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unusual facts about Corby



Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

Today Aasmund Vinje paths exist in several Norwegian cities and towns including Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim, Moss, Fjellhamar, Corby, Hamar, Gjøvik, Rjukan, Skien and Mandal.

British University Gaelic football Championship

GAA facilities in Coventry, Rugby, Leicester, Wythall, Corby and at the main venue of Erin Go Bragh GAA club in Erdington.

Corbett Davis

Richard Corbett "Corby" Davis (December 8, 1914 in Lowell, Indiana – May 28, 1968 in Houlton, Maine) was an American football fullback.

Corby toxic waste case

Corby became a steelmaking centre through the establishment of the Stewarts & Lloyds production site in the 1930s, and by 1960 had grown to become one of the most heavily industrialised areas in the Midlands.

The Corby toxic waste case was a court case decided by The Hon. Mr. Justice Akenhead at the High Court of Justice, London, on 29 July 2009 in the case of Corby Group Litigation v. Corby Borough Council 2009 EWHC 1944 (TCC).

Fairline Boats

Started in 1963 by Jack Newington, the company presently builds motor yachts in both its original Oundle base as well as in Corby, Northamptonshire

Gowie Corby Plays Chicken

Gowie Corby Plays Chicken (ISBN 9780571114054) is a children's novel by Gene Kemp, set at the fictional Cricklepit Combined primary school in southern England.

John George Howard

Later in life he claimed direct descent from Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk, through a 17th-century Howard who had adopted the name Corby from the ancestral estate Corby Castle, because of a family quarrel.

Kettering railway station

There is a half-hourly service to London St. Pancras and hourly services to either Nottingham via Leicester or to Corby, both operated by Meridian trains.

Learning Grid

The Learning Grid also runs an annual showcase event at Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby in Northamptonshire.

Local Government Information Unit

Andy Sawford was chief executive of the LGiU until 2012, when he was elected MP for Corby.

Manchester Central by-election, 2012

The by-election was held on the same day as the Cardiff South and Penarth and Corby by-elections, and the first ever Police and Crime Commissioner elections.

Michael Corby

Corby left the group during the recording of their third album Head First and according to lead singer John Waite in a 2005 interview on Brisbane radio station 4KQ, Corby departed from the music scene altogether.

Renae Lawrence

In an interview with Woman's Day magazine, Lawrence says she has been appointed to care for Corby, who has become increasingly mentally unstable and has watched Corby's condition deteriorate since the pair was jailed four years ago.

Scania OmniDekka

High profile uses of the OmniDekka include use by First Group on service X53 in Devon and Dorset which previously operated a long distance service along the Jurassic Coast between Exeter and Bournemouth and by Stagecoach on Corby Star services in Corby, Northamptonshire which have helped Stagecoach battle against taxis in the area.

Steeltown

The title track Steeltown was written about the town of Corby, telling how many Scots went to work at the Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks when it opened in 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, but later found themselves unemployed when the steelworks declined in the early 1980s.

The Babys

In August 1978, a replacement for Michael Corby was sought and the The Babys added two musicians: Jonathan Cain as keyboardist and Ricky Phillips to take over as bassist.

Two American musicians became a part of the lineup the following year; keyboardist/guitarist Jonathan Cain replaced Corby, and bassist Ricky Phillips (of "Nasty Habit") joined in 1979, making it a five-piece band.

Wetheral

The Newcastle to Carlisle Railway has a station here at the west end of Corby Bridge (popularly known as 'Wetheral Viaduct') over the Eden which acts also as a footbridge connecting with Great Corby.

William Corby

A statue by Samuel Murray – Father Corby, with right hand raised in the gesture of blessing – stands upon the same boulder on which the priest stood while blessing the troops that morning.


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