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unusual facts about Queens Park, Crewe



AJ Leitch-Smith

He made his debut on 29 September 2009 for Crewe Alexandra in their 3–2 home defeat to Bury in the League Two, replacing Joel Grant in the 80th minute as a substitute.

BakerBus

In October 2009 the company took over "The Harrier" route between Crewe and Sandbach from Harrier Travel, and purchased another Plaxton Primo to operate it with.

Ben Marshall

Marshall signed for Stoke City on 8 July 2009 along with fellow youngster Matthew Lund from Crewe both after progressing through the youth system at the Alexandra Stadium.

Bentley Crewe

It was also the last Bentley fitted with a six-cylinder engine, as its successor, the S2 used the Crewe designed and developed all-aluminium Rolls Royce 6.25-litre V8, which has remained in production in various forms ever since.

Brad Inman

Bradden Inman (born 1991), footballer who plays for Crewe Alexandra and Scotland's youth team

British Rail Class 47

Riviera Trains is a company based at Crewe with a fleet of locomotives which are mainly used to haul charter trains.

Concrete and Clay

As a result, Crewe had a cover version of "Concrete and Clay" cut by Eddie Rambeau, a staff writer at Crewe's music publishing firm, which was the inaugural release for Crewe's own DynoVoice Records.

Crewe Almshouses

Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire: founded by John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe

Crewe North Junction signal box

Crewe North Junction signal box is located on the junction to the North of Crewe railway station between the Chester Lines and the West Coast Main Line.

Crewe North Junction signal box is signal box with a Westinghouse All Electric Style 'L' lever frame which was commissioned, along with Crewe South Junction signal box (which also had a Westinghouse Style 'L' frame), on 29 March 1940 as part of a resignalling project at Crewe railway station.

Crewe railway station

Built in fields near to Crewe Hall, it originally served the village of Crewe with a population (c. 1831) of just 70 residents.

Crewe, Virginia

The railroad repair facility's importance diminished sharply in the 1950s, as the switch to diesel-electric locomotives required less labor and equipment.

It was founded in 1888 as a central location to house steam locomotive repair shops for the Norfolk and Western Railroad (now called Norfolk Southern) which has a rail yard there for east-west trains carrying Appalachian coal to Hampton Roads for export abroad, and the street pattern was laid out at that time.

In November, 2005, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public transportation provided an emergency funding for a bus route between Crewe and Blackstone in order to provide access to the Walmart, Food Lion, and other shops in Blackstone to those without other means of transportation.

Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester

Sir George Beeston (c.1520-1601) of Beeston House near Bunbury, Crewe, Cheshire, acquired Beeston Castle from the Crown shortly before his death.

Henry Harpur-Crewe

A miniature yellow double leafed wallflower Erysimum cheiri was rediscovered by Harpur-Crewe and is now named "Harpur Crewe".

History of Manchester Airport

It is the terminus of a spur line west from the railway line from Manchester through Styal to Wilmslow and Crewe.

John Crewe

John Crew, 1st Baron Crew (1597/8–1679), English politician and landowner; also known as John Crewe

John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe

Crewe rarely spoke in the House of Commons, and more than half his recorded contributions concerned a single measure, the Parliament Act of 1782 which thereafter bore his name.

John Ellerton

In 1860, he became chaplain for Lord Crewe and vicar of Crewe Green, about thirty miles southeast of Liverpool.

John Ellor Taylor

After a brief stay in the engineer draughtsman's office at the Crewe works, he obtained in 1863 a position as sub-editor on the Norwich Mercury under Richard Noverre Bacon.

Kali Mountford

Mountford was born in Crewe, the daughter of an engine driver, She attended Crewe Grammar School for Girls (became King's Grove High School in the late 1970s) on Buchan Grove in Crewe.

Kelvin Mellor

After several further loan spells away from Crewe at Leek Town and Iclandic team ÍBV, Mellor broke in to the first team at Crewe towards the end of the 2011–12 season.

Kelvinator

The Crewe factory was shared with Rolls-Royce Motors, but burned down in the 1950s and was replaced by a new facility in Bromborough, Cheshire.

Mangotsfield United F.C.

Darren Carr Mangotsfield United, Bristol Rovers, Newport County, Sheffield United, Crewe Alexandra, Chesterfield, Gillingham, Brighton & Hove Albion.

Marvin Robinson

Robinson was born in Crewe and went to school at Wolverhampton Grammar School from 1991–1998 and whilst there represented England U18 schoolboys.

Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe

Mary Evelyn Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (born March 23, 1915) is the daughter of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe and first wife of George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe.

Melton Constable Railway Works

The works are known by many as the 'Crewe of North Norfolk' as Crewe was similar to Melton Constable, although on a much larger scale.

Nick Powell

Powell made his under-18 debut in a 3–0 win against Poland on 7 March 2012 at Crewe's Alexandra Stadium.

Parks and open spaces in Birmingham

A number of parks were created to commemorate a special occasion, such as the Queen’s Jubilees such as Victoria Park and Queens Park.

Pollokshaws Bowling Club

This was particularly sweet for Jim and Paul as they had reached the Final of the same competition in 1999 only to lose out to Queens Park.

Queens Park, Moonee Ponds

Mount Alexander Road, The Strand, Pascoe Vale Road, Kellaway Avenue

Queens Park, Swindon

Queens Park is a public park, located near the Regent Circus area of Swindon town centre.

Queens Park, Western Australia

It was agreed that the name would be changed to Queens Park to honour Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII.

The process by which the separation was done has since been widely condemned when a report entitled Bringing Them Home was published in 1997 following a federal government enquiry.

Ranulph Crewe

Crewe died at Westminster on 3 January 1645-6, and was buried on 5 June in a chapel built by himself at Barthomley.

Robert Buckner

As a producer, the Crewe, Virginia-born Buckner worked on the 1946 John Garfield film Nobody Lives Forever, Confidential Agent (1945) with Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall, and Mission to Moscow (1943).

Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph

All Seraphs were hand-built at the Rolls-Royce factory in Crewe, England, which stopped making Rolls-Royce models in 2002 but continued with Bentley.

Runcorn Railway Bridge

In 1861 Parliamentary approval for a bridge was obtained by the LNWR as part of building a line from Aston, to the southeast of Runcorn where it joined the line from Crewe to Warrington at Weaver Junction, to the west of Widnes, where it joined the line from Warrington to Garston at Ditton Junction.

Spen Whittaker

When the train stopped in Crewe, it was reported that a man had fallen from a carriage some distance outside the town.

St John's railway station

The station gained the name The Manx Crewe owing to the amount of traffic, being said to equal the hub of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

Stan Stammers

On the 9th, 10th, and 12th May 2012, Stan will reunite once again with Kirk Brandon, to play in Theatre of Hate for the Westworld 30th Anniversary Concerts, at the The Fleece in Bristol, Islington O2 Academy in London, and The Box in Crewe.

Stewart Evans

He played 83 times for Crewe, scoring 12 times, but left after helping them to promotion in the 1993–94 season.

The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel

The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel is a medieval hotel in Blanchland, Northumberland, England.

Transparent Factory

Spare capacity was also used to construct Bentley Continental Flying Spur vehicles destined for the European market until 2006, when all work was transferred to Bentley's plant in Crewe, England.

Walter McLaren

At the 1886 general election he was elected in Crewe, where the sitting Liberal MP George Latham had not sought re-election.

When Louis Met...

He has a flashy car, an ex-model wife, a large home and a role in Crewe's pantomime.

William Stanhope Badcock

He was married, in 1822, to Selina, daughter of Sir Henry Harpur Crewe of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire.


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