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5 unusual facts about Massey


Caswell-Massey

It is one of the oldest continuously operating American retail company and the oldest soap and toiletries making company in the United States, as well fourth oldest perfumery after Farina gegenüber of Cologne, Germany; Floris of London in London, England and Galimard of Grasse, France.

InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel

Caswell-Massey had its flagship store in InterContinental New York Barclay for over 80 years.

James J. Barry, Jr.

Following graduation from college, James established the ROBO Car Wash (Morris County Car Wash) in Morristown, New Jersey and Caswell-Massey of Morristown.

Maryland and Delaware Railroad

The Northern Line intersects Norfolk Southern in Townsend, Delaware and heads west towards Massey, Maryland, where the line splits into two branches, one destined for Chestertown, Maryland and the other destined for Centreville, Maryland.

Robbie Paul

In 2000, alongside his brother Henry and a friend, he released a single with his band Massey, named after the town in New Zealand where the Paul brothers grew up.


A. Shane Massey

On March 20, 2009, Massey announced that he will be a Republican candidate for the US House of Representatives South Carolina's 3rd congressional district.

Alan Kirton

While studying at Massey he received a number of prizes including the Lord Bledisloe Prize, the George Terry Memorial Scholarship, the Senior Scholarship in Agriculture (declined), a New Zealand Wool Board Scholarship and a Shell Oil Company Scholarship.

Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad

Work began again in April 1869, with the intention of building from the Delaware Railroad and the Queen Anne and Kent Railroad at Massey to Rock Hall (where a ferry would connect with Baltimore), with a branch to Chestertown.

Brent Benjamin

During the 2004 Judicial campaign, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship spent $3 million in a state-wide ad campaign to defeat then West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw, whom Benjamin was challenging.

Canadian Railroad Trilogy

A live version also appears on two of his live albums, first on his 1969 album Sunday Concert and again on the 2012 release "All Live", which consists of songs recorded during his live concerts at Toronto's Massey Hall during the period from 1998 to 2001.

Desmond Noonan

Other gangland figures participating in this truce were Paul Massey, Damian Noonan, Paul Flannery and apparently Jimmy "the Weed" Donnelly, who was a prominent figure in the Quality Street Gang, another Manchester gang.

Edith Massey

A sample of Edith Massey's voice as "Aunt Ida" from the film Female Trouble appears in the track "The Days of Swine and Roses", on the album Confessions of a Knife by the band, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult.

Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina

Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina (24 May 1719–17 May 1804), was an Irish British army officer of the 18th century, known primarily for his successful action at La Belle-Famille during the French and Indian War.

Born on 24 May 1719, he was fifth son of Colonel Hugh Massey of Duntrileague, County Limerick, and his wife Elizabeth, fourth daughter of the Right Hon.

Massey served with his regiment in Scotland in 1745–1746, and was made captain-lieutenant, and captain in the regiment by the Duke of Cumberland, apparently in 1747, captain 24 May 1751, and major 10 December 1755.

Massey commanded in the action at La Belle-Famille, where with five hundred of the 46th and some Indians he routed eighteen hundred French regulars and Canadians, together with five hundred Indians, taking all the French officers but one prisoner.

Ferguson TE20

Harry Ferguson merged his worldwide companies with Massey-Harris of Toronto in July 1953, three years before TE and TO20 production ended, hence the change of name on the serial plate to 'Massey-Harris-Ferguson'.

Gavin Massey

Massey opened his scoring account in the second game of the 2013–14 season, providing the only goal in a win against Port Vale at the Community Stadium on 10 August 2013, turning in Jabo Ibehre's rebounded effort from a Chris Neal save.

Grace Chia

In the UK, she performed her poetry as part of an artistic multimedia ensemble at the Royal College of Art and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Vuk Krakovic and Len Massey.

Harrie Massey

In 1929, with the benefit of another scholarship, Massey went to Trinity College, Cambridge to perform research at the Cavendish Laboratory led by Ernest Rutherford.

Massey left the Admiralty in 1943 to join the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research mission at Berkeley, California, in connection with the Manhattan Project.

Herbert Massey

After Massey's death, a memorial service in his honour was held on 22 May 1976 at St Clement Danes Church.

Massey was the basis for the character Group Captain Ramsey in the film The Great Escape (who also walks with a stick), played by actor James Donald.

House Calls

House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show - a live, internet talk show that corresponds with the American version of Big Brother, hosted by Gretchen Massey

Kenneth L. Greenquist

Greenquist also worked as a spot welder assistant with the J. I. Case Company, the Massey-Harris Company and Modine Manufacturing.

