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13 unusual facts about Westfield


American Patriot Supercruiser

The American Patriot Supercruiser, also called the Patriot II, is an American amateur-built aircraft, that was designed and produced by American Patriot Aircraft of Westfield, Wisconsin.

Barnes Air National Guard Base

Barnes Air National Guard Base is located on the northern side of Westfield in an area known as Hampden Plains.

Edison E. Oberholtzer

Oberholtzer obtained his undergraduate education at Westfield College in Westfield, Illinois and Indiana State Normal School (now known as Indiana State University).

Emanuel Ninger

He worked as a sign painter and then bought a farm in Westfield, New Jersey.

George Boxley

Such activity is known to have taken place to the southeast in the Westfield area, and some sources indicate there was a route that would have passed, and perhaps included, Boxley’s cabin.

Grape pie

Vineyards that grow the grape, which was developed in the U.S., stretch from Western New York across Pennsylvania and into Ohio, forming a "narrow 100-mile-long strip" which includes Westfield, New York (known as "Concord grape juice capital of the world"), on the southern Lake Erie shore.

Janet McKenzie Hill

Hill was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexander McKenzie, a clergyman, and Nancy (Lewis) McKenzie.

Jimmy Caci

He was born in Westfield, New York to Alfonzo and Josephine Caci, one of eight siblings.

Westfield L.F.C.

Westfield Ladies are the women’s football team affiliated with Westfield F.C., based in Westfield, Woking, Surrey.

Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport

American Airlines DC-3s operated out of Westfield from 1938 until 1950.

Westfield, New Zealand

Portage Road is the location of one of the overland routes between the two harbours (and thus the Pacific ocean and the Tasman Sea), where the Maori would beach their waka (canoes) and drag them overland to the other coast, thus avoiding having to paddle around North Cape.

Westfield, Somerset

The Fosse Way Roman road originally ran through this area, between what is now Radstock and Midsomer Norton.

The Westfield Trading Estate is home to many national and local businesses, including Dickies, Jones Convenience Stores and the Midsomer Norton, Radstock & District Journal.


Alan Deyermond

When Westfield merged with Queen Mary College in 1992, he moved to the Mile End site.

Alexander Craig Sellar

Sellar was the son of Patrick Sellar of Westfield, Morayshire and his wife Ann Craig of Barmakelty, Moray.

Barts and the London RFC

The teams from Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital merged in 1995 following the union of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College with Queen Mary and Westfield College, now known as Queen Mary, University of London to form St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Buckley, Illinois

Former players for the Dutch Masters include Scott Garrelts, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants (was supposed to pitch the opener in the 1989 World Series, but an earthquake had other ideas); Mark Scheiwe, drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1979 (the same year Scott was drafted by the Giants), but never making it to the big league because of injury; and Ernie Westfield, who played in the Negro League and still represents them publicly.

Carroll S. Page

Born in Westfield, Vermont, he attended the common schools, People's Academy in Morrisville and Lamoille Central Academy in Hyde Park.

Cranwell branch

It then proceeded up towards Leasingham, skirting Westfield Wood and entering the military base slightly to the south of the present road (B1429).

Darren McMullen

McMullen's career as a host and presenter began as a presenter with Arena Television's Exclusive news on Foxtel and with appearances in major advertising campaigns for Westfield and Gloria Jean's.

Eastridge Mall

Eastridge Mall (Gastonia) a mall in Gastonia, North Carolina formerly known (2002-2013) as Westfield Eastridge

Figtree, New South Wales

During the 1998 Wollongong floods, Figtree was one of the worst suburbs hit with flood waters going through the Westfield shopping centre and residents being rescued by the SES from Figtree Caravan Park.

Gary MacDougal

Gary MacDougal was born in Chicago Illinois, attended grade school and the first year of high school in Westfield, New Jersey, completing high school in Los Angeles, California and graduating with a BS in Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1958.

Gary van Egmond

Van Egmond is of Dutch heritage and is the father of Westfield Matilda player Emily van Egmond.

