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2 unusual facts about Godley


Godley, Greater Manchester

In 1888, Otto Monsted established the Maypole Dairy margarine factory in a former hat factory on Mottram Road.

Otto Monsted

He followed five years later with a factory in Godley, near Manchester, England, and in 1894 he built a vast margarine works in Southall, London.


Adam Godley

Adam Godley performs the lead role in a new National Theatre adaptation by Dennis Kelly of Georg Kaiser's 1912 German Expressionist drama, From Morning to Midnight, at the Lyttelton Theatre from November 2013 to January 2014.

Eric John Godley

Born in the Auckland suburb of Devonport to parents Rupert and Louise E. Godley, Godley grew up in Auckland and did his BSc at MSc at Auckland University College, followed by service in World War II and a PhD at Cambridge in cytology and genetics under Ronald Fisher.

Godley Hundred

Pyrford is within the Godley hundred but unusually lies within the Woking parish.

Pooler, Georgia

Godley Station, the center for business development, has been successful in attracting large companies such as JCB to the area.

The Gizmo

John McConnell, then a senior lecturer in physics at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) assisted Godley and Creme in the development of the prototype.

Thinks: School Stinks

"Fly Away" had earlier been released on a Marmalade record label sampler, 100 Proof as "To Fly Away", credited to Godley, while the opening lines and percussive rhythm of "Run Baby Run" were later reworked to become the basis for "Art For Art's Sake" on the 10cc album How Dare You!.


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