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1927 in association football

The goal was scored by Hughie Ferguson who was played by Gary Dobbs in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match.

Banff National Park Pavilion

The pavilion was built on the Recreation Grounds near the south end of the Bow River Bridge on the edge of the town of Banff, itself located within Banff National Park in Alberta.

Banneker Recreation Center

Banneker Recreation Center is an historic structure located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The building was built in 1934 and was named for Benjamin Banneker, a free African American who assisted in the survey of boundaries of the original District of Columba in 1791.

Bolton Landing, New York

Every year since 1989, the Bolton Recreation Commission's summer free concert series in Roger's Memorial Park has been anchored by Bolton native and summer resident Matt Finley performing with his band, Rio JAZZ.

Café de Paris

Café de Paris (Monaco), Monte Carlo restaurant which opened in 1985 adjacent to Casino Café de Paris and Hôtel de Paris, with interior designed as recreation of old Monaco circa 1900

Conewago Recreation Trail

The Conewago Recreation Trail runs adjacent to the Conewago Creek running through quite farmland and forested areas.

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha is owned by the Department of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation of Distrito Federal.

Farm Creek Section

The site is on the south side of Farm Creek (a tributary of the Illinois River) in the Farm Creek Recreation Area, south of Illinois Route 8 (Washington St.) and between School Street and Bittersweet Road, and is accessible by following a unpaved road, part of which is an abandoned right of way formerly in use by the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad.

Fries, Virginia

The Fries Recreation center now hosts The Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA, Red Cross Training Courses, Hunter Safety Courses,

Geraldine, New Zealand

Also on display in a local shop is a recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry.

Giang Le-Huy

As an active advocate for women in various areas including employment, health, recreation and life styles, Giang took up and successfully completed a post graduate course in Women’s Studies at the University of Adelaide.

Giovanni Falcone

The Mafia was present in the area but quiescent; Tommaso Spadaro, a boy with whom he played ping-pong in the neighborhood Catholic Action recreation center, would later become a notorious Mafia smuggler and killer, but mafiosi were not a major presence in his childhood.

Hawkesbury Upton

Notable alumni of the Stallions' Recreation Ground include the likes of Bill Stephens, not to be mistaken for Liverpool F.C. great Jamie Stephens, and George Setterfield.

High Bridge Branch

1990s: Columbia Gas Transmission of West Virginia construct a gas line under the former rail bed, and the surface rights for the former High Bridge Branch line are transferred to the Hunterdon County Department of Parks and Recreation and Morris County Parks and Recreation for use as a recreational trail, known as Columbia Trail.

Joseph M. McDade

Regionally, McDade was the principal advocate for the Tobyhanna Army Depot and was instrumental in establishing the Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area, the Steamtown National Historic Site, and the National Fishery Laboratory in Wellsboro.

Kennedy Center Field

Kennedy Center Field is a community baseball field at the Kennedy Center YMCA recreation camp on West Virginia Route 2 about 4 miles north of Huntington, West Virginia.

Kings Contrivance, Columbia, Maryland

There are many scenic and recreational parks in and around Kings Contrivance, including Gorman Park, Huntington Neighborhood Park, and Savage Park, all of which are maintained by Howard County Recreation and Parks and the Columbia Association.

L.L.Bean Signature

L.L.Bean is a privately held mail-order, online and retail company based in Freeport, Maine, United States, specializing in clothing and outdoor recreation equipment.

Lake Samish

Visible to the West of Interstate 5 when travelling between Alger and Bellingham, Lake Samish is heavily used for recreation in the summer months by local residents.

Leeds City Varieties

Between 1953 and 1983, the theatre achieved national fame as the venue for the BBC television programme The Good Old Days, a recreation of old-time music hall featuring Leonard Sachs as the alliterative Chairman and many well-known and less-well-known performers.

Louis Powell

A ubiquitous figure in Bath sport, Louis Powell trophies are still competed for at Bath Cricket Club and Bath Golf Club at Sham Castle, and he was the first to broadcast cricket commentary on a hospital radio system at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, covering cricket from the Recreation Ground alongside Bill Andrews.

Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center

The Desilu Studios museum contains the replicas of the original "I Love Lucy" TV sets that were created for the show's 50th Anniversary tour, and other artifacts related to the show and its creators and co-stars; the Tropicana Room is a recreation of Ricky Ricardo's nightclub from the show.

Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin

In the summer of 2008, the Little Bohemia Lodge was used in the filming of a recreation of these events in the 2009 Michael Mann film Public Enemies, a movie about Dillinger and the FBI starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis.

Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines

This assessment led to the study and formation in 1975 of the Arts and Recreation Council of Greater Des Moines with 35 board members.

Minnesota State Highway 336

The roadway has always been a vital connection between Interstate 94 and U.S. 10, providing a gateway to nearby Detroit Lakes, a recreation destination area.

