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3 unusual facts about Woodley


C. F. Caunter

Frederick George Miles of the Phillips & Powis Aircraft company (later Miles Aircraft Ltd) built a test prototype of the Caunter engine and successful tests were carried out at Reading Aerodrome in Woodley, Berkshire, during the late 1930s.

Miles Master

A total of 3,227 Masters were built by Phillips and Powis Aircraft Limited at Woodley, Berkshire; South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire; and Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the largest number produced of any Miles aircraft type.

Stockport Sports F.C.

Stockport Sports F.C. is a football club based in Woodley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.


Balmedie

The current Baron of Menie is notable film and television aviation consultant Michael Woodley, best known for his role as aerial coordinator in numerous James Bond films.

Bristol Bulldog

Douglas Bader, better known for his Second World War actions, lost both of his legs when his Bristol Bulldog crashed while he was performing unauthorised Aerobatics at Woodley airfield near Reading.

Grand View Vikings

Woodley has over 30 years of coaching experience and prior to Grand View, Woodley was head coach at Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena, Texas.

Joel Nash

A night of William Shakespeare at the Metro Arts Theatre where Woodley, having broken his toe the day before, sported a walking stick during his portrayal of Petruchio from The Taming of The Shrew and in-which he did the unspeakable and ad-libbed a final line of having to first tend to his crutch(crotch).

John Paul Woodley, Jr.

In October 2001, President of the United States George W. Bush named Woodley Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Environment).

On active duty in the United States Army, Woodley served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army from 1979 to 1985.

LaMarr Woodley

Woodley teamed with former Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers and former Chicago Bulls point guard Anthony Roberson at Saginaw High School in 2000 to win Michigan's Division II state championship in football.

Marriott Wardman Park

The hotel is located in the Woodley Park neighborhood at 2600 Woodley Road, NW and Connecticut Avenue, NW, adjacent the Woodley Park station of the Washington Metro system.

Miles Messenger

The production aircraft were built at Newtownards in Northern Ireland and flown to Woodley for final fitting out.

Special Bulletin

Details about the terrorists slowly begin to emerge as the broadcast hosted by Susan Myles (Kathryn Walker) and veteran newscaster John Woodley (Ed Flanders) continues.

Stockport Sports F.C.

The FA restructuring of the football pyramid allowed Woodley to gain promotion to the Northern Premier League by finishing fourth in the league.

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley

The Adventures of Lano and Woodley is an Australian comedy television show starring the comedic duo of Lano and Woodley (Colin Lane and Frank Woodley), consisting of two series which aired on ABC TV from 1997 to 1999.

Tony Woodley

Woodley is also the President of Football Conference North side Vauxhall Motors F.C. despite being a childhood supporter of Everton FC.

Vic Woodley

Woodley was a member of the glamorous Chelsea side of the 1930s, playing alongside the likes of Hughie Gallacher, Alex Jackson and Alec Cheyne.

Woodley briefly resumed his playing career with Chelsea after the War, playing in their famous friendly match against Soviet side, Dynamo Moscow, but left on a free transfer shortly afterwards and joined Bath City.

Young Mutley

Woodley obtained his nickname from his father, who was said to laugh like Muttley from the cartoon series Wacky Races.


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