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unusual facts about Kingsway, Southport



3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School

3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (3 CFFTS) is located at the Southport Aerospace Centre just south of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

Ainsdale

For parliamentary elections, the ward is part of the Southport constituency, currently represented by the Liberal Democrat MP, John Pugh, who was re-elected at the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

Andy Mutch

He left Stockport at the end of the 1997-98 season, signing for non-league Barrow, and later returning to play a game for his former club Southport.

Augustinian Province of England and Scotland

As of 2013, there are 6 Augustinian communities around the UK; St. Mary's, Harborne, St. Joseph's, Broomhouse, Edinburgh, Clare Priory in Suffolk, St. Augustine's, Hammersmith, St. Monica's, Hoxton and St. John Stone's, Southport.

Bertie Alexander Meyer

From Christmas 1954, he produced a stage adaption of Enid Blyton's Noddy, Noddy in Toyland, with stage director André van Gyseghem at the large Stoll Theatre in Kingsway, London.

Billy Drumley

Drumley often walked from Beaudesert to Southport to visit his sister Jenny Graham and her large clan.

Bishop Auckland F.C.

The club moved out of Kingsway with plans to move into a purpose-built stadium at Tindale Crescent near Bishop Auckland.

Blowick

Blowick is part of the ancient parish of North Meols and was formerly a detached settlement, on the northern fringe of what is now Southport.

The Southport gas holder on Crowland Street was the tallest building on the Southport skyline, visible from as far afield as Blackpool and Parbold.

Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels

Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels is a play about the story of the Kingsway Three, a fictitious terrorist organisation, and their plans to brick up the Tunnels which join Liverpool to the Wirral.

Chris Price

While he was being resuscitated, he suffered a cardiac arrest and he was taken to the Acute Care Unit at Gold Coast Hospital in Southport.

Christ the King Catholic High School

Christ the King Catholic High School and 6th Form College, is a large Roman Catholic secondary school located in Birkdale, Southport.

Churchtown, Merseyside

It is the centre of the ancient parish of North Meols and was formerly a detached settlement, on the northern fringe of what is now Southport.

Coombabah Lake

Coombabah Lake is located in the suburb of Coombabah, five km from the coast and eight km North West of Southport on the Gold Coast of South East Queensland, Australia.

Craig Disley

On 11 August 2012, Disley scored the opening goal of the season for Grimsby in the 1–1 draw against Southport on 74 minutes, an Aswad Thomas cross from the left by-line was parried by goalkeeper McMillan straight into the path of Disley, scoring from close range.

Crossens

The second-half of the 20th century saw the area becoming home to some light industry (including the Vulcan motor works), but apart from some small industrial units the area is now primarily a commuter suburb for Southport, Preston and Ormskirk.

Crossens is the northernmost district of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England and part of the ancient parish of North Meols.

Darch, Western Australia

The 352 route, which enters the suburb and serves the central section, links to Whitfords railway station; the 450, running along Kingsway, links to Warwick railway station, whilst the 372 route, which terminates on Landsdale Road in the suburb's southwestern corner, links to Mirrabooka bus station.

Debbie Bowman-Sullivan

Deborah Ann Bowman-Sullivan (born 4 July 1963) in Southport, Queensland) is an Australian former field hockey defender, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Elkland, Pennsylvania

In March 1811, came a colony from Elmira, New York and Southport, New York, consisting of Samuel Tubbs Sr., his sons, Samuel, James and Benjamin, and his sons-in-law, John Ryon Jr., David Hammond, and Martin Stevens.

Gold Coast Broadwater

western Spit foreshores (including Sea World, Fishing fleet, Versace Hotel, Marina Mirage, Fishermans Wharf, Water Police, Sea Scouts and the Southport Yacht Club)

Hillside railway station

Hillside railway station serves the southern half of the Birkdale area of Southport, England.

Joseph Baxendell

His later years were passed at Birkdale, near Southport, where he died on 7 October 1887.

