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5 unusual facts about George Temple-Poole


George Temple-Poole

He was also appointed as one of three commissioners to design the new British capital in India (New Delhi) but ill health forced him to decline.

He was a prominent Freemason, Anglican and member of the Weld Club, an important member of the Perth establishment.

His founding and chairing of committees and institutions included; the Western Australian Institute of Architects (later merged to the RAIA), Perth Park (Kings Park Board) and the Wilgie Sketching Society.

Kings Park founding of the Board and initial designs for Perth Park's landscaping and layout.

Toodyay, Western Australia

The State Register of Heritage Buildings includes the Gaol, Connor's Mill, Toodyay Public Library (built 1874), the old Toodyay Post Office (designed by George Temple-Poole and built 1897) and the old Toodyay Fire Station (designed by Ken Duncan, built 1938), as well as several other historic sites.


1700 in piracy

July 18 - In the Cape Verde islands, Emanuel Wynn's pirate ship engages and escapes HMS Poole under Capt. John Cranby; this is the first recorded piratical use of the skull and crossbones flag.

Anti Piracy Maritime Security Solutions

Anti Piracy Maritime Security Solutions (APMSS) of Poole, Dorset, England is a British company established in 2008.

Antlerpeton

Antlerpeton was first described by Keith Stewart Thomson, Neil Shubin, and Forrest Poole in 1998.

Antoine Albeau

In October 2008 Antoine Albeau successfully completed a cross channel windsurf from Cherbourg, France to Sandbanks, Poole.

Ashford, Connecticut

Ashford is also home to several lakes and ponds, notably Knowlton Pond, Rychlings Pond, Halls Pond, Poole Pond, Ashford Lake, Lake Chaffee, and Morey Pond.

Badgerline

Badger Vectis operated in Bournemouth and Poole as a joint venture with Southern Vectis uisng 7 Iveco minibuses and 16 single deck buses, mostly Bristol REs.

Beverley Sisters

Joy married Billy Wright on 28 July 1958 at Poole Register Office; Wright was the first footballer to play for England 100 times.

Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole

Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole is a 1961 play by William Goldman and James Goldman.

Bournemouth Little Theatre club

Bournemouth Little Theatre Club (BLTC) was founded in 1919 as The Bournemouth Dramatic and Orchestral Club and is the oldest amateur drama club in the Bournemouth / Poole / Christchurch area.

British Coachways

Excelsior Coaches brought with it a service from London to Bournemouth and Poole.

Cambodian genocide denial

The witnesses were Barron and three academics who specialized in Cambodia: David P. Chandler, who would become perhaps the most prominent American scholar of Cambodia, Peter Poole, and Gareth Porter.

Charlie Poole

Poole was born in Spray, now part of Eden, Rockingham County, in the northern Piedmont region of North Carolina, near the Virginia border.

Christopher Poole

In April 2010, Poole gave evidence in the trial United States of America v. David Kernell as a government witness.

Coat of arms of Poole

The other supporter on the right is a dragon which is derived from the Royal Arms of Elizabeth I in who granted Poole county corporate status in a 1568 charter.

Danny and the Champions of the World

The album was produced by Tony Poole and Danny Wilson, and mixed by Ted Hutt at his King Size Studios based in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dianne Poole

Poole also called for the Ontario Film Review Board to impose greater restrictions on sexually explicit and violent materials entering the country.

DW Sports Fitness

Since the 2009 acquisition and the renaming of JJB Fitness Clubs as DW Fitness Clubs several new gymnasium and leisure facilities have been opened in locations such as; Poole, Liverpool Hunts Cross, Sunderland, Ipswich, Blackpool, Aylesbury and Lincoln.

Ernest Poole

After the war, Poole, Paul Kennaday, and Arthur Livingston founded an agency, the Foreign Press Service, that negotiated for foreign authors with English-language publishers.

Francis II, Duke of Brittany

His ship reached the coast of England in company with only one other vessel (at either Plymouth or Poole), and a group of soldiers hailed him to come ashore.

Giles Terera

His first documentary, Muse of Fire, created with Dan Poole, will centre around modern perspectives of Shakespeare and will feature interviews with actors and filmmakers such as Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Julie Taymor, Fiona Shaw and Baz Luhrmann.

Gorley Putt

He was the son of Poole Putt and Ellen Blake Gorley of Brixham, Devon.

History of Bournemouth

Between July 1902 and April 1936, Bournemouth Corporation operated a tramway between Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and Winton.

