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2 unusual facts about Wren's Nest


Calymene blumenbachi

Calymene blumenbachii, sometimes spelled - erroneously - blumenbachi, is a species of trilobite discovered in the limestone quarries of Wren's Nest Hill in Dudley, England.

Walthall Robertson Joyner

He defeated Thomas Goodwin (incumbent mayor James G. Woodward didn't run) in 1907 and under his leadership a memorial was made of the Wren's Nest after Joel Chandler Harris's death.


1963 World Series

This is the World Series that Jack Nicholson's character R.P. McMurphy lobbies unsuccessfully to watch on television (and subsequently "announces" by imagining the action) in Miloš Forman's 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

All Hallows, Bread Street

Among the vestry records are accounts for £12 of "florence" wine (probably Chianti) for Wren and £11 for his assistant

Amado Granell

After the liberation of Paris, The Nine was transferred to the German front, where Granell actively participated in taking the Eagle's Nest, the holiday retreat of Adolf Hitler in the Bavarian Alps.

Amy Wren

Wren started acting when she was talent spotted by Walt Disney UK at the age of 16.

Arlene Golonka

Despite that setback, she continued working in other plays such as Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon and Robert Morse (448 performances from late 1959 to late 1960), Neil Simon's first Broadway play, Come Blow Your Horn, which ran 677 performances from February 1961 until October 1962, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, starring Kirk Douglas, from November 1963 until January 1964.

Arnos Grove tube station

The station building appears as "Marble Hill" underground station in the episode "Wasps' Nest" of the Agatha Christie's Poirot TV series with David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.

Black-capped Donacobius

More recently, listing organizations and authors follow Van Remsen and Keith Barker's conclusion that it is not a wren either, but instead most closely related to an Old World (probably African) lineage.

Blackpool F.C. Ladies

They also beat Blackpool Wren Rovers 4–1 in the League Cup Final at the home of Airbus UK, to secure their first Cup Victory of their short history.

Boar's Nest

The building used as the Boar's Nest in Covington, Georgia, during the filming of the first five episodes of season one still exists.

Charlotte Bingham

Charlotte Bingham (b. 29 June 1942 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England) is an English novelist who has written over 30 mainly historical romance novels and has also written for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs, Play for Today and Robin's Nest.

Cutty Wren

In Arnold Wesker's play Chips with Everything (1962), the conscripts sing "The Cutty Wren" with more and more aggression with each verse.

Daito Wren

The Daito Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes orii) is a controversial subspecies of the Eurasian Wren.

Edible bird's nest

The most heavily harvested nests are from the Edible-nest Swiftlet or White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and the Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus).

Edward Allworthy Armstrong

As an ornithologist, he was known for his study of bird behaviour and his intensive study of the Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes).

Edward Eggleston

His summer home, Owl's Nest, in Lake George, New York, eventually became his year-round home.

Hawks Nest

Hawk's Nest, New York, a scenic overlook near Port Jervis, New York, USA

Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster

Hubert Skidmore, a West Virginian, immortalized the tragic events from the common man's perspective in his book Hawk's Nest which followed the fictional accounts of several tunnel workers and their families.

HMS Wren

Wren, a Modified Black Swan class sloop launched on 11 August 1942 and, as part of Captain Frederic Walker's Second Escort Group, assisted in the sinking of several U-boats.

Holborn

John Shaw, Jr. (1803–1870), architect, was born in Holborn; praised as a designer in the "Manner of Wren".

In the Hands of the Prophets

Fletcher, best known for playing the role of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in recognition of her work.

James Elmes

In 1813-4 he restored the top part of the spire of Chichester Cathedral, reconstructing the pendulum device incorporated into it by Sir Christopher Wren to counteract the effects of strong winds.

John Wren

Wren became best known as a boxing promoter and through this success he was able to establish the Stadiums Limited organisation, which acquired venues in most major Australian capitals, including Sydney Stadium, Festival Hall, Melbourne and Festival Hall, Brisbane.

Johnnie Mortimer

Mortimer later wrote series for radio such as Men from the Ministry and Round the Horne, before writing many TV situation comedies including Foreign Affairs, Man About the House, Never the Twain, Robin's Nest and George and Mildred, often working in partnership with Brian Cooke.