Kathleen Gorham

She retired from dancing after the Australian Ballet's first overseas tour in 1966, and then taught ballet in Melbourne and Southport, Queensland until her death.

Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.

On March 30, 2005, Kelowna Flightcraft was awarded a $1.77 billion contract to lead a team of Canadian companies called Allied Wings to provide primary flight training for the Canadian Forces Air Command at Southport at the former CFB Base Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

King George V School

King George V College in Southport, England, known until 1979 as "King George V School"

Kingsway Tunnel

The entrance to the Kingsway Tunnel is used as the basis of a tunnel entrance in the video game Grand Theft Auto III — during the 1990s, several members of the game's development team had worked for the Merseyside-based development company Psygnosis.

Kingsway/Royal Alex LRT Station

It is located adjacent to the Royal Alexandra Hospital on the north side of Kingsway.

Lee Mack

After working at the stable of racehorse trainer Ginger McCain in Southport for three days, he asked if he could ride one of the horses, to which the trainer agreed.

London Buses route 31

On 15 May 1916, the 31 was extended to run daily from Swiss Cottage to Tulse Hill (Tulse Hill Tavern) via Adelaide Road, Camden Town, Eversholt Street, Russell Square, Southampton Row, Kingsway, Aldwych, Waterloo Bridge, Elephant & Castle, Camberwell Green, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill, replacing route 68, which was withdrawn on the same day.

Lord Street

Lord Street, Southport, the main shopping street of Southport, in Merseyside, England

Marshside, Merseyside

It is part of the ancient parish of North Meols and was formerly a detached settlement, on the northern fringe of what is now Southport.

National Hunter

The system was set up in 1993, by MCL Software of Southport, Merseyside, now an Experian subsidiary.

NRN

NRTV's Gold Coast studios and offices were constructed in Ashmore on Southport Nerang Road.

Opera Comique

It opened in 1870 and was demolished in 1902, to make way for the construction of the Aldwych and Kingsway.

Pete Hoida

Selected group exhibitions include: Camden Arts Centre, London; Spacex, Exeter; Pelter/Sands, Bristol; The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport; Boundary Gallery, London; Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery; Gwl Gelf, Harlech Art Biennale; The Schoolhouse Gallery, Bath; Sun & Doves, London; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol; Dean Clough, Halifax.

Port of Wilmington

North Carolina International Port, an expansion of the Port of Wilmington facility near Southport, North Carolina, USA

Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway

The third locomotive is C17 No. 996, built in 1950, which previously sat on the Southport beachfront, and is now in a dismantled stage to allow examinations to be carried out pending the decision to return it to operational condition.

Shaun Teale

As well as having a spell in Hong Kong with Sing Tao he has played at a Non-league level for Weymouth, Southport, Burscough and Northwich Victoria before moving into management with the two latter clubs, as well as having a spell in charge of Chorley.

Southport High School

Located in Perry Township, on the south side of the city, Southport is a part of the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township.

Southport Rugby Football Club

In line with the origins of the modern game, the club was originally composed of old public school boys, and was formed with the intention of improving the physical development of our young townsmen. The driving force behind the formation of the club was Dr George Coombe (later Sir George Augustus Pilkington) of Southport Infirmary.

Southport, New York

In 1867, an eastern section of the town was used to form part of the new Town of Ashland.

Southport, North Carolina

In response to these attacks, Governor Gabriel Johnston in 1744 appointed a committee to select the best location to construct a fort for the defense of the Cape Fear River region.

Swansea City Centre

Apart from the night life venues, The Kingsway has a number of banks, shops, fast food outlets and branch of the YMCA.

The King's Way

The song was written on 27 December 1909 to celebrate the opening of London's Kingsway, a wide street in central London connecting High Holborn to the centre of the crescent south of it called Aldwych.

Tommy Oar

Thomas Michael "Tommy" Oar (born December 10, 1991 in Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie.

WSFM

WAZO, a radio station in Southport, North Carolina, United States formerly known as WSFM from 1988 to 2004


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