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2 unusual facts about Sizaire-Berwick


Sizaire-Berwick

As established, the company manufactured luxury-sized cars at Courbevoie on the north side of Paris.

The pre-cars were produced at the brothers’ homebase in Courbevoie, on the northern edge of Paris, but 80% of the production was shipped to England where they received their bodies, mostly fitted by Berwick’s own coachbuilder located at Highgate on the north side of London.


Ayton, Scottish Borders

It is located near the East Coast Main Line railway line, which runs between London, King's Cross and Edinburgh, Waverley station, the closest station being Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Beaconhills College

The college has 3 campuses: Little Beacons Learning Centre and the Pakenham Campus located in Pakenham and the Berwick Campus is situated in Berwick, Victoria, Australia.

Berwick Bandits

Between 1982 and 1996, Berwick Bandits were based at the Berrington Lough track near Ancroft, Northumberland.

Berwick Castle

Large parts of the structure were simply used as a quarry (notably for the construction during the Commonwealth of the parish church, Holy Trinity, while in the nineteenth century, the Great hall and much of what remained was demolished to make way for Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station.

Berwick High School

Berwick Academy, a private coeducational college preparatory/country day school located in South Berwick, Maine, USA

Berwick Area Senior High School, (also called Berwick High School), a public high school in Berwick, Pennsylvania, USA

Berwick-upon-Tweed television relay station

Berwick-upon-Tweed television relay station is a low-power television and FM radio relay transmitter of Chatton, covering Berwick-upon-Tweed, Tweedmouth and Spittal, Northumberland.

Berwick, Columbus, Ohio

Archie Griffin - Two time Heisman Trophy winning football player & graduate of nearby Eastmoor High School (now Eastmoor Academy)

Berwick, East Sussex

The Vanguard Way, a long-distance walk, goes through the village, and the South Downs Way passes along the Downs just above it.

Berwick, Louisiana

V.J. Bella, state representative from St. Mary Parish from 1972–1980, was known as a legislative fiscal watchdog.

Berwick, Pennsylvania

Light and heavy manufacturing industries, such as American Car and Foundry Company and Wise Potato Chips, have flourished in Berwick, which consolidated with the borough of West Berwick, where 5,512 people lived in 1910.

Calvin B. Hoover

Hoover was born in Berwick, Illinois to John Calvin Hoover and Margaret Delilah Roadcap Hoove.

Cardinia Transit

926 PakenhamWestfield Fountain Gate via Lakeside, Beaconsfield station & Berwick (Daily)

Cardinia Transit was formed in June 1996 when Grenda Corporation purchased Berwick Bus Lines and amalgamated them with Grenda's Bus Services' Pakenham depot.

Claude B. Duval

Duval also had two nephews, his namesake Claude Berwick Duval, II (born 1955), a prominent Houma attorney, and U.S. District Judge Stanwood Richardson Duval, Jr. (born 1942), an appointee of President William Jefferson Blythe "Bill" Clinton, based in New Orleans.

Clyde North, Victoria

Clyde North is centred on BerwickCranbourne Road and was the original Clyde township before it moved to the area around the railway station to the south.

Craigleith

In 1814, Sir Hew Dalrymple purchased the island from North Berwick Town Council.

David Syme Russell

Russell’s first charge was as pastor at the Castlegate church, Berwick, and between 1945 and 1951 he was minister in Acton, London, where in his final year there he conducted the funeral of the Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, preaching to a congregation including the cabinet of the Attlee government.

Earle

Earle, Northumberland, a settlement in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England

East of Scotland Football League

Hearts and Hibernian contest the East of Scotland Shield (although this competition is held irregularly), while Berwick Rangers and Livingston participate in the East of Scotland (City) Cup.

The 4 EoSFA members in the national leagues (Berwick, Hearts, Hibernian, Livingston) used to all enter, but now the Hearts and Hibernian reserve teams contest the East of Scotland Shield - albeit intermittently.

George Lauder of The Bass

On 15 August 1583, a Precept was made to George Lauder of the Bass, as son and heir of Robert Lauder of Bass, of a Temple-land in "Lewinsbrig" (Leven's bridge) in Fife, a Temple-land in North Berwick, and a Temple-land in Tyninghame.

Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead

Fire engines were sent by the most expeditious means from Durham, Hexham, Carlisle, Morpeth and Berwick.

Gustav Nossal

2009 – The Nossal High School, located at the Berwick campus of Monash University, is named in honour of Nossal

Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon

On 3 December he had an interview at Berwick, near Hindon, Wiltshire, and offered his support.

Jacob Acontius

In 1564 he was sent to report on the fortifications of Berwick.

Jim McSherry

After leaving Berwick Rangers in January 1983 he had a short spell with Stirling Albion before spending a season with Cypriot club Pezoporikos Larnaca.

John Callender

Sir John Callender, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1795–1802

Leaderfoot Viaduct

The viaduct was opened on 16 November 1863 to carry the Berwickshire Railway, which connected Reston (on the East Coast Main Line between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh) with St Boswells (on the Edinburgh to Carlisle "Waverley Line"), via Duns and Greenlaw.

Lord Hume of Berwick

The title was first created as Baron Hume of Berwick in the Peerage of England on 7 July 1604, for George Home, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, member of the English Privy Council, and Keeper of the Great Wardrobe.

Maine State Route 4

From South Berwick, Route 4 runs in a northeasterly direction through the town of North Berwick, bypassing the center of the city of Sanford to the east, and coming to an intersection with U.S. Route 202 in Alfred.

Monash University, Berwick campus

Monash University, Berwick Campus is a campus of Monash University located in Berwick, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It offers degrees in Business and Commerce, Nursing and Education.

Narre Warren Fire Brigade

Tankers from Narre Warren, Berwick, Cockatoo and Belgrave were dispatched to the South Belgrave area.

Naudin

Sizaire-Naudin, a French automobile manufacturer based in Paris between 1905 and 1921

No. 614 Squadron RAF

In June 1940 No. 614 squadron moved to Scotland to carry out coastal patrols, covering an area from Inverness to Berwick, 'A' flight, which was detached to Inverness for that purpose, became No. 241 Squadron RAF in the process.

Northumberland College

It has a main campus in Ashington in the south east of the county and additional centres at Kirkley Hall, Hexham and Berwick.

Patrick V, Earl of March

After the Battle of Bannockburn, Patrick de Dunbar gave sanctuary and quarter to the English King Edward II at the fortress of Dunbar Castle, on the east coast of Scotland between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed, and managed to effect the king's escape by means of a fishing boat whereby that monarch was transported back to England.

Peregrine Osborne

Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659–1729), English MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Corfe Castle and York, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire

Princes Highway

Apart from this "National Alternative Route 1" route and "C***" route (in the outer metropolitan areas - such as Werribee and Berwick), the M1 Freeway route intersects (Monash Freeway/CityLink/West Gate Freeway/Princes Freeway) and this carries the much higher volume of traffic, including congestion in the peak periods, serving as the major, most direct and quickest route for the "1" route in Australia.

River Tweed

Major towns through which the Tweed flows include Innerleithen, Peebles, Galashiels, Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream and Berwick-upon-Tweed, where it flows into the North Sea.

Rob Maclellan

He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the seats of Gippsland West (1970–76), Berwick (1976–92) and Pakenham (1992–2002).

The Monster of Piedras Blancas

Wayne Berwick later directed the cult classic Microwave Massacre and co-directed the 1950s spoof The Naked Monster; the latter features Jeanne Carmen and John Harmon in a lighthouse segment which sends up the 1959 film.

Towner Gallery

In 1962, the Rector of Berwick Church gave over 35 studies and sketches for the Berwick Church murals.

Tracy Maxwell Heard

Between 2006 and 2012, Ohio's 26th House District included Berwick, Downtown Columbus, Driving Park, Olde Towne East, and other parts of East and South Columbus.

Walter Lyon

He was one of five brothers from North Berwick, Scotland, three of whom were killed in the war and one died at Haileybury.

WHLM

WHLM-FM, a radio station (103.5 FM) licensed to Berwick, Pennsylvania, United States

William Barrington

William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington (1717–1793), British MP for Berwick and for Plymouth, Secretary at War and Chancellor of the Exchequer

William Maitland of Lethington

The Regent called on the military assistance of Queen Elizabeth I of England, who dispatched Sir William Drury from Berwick-upon-Tweed with a formidable train of artillery to assist in reducing the castle.


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