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unusual facts about Greenfield, Greater Manchester



2002 Glasgow floods

The East End of Glasgow was the worst affected district of the city, 200 people were evacuated from their homes in Greenfield and Shettleston on the Tuesday night.

22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry

Jacob C. Higgins was selected to serve as colonel, A. J. Greenfield as lieutenant colonel, and George T. Work, Elias S. Troxell, and Henry A. Myers as majors.

Albert Prefontaine

Born in Upton, Canada East (now Quebec), the son of Firman Prefontaine and Matilda Desautel, Préfontaine was educated in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Animal Hospital

The animal hospitals are still in use today and are situated at Sonderburg Road in Islington, North London, Clarendon Drive in Putney, South London, and Eccles New Road, Salford, Greater Manchester.

Aron Magner

In March 2010, Magner and The Disco Biscuits performed a benefit concert at Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Bowl which generated the revenue needed to fund and install a $30,000 solar energy system at Greenfield Elementary, a public school located in Center City Philadelphia.

Barbodhan

The largest population of Barbodhians outside India is in Bolton, Greater Manchester, where the community settled in the 1950s and 1960s.

Bedford Colliery

Speakman's Sidings between Tyldesley Station and Bedford Leigh Station were provided after 1882.

Bokaro district

ArcelorMittal Steel giant ArcelorMittal is looking to set up a 12 million tonne greenfield plant in Bokaro.

Chelmer Village

The development was started by Countryside Residential PLC in 1978, using an holistic approach to create a self-contained community on previously greenfield land, of the manors of Springfield Barnes and Cuton Hall.

Chris Bashinelli

As a part of Bridge the Gap TV, Bashinelli has interviewed figures including Paleontologist Richard Leakey, former NBA player and Humanitarian Dikembe Mutombo, and the Founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.

City region

The New Local Government Network proposed the creation of city regions as part of on-going reform efforts, while a report released by the IPPR's Centre for Cities proposed the creation of four large city-regions based on Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Greater Manchester.

Coinslot

Coinslot originated as a section of the World's Fair newspaper, published by the eponymous publishing house based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, before becoming a separate title at the end of the 1960s.

County roads in Hennepin County, Minnesota

County Road 92 is a series of roads beginning at County 50 in Rockford, passing through Greenfield, Independence, Minnetrista, and St. Bonifacius before ending at the Carver County line and continuing as Carver County Road 30.

Dave Greenfield

It was a piece of music written by Greenfield during recording for The Meninblack, which was discarded by other members of The Stranglers, that Hugh Cornwell later adapted into their biggest hit "Golden Brown", although the band themselves did not initially see this as a potential single, let alone an Ivor Novello award winning, UK number 2 hit single.

David A. De Armond

He was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, attended Lycoming College and moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1866; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Davenport; moved to Missouri in 1869 and settled in Greenfield, Missouri, Dade County, Missouri.

Edward Irvin Scott

He was born on May 13, 1846 in N. Greenfield, New York, the son of Alexander Hamilton Scott and Sophronia Wood Seymour.

He was educated at the District School, Juliet Garner's Select School in West Greenfield and Robb's Boys' Academy at Saratoga Springs, New York.

Eloise Greenfield

Greenfield was born in Parmele, North Carolina, and grew up in Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression in a housing project called Langston Terrace, named after John Mercer Langston, that provided a warm childhood experience for her.

Empress Mill, Ince

Empress Mill, Ince was a single storey shed mill alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, spinning cotton in Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.

Greenfield Belser

Greenfield/Belser has designed brands and programs for over 300 law firms including large international firms such as Jones Day, Clifford Chance and Morgan Lewis and small firms such as Marger Johnson.

Greenfield Hill

Several officers of the AIG Financial Products unit live in Greenfield Hill and their homes were scenes of protest at the time of a scandal concerning the payment of $165 million in bonuses to employees of that unit.

Greenfield School Community and Arts College

Greenfield Community College is a secondary school on the outskirts of Newton Aycliffe.

Greenfield, California

On February 27, 2008, Greenfield Elementary was placed under "Intensive" help due to the school's failure to raise their Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Results under the No Child Left Behind Act for the past five years by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell.

