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4 unusual facts about Fleetwood


Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

The Fleetwood Body Company of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, was founded by Harry Urich in the nineteenth century.

Decimus Burton

Burton's buildings include the North Euston Hotel, Pharos Lighthouse and Beach Lighthouse, Queen's Terrace, St Peter's Church, the Town Hall and his own house on Dock Street (where he lived until 1844).

Rossall

Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood - founder of the town of Fleetwood, and lived at Rossall Hall.

Sunsweet Growers

40,000 cases of fruit are marked and sealed for distribution daily at the factory headquarters while its juice products are bottled in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania.


Abba Abba

An elaborate passage describes how the Italian Gulielmis were transformed into English Wilsons "during a wave of anti-Italian feeling occasioned by alleged ice-cream poisoning in the 1890s in the Lancashire coastal resorts of Blackpool, Cleveleys, Bispham and Fleetwood".

Ann Glanville

Their success led to competitions all over the country; one event at Fleetwood was watched by Queen Victoria, who congratulated Ann when they won by beating an all-male crew.

Bob Brunning

After his stint in Fleetwood Mac, he joined Savoy Brown before embarking on a career in teaching, training at The College of St. Mark & St. John, Chelsea.

Buckingham Nicks

Another song from the album, "Crystal", was recorded by the revamped Fleetwood Mac for the group's 1975 breakthrough LP, Fleetwood Mac, and was also recorded by Stevie herself for the soundtrack to the 1998 film Practical Magic.

Christian Fleetwood

Now carrying the American flag, Fleetwood continued forward under heavy fire until it became clear that the unit could not penetrate the enemy defenses.

Clique Girlz

Also on their website, they posted snippets of 4 new songs from their upcoming album: "Go Your Own Way" (Cover from Fleetwood Mac), "Sweet Sarah," "It's Over," and "Heart of Mine."

Denham Bay

Denham Bay was named for Capt Henry Mangles Denham of the HMS Herald, who charted the island in July 1854, and for his son Fleetwood James Denham, who died from a tropical fever at the age of sixteen, and was buried near the beach at the head of Denham Bay, alongside the small number of graves from early settlers on the island.

Flee

A coincidence seems unlikely given Spencer's past membership of that band, with the fact that his female backing vocalists are credited as "The Songbirds" – "Songbird" was a very popular Fleetwood Mac song from the Rumours album just a couple of years earlier.

Fleetwood Area School District

The district serves students in the community of Fleetwood as well as Richmond Township (Walnuttown, Richmond, Moselm Springs, and Virginville) to the north and Maidencreek Township (Blandon, Maidencreek, Evansville, Molltown and Kirbyville) to the south.

Fleetwood family

Fleetwood baronets, two baronetcies created for members of the Fleetwood family; one branch from Staffordshire and one from Lancashire, England

Fleetwood Mac Live

Fleetwood Mac Live is a world tour by the rock group Fleetwood Mac that began on April 4, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio.

Fleetwood Metal Body

The name derives from Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, home of the company at the start, and lived on for decades in the form of the Cadillac Fleetwood and various Fleetwood trim lines on Cadillac cars.

Fleetwood bodies graced cars owned by Royalty of India and Japan, American presidents, and screen stars like Rudolph Valentino.

Georg de Laval

Born of a Swedish noble family, he married in 1913 baroness Ebba Fleetwood, eldest daughter of district judge, baron Carl Fleetwood, 10th baron of Jälunda, and his first wife countess Hedvig, née Lewenhaupt.

Greenore

The port was constructed in 1867 to provide links to Heysham and Fleetwood.

Hannah Greg

At sixteen, Thomas Rogers, a cousin in London, invited her to his home in Newington Green, so she could attend Fleetwood House school in Stoke Newington- along with is children who were of a similar age.

Hugh Fleetwood

Fleetwood adapted the book for the film with director Roberto Faenza and Ennio de Concini.

Isn't It Midnight

This was the second official Fleetwood Mac song to be released on the 3" CD single format as well being issued on 7" and 12" vinyl. All formats contained the Tango in the Night track "Mystified", and the CD and 12" included the bonus tracks "Say You Love Me" (from 1975; it had previously been included as a bonus track on the "Everywhere" CD single) and "Gypsy" (from the 1982 album Mirage).

John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville

Frescheville was the son of Sir Peter Frescheville of Staveley, Derbyshire and his first wife Joyce Fleetwood, daughter of Thomas Fleetwood of The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire.

Kiss of the Gypsy

Kiss of the Gypsy (XGypsy) is a rock band formed by vocalist/guitarist Tony Mitchell in Fleetwood, Lancashire in 1990.

Liverpool and District Cricket Competition

First Division: Ainsdale, Alder, Fleetwood Hesketh, Formby, Liverpool, Newton le Willows, Northop Hall, Orrell Red Triangle, Rainhill, Sefton Park, Wallasey, Wigan.

Middleton bus station

Rossendalebus also provide some school bus services that call at Middleton bus station, while Rossendalebus also provide a seasonal service to Blackpool and Fleetwood.

MS ANT 1

To cope with the increased traffic on the Fleetwood – Larne route the Bison was sent to the River Tyne in 1980 for lengthening.

Pink Cadillac

Elvis' Pink Cadillac, the singer's 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 automobile

Raucous Records

The label was formed in 1987 by Howard Raucous, initially to release a vinyl EP by his psychobilly band The Go-Katz, Initially based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, relocating in the early 1990s to Fleetwood, Lancashire.

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

In 1948 there were seven hospitals in Southport: Southport General Infirmary, the Promenade Hospital, Greaves Hall Hospital, Fleetwood Road Hospital, New Hall Hospital and, for maternity services, St Katherine’s and the Christiana Hartley unit.

Steve Macauley

He returned to the coaching staff following the appointment of Micky Mellon as Fleetwood manager.

The End of the Game

Released in 1970, this was his first solo album, recorded in June of that year, only a month after leaving Fleetwood Mac.

Tilbury, Ontario

A number of plants have closed in recent years, includingWoodbridge Foam,Fleetwood Metal Industries and KS Centoco and recently ArvinMeritor (formerly Rockwell International), in June 2009.

Ulverston Canal

A passenger ferry to Liverpool thus commenced from Ulverston canal in 1835, which was later complemented by a service from Barrow-in-Furness to Fleetwood.

Weldy Walker

In the 1900s, Weldy and his brother Fleetwood became active in the Back-to-Africa movement and promoted emigration to Liberia.


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