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6 unusual facts about Garston


Harold Newgass

On November evening of 28/29 November 1940, a German parachute mine fell on the Garston Gas Works in Merseyside.

Heidi Thomas

Heidi Thomas (born 13 August 1962, Garston, Liverpool) is an English screenwriter and playwright.

Henry Grayson

He succeeded his father on the latter's death in 1904 and was also managing director of the Garston Graving Dock & Shipbuilding Co Ltd.

Runcorn Railway Bridge

In 1861 Parliamentary approval for a bridge was obtained by the LNWR as part of building a line from Aston, to the southeast of Runcorn where it joined the line from Crewe to Warrington at Weaver Junction, to the west of Widnes, where it joined the line from Warrington to Garston at Ditton Junction.

SS Corvus

On 23 February 1945, Corvus departed Garston near Liverpool bound for Plymouth with a cargo of 1,800 tons of coal, with Alexander Wallace as captain, carrying a crew of 22 plus a DEMS gun crew of three British Royal Navy gunners.

Under the Mud

It is set in Garston, an economically depressed area of Liverpool and follows the dramatic and eccentric happenings within one family on the day of its youngest daughter's first Holy Communion.


Alex Corina

On 31 May 2008, Garston declared 'Cultural Independence' at the Garston Embassy, formerly The Wellington School.

British Board of Agrément

The BBA employs approximately 150 people, 90 of whom are based at their offices and testing facilities near Garston in Watford, and the remainder are inspectors geographically located around the UK with access to the BBA’s electronic systems allowing them to work remotely.

East Garston railway station

East Garston railway station was a railway station in East Garston, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.

Garston Ladies FC

Garston Ladies FC is an FA Charter Standard football club for girls and women, based at the Metropolitan Police Sports Club in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

London Country North West

London Country North West took over 360 buses and garages at Garston, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Amersham and Slough.

Richard Bingham

Richard Martin Bingham (1915–1992), British MP for Liverpool Garston, Judge of Appeal for the Isle of Man

Stagecoach Merseyside

The last serviceable examples at Gillmoss took enthusiasts on a tour of Liverpool and the Wirral and were joined by T1, the first production Titan which was owned by Stagecoach London, a Stagecoach North West Titan and a preserved Titan which had previously been owned by Merseyline of Garston.

Stanley Park Stadium

Liverpool's then CEO, Rick Parry threatened to move Liverpool into a neighbouring borough on Merseyside because the only other site he considered viable was to become a residential estate in Garston.


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