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unusual facts about Woodstock, Ontario railway station


Woodstock railway station

Woodstock, Ontario railway station, a Via Rail station in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada


Alan Spenner

Spenner played bass live at Woodstock in 1969 with Joe Cocker and the Grease band, seen on The Woodstock Directors Cut DVD, and the Roxy Music DVD The High Road, filmed live in Fréjus, France, during August 1982.

Americans for Fairness in Lending

Its official partners include: ACORN, California Reinvestment Coalition, Center for Responsible Lending, CFED, Community Reinvestment Association – North Carolina, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Demos, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumer Law Center, NEDAP, United Professionals, PIRG, Public Citizen and the Woodstock Institute.

Baltimore City Circuit Courthouses

Granite, quarried from Woodstock, Maryland, wraps the basement level and provides a solid base for the white marble-six story courthouse facade.

Benedict Sestini

He was stationed at Woodstock, Maryland, at the opening of the scholasticate, and remained there until 1884.

Bob Cessna

His domestic partner and beloved companion of 44 years is the Woodstock artist and founding member of the singing duo Twinn Connexion Gerald "Jerry" Hopkins.

Bobby Charles

Charles continued to compose and record (he was based out of Woodstock, New York for a time) and in the 1990s he recorded a duet of "Walking to New Orleans" with Domino.

Buckinghamshire Junction Railway

Since then the Woodstock Road crossing (ex-A34 road now A44 road) has been replaced with a roundabout, part of the A4260 road has been built along the trackbed and part of the A34 road has been built across the trackbed.

Chillbone

They group did some pre-production at Applehead Studio (then in Woodstock, New York) before moving into the infamous Chelsea Hotel and joining their friend and producer Will Schillinger at his NYC studio, Pilot Recording.

CJRI-FM

On December 1, 2008 the CRTC also granted the station's application to add rebroadcasters at Woodstock (101.1 MHz), New Bandon (99.7 MHz) and St. Stephen (99.9 MHz) All three transmitters will operate with an effective radiated power of 50 watts.

Connecticut Route 198

Route 198 was commissioned in 1932, running along the current route of Route 171 from former Route 15 (now I-84) in Union to former Route 91 (now Route 171) in Woodstock.

D'Oyly baronets

The D'Oyly Baronetcy, of Chislehampton in the County of Oxford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 June 1666 for John D'Oyly, Member of Parliament for Woodstock.

Ernest Bennett

Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett (1865–1947), British politician; Member of Parliament for Woodstock, 1906–10, and Cardiff Central, 1929–45

Four Men and a Dog

They met the famous group The Band in 1994, and recorded their album Doctor A's Secret Remedies at Levon Helm's studio in Woodstock, NY, with musical guests Garth Hudson and Randy Ciarlante.

Franklin S. Billings

In 1903 he moved to Vermont and was a director of the Woodstock: Railway Company, Hotel Company, Aqueduct Company, and Electric Company.

Graham Elliot

He then went to The Jackson House Inn & Restaurant in Woodstock, Vermont.

Hog Farm

Although the Farm had just bought land in Llano, New Mexico (near Truchas, New Mexico) and the commune had plans to depart New York City and settle in Llano, they accepted the offer to become involved with Woodstock.

Jackie Lomax

In 1971, Lomax returned to the US to live and work in Woodstock, New York.

Kherbet Rouha

North America also has many citizens from Kherbet Rouha that live in other cities such as Lac La Biche, Windsor, Woodstock, London, Toronto and Dearborn, Michigan.

Kirtlington

In 1583 a draper called John Phillips bequeathed the rental income from a house in Woodstock to employ a schoolmaster in Kidlington.

Ladies of the Canyon

It features several of Mitchell's most noted songs, including "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "The Circle Game".

Let Them Chirp Awhile

The film had its World Premiere at the 2007 Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, NY where it received acclaim from both audiences and critics.

Marian Allen

Marian and Arthur's steps on the towpath walk can be retraced walking from Woodstock Road along Leckford Road, Longworth Road, and Walton Well Road.

Mason Hoffenberg

In the late 1960s, he moved back to America, first in New York City and later in Woodstock, living for a time with Richard Manuel of The Band.

Old Hippie

The title "Old Hippie" refers to the unnamed title character, an aging hippie who uses marijuana, listens to the Woodstock-influenced rock music of the late 1960s and for years refuses to let go of his lifestyle, despite societal changes around him.

Peter T. Washburn

In 1844 he moved his practice to Woodstock and formed a partnership with Charles P. Marsh until his death in 1870.