Greenfield, Edmonton

111 Street also gives residents access to the new LRT stations at Southgate and Century Park.

Greenfield, Iowa

Greenfield was the primary location for the filming of the 1971 satirical comedy film Cold Turkey, produced by Norman Lear, starring Dick Van Dyke.

Haslingden Canal

The Haslingden Canal was a proposed canal link between the Bury arm of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in Greater Manchester, England, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Accrington, England, passing through Haslingden.

Hazel Townson

She also worked as Chief Assistant Librarian for part of Greater Manchester, a role that included responsibility for libraries in 110 schools, eleven public children's libraries, and four colleges.

How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head

#"Crying in the Rain"(Howard Greenfield / Carole King) — 4:56 (Coverversion, The Everly Brothers, 1962)

Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST

The NCB continued to use Austerities in the 1970s and a small number remained in service until the early 1980s, notably at Bickershaw Colliery, Greater Manchester.

Jennifer James

Jennifer James (born Jennifer Marie Reynolds; 3 December 1977) is an English actress born in Billinge Higher End, Wigan in Greater Manchester.

John Maines

In addition to his everyday banding activities Maines was for many years the presenter of the long running BBC weekly band programme "GMR Brass” and in 1999 received the Manchester Music Makers award for his contribution to music broadcasting in the Greater Manchester area.

John W. Olver Transit Center

Currently, Peter Pan Bus Lines and Greyhound Lines intercity bus service to Greenfield stops at the Olver Center and is a proposed passenger rail station on the rerouted Amtrak Vermonter line, currently serving communities from Union Station in Washington, DC to St. Albans, Vermont.

KLOK

KLOK-FM, a radio station (99.5 FM) licensed to Greenfield, California, United States

Kulveer Ranger

At the 2005 General Election, Ranger stood as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Makerfield, Greater Manchester, against the Labour incumbent Ian McCartney.

Lakeland School District, Pennsylvania

It comprises the boroughs of Jermyn and Mayfield and the townships of Carbondale (to be distinguished from the city of Carbondale which it partially surrounds), Greenfield, and Scott.

Luke Greenfield

Greenfield directed the critically acclaimed television pilot, "Aliens in America" and produced the film, "Role Models".

Mountains and hills of England

The Yorkshire Dales end at Skipton, and a short distance to the south is a range of moors that rises up between the urban cores of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

Oldham King Street Metrolink station

Oldham King Street Metrolink station is a stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system and is located opposite Oldham Sixth Form College, at the junction of King Street and Union Street in Oldham, England.

Pakyong Airport

The Punj Lloyd Group was awarded the 264-crore contract to construct a runway, taxiway, apron drainage system, and electrical work for the greenfield airport in January 2009.

Pennine Blue

Pennine Blue, later known as First Pennine, was a bus company serving the Tameside area of Greater Manchester, England.

Philadelphia Orchestra Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition

The Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition is a music competition held by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Roxabell, Ohio

It is located slightly more than 3 miles (about 5 km) north of State Route 28, midway between the cities of Chillicothe — the county seat of Ross County — and Greenfield.

Saddleworth, South Australia

Saddleworth was originally established as one of many settlements on the road to Burra, and was named after Saddleworth Lodge pastoral station, a local landholding which itself was named after a town of Saddleworth in Greater Manchester (formerly in Yorkshire), England.

Springboig

Springboig lies to the north of Shettleston, Budhill and east of Greenfield, Carntyne and Lightburn Hospital and Greenfield Park, and is just south of Edinburgh Road (A8) and Cranhill.

Springfield Terminal railroad bridge, Deerfield

The railroad crossing at this location dates to 1850 when a branch of the Fitchburg Railroad opened from Grout's Corner west to Greenfield.

Stockport Sports F.C.

Stockport Sports F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

Strangefolk

In September 2007 The Tells performed a Jack White themed late night set at the StrangeCreek Festival in Greenfield, MA, covering songs by The White Stripes and The Raconteurs.

The Peel Group

The Group moved into the energy sector in 2008 with the opening of Scout Moor Wind Farm on the West Pennine Moors in Greater Manchester nearby Edenfield and Rochdale.

The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music

Up to 1968 the writing team comprised Ivan March, Edward Greenfield and Denis Stevens.

Water-sensitive urban design

WSUD technologies can be implemented in a range of projects, from previously pristine and undeveloped, or Greenfield sites, to developed or polluted Brownfield sites that require alteration or remediation.


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