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Angela Lonsdale
Angela Lonsdale ( Smith; 13 October 1967) is an English actress. Biography Born to a policeman father, Lonsdale trained at Brewery Youth Theatre at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. She took part in a large number of amateur productions, including plays by local playwrights John Newman-Holden and Tim Bull. After initial rejection, Lonsdale then graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Lonsdale is best known for playing police officer Emma Taylor on '' Coronation Street'', later the wife of Curly Watts. Both characters left the programme in 2003. She then took a regular part in the long-running television series ''The Bill''. Lonsdale appeared as DI Eva Moore in the daytime BBC series '' Doctors''. She left in October 2008, after her character was shot and presumed dead. She made a brief return to ''Doctors'' in September 2011. In 2012 and 2013 Lonsdale played the role of the mother in a family of wolves in children's TV drama ''Wolfblood''. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith, Cumberland
Penrith (, , ) is a market town and civil parish in the county of Cumbria, England, about south of Carlisle. It is less than outside the Lake District National Park, in between the Rivers Petteril and Eamont and just north of the River Lowther. It had a population of 15,181 at the 2011 Census. Historically in Cumberland, Penrith's current local authorities are the Eden District Council, which is based in the town, and Cumbria County Council. In 2023, Penrith will become part of the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area. From 1974 to 2015, it was an unparished area with no local council. A civil parish was reintroduced as Penrith Town Council and first elected on 7 May 2015. Toponymy The etymology of "Penrith" has been debated. Several writers argue for the Cumbric or Welsh "head, chief, end" (both noun and adjective) with the Cumbric , Welsh "ford", to mean "chief ford", "hill ford", "ford end", or Whaley's suggestion: "the head of the ford" or "headland by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