John Calcraft

In 1757 Calcraft purchased an estate at Rempstone on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, which gave him an interest in three nearby parliamentary boroughs, Corfe Castle, Poole and Wareham.

Junior Offshore Group

In the UK racing is normally from the JOG startline off Cowes and races are Cross Channel (Cherbourg, St Vaast, Fecamp, St Peter Port etc. or inshore (Solent, Weymouth, Poole etc.).

Knight Ridder

In 1977, Knight Ridder entered broadcasting with the acquisition of Poole Broadcasting, which consisted of WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan, WTEN in Albany, New York and its satellite WCDC in Adams, Massachusetts, and WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island.

Lyndon B. Johnson judicial appointment controversies

Johnson had nominated Sanders, Poole, Bress and Byrne during the 90th United States Congress, and he renominated the four in the 91st United States Congress, right before his presidency ended.

M27 motorway

Running approximately parallel both to the coast of the Solent and to the A27, the M27 starts as an eastwards continuation of the A31 from Bournemouth and Poole, meets the A36 from Salisbury, crosses the Wessex Main Line railway, and then meets the M271 to central Southampton.

New York Dance Festival

In the early years, Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Sean McLeod forged a partnership with Cayuga Community College, Director of Student Services Joy Shortell, and past college President Dr. Larry Poole, along with Purchase Conservatory of Dance alum to create this artistic platform.

Odd Fossengen

Fossengen signed for the Poole Pirates in 1968 following a successful trial with the club and he proved to be a popular signing with the Poole supporters.

Old Harry Rocks

Another local legend says that the rocks were named after Harry Paye, the infamous Poole pirate, who stored his contraband nearby.

Oliver Poole, 1st Baron Poole

Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole, 1st Baron Poole CBE, TD, PC (11 August 1911-28 January 1993), was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman.

Polocrosse

Polocrosse: Australian Made, Internationally Played, Sally Batton Boillotat, with contributions from John Kohnke, Joy Poole, Max Walters, photographs by Peter Solness, illustrations by Gavin O'Keefe 1990, Belcris Books, 328 pages, ISBN 0-7316-7985-7.

Poole, Nebraska

It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Priory Preparatory School

The Priory School was founded in 1921 within Sydenham, County of London by Charles S. Poole and was called as such because it occupied an old building that had been a priory.

Red Blooded Woman

The song is written by British songwriters Johnny Douglas and Karen Poole, and is also produced by both Douglas and Poole.

RM Poole

In 1956, it was expanded and was renamed the Joint Service Amphibious Warfare Centre (JSAWC) Sometime in the early 1960s, it was renamed Amphibious Training Unit Royal Marines (ATURM) The Technical Training Wing was moved from Eastney to Poole in 1973 and the base became Royal Marines Poole.

Robert Symonette

He also won silver at three World Championships in 1962 in Poole, Dorset, England, in 1973 in Lysekil, Sweden and in 1977 at Bénodet, France.

Russell Poole

Poole is also known for investigating the March 18, 1997, killing of LAPD Officer Kevin Gaines by LAPD Officer Frank Lyga.

Somerset Rebels

The Somerset management looked for a more solid line up given the greater emphasis on away wins and he was replaced by Jason Doyle who had spent the previous season at Elite League team Poole.

Sophia Lane Poole

She was the estranged wife of Edward Poole and sister of the famous orientalist Edward William Lane, who suggested that she and her sons join him in Egypt so that she could report on the female side of Egypt's gender-segregated society.

Stan Keller

Keller was a member of the original Pennsylvanians, the California Nighthawks, and orchestras led by Charlie Kerr, Charles Previn, Josef Pasternack, Earl Bernnett, Marshall Van Poole, Harry James, and Carmen Cavallaro.

Standish Hospital

On 24 June 1884, widow Mrs Annie Poole King of Kensington House, Brislington, Somerset leased Standish House on a contract term of 21 years from Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne, at a rate of £150pa.

Stephen Lewin

Stephen Lewin of Poole, Dorset, England was a builder of steamboats and steam locomotives.

Stephen Simpson

Stephen was born on 8 January 1984 in Poole, Dorset, England and he moved to South Africa with his family when he was 10 months old.

The Tunnel of Love

In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency.

Thomas H. McIntosh

He moved to Middlesbrough nine years later where new chairman Philip Bach was charged with rebuilding the club following the match-fixing scandal involving the previous chairman Thomas Gibson-Poole and manager Andy Walker.

Winterfold House

He settled in Britain, taking a lease at favourable rates on Upton House at Poole, Dorset in 1961, but there were endless financial problems, and threats of eviction.


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