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unusual facts about Dunlop, East Ayrshire



1971 Australian Open

The 1971 Australian Open, also known under its sponsored name Dunlop Australian Open, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 7 to 14 March.

2010 AMA Pro American Superbike Championship season

Title sponsors for the series include Sunoco, Amsoil, National Guard, Dunlop, Speedcom and SunTrust.

Ahmad Al Harthy

For the 2010 motor racing season, Al Harthy chose to move into the ultra-competitive world of sportscar racing by signing to race for the Redline Racing team in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Championship – a support category to the UK's biggest motor racing series, the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

Alexander Dunlop

Alexander Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop (1798–1870), Scottish church lawyer and politician

Andy Dunlop

Andy Dunlop (born Andrew Dunlop, 16 March 1972, Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland) is a Scottish musician, who is the lead guitarist of Scottish indie band, Travis.

Catalina Park

The circuit still exists and can be walked around however it has deteriorated quite badly with grass growing through the track surface on what was Lockheed Straight and Dunlop Corner, and water seepage has caused part of the track to collapse between Craven A corner and Castrol corner.

Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory

Each year, Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Charnwood-Dunlop Primary School and Mount Rogers Scout Group hold the 'Charny Carny', a unique event which is held as the schools' joint fête.

Cronberry

Cronberry is a small hamlet situated north-east of Cumnock and one mile north-east of Lugar, in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Dakshineswar

Mourigram - Barrackpore via Andul, Alampur, Bally Halt, Dunlop, Sodepore

Dunlop cheese

The Dunlop Cheese factory was sited near Dunlop railway station in what is now a housing estate, the memory of Dunlop cheese production being kept alive by the name 'Creamery Row'.

Salt from the saltpans at Saltcoats was often used in the manufacture of Dunlop cheese and it contained magnesia and Epsom Salts (magnesium sulphate) which gave the cheese a pleasant and distinctive taste; indeed it was debated whether cheese made using cheaper imported mined salt could be called 'Dunlop' cheese.

Dunlop Manufacturing

Dunlop has acquired several well-known brands of effects pedal, including Cry Baby, MXR and Way Huge.

Dunlop Rubber

In 1971 Dunlop merged with Pirelli of Italy to form the world's third largest tyre company after Goodyear and Firestone.

Dunlop, East Ayrshire

On the lower slopes of Craignaught Hill was fought a singularly unusual battle between the Boyds of Kilmarnock and the Stewarts of Darnley.

Ed Dunlop

In 2003 alone the stable had 50 winners, and such prestigious owners as Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby, have placed horses to train with Dunlop.

Fuchsia Dunlop

Fuchsia Dunlop is an English writer and chef who specialises in Chinese cuisine.

A fluent Mandarin speaker, Dunlop was the first occidental to train as a chef at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Garfield Dunlop

Dunlop was appointed deputy government whip after his election, but was not given a cabinet position in the governments of Mike Harris or Ernie Eves.

George Chlitsios

The decade 1987-1996 he developed a close relation and co-operation with the ever-memorable composer Costas P. Kydoniats and amongst others with conductors Arie van Beek, Jos van der Sijde, Jac van Steen, Ed Spanjaard, William Webb, Peter Stark, Wang Jin, Manuel Palau, Stuart Dunlop, George Hadjinikos, Andreas Paridis, Gustav Meier, Kenneth Keisler (New York 1995), Zubin Mehta (London 1997) etc.

Girgenti House

Girgenti House (OS grid reference: NS 36502 43575) was a small, rather eccentric mansion built on part of the old Barony of Bonshaw in the parish of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Harry Dunlop

Between May 13 and May 26, 1952, Dunlop caught three no-hitters from Bristol pitchers, one from Ron Necciai in which Necciai struck out a record 27 batters in a nine-inning game, and two no-hitters from teammate Bill Bell.

Hugh D. Brown

Hugh Dunlop Brown was an author, pastor-teacher of Harcourt Street Baptist Church, significant politician in the Irish Unionist Alliance, President of the Irish Baptist Association in 1887 and theologian associated with Charles Spurgeon.

James Dunlop

James Dunlop is currently buried within the grounds of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Kincumber, New South Wales.

James Roberton

Their daughter Elizabeth married James Dunlop of Garnkirk, and their daughter Jean Dunlop married Patrick Coutts, grandfather of Coutts founders Thomas and James.