Moonshine Kate

The Great Depression ended the Carsons' recording days, and she continued to perform intermittently, also working with Eugene Talmadge on his 1932 bid for Governor of Georgia and for the Atlanta Department of Recreation.

My Favourite Time of Year

Blists Hill Victorian Town at Ironbridge Museum's in Shropshire was chosen as the location due to its authentic recreation of a Victorian street which would become Florin Street in the video.

Noxious

Noxious weed, a plant designated by the government as injurious to public health, agriculture, recreation, wildlife or property

Ohio University – Chillicothe

About eight miles (13 km) outside Chillicothe, the property was envisioned as an OU-C facility for therapeutic riding, recreation, and outdoor education, as well as for enabling a partnership with the equestrian education program of Ohio's southern campus in Ironton.

Pinckney State Recreation Area

Hell lies within the park and is the center of recreation at Pinckney State Recreation Area.

Plum Lake, Wisconsin

The western section runs west from Sayner serving Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest campgrounds and recreation areas at Crystal Lake, Plum Lake, and Firefly Lake before meeting CTH M and eventually USH 51.

Polixeni Papapetrou

Photo series she has made include Elvis Presley fans, Marilyn Monroe impersonators, drag queens, wrestlers and bodybuilders and the recreation of photographs made by Lewis Carroll using her daughter as a model.

Raven Rock, New Jersey

The bridge connects Bull's Island Recreation Area to Lumberville, Solebury Township, Pennsylvania.

Red Rocks Community College

An active Student Center provides services and benefits such as discounted sports and movie tickets, campus events and entertainment, student clubs from anime to World of Warcraft, and a recreation program that includes the Red Rocks Rugby team that competes against other colleges as part of the National Small College Rugby Organization.

ReserveAmerica

In June, 2005, the United States Forest Service awarded the company a $97 million contract to provide a single source federal recreation information and reservation service.

Rudy Jahchan

Becoming known for its Robot Chicken like fan-based humor, sharp editing, and recreation of Hollywood effects with minimal to no budget, it has grown a loyal following of over a quarter million viewers a month.

Salazar Park

Ruben F. Salazar Park (formerly Laguna Park) is a public park in Los Angeles, California, and is administrated by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.

Sharbot Lake

Being situated in the Land O'Lakes Tourist Region and surrounded by many lakes that are used for outdoor recreation, Sharbot Lake has tourist-oriented shops and accommodations.

Sylvia Friedman

She served on Community Board 6 in Manhattan, at various times chairing the Housing Committee, the Homeless Committee and the Parks, Recreation and Landmarks Committee.

Technological University of Pereira

The university offers studies in Engineering (Industrial engineering, Systems engineering and Computer science, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering); Science and Technology (Veterinary medicine, Medicine, Chemical technology, Industrial chemistry, Environmental management); Liberal arts (English, Spanish language and Literature, philosophy, Communication and Computer Education); Child pedagogy; and Sports science and recreation.

Texas State Highway 308

It is one route from the Texas A&M University campus to the university's Hensel Park, a recreation facility for faculty, staff, and students of the university.

The Wild Man of the Navidad

The film is a throwback to drive-in Sasquatch classics of the 1970s like The Legend of Boggy Creek, and is known for its recreation of their specific vintage style, pacing and feel—from the real-life characters down to the period production design and music.

Tomas Vu

In his 2000 installation, Hamburger Hill, at Hotel Pupik in Schrattenberg, Austria, Vu constructed a recreation of the Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam.

Troy Parks and Recreation

The original office was located at Murphree Park Pavilion, moving to the Elm Street School building in 1985, moving to the old Troy Public Library building in 1994, and moving into the Recreation Center in 2006.

UC Riverside Student Recreation Center

UC Riverside Student Recreation Center is a 3,168-seat, indoor multi-purpose stadium on the campus of the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California.

Victoria Park, Cardiff

The park was created as a municipal recreation ground by Cardiff City Council through a city charter between 1897 and 1898 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee marking her record sixty years on the throne.

Wayne Harmes

In 2006 Harmes appeared in a television commercial for Toyota's Memorable Moments series, where he was filmed in a recreation of the final moments of the 1979 Grand Final (with Stephen Curry and Dave Lawson).

Wild River State Park

The park is managed to provide quieter, more nature-oriented recreation as a counterpoint to the busier William O'Brien and Interstate State Parks downstream.

Wynn Vale, South Australia

On Wynn Vale's northern border, in Golden Grove, are Gleeson College, Pedare Christian College and Golden Grove High School, linked together in a complex that also includes the Golden Grove Recreation and Arts Centre.

Zimbabwe national cricket team

The apparent takeover has resulted in the firing of all whites and Asians among the board directors, because of "their racial connotations and saving their own agendas and not government policy" according to Gibson Mashingaidze, an army brigadier and chairman of the government's Sports and Recreation Commission.


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