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7 unusual facts about Clive


Clive, New Zealand

It was named (like many of the towns in the vicinity) after a prominent person from imperial India, in this case Robert Clive, better known as "Clive of India".

Clive is home to the Hawke's Bay Rowing Club who train on the Clive River.

Clive, Shropshire

The village is often used by the local Hunt, The North Shropshire Foxhounds, from time to time there are meets around the village.

Clive, Utah

Clive is the site of a radioactive waste storage facility currently operated by EnergySolutions.

Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth

The 2nd Earl of Plymouth died in 1943 and was buried in the Windsor-Clive family plot at Tardebigge, Worcestershire.

Low-level waste

The four low-level waste facilities in the U.S. are Barnwell, South Carolina; Richland, Washington; Clive, Utah; and as of June 2013, Andrews County, Texas.

Yorton railway station

Yorton railway station serves the villages of Yorton and Clive in Shropshire, England.


1520 Sedgwick Avenue

On August 11, 1973, Clive Campbell DJed for his sister Cindy's back-to-school party in the recreation center at 1520 Sedgwick.

Alex Ritson

Alexander Clive Ritson (March 7, 1922 – July 18, 2008) was a professional ice hockey centre who played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Rangers during the 1944–45 NHL season.

Awatoto

Water activities do take place at the Awatoto river mouth just south of the industrial area, where the Clive, Ngaruroro and Tutaekuri Rivers meet the sea.

Battle of Chinsurah

Of four ships he had available, Clive sent one out in an attempt to request assistance from Admiral Cornish, who was patrolling the coast.

Bill Koeb

In addition to the series, Koeb painted the 18-page story "For My Son", written by Frank Lovece, for Clive Barker's Hellraiser Summer Special #1 (1992).

Bitterley

Bitterley Court was the longtime seat of the Walcot family, who had previously sold their Walcot Hall to Robert Clive, known as Lord Clive of India.

Blue gold

Blue Gold is a novel by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos published in 2000.

Brenda Hutchinson

In addition to her ethnographic pieces, Hutchinson has composed for film (Liquid Sky, 1982, co-composed with Clive Smith), invented instruments (Giant Music Box, Long Tube, and gestural interface for the Long Tube), and is active as a performer/improviser.

Clive Burgess

Born in Manmoel on 25 November 1950, Robert Clive Burgess joined Ebbw Vale from Croesyceiliog RFC and was a superb servant to the Eugene Cross Park club, for whom he made more than 200 appearances, before finishing his career in Italy with Brescia.

Clive Calder

Clive Ian Calder (born 13 December 1946) is a South African-born based record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon and its subsidiary Jive Records.

Clive Christian No. 1

Clive Christian No. 1 is a fragrance that was introduced in 2001 by Clive Christian.

Clive Coates

Born in 1941, Clive Coates worked for The Wine Society in Stevenage in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Clive Jenkins

Upon retiring, for a time Clive Jenkins ran a B&B in St Helens, Tasmania, before returning to Britain.

Clive King

Clive King's best-known novel is Stig of the Dump (1963), illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, which follows the adventures of a boy who discovers a Stone-Age cave-dweller living at the bottom of a disused chalk pit (which has been used as an unofficial rubbish dump) in Kent.

Clive Lyle

Clive Lyle is a fictional character in the three last novels by Peter Niesewand, the South African journalist who spent 73 days in solitary confinement for his coverage of the last years of Ian Smith's government in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

Clive Peedell

Clive Peedell is an English doctor specialising in clinical oncology.

Clive Williamson

Clive Williamson formed the UK group Symbiosis in 1987, making ambient, soundtrack and healing music with founder-members flautist John Hackett and Richard Bolton (guitars and cello).

Cussler

Dirk Cussler (born 1961), American novelist, son of Clive Cussler

Dead letter office

Horror writer Clive Barker's book The Great and Secret Show features segments centered around the dead letter office at Omaha, Nebraska.

Earl of Powis

He had already been created Baron Clive, of Walcot in the County of Shropshire, in 1794, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and was made Baron Powis, of Powis Castle in the County of Montgomery, Baron Herbert, of Chirbury in the County of Shropshire, and Viscount Clive, of Ludlow in the County of Shropshire, at the same time he was given the earldom.

Eohippus

Its similarities with fossils described by Richard Owen were formally pointed out in a 1932 paper by Sir Clive Forster Cooper.

