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unusual facts about Waterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed



Arthur John Williams

Although they moved to Eastbourne for some time, Williams and his family moved back to South Wales in 1889 and set up home at Plas Coed-y-Mwster, a mansion in Coychurch, Bridgend.

Betws-y-Coed

The Conwy Valley Line was constructed by the London and North Western Railway with the primary aim of transporting dressed slate from the Blaenau Ffestiniog quarries to a specially built quay at Deganwy for export by sea.

The Pont-y-Pair Falls are in the centre of the village (also the site of a 53-hole rock cannon), and a mile upstream are the famous Swallow Falls.

Betws-y-Coed railway station

The original plans envisaged a railhead at Betws-y-Coed and a large goods yard was established with intended interchange to a proposed narrow gauge line (with a significant saving in construction costs) via the steeply graded Lledr Valley to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Borough United F.C.

A 0-0 draw in Malta was followed by a 2-0 success at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham — a more suitable venue than the tiny Nant-y-Coed ground with its single stand and spartan changing rooms — to set up a tie with Slovakian ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

Bro Garmon

Waterloo Bridge, which carries the A5 across the River Conwy to Betws-y-Coed, was built by Thomas Telford in 1815, the year of the Battle of Waterloo, and is made wholly from cast iron.

Cefn Cil Sanws

A public footpath and a bridleway at its southern end provide access from the A470 road and from Cefn-coed-y-cymmer.

Cefn-coed-y-cymmer

It is the third largest viaduct in Wales and was designed by engineers Alexander Sutherland and Henry Conybeare.

Channel Islands High School

Channel Islands High School has many Squads: Short Flags, All Male, All Female, Banners, Islander Drill, Drumline, Coed Dance, JV & Varsity Cheer.

Coed-y-Brenin

Five waymarked trails were developed by Dafydd Davis who was employed by Forest Enterprise as a Forest Sports Development Adviser, grew Coed-y-Brenin into a major UK mountain biking centre.

Conwy County Borough

It contains the major settlements of Llandudno, Llandudno Junction, Llanrwst, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, and has a total population of 115,000, the vast majority of which lives along the coast.

Dugald Sutherland MacColl

In the 1920s he campaigned, unsuccessfully, for the preservation of John Rennie's Waterloo Bridge.

Dulwich College Preparatory School

There were plans to move the school to the West Country, but when these fell through the Cranbrook school was evacuated to Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia (there remains a memorial planting of trees in that village in memory of this period).

Found Drowned

Found Drowned depicts the dead body of a woman washed up beneath the arch of Waterloo Bridge, with her lower body still immersed in the water of the River Thames .

Frank Bowe

The example he and COED set was not lost on the students at Gallaudet University across town when, in March, 1988, they launched the Deaf President Now protest.

Green Bay Packers cheerleaders

The team currently uses college cheerleading squads, with the UWGB squad (coed) and St. Norbert's (all girl) cheering at each home game.

Harry John Johnson

In 1844 he was making one of a number of visits to Betws-y-coed in Wales - this time with David Cox of the Birmingham School who was known for painting landscapes.

Henry Tanworth Wells

Wells first met the artist Joanna Mary Boyce in Betws-y-Coed in north Wales in 1849, where she was studying under painter David Cox.

Konon Molody

One of the five was Gordon Lonsdale who was caught by Scotland Yard taking secrets from a British spy Harry Houghton on Waterloo Bridge.

London Buses route 31

On 15 May 1916, the 31 was extended to run daily from Swiss Cottage to Tulse Hill (Tulse Hill Tavern) via Adelaide Road, Camden Town, Eversholt Street, Russell Square, Southampton Row, Kingsway, Aldwych, Waterloo Bridge, Elephant & Castle, Camberwell Green, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill, replacing route 68, which was withdrawn on the same day.

Magnetohydrodynamics

The ebbing salty water flowing past London's Waterloo Bridge interacts with the Earth's magnetic field to produce a potential difference between the two river-banks.

McCoy College of Business

Alpha Kappa Psi ΑΚΨ (Coed Professional Business Fraternity)

Old Wye Bridge, Chepstow

In 1810 the bridge was again declared to be "in decay" and dangerous, and local magistrates commissioned engineer John Rennie, the architect of Waterloo Bridge in London, to design a new bridge.

Palomar Ballroom

The famed structure was the backdrop for several major Hollywood films that included The Big Broadcast of 1937, made during Benny Goodman’s return engagement, and Dancing Coed, which starred Lana Turner and Artie Shaw’s band.

Protected view

The views of St Paul's Cathedral from Waterloo Bridge and Hungerford Bridge are not specifically mentioned although these views are protected in practice by the views from Richmond Park and from Westminster Pier respectively as these bridges are on the path of the protected vistas.

Queen Elizabeth Hall

The north west facade by Waterloo Bridge, although stained by pollution and rain water, is a good example of the massive concrete forms popular in 1960s Brutalist architecture in Britain.

Rosemary Hall

Choate Rosemary Hall, coed school in Wallingford, Connecticut that is successor to Greenwich all-girls school

Running with the Demon

After his post-graduate work, John traveled to Wales and happened upon a glade called Fairy Glen in the country around Betws-y-Coed.

Savoy Chapel

The hospital was in ruins by the 19th century and the chapel was the only part to survive demolition to allow construction of an approach road to Waterloo Bridge.

St Dunawd's Church, Bangor Is-coed

Four of these were cast in 1727 by Abraham Rudhall II, one was cast in 1811 by John Rudhall and the sixth was cast in 1865 by Mears and Stainbank.

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

It shows a similar scene from further downstream, closer to Waterloo Bridge, with the flames and smoke blown dramatically over a river as spectators on the river bank and in boats look on.

The Dog It Was That Died

As the play begins, he is in the process of committing suicide by jumping off Waterloo Bridge into the Thames.

The Groovy Show

Possibly as a local example of a comely California coed who was recognizable in the Los Angeles market through her appearances on the Groovy Show, Kam Nelson would be featured in the opening credits of the thoughtful 1970s Lloyd Haynes television program Room 222


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