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unusual facts about Blyth's Swift


Blyth's Swift

A 2011 study has many taxonomists splitting this species from the Fork-tailed Swift complex.


Ann Blyth

In the December 1952 edition of Motion Picture and Television Magazine Ann Blyth stated in an interview that she endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower for president the month before in the 1952 presidential election.

Benjamin Blyth

Blyth was a first cousin of Arthur Blyth, who was three times premier of South Australia in the 19th century.

Benjamin Blyth II

After the death of both parents – Benjamin Blyth in 1866 and Mary Dudgeon Wright in 1868 – Blyth and his siblings were brought up by their mother's sister, Elizabeth Scotland Wright.

Blyth Power Station

In 1989, Blyth A won a place in the Guinness Book of Records by setting the world record for total running hours in a plant of its size, when all four generating units achieved 200,000 running hours.

Blyth, Inc.

Subsidiaries include Candle Corporation Of America, which owns the Sterno product brand and the PartyLite direct sales business.

Blyth, Nottinghamshire

It was staffed at first by monks from the Mother House, Holy Trinity Priory at Rouen France.

He was High Sheriff for 1908-09 and was succeeded by his son Vernon Willey, 2nd Baron Barnby, who was the MP for South Bradford.

Blyth's Shrike-babbler

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the White-browed Shrike-babbler.

Brierdene

The burn rises near the village of West Holywell, thence to the north of Earsdon, through Brierdene Farm and across Whitley Bay Golf Club, through a small valley, under the main road to Blyth A193 road, across the beach and into the sea.

Charged GBH

Charged GBH, commonly known as GBH, are an English street punk band, formed in 1978 by vocalist Colin Abrahall, guitarist Colin "Jock" Blyth, bassist Sean McCarthy and Drummer Andy "Wilf" Williams.

Chay Blyth

In 1997, Blyth was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to sailing.

Clare Valley Film Festival

Clare Valley Film Festival is a biennial event held over a weekend in late January in Blyth, Clare Valley, South Australia.

Coralie Blythe

Born in Bow in London, she was the eldest of three children of William Thomas Blyth (born 1857), a publican, and his wife Jane (née Finley) (1862–1897), an actress.

Edward Blyth

In a 1959 paper, Loren Eiseley claimed that "the leading tenets of Darwin's work – the struggle for existence, variation, natural selection and sexual selection – are all fully expressed in Blyth's paper of 1835".

Edward Milne

Eddie Milne (1915–1983), British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Blyth, afterwards re-elected as an independent

Elizabeth Blackadder

Blackadder studied early Byzantine art while at university, where she was influenced by William Gillies, Penelope Beaton and Robert Henderson Blyth, as well as by her lecturers.

Greg McClinchey

Greg McClinchey (born in Clinton, Ontario) was a municipal councillor for the Township of North Huron, Ontario (Blyth Ward) and was the nominated candidate in Huron-Bruce for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2008 federal election.

Grey-necked Bunting

The species was described by Edward Blyth based on a drawing by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton after whom the species is named.

Headway Arts

Headway Arts, incorporated in 1995 as Headstrong Productions, is an independent arts organisation and registered charity based in Blyth, Northumberland.

Jim Blyth

The game reached its zenith in the final minutes when Blyth saved Jim Ryan's penalty kick to help the Sky Blues to a 5–4 victory.

John Hawdon

Lumsden claimed a foul occurred but this was disallowed and the Blyth man acknowledged that he had been beaten by a better man.

Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth

In 1941 he moved to the Nilgiris to take up a position as headmaster at St. George's School in Ketti; the school, which had been first recognized by the Education Department of Madras as a free primary school, was raised to the status of a high school in 1944 during his tenure.

In 1946 he moved to Saurashtra as a private tutor and from 1948 to 1963 till his death, he was the Principal of the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, a school founded and run by the Princely Order of Kathiawar.

Mel Blyth

Saints paid £60,000 for Mel Blyth in September 1974 – he was one of Lawrie McMenemy’s first over-30 signings.

The contrasting styles of Blyth and McCormick made for a good mix, and the two of them stayed together until McCormick's retirement, near the end of Bert Head's time in charge.

Ned Hanlan

After further success in North America he decided to test his mettle against Europe and travelled to England in 1879 where, on 16 June 1879 he defeated the English champion, W. Elliott of Blyth, rowing the course from the Mansion House in Newcastle upon Tyne to the Scotswood Bridge on the River Tyne in the record time of 21 minutes 2 seconds.

Nicholson Street, Melbourne

Further north in Brunswick East, at the corner of Blyth Street, Melbourne alternative radio station 3RRR makes its home.

North Blyth, Northumberland

It is located to the south east of the village of Cambois and to the north of the town of Blyth on the north eastern side of the River Blyth harbour.

Omnis Studio

1979: Paul Wright and Geoff Smith founded Blyth Computers Ltd (later renamed Blyth Software Ltd, then Omnis Software) in Wenhaston, Suffolk, in the UK, which became the first Apple dealership in East Anglia.

PC Zone

Other regular freelance writers include Jon 'Log' Blyth, Ed Zitron, Steve Hill, Martin Korda, Rhianna Pratchett, Richie Shoemaker, Daniel Emery and Paul Presley.

PMR446

The best known long distance record is 333 mi (535.8 km) from Blyth in the United Kingdom to Almere, Netherlands.

Renegade III: The Final Chapter

The video also includes fellow YouTube user and ex-television presenter Larry Bundy Jr reviewing the Amstrad CPC version and video game journalist Jon Blyth reviewing the Commodore 64 version of the game, both criticising the game as well.

River Blyth

River Blyth is the name of several rivers in England.

River Blyth, Suffolk

:For articles about other rivers named River Blyth, see River Blyth (disambiguation).

Roger de Busli

They became the Honour of Blyth (later renamed the Honour of Tickhill), and within it, de Busli erected numerous castles, at Tickhill, Kimberworth, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough.

Serlby Hall

The first house on the site was built 1740 by James Paine for John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, who had bought the 500 acre Serleby estate from the Saunderson family of Blyth.

Sessa Orchid Sanctuary

Birdlife International has designated Sessa and Eaglenest Sanctuaries as an Important Bird Area (IBA IN344), with Blyth's Tragopan identified as a vulnerable species of the area.

Sewell Barn Theatre

Sewell Barn Theatre is located in the grounds of Sewell Park College (formerly the Blyth school, later the Blyth-Jex school) on Constitution Hill in Norwich, England.

SS Kościuszko

In 1949 she was withdrawn from service and was scrapped the following year in Blyth.

The World in His Arms

In 1850 San Francisco, Russian Countess Marina Selanova (Ann Blyth) flees from an arranged marriage to Prince Semyon (Carl Esmond).

Tommy Hedley

Tommy Hedley (died 8 August 2007) was a businessman and the chairman of the semi-professional football club Blyth Spartans F.C. in Blyth, Northumberland.

Victoria Blyth Hill

Among the artworks Blyth-Hill worked on are those by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt van Rijn, Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Larry Bell, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Marc Chagall, Robert Motherwell, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Isami Noguchi, Frank Stella, Craig Kauffman, and Wallace Berman.

Wellesley Nautical School

The Wellesley Nautical School was a naval training school first located on the Tyne, and later removed to Blyth

Worksop Rural District

The remainder, in Nottinghamshire, became the Blyth and Cuckney Rural District, taking its name from two of the parishes, Blyth and Cuckney.


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