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Phoenix Academy

Phoenix Academy, Telford, a secondary school in Telford, Shropshire, England


2011–12 Luton Town F.C. season

On 11 August, it was confirmed that Luton's first game of the season against AFC Telford United would be postponed due to stretched police resources in the wake of the 2011 England riots and a planned English Defence League march in Telford that same day.

Allister Hogg

He graduated from Telford College in Edinburgh with an HND in Sports Coaching & Sports Development.

Barmouth

Barmouth is (geographically) one of the closest seaside resorts to the English West Midlands and a large proportion of its tourist visitors, as well as its permanent residents, are from Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Dudley and other parts of the Black Country, and Telford, Shropshire.

Brooke Forester

He was the eldest son of William Forester of Dothill in Wellington, Shropshire (now Telford) and Catherine daughter and heir of William Brooke of Clerkenwell.

Caledonian Canal

It was constructed in the early nineteenth century by engineer Thomas Telford, and is a sister canal of the Göta Canal in Sweden, also constructed by Telford.

College of North West London

The new Telford building was opened officially in March 2009 by Lord Young of the Government’s Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

David Young Community Academy

The school is divided into six houses: Brunel (after Isambard Kingdom Brunel); Da Vinci (after Leonardo da Vinci); Hadid (after Zaha Hadid); Hopper (after Grace Hopper); Telford (after Thomas Telford); and Whittle (after Frank Whittle).

Dawley

Today it forms part of the new town of Telford (which was originally, in 1963, going to be named Dawley New Town before it was decided in 1968 to name the town Telford instead after the engineer and road builder Thomas Telford).

Edinburgh's Telford College

On 15 September 2006, Telford College's purpose-built main campus in Granton was formally opened by the First Minister of Scotland, the Rt.

Ernie Clements

Born in Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, Clements was one of the leaders in the introduction of massed start road races to Britain, initially as a rider and later as a sponsor.

FV102 Striker

Chassis manufactured by Alvis Vehicles Limited, Telford, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, UK

Gary Steele

Returning to Great Britain, he became the first NWA United Kingdom Heavyweight Champion after defeating Johnny Moss in a tournament final at Telford Shropshire, England on November 2, 2001.

Granville, Wisconsin

Granville was settled in the late 1830s and 1840s by a group of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) immigrants who had formerly lived in Telford, Pennsylvania, led by Samuel Wambold.

James Charles Inglis

Inglis ceremoniously laid the foundation stone for the building in 1910 after placing beneath it copies of the institution's Royal Charter and the Telford, Watt and Stephenson medals awarded by the institution.

M54

M54 motorway, a motorway in England also known as the Telford Motorway

Navigable aqueduct

Within ten years Telford had completed the far more ambitious Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee valley—total length 307 metres.

New Boston, Texas

Although an International Paper mill, the Barry Telford state prison and a few smaller factories provided some industrial base for the town, New Boston depends heavily on the two military installations for its continued prosperity.

Perkasie Tunnel

This portion of the Bethlehem Branch was saved from abandonment when short line railroad company East Penn Railway (EPRY) leased the portion between Telford and Quakertown in 1997 to continue operations under the name East Penn Railroad (ESPN).

Phoenix Academy

Phoenix Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Phoenix College Preparatory Academy, a high school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Queen's Champion

The current and 34th Queen's Champion and 33rd Lord of the Manor of Scrivelsby, 7th Lord of the Manor of Telford, and of the Manor of Scrivelsby, Thornton and Dalderby, patron of the living of Scrivelsby-cum-Dalderby, and Queen's Champion is Lieutenant-Colonel John Lindley Marmion Dymoke, MBE DL Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.

RAF Cosford

RAF Cosford was the location for James May's Toy Stories, where the BBC's Top Gear presenter constructed a 1:1 scale Supermarine Spitfire completely out of Airfix with the help of students from the Thomas Telford school and Air Cadets from the ATC.

Souderton Area High School

Souderton Area High School is a large, suburban high school located at 625 Lower Road in Souderton, Pennsylvania, United States, and serves residents in Souderton, Telford, Harleysville, and surrounding communities.

Steve Wheeler

His father was in the Royal Air Force, and due to constant travelling, Wheeler attended a number of schools across Europe, including St George's School in Gibraltar; Sandwick School in the Shetland Isles, Scotland; Wellington Grammar School in Telford, England; and the AFCENT International School in Brunssum, the Netherlands.

Telford International Railfreight Park

Telford International Railfreight Park (known as TIRFP) is rail freight depot and construction development site located in Donnington to the north of Telford, on the former route of the Stafford to Shrewsbury Line.

Telford Tigers

Telford Tigers IH Club Ltd. was formed for season 1985–86 by Central TV commentator Gary Newbon with entertainer David Ismay as chairman and Canadian defenceman Chuck Taylor as player coach.

Telford's Change

Keith Barron played Mrs Telford's theatrical colleague who was keen to have an affair with her, and with whom she did have a brief liaison.

The Memory of Justice

The film was inspired by Telford Taylor's book Nuremberg and Vietnam: An American Tragedy, and Taylor is interviewed extensively during the film.

The Victoria Cross: For Valour

It was locked away in a safe in a military storage depot in Donnington, Telford.

Thomas Telford

The Borough of County Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania changed its name to Telford in 1857, after the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company named its new station there "Telford" in honour of Thomas Telford.

Universities Superannuation Scheme

The scheme formerly owned Telford Shopping Centre in Telford, Shropshire, prior to its sale to Hark Group and Apollo Real Estate.

Usman Zada Adra

There are many people from this village based in the UK, mainly in Oxford, Manchester and Telford.

William Pattison Telford, Jr.

Telford resigned on 9 December 1944 to provide an available riding for fellow Liberal Andrew McNaughton to seek election, but McNaughton lost the resulting by-election to Conservative candidate W. Garfield Case.

Zoe Telford

Telford has appeared in several series, including as Eva Braun in Hitler: The Rise of Evil, as Anna Klein in Criminal Justice, as Marianne Swift, a freelance Daily Mail journalist in The Thick of It, as an undercover police officer in Ashes to Ashes, as Sarah, a doctor and Dr. Watson's romantic interest, in Sherlock.


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