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11 unusual facts about Bowdon


Bowdon Hockey Club

Bowdon Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, England.

Gossage

William Gossage died at his home in Bowdon, Cheshire on 9 April 1877, with less than £160,000 to his name.

John Loveridge

Loveridge was born in Bowdon in Cheshire, the son of Claude W Loveridge and his wife, Emily (née Malone).

Joseph Watson Sidebotham

He was the eldest son of Joseph Sidebotham and Anne Coward of Bowdon, Cheshire.

No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF

To maintain secrecy, these men and women were accommodated in separate secure premises in Bowdon and Styal and were trained in select groups.

RAF Ringway

There was an additional SOE holding centre in a large house in nearby Bowdon.

Robert Cialdini

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion was included in 50 Psychology Classics (ISBN 978-1-85788-386-2) by Tom Butler-Bowdon.

Rosemont, Illinois

Rosemont was tied for first place in 2000 with Bowdon, Georgia, as the place in the United States with the highest percentage of people reporting Bulgarian ancestry.

Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet

Green married Mary Lycett, daughter of Edward Lycett of Bowdon Cheshire in 1859, introducing the name Lycett into the family.

Stirling Gallacher

Susan Stirling Gallacher (born 30 November 1970 in Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire) is an English actress.

The Science of Getting Rich

The book is included in personal development scholar Tom Butler-Bowdon's list of "50 Success Classics" in his 2004 book of that name.


Alabama State Route 46

Its present purpose is to serve as a connecting route between Heflin and communities in western Georgia such as Bowdon and Carrollton.

Carroll County, Georgia

During the War between the States, the county provided the Bowdon Volunteers and the Carroll Boys, which were a part of Cobb's Legion.

Chris Ashling

In 2008, he ceased playing for Bowdon and instead played his club cricket for Sudbrook Cricket Club in Monmouthshire.

Dorris Bowdon

Dorris Estelle Bowdon (December 27, 1914 – August 9, 2005) was an American actress, best known for her role as Rosasharn in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda.

W. George Bowdon, Jr.

Bowdon, an Alexandria native, graduated in 1939 from Bolton High School in Alexandria; among his classmates were Joe D. Smith, Jr., later publisher of the Alexandria Daily Town Talk and the industrialist and philanthropist Roy O. Martin, Jr. (1921–2007).

WLCL

WBZY, a radio station in Bowdon, Georgia, United States briefly known as WLCL in May 2005