Friday Afternoons

Friday Afternoons is a collection of 12 songs by Benjamin Britten, composed 1932–35 for the pupils of Clive House School, Prestatyn, where his brother, Robert, was headmaster.

Heronswood, Victoria

In 1983 Clive Blazey purchased the historic estate of Heronswood, which became the new company headquarters for The Digger's Club.

Imperial Ice Stars

James Cundall is a producer of live entertainment with over 80 productions to his name - musicals such as Les Misérables, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Chicago, Singin' in the Rain, Oliver, Cabaret, and We Will Rock You; spectaculars such as Cirque du Soleil's Alegría and Riverdance; plays such as The Blue Room and Talking Heads; and solo performers such as Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Elaine Paige, Clive James and Jamie Oliver, to name just a few.

Itsu

The chain was founded by Julian Metcalfe, co-founder of sandwich chain Pret a Manger and founder of Metcalfe's Food Company, in partnership with Clive Schlee.

Jo Bunting

She is a regular guest interviewer on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and has been a panellist on a number of other radio shows, including Clive Anderson’s Chat Room.

Joe Swift

Joe Swift's father is actor Clive Swift of the television sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, and he is the nephew of Clive's actor brother, David Swift, well known for Drop the Dead Donkey.

Joel Nash

He was then asked by members of that performance to join a local theatre group as Lance-Corporal Clive Winton in the English farce, See How They Run by Philip King.

John Stonehouse

Under the name of Clive Mildoon he deposited $21,500 in cash at the Bank of New Zealand.

Jonas Grimås

He has also directed episodes of, Hamish Macbeth, Silent Witness and Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind starring Clive Owen.

Kensington South by-election, 1968

The Liberal candidate Thomas Kellock, a QC who had fought the seat at the previous general election, came in a distant second, with Labour candidate Clive Bradley, a barrister and journalist, forced into third place and losing his deposit.

Peter Garthwaite

Peter and his identical twin Clive, who later became a brigadier in the Royal Artillery, were educated at Wellington College, where they caused some confusion when bowling from either end for the First XI.

Petty France, London

The street was also the home for 50 years until 2002 of the London passport office at Clive House; it is now located at Globe House in Eccleston Square, Victoria.

Players' Theatre

The artistes recorded were Miss Stella Moray, Mr Maurice Browning, Miss Margaret Burton, Miss Patricia Rowlands, Miss Hattie Jacques, Mr John Rutland, Miss Joan Sterndale Bennett, Miss Josephine Gordon, Mr Robin Hunter, Miss Daphne Anderson, Mr Clive Dunn and Mr Bill Owen, with Mr Peter Greenwell and Mr Geoffrey Brawn (piano).

Portals in fiction

Authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince also write of The Stargate Conspiracy: The Truth About Extraterrestrial Life and the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt.

Robert Orme

He took an active part in the deliberations of the council respecting the military operations in the Carnatic, 1754–8, and recommended the appointment of Clive to command the expedition against Suráj-ud-Dowlah.

Ternhill

Ternhill is a village in Shropshire, England, notable for its Royal Air Force training airfield ("Clive Barracks"/RAF Ternhill) which was the site of a bombing by the Provisional IRA on 20 February 1989 in which one person was injured.

That Summer Day

That Summer Day is a one-hour docudrama directed by Jon East, written by Clive Bradley (who also wrote Last Rights), produced by Hannah Pescod and executive produced by Jon East and Mark Redhead that provides a fictional account of the lives of six children on the day of the bombings of the London public transport system on 7 July 2005.

The Chickencoop Chinaman

Positive reviews came from Edith Oliver at The New Yorker and Jack Kroll at Newsweek, but neither Clive Barnes nor Julius Novick of The New York Times liked it.

The Dolphin Brothers

Additional personnel were: Phil Palmer, David Rhodes (acoustic and electric guitars); B. Heinrich-Keat (electric guitar), Clive Bell (Thai flute, khene, crumhorn); Carrie Booth (piano); Danny Thompson (double bass); Matthew Seligman, Robert Bell (bass); Martin Ditcham (percussion); Suzanne Murphy, Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold (backing vocals).

Theatre games

The theatre games tradition is a method of training actors that was developed in the 20th century by practitioners such as Joan Littlewood, Viola Spolin, Clive Barker, Keith Johnstone, Jerzy Grotowski and Augusto Boal.

Victory by Design

The series began as a single film focused on Porsche, directed by award winning film-maker Tony Maylam, executive produced by Clive Pullan and hosted by former racing driver, Alain de Cadenet.


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