Michael Redfern

He has appeared in numerous television dramas and comedies as policemen over the years, namely The Young Detectives, Crossroads, The Offence, And Mother Makes Five, George & Mildred, Robin's Nest, The Young Ones, Filthy, Rich and Catflap, Boon and Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery

New Zealand Rockwren

The New Zealand Rockwren (Xenicus gilviventris), or Rock Wren, or Pīwauwau in (Māori, is a small New Zealand wren (family Acanthisittidae) endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

Rami Heuberger

At the end of his studies, Heuberger participated in several theater plays, among them Macbeth, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Black Box.

Reggie Bennett

The following night at ECW Barely Legal, she debuted as a member of Raven's Nest, interfering with the World Heavyweight Championship match between Funk and Raven.

Requiem for a Wren

He is appalled to learn that the woman was, in fact, Janet Prentice - a former Royal Navy Wren and the former girlfriend of his dead brother Bill, and someone for whom Alan had spent considerable time searching immediately after the war.

Rupert Vansittart

In 1993, he appeared in Remains of the Day as Sir Geoffrey Wren, a character based on the 1930s British fascist Sir Oswald Mosley.

Sam Paulescu

Paulescu’s special teams coach at Fullerton was Jim Wren, who was USC’s punter in 1996 when Mike Riley was the offensive coordinator.

Swallow's nest

"Rondine al nido" ("Swallow's Nest"), a romance by Italian composer Vincenzo de Crescenzo

Temple Bar, London

The pedestal is decorated with statues (by Joseph Boehm) of Queen Victoria and The Prince of Wales, the last royals to enter the City through Wren's gate – an event depicted in one of the reliefs which also decorate the structure.

Tessa Wyatt

From 1977 to 1981, Tessa Wyatt played Vicky Nicholls, later Tripp, in the ITV sitcom Robin's Nest, a spin-off the successful sitcom Man About the House.

The Mare's Nest

When it came to the attention of the authorities, "one night I was visited at my flat by men in belted raincoats who came and physically seized the chapter. I was summoned to the Cabinet Office, twelve men sitting around a polished table, where it was explained to me why the information was not being released and we appeal to you as an English gentleman not to release it."

Theo Ngoni

After the destruction of Cloud Nine, their subsequent capture and escape from the Green Storm, and the witnessing of the duel between the Stalker Fang and Shrike, Wren and Theo escape with Tom Natsworthy on the Jenny Haniver.

Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

It is the band's only release as a trio, after the departure of Howard Levy but before the arrival of Jeff Coffin.

Toby Tortoise Returns

The short features characters from other Silly Symphonies, including The Three Little Pigs and Jenny Wren from Who Killed Cock Robin?.

Toby Wren

In 2006, Wren travelled to India to collaborate with, and learn from great musicians of the Carnatic musical system of Southern India.

Tom Tunnecliffe

Tunnecliffe was a close friend of the gambling boss John Wren, (in the view of most historians, in fact, Tunnecliffe was under Wren's control) who was also very close to United Country Party leader Albert Dunstan.

Willoughby's Magic Hat

The short features the character of a diminutive, weak man named Willoughby Wren, who finds he is granted super-strength by wearing a cap woven from the hair of Samson.

Wren Fire Department

The Wren Fire Department response area includes most of the Anderson county portion of Piedmont, South Carolina

Wren, Oregon

The first form of the name was "Wrens", used for a station established by the Oregon Pacific Railroad in the locality in 1886.

Wren's Cathedral

With the separation of the Church from Rome in 1535, Henry VIII allowed Robert Burgoyne to purchase the estate for just under £600 after he had demolished the Monastery and Church adjacent to the present Wren's Cathedral.

Wren's Cathedral was originally founded as the Monastery of St. Leonard at Wroxall, Warwickshire in 1141 for nuns, by Sir Hugh-Hatton eldest son of the Earl of Warwick.

Wren's Nest Estate

However, its closure was ultimately brought forward to July 1990, after which the remaining pupils and staff were split between Castle High and The Coseley School, and the Mons Hill buildings were incorporated into Dudley College, who completed a multi-million pound expansion of the site in 1993.


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