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Coombes (surname)
Coombes is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * B. L. Coombes (1893–1974), English author and coal miner * Charly Coombes (born 1980), American-born, English multi-instrumentalist and vocalist * Gaz Coombes (born 1976), English musician and singer-songwriter (Supergrass) * Geoff Coombes (1919–2002), English-born, US international footballer (soccer) * James Coombes (other), multiple people * Lawrence Coombes (1899-1988), British-Australian aeronautical engineer and pilot * Peet Coombes (1952–1997), British musician, guitarist and vocalist * Richard Coombes (1858–1935), English-born journalist and 'father' of amateur athletics in Australia * Rob Coombes (born 1972), English musician (Supergrass) * Robert Coombes (rower) (1808–1860), English oarsman and world champion sculler * Rod Coombes (born 1946), English singer-songwriter and musician * William Henry Coombes (1767–1850), English Catholic priest, theologian and writer See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charly Coombes
Charly Coombes (born 27 December 1980 in Mountain View, California) is an American-born English singer/songwriter, musician and filmmaker. Career In 2004 Charly joined Sleaford band 22-20s, who had recently re-located to Oxford, as keyboard player; the band released one self-titled album and supported Oasis during their 2005 tour before splitting up in 2006 (the band reformed between 2008 and 2013 without Coombes). Following the split of 22-20s, Coombes filled in for Supergrass' keyboard player Rob Coombes during the Supergrass Road to Rouen European and North American tours 2005/2006 and substituted for three gigs during bassist Mick Quinn's injury in September 2007. His most recent endeavour was Charly Coombes and The New Breed, who released three EPs. He was also a member of the bands Tumbleweed (who signed a deal with Polydor Records in 1998), Four Way Trauma and in 2006 Missing Pieces with Richard Walters. He accompanied Supergrass throughout 2008 and 2009 for the Diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Coombes
Robert Joseph “Rob” Coombes (born 27 April 1972) is an English musician and keyboard player for Supergrass. He is the older brother of the band's lead singer, Gaz Coombes, and the most recent member to join Supergrass, officially joining in 2002, though he had been an unofficial member for the majority of the band's career to that point. He has played keyboards on all of the band's albums and tours as well as helping with the writing and arranging. He favours the Hammond Organ, for which his playing has been described as “the perfect foil to Gaz’s guitar bombast”. He lives in Oxford with his three children, Louis, Lila and Ailla. He has a second, younger, brother, Charly ''Charly'' (marketed and stylized as ''CHAЯLY'') is a 1968 American drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on ''Flowers for Algernon'', a science-fiction short story (1958) and subseque ..., who was keyboard player in the band 22–20s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombe (other)
Coombe is an alternate spelling of combe, a dry valley. It may also refer to: Places Australia *Coombe, South Australia, a locality in the Coorong District Council England * Coombe, Buckinghamshire * Coombe, Camborne, Cornwall * Coombe, Gwennap, Cornwall (near Redruth) * Coombe, Kea, Cornwall (near Truro) * Coombe, Liskeard, Cornwall ** Coombe Junction Halt railway station * Coombe, Morwenstow, Cornwall (near Bude) * Coombe, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall (near St Austell) * Coombe, East Devon, Devon (near Sidmouth) * Coombe, Mid Devon, Devon (near Tiverton) * Coombe, Teignmouth, Teignbridge, Devon * Coombe, Dorset (in Whitchurch Canonicorum) * Coombe, Gloucestershire * Coombe, Hampshire * Coombe, Kent * Coombe, Croydon, London * Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, London * Coombe, Crewkerne, Somerset * Coombe, Taunton, Somerset * Coombe, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire * Coombe, Enford, Wiltshire * Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire * Coombe Dingle, Bristol * Combe Fields, Warwickshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombs (other)
Coombs is a surname. Coombs may also refer to: *Coombs, British Columbia, a small community in British Columbia, Canada * Coombs Lake, a lake in Minnesota See also * Coombs test, a test for the presence of antibodies or antigens * Coombs reagent, the reagent used in the Coombs test * Coombs' method, a type of voting designed by the psychologist Clyde Coombs * Coombes, a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England * Coombe (other) Coombe is an alternate spelling of combe, a dry valley. It may also refer to: Places Australia *Coombe, South Australia, a locality in the Coorong District Council England * Coombe, Buckinghamshire * Coombe, Camborne, Cornwall * Coombe, Gwenn ... * Combs (other) * Coomes (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombes
Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea. Coombes Church is an 11th-century Church of England parish church that has lost its dedication. It has some of the most important medieval wall paintings in England, which were painted . There is a single church bell that weighs about and was probably cast in Normandy. It is one of the oldest bells in Sussex, dated to . The church is roofed with Horsham Stone slabs. The civil parish has an area of and has a parish meeting rather than a parish council. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 51 people living in 22 households of whom 23 were economically active. Church Farm is next to the parish church and Applesham Farm is about to the south. See also * Coombs (other) * Coombe (other) References Further reading * * External links Adur District Council [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Coombes
