Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus

A French diplomat in Edinburgh, Camille de Preau, sieur de Courcelles, heard that Angus claimed she had flirted with a stableboy, which was thought unlikely, and the Earl of Bothwell had joked he would divorce his wife for the same.

Bell Rock

Inchcape or the Bell Rock, a reef off the east coast of Angus, Scotland with a lighthouse

Charlie Angus

Angus's fifth book, Cage Call, a photo documentary with photographer Louie Palu, was released in 2007 as part of an award from Portland-based PhotoLucida.

Forfarshire Cup

The name of the competition is often baffling to some, as "Forfarshire" is an archaic and anglicised name for Angus which became official in the late 19th century around the time of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 which restructured and renamed many of Scotland's counties, however the name quickly fell into disuse and was very rarely used in everyday conversation and non existent today.

Glamis Stone

The Glamis Hunter's Hill Stone - a Class II Pictish standing stone near Glamis, Angus, Scotland, otherwise known as Glamis 1

House of Óengus

The branch of the kindred, called in the annals the Eoghanachta Magh Geirginn, from which he came were said to be located in an area known as Circinn, usually associated with modern Angus and the Mearns.

Islands of the Clyde

After Somerled's death in 1164 his kingdom was split between his three sons, Ragnall in Islay and Kintyre, Dughall in Lorne and the other Argyll islands, and Angus holding Arran and Bute.

Joe Bowen

Recently, he appeared in a TV commercial for Harvey's promoting the "bigger" Angus Burger and used his famous aforementioned catchphrase.

John Dunning

Jack Dunning (John Angus Dunning, 1903–1971), New Zealand Test cricketer

John F. McIntosh

Born in Farnell, Angus, Scotland, in February 1846, MacIntosh would be famous for working at St. Rollox railway works, in Springburn, in Glasgow.

Karl Denver

Denver was born Angus Murdo McKenzie in Springburn, Glasgow and was well travelled by the time he took up singing, having had a previous career in the British Merchant Navy.

Kenneth Adie Ferguson

He married Helen McVicar, veterinarian (born 1925 in Manly, NSW) in 1946 and they had five children, Deborah, Maggie Ferguson, Kate, John and Angus.

Kokoda Track

John Landy, the long-distance runner, set a record of four days for the crossing using carriers and guides during the 1950s, and in 1964 Angus Henry, the art teacher at Sogeri High School with two of his students, John Kadiba and Misty Baloiloi, set a new record which was to stand until after the millennium by completing the journey in three and a quarter days without guides, carriers or any signposts or bridges.

Kolbotn

Striker Rebecca Angus from Middlesbrough, England also played four seasons for Kolbotn in 2007-10.

Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh

Lady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh (1723-1787) was a Jacobite of the Clan Farquharson and the wife of Angus, Chief of the Clan MacKintosh.

Mudrooroo

Wild Cat Falling (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1965; Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin, 1966)

Neil Angus

Angus was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Forest Hill

Óengus mac Fergusa

Óengus II (before 780–834), king of Picts, a/k/a Onuist, Hungus or Angus, from 820 until 834, traditionally associated with cult of Saint Andrew and flag of Scotland; included in Duan Albanach's praise poem from reign of Máel Coluim

Off the map

A Bit Off the Map, and Other Stories, third collection of prose by English author Angus Wilson, it contained eight short stories and was published by Penguin Books in 1957

Patrick Bell

Born in the rural parish of Auchterhouse in Angus, Scotland, into a farming family, Bell chose to study divinity at the University of St Andrews.

Patrick Johnson

Patrick Read Johnson (born 1952), director of Baby's Day Out, Angus and 5-25-77

Patrick Read Johnson

Patrick Read Johnson (born May 7, 1962) is an American film director, producer, and writer from Wadsworth, Illinois, best known for his directorial work on the films Spaced Invaders, Angus, Baby's Day Out, The Genesis Code and 5-25-77.

Quebec Route 253

Its northern terminus is in East Angus at Route 112 and its southern terminus is at the Vermont border, where it becomes Vermont Route 253.

Rock Solid Guitar

The last song on the album, "Hats Off to Angus and Malcolm", is Chastain's tribute to the AC/DC brothers, Angus and Malcolm Young.

Scottish toponymy

Goidelic roots accounts for most place-names in eastern Scotland, with a few Anglic names in Fife and Angus and with a small number Pictish elements assimilated into the total toponymy.

Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad

The railroad's founding trustees were Arthur Denny, John Collins, Franklin Mathias, Angus Mackintosh, Henry Yesler, James McNaught, J. J. McGilvra, J. M. Colman, and Dexter Horton.

Stiff Dylans

They found fame after being featured in Gurinder Chadha's 2008 Paramount Pictures film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and performing several songs on the soundtrack.

Strathmartine Castle Stone

The Strathmartine Castle Stone is a class I Pictish stone from Strathmartine, Angus, Scotland.

Test Dept

Angus Farquhar re-established the ancient Gaelic Beltane Fire Festival, held yearly on the night before/morning of the first of May on Edinburgh's Calton Hill.

The Keys of the Kingdom

The book was made into a 1944 film The Keys of the Kingdom starring Gregory Peck as Father Francis Chisholm and Vincent Price as Anselm "Angus" Mealey.

The Storr

Created by NVA, a Scottish environmental arts company directed by Angus Farquhar (formerly of Test Dept) and designed by a team including "" and David Bryant, the work contained music by Geir Jenssen, Paul Mounsey, live performance by Gaelic singer Anne Martin and recordings of the works of Gaelic poet Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean).

Thomas Ballantyne Martin

Martin was the son of Angus Martin, a surgeon from Forest Hall in Northumberland; his mother Robina was from Wooler.

William Angus Knight

William Angus Knight (1836–1916) was a British writer, born at Mordington, Scotland, and educated at the University of Edinburgh.

William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus

The title Earl of Angus is now held by the Dukes of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the heir apparent to the current dukedom.

Wings Greatest

Having bought it, Linda wanted the flying lady photographed in the snow, so on 14th October 1978 she flew the statuette and photographer Angus Forbes to the Alps, where a snowdrift was created and the photograph was taken from a helicopter.