He illustrated his point by pointing out the absurdity of a member of parliament for West Lothian being able to vote on matters affecting the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire, but not Blackburn, West Lothian, in his own constituency.
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The first, against Blackburn Rovers, marked the opening of Accrington Stanley's new stadium; the other was a benefit match for Patsy Gallacher, against a representative team from the Scottish Football League.
He graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1934 and specialised in public health, serving as an assistant Medical Officer of Health in Paisley, Portsmouth and Blackburn.
Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC, CMG, CBE, ED (25 November 1892 – 24 November 1960) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Anne discovers that a mention of "Friends in Colorado" is related to the counter-culture writer Thomas Blackburn (Ted Levine), a Hunter S. Thompson-esque figure that is known for his drug usage and unpredictable behaviors.
In addition to their headquarters, BBC North West has local radio stations and news bureaux located in Liverpool and Blackburn and a district office in Chester.
In 1966, Blackburn was elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress, having narrowly defeated freshman incumbent James MacKay by 360 votes: 55,249 (50.2 percent) to 54,889 (49.8 percent).
The religious group known as the Blackburn Cult, the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven, or the Great Eleven Club, was started in 1922 on Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles, California; and later formed a retreat in the Southern California Simi Valley.
The Blackburn B-48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft.
Blackburn House was built in the late 18th century by George Moncrieff.
The closure of the British Leyland plant in 1986 brought decline to the area, along with the destruction of many homes built during the 1960s.
The son of Reverend Harold Joseph Flowers and Mrs Marian Flowers, Brian Hilton Flowers was born in Blackburn, Lancashire; but he was educated in Swansea at the Bishop Gore School, where Mr Foukes encouraged his interest in physics.
Brockhall Village, Lancashire, England, home to the training ground of Blackburn Rovers FC
Besides CFCO and CJSP, other country stations owned by Blackburn Radio are CHOK in Sarnia-Lambton, CJWF-FM in Windsor, and CKNX in Wingham.
On 24 May 2013 it was announced that Sussex Police had charged Kazim-Richards under Section 5 of the Public Order Act over an alleged homophobic gesture to Brighton fans on 12 February 2013 while he was playing for Blackburn Rovers in a Championship match at his old club Brighton and Hove Albion's Amex Stadium.
Alongside the diocesan Bishop of Blackburn, the Diocese has two suffragan bishops, the Rt Revd John Goddard, Bishop suffragan of Burnley, appointed in 2000 and during the recent vacancy Acting Bishop of Blackburn, and the Rt Revd Geoff Pearson, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster, appointed in 2007.
Dixon was also Clerk to the Trustees of the turnpike road from Bury through Haslingden to Blackburn & Whalley.
The Harkins book was made into a film called Surrender - Hell! with Keith Andes playing Blackburn and released in 1959 by Allied Artists films.
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Following his retirement from military service, Blackburn took a position with Braddock Dunn & McDonald, where he served as vice president, special projects until he retired in 1979.
Ecclesfield East railway station, on the "Blackburn Valley" line of the South Yorkshire Railway, closed in 1954
Freskin's name appears only in a charter by King William to his son, William, granting Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus, Kintrae, and other lands in Moray, "which his father held in the time of King David".
The creek originates in the suburb of Blackburn, where many small creeks and gullies converge around Blackburn Lake.
After five years at with City, having played 142 games, some as captain, he joined Blackburn Rovers in March 1996 for £3.5m after City were going through financial difficulties and their then chairman Francis Lee told the then manager Alan Ball to sell their most profitable player, which turned out to be Flitcroft.
George Gideon Blackburn, CM, MC (February 13, 1917 – November 15, 2006) was a decorated Canadian veteran of World War II (Military Cross; French Legion of Honour), a playwright, and award winning author.
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD serves as the S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition and Associate Director of the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School.
Blackburn experiences a temperate maritime climate, like much of the British Isles, with relatively cool summers and mild winters.
Bunkie Blackburn (James Ronald Blackburn, 1936–2006), NASCAR driver
Juvenile Liaison 1 (1975) and Juvenile Liaison 2 (1990) are documentary films by Nick Broomfield about a juvenile liaison project in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Blackburn later gained fame as the co-writer of the Paul Bartel film Eating Raoul.
As a result, Blackburn decided it best for him take another break from football and sent him to visit a sports psychiatrist in the USA.
Growing in confidence, Grigsby made another short documentary with the Unit Five Seven, Tomorrow’s Saturday (1962), about mill workers in Blackburn, Lancashire preparing for the weekend.
In 1901, Mount Pleasant was nearly lost and used for building land until the club's first president, Alderman J.W.Blackburn stepped in and bought the land along with Sir Mark Oldroyd, MP.
He helped Blackburn win promotion to the new FA Premier League in the 1991–92 season, but did not make the squad for the playoff final in which they beat Leicester City and it was soon clear that his days at Ewood Park were numbered as manager Kenny Dalglish looked to make use of chairman Jack Walker's vast financial resources to turn Blackburn into the best team in the country.
Although the rail line had closed for passengers connecting Padiham railway station to Burnley and Blackburn in 1957, the section to the power station was retained for coal deliveries.
Selected group exhibitions include: Camden Arts Centre, London; Spacex, Exeter; Pelter/Sands, Bristol; The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport; Boundary Gallery, London; Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery; Gwl Gelf, Harlech Art Biennale; The Schoolhouse Gallery, Bath; Sun & Doves, London; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol; Dean Clough, Halifax.
His work included individual sketches, illustrations of other articles and a series of illustrations of a holiday which he and Henry Blackburn took in the Harz Mountains in Germany.
The culvert was extensively modified in the 1960s during the redevelopment of the town centre - it now runs underneath Ainsworth Street and between Blackburn Cathedral and Blackburn Bus Station.
Bishop Joseph Yeakel of Smithsburg, Maryland, remembered Bishop Blackburn as one of the "unsung heroes of the United Methodist Church," a leader who was committed to serving his Episcopal Area.
Blackburn attended Clifton College and went on to receive his bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1965 from Trinity College, Cambridge.
As Blackburn were relegated at the end of the 1998–99 season, Henchoz remained a Premiership player after being purchased for £3.5 million by Liverpool.
His spell at Blackburn was unsuccessful, only making four appearances before he joined Portsmouth on loan and then Leicester City permanently in the 1992–93 season.
The Ducks (formerly known as the Jeff Blackburn Band) were a short-lived hard rock supergroup formed in the summer of 1977 by singer-songwriter Jeff Blackburn, and consisted of musicians Bob Mosley (an original member of Moby Grape), Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, and Johnny Craviotto.
Anthony Blackburn (born 1945), British vice-admiral and Equerry to the Royal Household, commonly known as Tom Blackburn
Thomas Lothian Johnston FRSE (9 March 1927 in Whitburn, West Lothian – 2009 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish economist.
It was originally in the Blackburn building, a Georgian style building overlaid with Art Deco.
The United States Seventh Fleet commander, Vice Admiral Paul Blackburn, observed that the Vung Ro find was “proof positive.” Blackburn and General William Westmoreland called for a major U.S.-Vietnamese anti-infiltration patrol operation.
Cercle Brugge, co-operating with Blackburn Rovers, offered Nyoni a trial because they needed a replacement for Brian Pinas who was sold to NAC Breda.
(3) After the return of Democratic Redeemer government in Louisiana in 1878, Blackburn soon returned to his native Arkansas, where he published the short-lived Arkansas Republican.
Following presentations from the local residents and the Blackburn Tree Preservation Society, the site was chosen for a native plant park and the name Yarran Dheran, roughly meaning Wattle Gully, was chosen.