Lake Disappear

About its late Whaingaroan (about 27 million years ago) creation, it says, “The change from estuarine, shallow brackish water conditions (Mangakotuku Formation), to fully marine, open sea, aerobic conditions (Glen Massey Formation) is evidenced by near shore accumulation of the bioclastic Elgood Limestone, onlap of the succeeding Dunphail Siltstone, and subsequent deposition of Ahirau Sandstone in an inner to mid shelf environment.”

Leyland Panther Cub

Bodies on the Panther Cub were by East Lancashire Coachbuilders (6), Park Royal (24), Marshall (40), Massey (2), Metro-Cammell (14), Northern Counties (2) and Strachan (6), Wigan’s two had the only Massey B45D bodies and were registered DJP468E and EEK1F.

Lilias Massey

Lilias Massey served as Chatelaine of Rideau Hall during her father-in-law Vincent Massey's term as Governor General of Canada.

London Sounds Eastern

A whole host of Asian stars were featured - Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Uthup, Ravi Shankar, Pandith Amaradeva, Asian actress Jamila Massey and her husband the writer Reginald Massey, Clarence Wijewardene, Annesley Malewana, Mignonne Fernando, Nimal Mendis, The Gypsies, Desmond de Silva were some of the South Asian stars on 'London Sounds Eastern.'

Macdonald Consolidated School

His connection with the University of Guelph campus began in 1901 when his firm was contracted to design the Massey Library, and following this, Macdonald Institute.

He designed many churches and public buildings throughout Ontario during his long career, his most notable accomplishment being the Lillian Massey Food Sciences Building at the University of Toronto (1908–12).

Majic Massey

Steve Rifkind’s SRC/Universal recognized his strong work ethic, and more importantly his talent, and signed Massey to a recording deal in 2005.

Mamdouh Shoukri

He is a Senior Fellow of Massey College, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering.

Marion Massey

It was Massey who changed Marie Lawrie's name to Lulu and that of her band from The Gleneagles to The Luvvers.

Mary Gillham

She lectured in the universities of Exeter (Devon), Massey (New Zealand), Melbourne (Australia), Kano (Nigeria), and worked in the Adult Education Department at University College Cardiff from 1961 until her retirement in 1988.

Massey Energy

In December 2008 residents of Prenter, West Virginia filed a lawsuit claiming that underground slurry injection from a Massey coal facility, and other coal preparation plants, contaminated their underground water supply.

On April 5, 2010, an explosion at Massey owned Performance Coal Co. mine in Montcoal, West Virginia resulted in the deaths of 29 miners.

On June 12, 2012 a confidential settlement was reached between Massey Energy and the residents of Prenter, West Virginia.

Massey Shaw

Salvage Squad, the Massey Shaw's restoration was the subject of two episodes of this TV programme.

No. 224 Squadron IAF

No. 224 Sqn, IAF was raised on 4 July 1983 at Airforce Station Adampur under the command of Wg Cdr RA Massey, Vr C, as a part of Western Air Command.

Player One

In 2009 a panel of representatives, including Sarah McLachlan of House of Anansi Press, John Fraser of Massey College and Ideas executive producer Bernie Lucht, selected Douglas Coupland to deliver the 2010 Massey Lectures.

Rose Massey

Massey first appeared at the Haymarket Theatre in London in July 1867, playing the role of Mary Meredith in Our American Cousin, but later gained attention in her 1871 performance as Fatima in Blue Beard at the Covent Garden Theatre.

Stephen Tindall

Two universities - AUT and Massey, bestowed honorary doctorates on him in subsequent years.

Stuart McCutcheon

Professor Stuart N. McCutcheon, BAgrSc(Hons) PhD Massey is the current Vice-Chancellor of The University of Auckland, New Zealand's leading University.

Sunshine Harvester Works

In the 1950s the McKay family sold out to the newly formed agricultural implement conglomerate Massey Ferguson which was a combination of the Canadian and American interests of Massey Harris, and the British tractor firm of Harry Ferguson.

Three-pass protocol

The Massey-Omura Cryptosystem was proposed by James Massey and Jim K. Omura in 1982 as a possible improvement over the Shamir protocol.

Tonga at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

The semifinal appearance of Sekona guaranteed him a bronze medal, which he shared with Jack Massey of England—another semifinalist who lost to gold medalist of the event, Brandon Allan of Australia.

Wayne Massey

Massey was briefly married at age 22 (one son, Judd), and again later to his One Life to Live costar Andrea Evans from 1981 to 1983.

William Henry Moore

At various times in his life, he was a director of Massey-Harris Co. Ltd., Canadian Colonial Airways Ltd., and Brazean Colliers Ltd.


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