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unusual facts about Rimington's Guides


Rimington's Guides

George Henry Morris, (16 July 1872 – 1 September 1914) the first commanding officer to lead an Irish Guards battalion into battle.


Dobwalls

The name is spelt Dubwalls on Bartholomew's map and Black's Guide of 1879.

Everywoman

everywoman's flagship awards programme, the NatWest everywoman awards, launched in 2003 recognises the achievements of women business owners, and in the past has rewarded high profile women such as Elle Macpherson, Dame Stella Rimington and Dame Mary Perkins, founder of Specsavers.

Harold Murray

Murray gained access to the largest chess library in the world, that of John G. White of Cleveland, Ohio, and also used the collection of J. W. Rimington Wilson in England.

Joel Hirschhorn

Late in his career, Hirschhorn wrote The Complete Idiot's Guide to Songwriting, which was first published in 2001.

Shalfleet

In Adam and Charles Black's guide book to the area published in 1870, there is a note that Shalfleet is "not too lively".

Stella Rimington

Rimington's work after leaving MI5 has been as a non-executive director for companies such as Marks & Spencer and BG Group.

Tunstead Milton

It is the location of Tunstead Dickey, a "Screaming Skull", and is mentioned in Highways and Byways in Derbyshire by J B Frith, a guide published in 1905, and in Black's Guide published throughout the 19th century.


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