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Hace 13 horas · An up-and-coming school in Oldham, now based in a state-of-the-art learning complex, aims to become a 'beacon of educational excellence for all'. E-ACT Royton & Crompton Academy in Royton radiates ...
Hace 13 horas · Eighty-five-year-old Dave Sampson was formerly deputy head of the grammar school. Decades ago he found the fair rather pleasant: ‘The Irish were always good for a natter,’ he recalls with a smile. ‘But today, it’s just folk from Liverpool and Manchester, not the old Romany families. These days, we avoid Appleby during the ...
Hace 13 horas · Casey Affleck. Casey Affleck (born Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt; August 12, 1975) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award. The younger brother of actor Ben Affleck, he began his career as a child actor, appearing in the PBS television ...
Hace 13 horas · Charles John Huffam Dickens ( / ˈdɪkɪnz /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1] His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a ...
Hace 13 horas · Brick Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 15, 1850, from portions of both Dover Township (now Toms River Township) and Howell Township. The township was named after Joseph Brick, the owner of Bergen Iron Works located on the Metedeconk River.
Hace 13 horas · Jomo Kenyatta [a] CGH ( c.1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti- colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He was the country's first president and played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the ...
Hace 13 horas · Blackpool School of Arts, part of Blackpool and The Fylde College, opened in 1937 on Park Road in a building designed by civic architect JC Robinson. The building houses a gallery space which hosts a range of exhibitions.
