McAlpine's Fusiliers is a famous Irish ballad set to a traditional air, written in the early 1960s by Dominic Behan.
The song "McAlpine's Fusiliers" (written by Dominic Behan and made famous by "The Dubliners") described the realities of life on the building site for many Irish expatriates.
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A film version of The Dolly Dolly Spy with David Hemmings playing McAlpine was scheduled to go into production but was never made.
McAlpine founded his own publishing house in London in the 1960s, and was variously an art dealer, art collector, zookeeper (in Broome, Western Australia), horticulturist, aviculturist, agriculturist, gardener and passionate traveller.
During series 4 of the ITV television series Soldier Soldier, the fictional regiment ('B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers) was posted to London District to perform public duties, one of which being the Ceremony of the Keys.
In 1958, McAlpine was the first to suggest that the Minamata symptoms resembled those of organic mercury poisoning.
Georgy Shishkin’s works are found in museums and private collections in many countries, notably in the Prince Palace in Monaco, in the collection of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, in the collections of Luciano Pavarotti, Lord Alistair McAlpine, brothers Lords David and Frederick Barklay.
McAlpine also had a song written about him: "Hamish the Goalie", by Dundonian musician Michael Marra.
The school received a purpose-built PFI building for the amalgamation, constructed by the McAlpine company.
Fraser McAlpine from BBC felt that the song was simply too good, giving it a five-star rating and complimenting its ability to make the sensation of being overwhelmed by feelings in the presence of someone you really like sound like the most solitary experience a human heart can endure.
Since the age of 17 McAlpine has devoted her spare time to helping deprived children in Egypt through the Thebes Project in Luxor.
Along with Sir Robert McAlpine and George Wimpey, Laing is mentioned in the opening preamble to the 1960 Dominic Behan satirical Irish ballard McAlpine's Fusiliers.
At the end of 2009 McAlpine released a new rap video on YouTube dealing with the unfounded fears surrounding experiments in CERN that could lead to the creation of a black hole which eventually would swallow the entire earth.
However, the television series Soldier Soldier featured a fictional regiment from the region, The Cumbrians (Duke of Rutland's Own), which, under Options for Change, amalgamated with the King's Fusiliers.
Its current editorial committee consists of Scottish Green Party politician Mark Ballard, Liberal Democrat Moira Craig, Scottish Socialist Party co-spokesperson Colin Fox, academic and author Gregor Gall, peace activist Isobel Lindsay, Leigh Matthews, former Labour politician John McAllion, Robin McAlpine, Rector of the University of Edinburgh Peter McColl, and former MEP Henry McCubbin.
After starting Fawley Hill Railway, McAlpine purchased GWR 4073 Class 4079 Pendennis Castle in partnership with John Gretton, which was subsequently housed at Market Overton in Rutland.
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After the efforts of Dr Peter Beet to preserve Carnforth LMS 10(A) shed, McAlpine bought shares in 1970, and then took the controlling interest from 1974 until 1987 in the visitor attraction that became Steamtown.
The earliest construction of venues commenced in April 2008 with the start of the main build on the Olympic Stadium by McAlpine, with the nearby energy centre to be constructed by EDF Energy.
McAlpine Locks and Dam, named for William McAlpine, district engineer for the Corps of Louisville