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6 unusual facts about Colston


Colston

Colston is on the northern edge of Glasgow, surrounded by the areas of Milton and Springburn and the town of Bishopbriggs to the north.

Colston-Ariston

Production of the machines was continued by Tallent, but that company was taken over by Ariston in the late 1970s, which then became Colston-Ariston.

Colston's School

Alan Morley MBE, holder of world record for tries scored in first class rugby union and current board member at Bristol Rugby

In May 2010 year 9 students devised and produced their own version of Cinderella which raised just short of £1000 for the charity Barnados.

Jeffery Ekins

He married in 1766 Anne, daughter of Philip Baker of Colston, Wiltshire, and sister of the wife of his brother, John Ekins, dean of Salisbury.

Montpelier railway station

The Severnside CRP also tend the station's garden in conjunction with the nearby Colston's Girls' School.


Kevin Figes

Other highlights were playing with John Critchinson, the big bands of Dave Stapleton and Andy Hague and performing a great new piece by Keith Tippett in the Colston Hall, Bristol.

St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Annual events include House Eucharists, beginning and end of year services, an Ascension Day Eucharist, the Redcliffe Community Summer Fete, a Christmas carol service, and the annual Colston Day service; in which all students (invited to attend) are given the traditional Colston bun.

Sunrise/Back to the Future

Run by Tony Colston-Hayter and Paul Staines, the organisation was occasionally front-page news.

Uffa Fox

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in January 1963 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Colston Hall in Bristol.


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