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8 unusual facts about Balmoral


Balmoral, New Brunswick

When a later contingent of settlers from Scotland arrived, they gave the community its present name after Balmoral Castle.

Balmoral, New South Wales

Intended as a platform for lectures by the expected "World Teacher", believed by the Theosophists to be Jiddu Krishnamurti, it was demolished in 1951, and its foundations used for an apartment building that still stands on the site.

Balmoral, New Zealand

It is still a cinema, and after years of screening mainly Indian films, it has recently been refurbished and is now called the Capitol Cinema.

In November 2010, the area was included into the Albert-Eden-Roskill ward of the new Auckland Council.

Blair Athol, New Brunswick

Blair Athol is a neighbourhood in Balmoral, Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Saint-Maure, New Brunswick

Saint-Maure is a neighbourhood in the village of Balmoral, Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Selwood, New Brunswick

Selwood is a neighbourhood in Balmoral, Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

The Balmoral

MV Balmoral, a passenger ship which cruises the south coast of England


Alatskivi Castle

It was rebuilt in the late 19th century by Arved von Nolcken, modeled on the royal residence of Balmoral in Scotland.

Balmoral bonnet

Balmoral is widely used as a part of a uniform in Army Cadets and pipe band.

Balmoral Castle

Over the years, numerous painters were employed at Balmoral, including Edwin and Charles Landseer, Carl Haag, William Wyld, William Henry Fisk, and many others.

Balmoral Hall School

The new school was christened Balmoral Hall School, after Balmoral Castle in Scotland and classes began in September 1950 under the direction of Miss Gwedolyn Murrell-Wright.

Balmoral Junior Secondary School

Balmoral Junior Secondary School was a public high school in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, part of School District 44 North Vancouver.

Bentley State Limousine

The Queen also uses it to travel to church when at Balmoral and Sandringham House.

Blue Hussars

A uniform was originally designed by a committee that included Irish artist Seán Keating, consisting of a saffron léine (a form of tunic) with six rows of black braid and black cuffs, a blue brat (a fringed medieval shawl/cloak), tight pantaloons and a black Balmoral cap with saffron feather.

Citizen James

It was initially written by the comedy writing team of Galton and Simpson, who based the characters very much on the "Sidney Balmoral James" and "Bill Kerr, the dim-witted Australian" roles that they had played in Hancock's Half Hour.

Crown in Saskatoon

Some named for royal family titles including Duchess Street, Duke Street, Empress Avenue and Street, King Crescent and Street, Prince of Wales Avenue, Princess Street and Queen Street, while others named for royal houses include Hanover Avenue and York Avenue, and some named for royal castles include Balmoral Street, Osborne Street and Windsor Street.

Esmond Birnie

He was an unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate in the elections to Belfast City Council for Balmoral in the 1993 Northern Ireland Local Election.

North Britain

The North British Railway operated from 1846 to 1923, leaving a later legacy in the name of the North British Hotel in Edinburgh, which was renamed ‘The Balmoral Hotel’ in the 1980s.

Oxford shoe

Oxfords first appeared in Scotland and Ireland, where they are occasionally called Balmorals after the Queen's castle in Scotland, Balmoral.

Rocky Khan

Khan studied at Edendale Primary School, Balmoral Intermediate and Mount Albert Grammar School and is currently studying at the Auckland University of Technology in Sports science.

Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness

On returning to the UK he was given various postings in England and Scotland before in 1955 being appointed factor (land agent and manager) of Her Majesty The Queen's private Estate at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire where he lived until his death.

Rotunda at Balmoral Beach, Sydney

In the early 1880s Livingston Hopkins established the Artist’s Camp at the northern part of Balmoral Beach near what now is Awaba Street.

Royal Hotel, Norwich

An application was sent to Queen Victoria at Balmoral for Her Gracious Majesty's permission, which was duly granted.

Sydney artists' camps

Other notable visitors were writers Robert Louis Stevenson, who spent a night at Balmoral under canvas, and Ada Cambridge, who included lyrical descriptions of the camp in her 1891 novel A Marked Man and later, in her Thirty Years in Australia (1903).

The Return of John MacNab

They target an estate owned by a Moroccan, another rented by a Dutch corporation, and the third, Balmoral, traditional home of the British royals in Scotland.

Timothy Laurence

Commander Laurence and Anne were married on 12 December 1992, in a Church of Scotland ceremony at Crathie Parish Church, Ballater, near Balmoral, the Church of Scotland permitting the remarriage of divorced people.

Ulster Schools' Cup

Before that, finals were played at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society grounds at Balmoral, the Ulster Sports Club grounds at Cross Parade in Belfast, and one final was even played at the Linfield Football Club ground at Windsor Park.

Wigan rail crash

In Victorian times annual holidays to Scotland were popular amongst the affluent; inspired by Queen Victoria's visits to Balmoral.


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