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Cavan O'Connor
Clarence Patrick O'Connor (1 July 1899 – 11 January 1997), known professionally as Cavan O'Connor, was a British singer of Irish heritage who was most popular in the 1930s and 1940s, when he was bill matter, billed as "The Singing Vagabond" or "The Vagabond Lover". Life and career He was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, England, to parents of Irish origin. His father died when he was young, and he left school at an early age to work in the printing trade. He served in the First World War as a gunner and signaller in the Royal Artillery, after first being rejected by the Royal Navy when it was discovered that he had pretended to be three years older than his real age.'Cavan O'Connor - Obituary , ''The Times'', 15 January 1997, p. 19 He was wounded in the war, aged 16, while serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton, Nottinghamshire
Carlton is a town in the Borough of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. It is to the east of Nottingham. The population at the 2011 Census was 6,881. It was an urban district until 1974, whose wards (Carlton Hill, Carlton, Cavendish, Colwick, Gedling, Netherfield, Phoenix and Porchester) had an estimated population of 48,416 in 2015. Owing to the growth of residential, commercial and industrial in the wider Gedling Borough, City of Nottingham, Borough of Broxtowe, Rushcliffe and Ashfield District, as well as the Amber Valley and Borough of Erewash in Derbyshire which have become quite urban around Nottingham, Carlton and Gedling, as well as Netherfield form a contiguous urban area. History In the Domesday Book of 1086, Carlton is referred to as Carentune. Like other parts of Nottingham, Carlton grew up with the textile industry in the 19th century. It is now mostly residential. Until 1950, Carlton was part of the Rushcliffe parliamentary constituency. It had its own eponym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
