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10 unusual facts about Northam


Eastleigh Works

In 1903, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Dugald Drummond oversaw the construction of a large motive power depot in the town replacing the existing maintenance and repair shops at Northam, Southampton.

It'll Be Alright on the Night

The majority of the episodes were filmed at The London Studios, but in the show's later years, Granada's studios in Manchester were also used, as well as the now-closed (and demolished) Meridian studios at Northam, Southampton.

Northam, Western Australia

Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world alone, non-stop, in a hot air balloon when he launched from Northam on 19 June 2002, and returned to Australia on 3 July, landing in Queensland.

Raymond Flood

Raymond David Flood (born 21 November 1935, in Northam, Southampton, Hampshire) is a former English cricketer.

Rolle Canal

of Northam, near Bideford, who was declared bankrupt in 1879 and died at Bristol in 1888.

Southampton and Dorchester Railway

He also criticised the sharp curve at Northam where the line joined the existing LSWR route; the company agreed to alter the curve to a larger radius.

Television Centre, Southampton

This linked the British Rail sidings at Northam to Driver's Wharf where scrap metal was loaded into ships.

Verticordia insignis

It is found along the Darling Scarp, Northam, and is well distributed in the woodlands and heath surrounding Perth.

William Cantelo

He was an engineer who, in the 1870s, owned a shop on French Street in Southampton and a yard in Northam, employing up to 40 people.

William Loton

It was also involved in a number of agricultural and pastoral developments, with extensive property holdings in the north west and also at Perth, Guildford and Northam.


Athletics Weekly

Aware of its loyal following's disgruntlement with the re-launch of Athletics Weekly, in 1989 Eddie Kulukundis funded the launch of a rival title, Athletics Today, jointly edited by Randall Northam and Mel Watman: for the first time in its existence, Athletics Weekly now faced competition.

McIver railway station

The station was opened on 1 September 1989 and named after Ken McIver, a long serving steam engine driver and Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Northam and Avon from 1968 until 1986.

New Norcia Cricket Team

A son, H.B. Lefroy had taken over his father's Walebing property in 1873 and regularly coached and captained the New Norcia team which initially played matches against teams from nearby Northam and York.

Northam Bridge

Prior to the construction of the Northam Bridge, the southernmost bridge across the River Itchen was at Mansbridge.

Ralph Northam

Northam ran for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the 2013 election.

Northam first ran for office in 2007 in the Virginia 6th Senate district, which includes the Eastern Shore of Virginia; Mathews County, on the Middle Peninsula; and parts of the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

Television Centre, Southampton

However, following TVS's franchise loss, the two companies negotiated the takeover of the studios by Meridian, ending in Meridian's purchase of the Northam studio complex.

Western Australian state election, 1933

Firstly, it is, to date, the only Western Australian election at which a sitting Premier has been defeated in his own seat, with Sir James Mitchell losing his Northam seat to Albert Hawke.