Philip Greening

He married one Mary Gainer on October 13, 1849 in Ingersoll, Ontario, and worked in the Woodstock area for about ten months before emigrating to Wisconsin.

Pratap Singh of Nabha

Pratap Singh began his schooling in the Anglo Indian school, Woodstock, in Musoorie.

Rancho Del Puerto

Patterson returned to Woodstock with his wife and his brother in 1890, to run the Patterson Works, a family farm implement firm.

Sabine Hrechdakian

She works for both Brooklyn and Woodstock and promotes farm-based food and drink.

Samuel McClellan

He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, married Rachel Abbe (a descendant of Plymouth, Massachusetts Governor, William Bradford) on March 5, 1766, and is buried in Woodstock, Connecticut.

Southbridge, Massachusetts

North-south roads include Eastford Road and Elm Street (Route 198), and Worcester Street-Mechanic Street-North Woodstock Road (Route 169).

Strawberry Fields Festival

Chip Monck, who designed the stage lighting for Woodstock and became the impromptu emcee of that event had planned to emcee Strawberry Fields but the various changes in dates and venues pushed the festival into August and Mr.Monck was bound to honour a previous commitment to work the Rolling Stones European tour at that time.

Stufstock

Stufstock (Stuf - Romanian for reed - and stock from Woodstock) is a music festival that has taken place each year since 2003 in Vama Veche, Dobrogea, Romania, to protest against what some people may consider bad quality music (e.g. manele and Romanian pop music), and to call for the preservation of Vama Veche from the large scale development that has overtaken much of Romania's Black Sea coast.

T Barny

T Barny has also been honored to be an “Artist in Residence” in Carrara, Italy – Tinos, Greece – Woodstock, New York and in Texas.

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo

Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Pattullo's early career was as a journalist with two newspapers in Ontario: the Woodstock Sentinel in the 1890s, and as editor of the Galt Reformer in 1896.

Topical song

However, they may also celebrate the events described, such as the 1936 calypso "FDR in Trinidad" (a.k.a. "Roosevelt in Trinidad") recorded by several artists in Trinidad at the time (probably most famously by a singer who went by the name Atilla) and covered decades later by Ry Cooder, or Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", about the Woodstock Festival.

Wayne Ray

After moving to Woodstock, Ontario in 1965, he and his brother Cris became Lone Scouts and in 1965 Troop 6 Ernest Harmon Air Force Base and 1968 Ray received his Eagle Scout and Queen's Scout awards while attending Troop 11 in Woodstock.

WDST

Additionally, Radio Woodstock's year-long 30th Anniversary Concert Series featured performances in the Woodstock area by Assembly of Dust, Amos Lee, and The Hold Steady to name a few.

William Glynne

Sir William Glynne, 2nd Baronet (1663–1721), MP for Oxford University, 1698–1700, and Woodstock, 1702–1705

Woodstock II

Woodstock '89, the lesser-known, though technically correct, Woodstock II.

Woodstock Iron Works

While there were suggestions that settlers around the Woodstock area had recognized iron deposits in the surrounding landscape in approximately 1820, it was not until sixteen years later in 1836 that Dr. Jackson of Boston, who was on a geological survey conducted by the state of Maine, confirmed the presence of iron ore.

Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County Virginia

, was formed in 1969 by a volunteer board of directors, and is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to "Preserving the Past for the Future." The Museum's artifacts are housed in two mid-late 18th century homes located in the heart of downtown Woodstock, Virginia, in the historic Shenandoah Valley.

Woodstock Public School

Woodstock Public School is a private school located in the city of Batala, Punjab, India.

Woodstock Revisited

In the years prior to The Woodstock Festival, musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, The Mothers of Invention, and Van Morrison all walked the town’s streets as residents.

Woodstock Studios

Woodstock Studios is a recording facility owned by Australian musician, Joe Camilleri, leader of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows, and is located in East St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.

Woodstock Union High School

Woodstock Union High School is a mid-sized public secondary school located in Woodstock, Vermont, USA.

Woodstock, Oxfordshire

Churchill was given this palace in honour for his victories over the French and the Bavarians at Blenheim in 1704.

Woodstock, Virginia

The Massanutten Military Academy is located in Woodstock, as is the national headquarters of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.

WXTB

A tongue-in-cheek portmanteau of "Live Aid" and "Woodstock", each weekend-long Livestock event brought well known national acts such as Soundgarden and Tesla together with lesser-known bands hoping for a chance at success.


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