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5 unusual facts about Jordans


Graham Laidler

His father, George Laidler, owner of a painting and decorating business, died when Laidler was 13 and his mother, Kathleen, eventually the family moved south, finally settling in Jordans in Buckinghamshire.

John Macmurray

After his retirement they moved to the village of Jordans, Buckinghamshire, where they both joined the Society of Friends.

Jordans

Jordan's Furniture chain of furniture stores in the northeast United States

Air Jordan trainers, sometimes referred to as "Air Jordans" or "Jordans"

Jordans, Buckinghamshire

In the 1920s antiquarian J. Rendel Harris concluded that the barn had been built with timbers from a ship called the "Mayflower" bought from a shipbreaker's yard in Rotherhithe and that this was the Mayflower which carried the Pilgrim Fathers from Plymouth to New England.


Church of St Helen and St Giles

In 1714 Rectory Manor was reunited with Jordans Manor by William Blackborrne of Hornchurch, who left the two manors to Lincoln's Inn barrister Levett Blackborne, grandson of Sir Richard Levett, Lord Mayor of London.

Dillington House

John Lee's brother-in-law and his tenant at Orleigh Court was William Speke of Jordans near Ilminster, father of the celebrated discoverer of the River Nile John Hanning Speke.

Stepped on My J'z

The music video starts off with young comedian/actor Lil' JJ, actor/singer Maestro Harrell, and another friend skipping school and returning with newly bought pairs of Jordans.


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