John Colin Dunlop

Another edition (1888) was edited by Henry Wilson; and there was a German translation as John Dunlop's Geschichte der Prosadichtungen (1851), by Felix Liebrecht.

John Thomas Dunlop

Dunlop was born in the northern California town of Placerville, 45 miles east of Sacramento, where his family owned a pear ranch.

Joy Dunlop

Dunlop has taught courses for numerous organisations including Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Clì Gàidhlig, CNSA and is both a written and simultaneous translator, guest speaker and MC for events and conferences in the UK and further a field.

Kanetake Ebikawa

He was also involved with the colouring scheme design of Toyota Team Kraft's "Bandai 00 Dunlop SC430" (participating in 2007 Super GT season), which use the Gundam Exia's colouring scheme with the logo of the anime.

Lands of Cockilbie

The Lands of Cocklebie or Cocklebee formed an estate possessing a common border with the estates of Lainshaw, the Corsehill, and the town of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Parish of Stewarton, Scotland.

Loch Brown

It is nowadays (2011) visible as a surface depression in pastureland, partially flooded, situated in a low lying area close to farms and dwellings of Skeoch, Dalsangan, Ladebrae, Lochhill, and Crosshands, mainly in the Parish of Mauchline and partly in Craigie, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Loch Gate

Loch Gate (NS 62389 37170), previously known as Loch Gait, was a freshwater loch, partly in the East Ayrshire Council Area and partly in South Lanarkshire, now mainly drained, near Darvel, lying in a glacial kettle hole, Parish of Galston, Scotland.

Loch of Stair

The Loch of Stair was a typical Ayrshire post-glacial 'Kettle Hole', situated in a low lying area below the farm of Loch Hill, in the Parish of Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Loch of Trabboch

The Loch of Trabboch or Dalrympleston Loch (NS440211) was situated in a low lying area below the old Castle of Trabboch, once held by the Boyd family in the Parish of Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

Ma's drunken new husband Arthur Dunlop is murdered when he blabs about their activities, as is corrupt mob-doctor "Dr. Guelffe" (based on Joseph P. Moran).

Manu Chhabria

His significant takeovers included Shaw Wallace, the liquor giant; and Dunlop, the ailing rubber tires giant, which he took over jointly in 1984 with R. P. Goenka's RPG Group (he later became the single largest shareholder when he bought out RPG’s stake).

His major acquisitions were the following six companies: Shaw Wallace (liquor manufacturer), Dunlop India and Falcon Tyres (both rubber tire manufacturers), Hindustan Dorr Oliver (water treatment and pollution control projects), Mather & Platt (pump-set manufacturers) and Gordon Woodroffe (freight carrier).

Martnaham Loch

Martnaham Loch (NS 396 172) is a freshwater loch lying across the border between East and South Ayrshire Council Areas, 2 km from Coylton, in the parishes of Coylton and Dalrymple, 3 miles from Ayr.

Million Franc Race

René Dreyfus was hired by Delahaye to drive their model 145 in testing and in the competition itself, where he risked death by setting a literally blistering pace, wearing the special Dunlop tires down to the fabric, but handily overwhelming all competitors except the Bugatti team.

MobileHCI

In the following year the workshop was held in conjunction with the Interact conference and was organized by Stephen Brewster and Mark Dunlop.

Nic Dunlop

Dunlop tracked Duch to Samlaut, Cambodia, where Duch had been transferred as Director of Education.

North Hills High School

Guest conductors through the years have included, Dr. William Revelli, Dr. Richard Strange, Dr.James Neilson, Dr. James Dunlop (PSU), Mr. Vaclav Nelhybel and in March 1973, Arthur Fiedler, Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

Robert Dunlop

In February 2006, it was announced that Dunlop and his brother Joey were honoured with Honorary Degrees from the University of Ulster, in light of their achievements in the field of motorcycle racing.

Robert Graham Dunlop

In 1813, Lieutenant Dunlop, in command of HMS Porcupine, captured or destroyed a number of French craft which had run ashore near Talmont-sur-Gironde.

Samuel Dunlop

Captain, Major, and then Colonel, Samuel Dunlop served in Singapore as the Inspector-General of Police of the Straits Settlements in 1875 succeeding Thomas Dunman and held that position till 1890, handing over the reins to RW Maxwell (1891-1895).

Sumitomo Rubber Industries

In 1985, when Dunlop Rubber was taken over by BTR plc, the company acquired the automobile tire assets of Dunlop, including the right to use the Dunlop brand on automobile tires.


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