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unusual facts about Carpenters


Carpenters: Live at the BBC

The Carpenters (aka Carpenters: Live at the BBC) is a videotaped studio concert performed by The Carpenters in 1971.


A Kind of Hush

"There's a Kind of Hush", a Les Reed/Geoff Stephens composition which was a hit for Herman's Hermits in 1967 and for the Carpenters in 1976

A Satire of the Three Estates

William MacDowall with six carpenters built a stage of boards, a seat for Mary of Guise and the French ambassador Henri Cleutin, and a 'Convoy House', at the Greenside playfield, with the gallows, 'jebbettis,' used in the final scene.

Aarele Ben Arieh

In the early eighties, Ben Arieh developed close ties with potters and carpenters in the Gaza Strip.

Abraham Samuel

1695 - Captain Hoar sails from Boston for the Indian Ocean in December with 114 crew on board, two of whom were the brothers Otto and Aert van Tuyl, both ship carpenters by trade, which is what Aert was for the ship, while Otto was the ship's doctor (for more information on their trip, see Van Tuyl).

Beechwood 4-5789

A 1960s' nostalgia-themed video for the Carpenters' "Beechwood 4-5789" was shot on A&M's Chaplin Stage.

Bisham Woods

A memorial in Carpenters Wood commemorates the crash site of a Halifax Bomber from the Royal Air Force 578 Squadron, on 18 July 1944.

Chinese in Fiji

Well-known persons of whole or partial Chinese descent include Cabinet Minister Pio Wong, Senators Kenneth Low and James Ah Koy, Peter Lee ( former long serving General Manager of Coca Cola Fiji and currently heading Fiji's largest conglomerate - Carpenters ) and prominent lawyer Graeme Leung.

Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters

The documentary itself runs for approximately 60 minutes, with a 12 minute encore after the end credits featuring a performance of "(A Place To) Hideaway", the Carpenters' commercial for Morton's Potato Chips, and their performance of "Ave Maria" for the 1978 A Christmas Portrait special.

Coffin

Design coffins in Ghana, also called fantasy coffins or figurative coffins, are only made by specialized carpenters in the Greater Accra Region.

Deir Yassin

Many inhabitants were employed outside the village in the nearby British Army camps as waiters, carpenters, and foremen; others as clerks and teachers in the mandatory civil service.

Erie County Field House

It was also home to many great concerts of the day, including Alice Cooper, Rush, Heart, Kansas, AC/DC, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Nazareth, Molly Hatchet, Journey, Kiss, Ted Nugent, Judas Priest, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat, Barry Manilow, The Bay City Rollers, The Carpenters, Cheap Trick, Peter Frampton, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, and Santana.

Foundation of Melbourne

Other members of the founding party included Launceston builder George Evans and his servant Evan Evans, carpenters William Jackson and Robert Hay Marr, ploughman Charles Wise and blacksmith James Gilbert and his pregnant wife Mary Gilbert.

H. R. S. Pocock

H. R. S. Pocock was a descendant of William Wilmer Pocock, Master of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, who was responsible for the design of Carpenters' Hall.

Haga Palace

Building contractor was Herman Edberg who, aside from having skilled craftsmen as bricklayers and carpenters also had a group of infantrymen from Södermanlands regemente at his disposal.

Hollywood Black Friday

The Conference of Studio Unions was, at the time, an International union belonging to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and represented the Carpenters, Painters, Cartoonists and several other crafts working for the Studios in Hollywood.

John Hemings

Jefferson's sons by Sally Hemings: Beverly, Madison and Eston, were each apprenticed to John Hemmings at the age of 14 for training as fine carpenters.

John Pascoe Fawkner

On board the Enterprize as it departed George Town, were Captain John Lancey, Master Mariner (Fawkner’s representative); George Evans, builder; William Jackson and Robert Marr, carpenters; Evan Evans, servant to George Evans; and Fawkner’s servants, Charles Wyse, ploughman, Thomas Morgan, general servant, James Gilbert, blacksmith and his pregnant wife, Mary, under Captain Peter Hunter.

Kristy McNichol

In December 1978, McNichol would appear in another Carpenters' holiday special, The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait, this time with Jimmy.

My Best Christmas

It features two hard-to-find Christmas songs: "Merry Christmas Darling," a cover of the Carpenters song, which was only available on the Target store version of A Christmas to Remember, and "Child of God," which appears on the various-artists compilation album One Silent Night (2000).

Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story

Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story is a Carpenters documentary that aired on BBC One on April 9, 2007.

Robert Georgine

Sigurd Lucassen, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the largest BCTD affiliate, opposed Georgine's re-election even though Georgine's running mate was Carpenters' first vice president Paschal McGuinness.

Rock of Cashel

The Irish Abbot of Regensburg, Dirmicius of Regensburg, sent two of his carpenters to help in the work and the twin towers on either side of the junction of the nave and chancel are strongly suggestive of their Germanic influence, as this feature is otherwise unknown in Ireland.

San Giuseppe Maggiore dei Falegnami, Naples

In 1934 cardinal Alessio Ascalesi transferred the church to the jurisdiction of San Giuseppe Maggiore, and rededicated the church to St Joseph, patron of carpenters.

St. John's Day, Masonic feast

The guild of masons and carpenters attached to Cologne Cathedral was known as the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist.

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

The Carpenters found themselves in an unusual alliance with a coalition of other craft unions in Hollywood, the Conference of Studio Unions, led by Herbert Sorrell of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Vincent DiNapoli

DiNapoli also controlled Carpenters Local 257 through his associates Attilio Bitondo and Eugene Hanley.

Walkelin

William I also granted Wlkelin as much timber for the building and its scaffolding from the Forest of Hempage Wood (on the Old Alresford Road in Hampshire) as his carpenters could take in four days and nights.

WRRM

In recent years, Warm 98 has dropped the soft 70s songs of The Carpenters and John Denver from its playlist, and is more contemporary playing soft rock songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Journey, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, and Rod Stewart.


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