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unusual facts about Shirley, Southampton


William Shayer

He lived mainly in the south of England, in Shirley, Southampton, but painted throughout Hampshire and in a wooded district in the southwest part of Hampshire called the New Forest.


1976 FA Cup Final

As extra time loomed, Southampton's Bobby Stokes received Jim McCalliog's pass and slotted the ball across Stepney and into the far corner to score a late winner and with it his side's first major trophy.

1986 in British radio

Replacing Radio Victory in East Hampshire, but also introducing commercial radio to Southampton, Winchester and the Isle of Wight, the station transmits with split frequencies; Ocean Sound West on 103.2FM and 1557AM and Ocean Sound East on 97.5FM (former 95FM transmitter for Radio Victory) and 1170AM, the former AM transmitter of the former ILR station.

Baron Southampton

The Southampton title had previously been created for Charles FitzRoy, eldest natural son of Charles II and the Duchess of Cleveland and the elder brother of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, but had become extinct in 1774 on the death of his son William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland and 2nd Duke of Southampton, six years before the creation of the barony of Southampton.

Bellman hangar

The paintshop area of Southampton's recently closed Ford Transit factory started in what was referred to as the Bellman and the site was formerly part of the Cunliffe-Owen aircraft factory on the edge of Eastleigh airport (now Southampton International Airport).

Bertram Sharp

In December 1900, Southampton acquired the services of C. B. Fry, the celebrated amateur footballer – whenever Fry was available to play, Sharp was required to give way, thus missing several important games, including the FA Cup First Round defeat by Everton.

Bitterne Manor

The area is bounded on the North, West and South by the River Itchen, and on the East by the railway line linking Southampton to Portsmouth.

Bloomsbury Square

The square was developed by 4th Earl of Southampton, in the late 17th century, and was initially known as Southampton Square.

Buses in Portsmouth

The group's later acquisition of Southampton Citybus and Southern National saw the companies combined to form First Hampshire & Dorset, which provides the majority of services in the city today.

Claudia Gonson

She has written and performed her own music with Shirley Simms and Michael Hearst (who she also helps manage) and has collaborated with author Rick Moody.

Curly Watts

Opposition from his old-fashioned parents Arthur and Eunice led to tension between the couple, and Shirley left when Curly threw out the guests at his surprise party so he could revise for upcoming HND exams in Business Studies.

Daniel K. Ludwig

These were: the Hamilton Princess and Southampton Princess in Bermuda; the Bahamas Princess (formerly the King's Inn) and the Xanadu Princess Tower (formerly the International) in Freeport; the Acapulco Princess and the Pierre Marques in Mexico; and the Francis Drake in San Francisco.

Deborah Babashoff

Her elder sister Shirley (b. 1957) and elder brothers Jack, Jr., (b. 1955) and Bill (b. 1959) are also former swimmers who competed at the international level.

Dennis Rofe

In 1984, he joined Southampton’s coaching staff under the manager Chris Nicholl, initially as the reserve team coach, moving up to first team coach in 1987.

Since leaving Southampton, Rofe has been engaged as a match summariser on BBC Radio 5, and spent the summer of 2006 working in the Bahamas with Luther Blissett at the annual Premier League Soccer Camp.

Don Roper

He rejoined Southampton (now in the Third Division (South)) in January 1957, becoming club captain and playing alongside Derek Reeves and the young Terry Paine.

Double-Cross System

However, when V-1s launched from Heinkel He 111s at Southampton on July 7 were inaccurate, British advisor Frederick Lindemann recommended the agents report that the attack caused "heavy losses" in order to save hundreds of Londoners each week at the expense of only a few lives in the ports.

Edward Askew Sothern

Sothern died at his home in Cavendish Square, London, at the age of 54 and is buried in Southampton Old Cemetery, Southampton.

Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu

From 1758 to 1762, he was Whig Member of Parliament for Tiverton and on his retirement was raised to the Peerage as Baron Beaulieu, of Beaulieu in the County of Southampton, and later Earl Beaulieu, of Beaulieu in the County of Southampton, in 1784.

English Touring Theatre

The Sacred Flame by W. Somerset Maugham (Autumn 2012) - Touring from September 2012 to the following venues: Rose Theatre, Kingston, Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford Playhouse, New Wolsey Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Theatre Royal, Brighton, The Nuffield Theatre Southampton, and Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Ettington

The manor house, which can trace its origins back to the Domesday Book, is now the Ettington Park Hotel owned by the Shirley Family and leased to Hand Picked Hotels, and was featured in MGM's 1963 horror film The Haunting.

Fa'afafine

Samoan writer Sia Figiel's novel Where We Once Belonged includes a fa'afafine character named Sugar Shirley, known for her exploits on the rugby field.

Fred Mouncher

He returned to Southampton and became the licensee of the Railway Hotel in St Denys.

George Seeley

He was nicknamed "The Lion Tamer" due to his having entered a lion's cage in a circus that was visiting Southampton.