Hazen's Notch

The geology of the Hazen's Notch area in Westfield and Montgomery is primarily Hazen's Notch Formation of schist with intrusions of Belvidere Mountain Amphibolite and two areas of ultramafic rocks all of which grades into Jay Peak Formation in the lower elevations.

John Colyandro

Colyandro graduated from Westfield High School in Houston, Texas in 1982.

Mansfield, Queensland

Mansfield has regular bus services to the CBD and to the Westfield Garden City shopping centre at Upper Mount Gravatt.

Melbourne tram route 75

During the 1999 election campaign the Australian Labor Party committed to extend route 75 to Westfield Knox, this was later changed to the current arrangement, with it terminating at Vermont South, and connecting bus, operated by Ventura Bus Lines – the Knox Transit Link (run as part of Route 732) – running to Westfield Knox, the bus meets every tram and runs only within Zone 2.

Mike Glennon

Glennon attended Westfield High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, and played for the Westfield Bulldogs high school football and basketball teams.

Multiday race

In recent years, several multi-day races have stood out, among them the Australian Westfield Sydney to Melbourne races, which were run from 1983–1991, and the Colac (1983–2005) race which is no longer being held.

New Brunswick Southwest

Major towns include St. Stephen, St. Andrews, St. George, Grand Bay–Westfield, McAdam, Harvey Station, Fredericton Junction, Gagetown, and the Kingsclear and Hanwell regions near Fredericton.

Orange Grove affair

When the courts ruled in Westfield's favor, Liverpool City Council sought State Government approval for a retrospective rezoning, to validate its earlier decision to approve the shopping centre.

Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins

The plaintiff had been detained by Westfield security after attempting to discuss the principles of his Christian faith with strangers at the Westfield Galleria at Roseville.

Sexual abuse scandal in the English Benedictine Congregation

In January 2012, Father Richard White, a monk at Downside Abbey, near Westfield, Somerset, who formerly taught at its school, was jailed for five years for gross indecency and indecent assault against a pupil in the late 1980s.

St Pius X College

Located in the heart of the Chatswood central business district, the school is relatively close to Westfield Shopping Centre and Chatswood railway station.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Skyward Sword was available as a demo at the Australian Nintendo Connection Tour 2011 at selected Westfield stores and was the central theme of the event, attracting vast amounts of attention and praise.

Tim Low

It won the Westfield/Waverley Award for Literature and was listed as a number one best seller in New Scientist (Australia).

TMC Costin

It was designed by the aerodynamicist and Marcos founder Frank Costin and was intended to be an Irish-made rival to Lotus Seven-inspired cars as manufactured by companies such as Caterham and Westfield.

Warner Center, Los Angeles

In 2012 the City Council approved the Village at Westfield Topanga - a new Costco, retail and entertainment development that will combine with existing Westfield Warner Center malls to make one of Southern California's largest shopping complexes: "Westfield's Big 3".

Welcome to Westfield

At one point, Walter compares the town of Westfield to the eponymous town in the musical Brigadoon.

"Welcome to Westfield" was co-written by co-producer Graham Roland and consulting producer J. R. Orci.

Westfield Belconnen

Westfield Belconnen, also known colloquially as "Belconnen Mall", is managed by Westfield Group and located in the Canberra suburb of Belconnen, Australia.

Westfield Carindale

Westfield Carindale is a shopping centre located in the suburb of Carindale, east of Brisbane.

Westfield Culver City

Film director Kevin Smith has dubbed Westfield Culver City his favorite "black mall."

Westfield Glenfield

Westfield Glenfield is a shopping centre in Glenfield, part of North Shore City, in Auckland.

Westfield Hornsby

In August 2009, Australian pop singer Ricki-Lee Coulter made an appearance at Westfield Hornsby to promote her album, Hear No, See No, Speak No.

Westfield WestCity

It is immediately adjacent to Waitakere Mega Centre, an integrated bulk retail centre, and is in direct competition with Lynnmall in New Lynn and another Westfield Group centre Westfield St Lukes in Morningside.

William Shepard

Shepard was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803; he resumed his agricultural pursuits and died in Westfield, essentially penniless.

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