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unusual facts about Denny, Falkirk



1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Falkirk and St. Mirren on 12 December 1993 at Fir Park in Motherwell.

All Our Own Work

Recorded in 1967, but unreleased until 1973, it contains an early recording of one of Sandy Denny's best known songs "Who Knows Where the Time Goes".

Anyox, British Columbia

Former Vancouver B.C. mayor Jack Volrich and the celebrated and much revered newspaper columnist Denny Boyd were both born in Anyox.

Blue Valley High School

Tiger TV is put together by Broadcast II students taught by former Emmy Award winning KSHB-TV anchor/reporter Denny Brand.

Carly Smithson

She was featured in advertisements for Denny's Sausage for three years, starting at the age of five.

Central Belt

The area is often considered as the triangle defined by the M8, M80 motorway and M9 motorways stretching from Greenock and Glasgow in the west to Edinburgh in the east, encompassing towns such as Paisley, Cambuslang, Hamilton, Stirling, Falkirk, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Bathgate.

Central Radio

Central 103.1 FM, UK based radio station serving Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire

David Denny

Active in public life, Denny served as probate judge, King County Commissioner, a member of the Seattle City Council, a director of the Seattle School District, and regent of the Territorial University of Washington, predecessor to the University of Washington.

Demography of Scotland

Around 70% of the country's population live in the Central Lowlands — region stretching in a northeast-southwest orientation between the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including major settlements such as Paisley, Stirling, Falkirk, Perth and Dundee.

Denny González

Denio Mariano "Denny" González Manzueta (born July 22, 1963 in Sabana Grande de Boyá, Dominican Republic) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder.

Denny Januar Ali

Up to 2013 Denny JA has also served as a member of WAPOR (the World Association for Public Opinion Research) since 2007, and chairperson of AROPI (the Indonesian Association for Public Opinion Research) from 2007–2010, and 2010-2013.

Denny Regrade, Seattle

A 2009 map from northwestplaces.com treats the term as synonymous with Belltown and shows both names as referring to a triangle bounded on the north by Denny Way, on the southwest by Western Avenue (two blocks inland of the Central Waterfront), and on the southeast by Stewart Street; the southern tip of this triangle falls in the northern part of Pike Place Market.

Dennyloanhead

Famous people born or living in Dennyloanhead include Alex Totten (ex Falkirk manager).

Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

In 1996, Denny's restaurants used the song for the Breakaway Values program.

Drowningman

Formed in the fall of 1995 by Simon Brody, Denny Donovan, Javin Leonard, Dave Barnett and Todd Tomlinson, the band was heavily influenced by a variety of bands including Deadguy, Unbroken, Shotmaker, Unwound, Sunny Day Real Estate and Promise Ring.

Eye for Eye

The only intentional murder he describes while growing up is being nearly molested in a Denny's bathroom.

Falkirk Herald

It provides reportage, opinion and analysis of current affairs in the towns of Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Denny as well as the neighbouring villages of Polmont, Redding and Bonnybridge.

Falkirk Stadium

On 10 June 2012 the Falkirk Stadium is due to host part of Elton John's Greatest Hits Tour.

Forest Park Hotel

In 1983, restaurateur Harold Butler, founder of the restaurant chain Denny's, bought the Forest Park Hotel and performed $7 million in renovations.

Fotheringay

The song originally appeared on the 1969 Fairport Convention album, What We Did on Our Holidays, Denny's first album with that group.

Gross annual value

In Falkirk in Scotland the Gross Annual Value is used to calculate Council house rent based on factors such as house type, age, structure, number of apartments, overall floor area, location and type of heating.

James William Denny

Denny was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

Jason Leffler

Denny Hamlin, who replaced Leffler in the No. 11 FedEx Toyota in late 2005 had his car repainted to resemble Leffler's variation.

Jim McNab

Jim McNab (13 April 1940, Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland – 29 June 2006) was a footballer with Sunderland, Preston North End and Stockport County.

John de Graham

He gives his name to the Grahamston district in Falkirk, which gives its name to Falkirk Grahamston station.

John Goossens

During this training camp he played exhibition games against the Rangers and Falkirk.

Jonathan Elkus

The son of Albert Elkus, he studied composition at University of California, Berkeley (BA 1953) with Charles Cushing and William Denny, at Stanford University (MA 1957) with Ernst Bacon and Leonard Ratner, and at Mills College (1957) with Darius Milhaud.

Karen Fraction

She has also appeared in commercials and magazine advertisements dating from the 1980s, including AT&T, K-Mart, Febreze and Denny's, several of which are viewable on her website as well as clips from other TV appearances.

Kelpie

The Kelpies are two 30-metre high steel sculptures in Falkirk, on the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Kilsyth Rangers F.C.