Hampshire Basin

The central part drains into the Solent (directly or via via Southampton Water), through the Lymington River, Test, Itchen, Meon, Hamble, Western Yar, Medina and Eastern Yar.

Henry Bentinck

Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland (1682–1726), British MP for Southampton and Governor of Jamaica

Jacinto Elá

In the 2001 summer, Elá signed for Southampton in England, penning a three-year contract after turning down Coventry City.

Jack Hixon

Working as Burnley's scout in the North East for many years, Hixon also recommended players to Southampton, Ipswich Town, Sunderland and Newcastle United.

Jennie Gow

In 2001, she became Traffic and Travel presenter on BBC Radio Solent, and then moved to the sports team as a journalist covering Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth.

John Angus

Jack Angus (born 1868, date of death unknown), Scottish footballer, who played for Ardwick, Southampton and Fulham

Joseph Blake

Joe Blake (1882–1931), English footballer with Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton

Julius Asclepiodotus

While Constantius sailed from Boulogne, Asclepiodotus took a section of the fleet and the legions from San Dun Sandouville and oppidum near Le Havre, slipping past Allectus's fleet at the Isle of Wight under cover of fog, and landed presumably in the vicinity of Southampton or Chichester, where he burned his ships.

Mabel Terry–Lewis

Her film appearances include Love Maggy (1921), Shirley (1922), Caste (1930), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), The Third Clue (1934), Dishonour Bright (1936), The Squeaker (1937), Jamaica Inn (1939), The Adventures of Tartu (1943) and They Came to a City (1945).

Pickaninny

Also in 1935 the Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel features the grandfather Colonel barking "piccaninny" at two young children.

Racism in the LGBT community

Chuck Knipp, a white gay male drag performer who is known for his blackface act "Shirley Q. Liquor", has been accused of racism.

Richard Martino

A major earner for the Gambino family, Martino owned expensive homes in Harrison, New York and Southampton, New York, wore Prada brand shoes, and drove an expensive Mercedes-Benz automobile.

Sandtown

Sandtown, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Southampton Township, New Jersey, USA

Shirley Opera House

The Shirley Opera House, located at 503 Main St. in Atwood, Kansas, was built in 1907.

Shirley Poppy

The biometrician Karl Pearson used the Shirley poppy to study his ideas of homotyposis, which he defined as “the quantitative degree of resemblance to be found on the average between the like parts of organisms”.

Society for Experimental Biology

The main meeting is held in the UK or continental Europe (Swansea, Wales, 2002; Southampton, England, 2003; Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004; Barcelona, Spain, 2005; Canterbury, England, 2006; Glasgow, Scotland 2007, 2009, 2011; Marseille, France, 2008; Prague, Czech Republic, 2010; Salzburg, Austria, 2012; Valencia, Spain, planned for 2013).

Somers Isles Company

A ninth subdivision, now the eastern-most parish, was Saint George's, comprising Saint George's Island, Saint David's Island, part of the Main Island, and various smaller islands and islets around Castle Harbour (then known as Southampton Harbour) and Saint George's Harbour.

Southampton F.C. Academy

In the past, prior to the establishment of the academy, the Southampton youth system has produced other international players, such as Terry Paine, Mick Channon, Matthew Le Tissier and Alan Shearer.

Southampton Terminus railway station

Many of the RMS Titanic's wealthy First Class passengers stayed in the South Western Hotel next to Southampton Terminus before they boarded for their disastrous journey.

Suzie Templeton

Raised at Highfield in Southampton, she began work as an animator as a child with her older brother.

Ted Strehlow

He married twice, to Bertha James, in Prospect, South Australia on 21 December 1935, with whom he had three children; Theo, Shirley and John, and Kathleen Stuart in 1972, with whom he had a son, Carl.

The Gregg School

The Gregg School is a non-selective coeducational independent day school in Townhill Park, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.

The Young Admiral

Shirley's source for the plot of his play was Don Lope de Cardona, by Lope de Vega.

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

Southampton is a character in Hilary Mantel's novels on Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, (nicknamed Call-Me Risley for the pronunciation of the family name), and in Margaret George's novel, The Autobiography of Henry VIII

Townhill Park House

Townhill Park House is a Grade II listed former manor house between the neighbouring housing estates of Townhill Park in Southampton and Chartwell Green in Eastleigh.

TSS Fairstar

On 19 May 1964 the Fairstar left Southampton with a full complement of passengers, mostly migrants, on her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia, joining older company vessels Fairsky, Fairsea and Castel Felice already operating in the same role.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

In September 2006 the Steve Mills Stem Cell Laboratory, which had been established by a charity created by Southampton F.C. footballer Steve Mills, moved from the Royal South Hampshire Hospital to a new location at Southampton General Hospital, and was officially opened on 27 September 2006 by Steve's widow Jo and former Southampton footballer and manager, Alan Ball.


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