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4 unusual facts about Harwood


Harwood, Greater Manchester

In 1212 it was divided, the parts held by Roger de Samlesbury and Alexander de Harwood.

The popular secondary school for residents of Harwood is Turton High School in Bromley Cross, though both Canon Slade and Withins (now St Catherine's Academy) are nearby.

Harwood's Francolin

Originally thought to inhabit Typha beds growing along small, shallow watercourses and Acacia thickets, studies in 1996 found F. harwoodi in a site with neither of these.

This francolin is endemic to Ethiopia, having a range restricted to the Ethiopian highlands on either side of the Blue Nile river between Lake Tana and its confluence with the Jamma River, as well as its tributaries between these points.


Automatic watch

The Rolex Watch Company improved Harwood's design in 1930 and used it as the basis for the Rolex Oyster Perpetual, in which the centrally mounted semi-circular weight could rotate through a full 360° rather than the 300° of the 'bumper' winder.

Charles Harwood

The highway from the Harry S. Truman Airport to the capital Charlotte Amalie was later named the Charles Harwood Highway.

In August 1945 it was revealed during the investigation of President Roosevelt's son, Elliott Roosevelt's finances in connection with the John Hartford loan scandal that in 1939 Elliott had obtained a loan of $25,000 from Harwood.

Georgina Battiscombe

She was born Esther Georgina Harwood, the elder daughter of George Harwood, a former clergyman, Liberal Member of Parliament for his home town of Bolton, Lancashire, master cotton spinner, and an author and barrister.

Great Harwood

Thomas Birtwistle (1833–1912), trade unionist and factory inspector, born at Great Harwood

Nicholas Freeston (1907-1978) Award winning Lancashire poet worked at Birtwistle and Fielding's Delph Road Mill, Great Harwood

Hard-edge painting

This was called, simply, California Hard-edge painting. Included in this show were Florence Arnold, John Barbour, Larry Bell, Karl Benjamin, John Coplans, Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Hammersley, June Harwood, Helen Lundeberg, John McLaughlin, and Dorothy Waldman.

Harwood Mill

Harwood mill is currently owned by the New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative, formed when cane growers purchased the three NSW sugar mills in 1978 from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR).

Heart Somerset

Presenters on the station included Bob McCreadie, Steve Bulley (now at Wessex FM), Jennie Gow (now covering MotoGP for the BBC), Steve Carpenter, Jon White (now Palm 105.5), Mike Harwood, Dan Jennings, Tim Ley, Gregory Steven's, Dave Gould, Robert D'Ovidio (now Capital 95.8), Jeremy Kyle, Ian Burrage, Laura James, Ben Clark.

James Bond uncollected and other miscellaneous short stories

The credited author - J.M. Harwood - is none other than screenwriter Johanna Harwood who subsequently co-wrote the first two James Bond films.

Kate Waller Barrett

Kate Waller Barrett (January 24, 1857 – February 23, 1925), née Katherine Harwood Waller, was a prominent Virginia physician, humanitarian, philanthropist, sociologist and social reformer, best known for her leadership of the National Florence Crittenton Mission, which she founded in 1895 with Charles Nelson Crittenton.

Educator and social worker Janie Porter Barrett (1865–1948), although unrelated to Katherine Harwood Waller Barrett, advocated many of the same voting rights and women's empowerment causes within black communities in Atlanta and Virginia, within Katherine Barrett's lifetime and afterward.

Margaret Harwood

In 1960 2542 P-L was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and named Harwood in honor of Margaret Harwood.

Moral relativism

Sterling Harwood, "Taking Ethics Seriously -- Moral Relativism versus Moral Realism" in Sterling Harwood, ed.

Morpheus Rising

The pairing of Harwood/Sweeting has been likened to the guitar duo of Adrian Smith and Dave Murray of Iron Maiden on more than one occasion and BBC Introducing presenter, Matt Seymour, stated the two were the 'tightest guitar duo ever to appear on the show'.

Nev The Bear

His name was created from the name of his co-star Dev Griffin on Smile He was last seen on Hacker Time when Derek puts Nev on Line 1 for Barney Harwood.

Pamyat

William Korey, Russian Antisemitism, Pamyat, and the Demonology of Zionism, Harwood Academic Pub, 2007

Paul Blanchard

Paul Harwood Blanchard (December 24, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 22, 2011 in Chinnor, Oxon) was one of the early CFI's of the Cambridge University Gliding Club (1947-49) and author of Elementary Gliding – A Pupil's Manual.

Peter Harwood

Called to the Guernsey Bar as an Advocate in 1982, Deputy Harwood served as a partner of law firm Ozannes until the end of 2009 and as a consultant until retirement in December 2011.

Rhode River

A deed was written by Thomas Harwood of Streatley, Berks County (Berkshire), England to his son Richard Harwood for Hookers Purchase at the head of Muddy Creek.

River Blakewater, Lancashire

In addition to the aforementioned Knuzden Brook, the waters of the Blakewater are swelled by Little Harwood Brook (coming from Sunny Bower), Audley Brook (from the region of Queen's Park to the confluence near Darwen Street) and Snig Brook (which rises near Lammack and runs through Corporation Park).

Robert Harwood

John McGillis was the heir to his uncle Hugh McGillis (1767–1848), one of the partners in the North West Company, who bought the house of Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet in Williamstown, Ontario, which John McGillis inherited and where the future Mrs Harwood was brought up.

Robert Hesketh

He succeeded his father in 1588, inheriting Martholme, the mediaeval Manor House near Great Harwood, as well as other property at Rufford, Holmes and Holmeswood.

Rossington Collins Band

In 1983, the Allen Collins Band, featuring Allen Collins, Barry Harwood, Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, and Derek Hess from RCB (also featuring Jacksonville natives Randall Hall and Jimmy Doughtry) was formed, but also soon fell apart.

Royal Harwood Frost

He married Caroline Eliza Mayhew with whom he had three daughters (Caroline Frost, Martha Richardson Frost and Barbara Frost) and two sons (Royal Harwood Frost Jr. and William Mayhew Frost).

Sheyenne River

Previously, the river posed a flooding hazard to cities such as West Fargo and Harwood, where it joins the Red River of the North and flows north to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba.

The Blue Dahlia

When he spots her kissing her boyfriend Eddie Harwood (Howard Da Silva), the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub, he punches Eddie.

Vanessa Harwood

Harwood was celebrated for her portrayal of Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, and came to be known as Superswan because of her mastery of the demanding dual role.


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