Some famous players to have played for the team are Drew Jarvie (Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, St. Mirren), William Wallace (Heart of Midlothian, Celtic), Frank McGarvey (St.Mirren, Liverpool, Celtic), David Stewart (Leeds United), Pat McMahon (Celtic, Aston Villa), George Mulhall (Aberdeen, Sunderland), Jim Storrie (Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, Leeds United), Gary McStay (Falkirk) plus many more.

Kjartan Finnbogason

In August 2009, Kjartan signed a 6-month loan deal at Falkirk, with an option of a permanent deal.

Kogan Page

Kogan Page authors and publishing partners include: Michael Armstrong, Drayton Bird, John Adair, Richard Denny, Paul Sloane, Merlin Stone, the Institute of Directors, Accenture, the Hay Group, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Geneviève Brame and many others.

Koki Mizuno

On 8 November, he made his league debut for Celtic in a 2–0 victory over Motherwell, replacing Scott McDonald in the 88th minute and, on 21 December 2008, he made his first start in a game against Falkirk He scored his first goal for Celtic in the 90th minute of the match, assisted by a pass from Shunsuke Nakamura.

La Conner Trading and Transportation Company

The La Conner Trading and Transportation Company was formed in the early 1890s by four officers of the steamer Henry Bailey, Joshua Green, purser, Sam Denny, master, Peter Falk, mate, and Frank Zickmund, second engineer.

Ledbury Park

Developer H.A. Clark named a number of the new streets, such as Marmion, Deloraine, Melrose,and Falkirk after the works of Sir Walter Scott.

Manuel Kanté

Kanté began his career in Scotland, playing three games for Falkirk before moving to Portugal to play for Pampilhosa.

Mark Westaby

Also in 2010 at the Bodypower Expo at the NEC in Birmingham, he won the strongman competition also organised by Denny Felix, and in so doing earned an invitation to the Strongman Champions League - Ireland competition where he came sixth.

Matthew Cooperman

Includes a Residency Fellowshipat the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the E. Marvin Lewis Award from WeberStudies, the Wick Chapbook Prize from Kent State, the Billie Murray Denny Poetry Prize,the Jovanovich Prize from the University of Colorado, and five Pushcart nominations.

Miranda Bailey

Her professional confidence was shaken when Izzie Stevens cut Denny Duquette's LVAD wire and Denny subsequently died after his heart transplant; Bailey felt that she wasn't in control of her interns, and that the incident was ultimately her fault.

Myall Creek massacre

Supported by the Attorney General, John Plunkett, Gipps ordered Police Magistrate, Edward Denny Day at Muswellbrook, to investigate the massacre.

Neil Mochan

Born in Carron, Stirlingshire, he attended St Francis RC School in Falkirk, concurrently developing his footballing skills with juvenile side Dunipace Thistle.

Niall Mackenzie

MacKenzie, who hails from Fankerton, near Denny, Stirlingshire; won the British Superbike Championship three times from 1996 to 1998 on a Rob McElnea-run Yamaha team, and the British 250cc and 350cc titles earlier in his career.

NYSurfFilmFestival

Founded in 2007, the New York Surf Film Festival held its inaugural event September 26–28, 2008 at Tribeca Cinemas with 25 films screened from all over the world, including a special 30th Anniversary screening of Warner Brothers' Big Wednesday directed by John Milius & co-written with Denny Aaberg.

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

He then reveals to her that he has lost his internship at the bank because of drugs and that he knows of her schemes, including working as a sadomasochistic prostitute, her false employment at Denny's, and her dark family history including the death of Ivy (alluding to the original film).

Prince Family Paper

Michael plans to meet Dwight at the IHOP pancake eatery after they visit Prince Family Paper, but Dwight insists IHOP is "socialist" and prefers the American restaurant chain Denny's.

Richard Cadette

Born in Hammersmith, Cadette began his career in non-league football with Wembley, before playing professional football in both England and Scotland for Leyton Orient, Southend United, Sheffield United, Brentford, Bournemouth, Falkirk, Millwall and Clydebank.

Steve Fulton

However, he fell from favour within months of his move to Burnden Park and spent part of the 1993–94 season on loan to Peterborough United before returning to Scotland at its conclusion, in a £100,000 move to Falkirk.

Tab Clear

In his 2011 book, Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry, Stephen Denny published an interview with former Coca-Cola Chief Marketing Officer Sergio Zyman that stated the formation and subsequent failure of Tab Clear was a deliberate move to destroy Crystal Pepsi, capitalizing on the public's lack of understanding of Pepsi's heavily-marketed product.

W. H. Denny

Denny was born William Henry Leigh Dugmore at Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England.


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