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7 unusual facts about Chequers


Buckland Common

Fine examples of this pottery are to be found in the nearby Chequers Museum.

Butlers Cross

It is located south of the main parish, on the crossroads between the road from Ellesborough to Little Kimble, and the road from Terrick to Chequers.

Dunsmore, Buckinghamshire

Dunsmore is close by to Chequers, the country retreat for the serving Prime Minister, & the local Second Boer War memorial on Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire.

Florence Kate Upton

The original Golliwogg and Dutch Dolls resided for many years at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country estate in Berkshire.

James Jarché

A story he liked to tell concerned a visit he made to Chequers to photograph Winston Churchill.

Speen, Buckinghamshire

Speen is a short distance from Chequers, the Prime Minister of the day's country residence.

Terrick

It is located in the north of the parish, where the lane leading to Chequers meets the main road from Stoke Mandeville to Little Kimble.


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12-inch single

Examples of these promos, released at almost the same time in 1975, are Gary Toms Empire – "Drive My Car", Don Downing – "Dream World", Barrabas – "Mellow Blow", The Trammps – "Hooked for Life", Ace Spectrum – "Keep Holdin' On", South Shore Commission – "Train Called Freedom", The Chequers – "Undecided Love", Ernie Rush – "Breakaway", Ralph Carter – "When You're Young and in Love", Michael Zager & The Moon Band feat.

Anne Chamberlain

Archaeology was also an enduring interest; one of the attractions of Chequers (the British Prime Minister's country retreat) for her was that it lay on the Icknield Way.

Bartholomew Tipping IV

Bartholomew was the son of John Tipping of Chequers at Stokenchurch in Oxfordshire (now Buckinghamshire) and Woolley Park at Chaddleworth in Berkshire and his wife, Mary Spire.

Clifford Curzon

During his premiership, Edward Heath invited musician friends, such as Clifford Curzon and the Amadeus Quartet, to perform at either Chequers or 10 Downing Street.

Harry M. Miller

Born in New Zealand, Miller grew up in Grey Lynn, Auckland, and moved to Australia in 1963, where he established a company called Pan Pacific Productions with Keith and Dennis Wong, owners of the noted Sydney nightclub "Chequers".

Little Kimble railway station

The G8 Summit was held in Birmingham that year and the wives of the G8 countries' leaders, including Cherie Blair and Hillary Clinton, were taken to Chequers via the Royal Train and Little Kimble, whiuch is the nearest station to Chequers.

Sillitoe Tartan

For example, in New South Wales (NSW) the Ambulance Service uses red and white chequers on ambulances and paramedic's uniforms, while the State Emergency Service uses orange and white Sillitoe Tartan.


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