William Henry Coombes (8 May 1767 – 15 November 1850) was an English Roman Catholic priest, theologian and writer. Life He passed his early years at Meadgate, Somerset, England, the property and for many years the residence of his uncle, William Coombes (d. 18 April 1822), of Douai College, Grand-Vicar of the Western District. Young Coombes went to Douai at the age of twelve, was ordained in 1791, and during the French Revolution escaped (October, 1793) from Dourlens to England. He was a doctor of theology and co-operated with Bishop Douglass at Old Hall seminary as professor and vice-president. From 1810 he served the mission of Shepton Mallet till 1849, when he retired to Downside monastery, where he died. Works His chief works are: *"Sacred Eloquence; being Discourses from the Writings of Sts. Basil and Chrysostom, with the Letters of St. Eucherius of Lyons" (London, 1798); *"Escape from France; with an account of the English Poor Clares from Aire, and a narrative o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Coombes
Rodney Coombes (born 15 May 1946) is an English musician. He was mostly known from playing drums with British bands Stealers Wheel in 1972 to 1973 and again in 2008 and Strawbs from 1974 to 1977 and again from 2004 to 2010. Career He has played drums professionally since he was 17, when he joined singer Lulu's backing band The Luvvers. He played with the Jeff Beck Group at the time of the release of the single "Hi Ho Silver Lining" and then joined soul band Trifle, with whom he stayed for about 18 months. He moved on to raunchy blues rock band Juicy Lucy before joining Stealers Wheel for their eponymous first album (which spawned the million seller " Stuck in the Middle With You"). In 1973, he left the increasingly dysfunctional band and joined Strawbs, with whom he stayed until after the release of the 1977 album '' Burning for You''. After spending some time on the studio side learning to engineer and produce, he lived in Malaysia for a period, returning to obtain his mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Coombes (rower)
Robert Coombes (1808 – 25 February 1860), celebrated professional oarsman and Champion Sculler, was born at Vauxhall, Surrey. Early life A waterman from an early age, Coombes spent his life on the river Thames. Although small even for his time (he was about 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) tall and his rowing weight was generally less than 9 stone), Coombes consistently beat men who were his superiors in strength and size through his superior skill and attentive training. His first public race was for the Duke of Northumberland's purse of sovereigns on 4 July 1836. In 1841, Coombes in a sculling boat beat a two pairs boat at the Greennock Regatta. His principal sculling matches were against Kipping, John Kelley, Jack Phelps, Charles Campbell, Tom Cole, Tom MacKinning, Robert Newell, and Henry Clasper, and his most important pair oared raced was rowed with his brother, Tom Coombes, as a partner against the two Claspers. In sculling Coombes beat the majority of the best profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coombes
Richard Coombes (18 March 1858 – 15 April 1935) was a journalist and father of amateur athletics in Australia. Coombes was born at Hampton Court, Middlesex, England the son of Richard Coombes, hotelkeeper, and his wife Ellen, ''née'' Parsons. Coombes was educated at Hampton Grammar School, he was for some years in an insurance office, and became well known as an amateur runner and walker. He was captain of the Harefield Hare and Hounds Club, a champion walker of the London Athletic Club and captain of the Kingston upon Thames Bicycle Club. Coombes emigrated to Sydney in 1886 and took up journalism, becoming a contributor to the ''Referee''. In 1888 he founded the New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association, introduced cross country running, and formed the Amateur Walkers Club. The amateur movement gradually spread all over Australia, and in 1897 the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia was formed. Coombes was a vice-president of the New South Wales Amateur Athletic Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaz Coombes
Gaz Coombes (born 8 March 1976) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the English alternative rock band Supergrass. He first entered the music scene aged 14 as the lead singer of the band The Jennifers which featured Supergrass bandmate Danny Goffey. 1990–1993: The Jennifers Coombes first entered the music world at age 14 as the lead singer of the band The Jennifers. They recorded their demo at Stargoat, Banbury, released April 1991 a month after Gaz turned 15. The band undertook a nationwide tour before Coombes was fifteen. When they signed for their first recording contract with Nude Records, Coombes was under 18 at the time and so had to have his mother sign the contract for him. "There were a couple of ridiculous, punky, joke songs – "Harvey The Accountant" and "The Girl with the Removable Face". That one went: "The girl with the removable face/She didn't have much of a life/All the boys used to pull it o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peet Coombes
Peter George "Peet" Coombes (1952–1997) was an English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He was the lead singer and primary songwriter of the group The Tourists, the first charting band to feature guitarist Dave Stewart and singer Annie Lennox, later to gain greater fame as the duo Eurythmics. The Catch and The Tourists Coombes was born in Bradford, England, but spent most of his early life in Sunderland, where he met Dave Stewart. Stewart introduced Coombes to Annie Lennox, whom he had met when she was working in a London restaurant. In 1976 the three formed a post-disco band called The Catch, which released one single "Borderline/Black Blood" that failed to chart. The band renamed itself The Tourists, adding bassist Eddie Chin and drummer Jim Toomey. Coombes played guitar, sang and wrote most of the Tourists' original songs. After releasing their third album in 1980 the band dissolved. Dave Stewart was keen to move from the Tourists' guitar-based new wave sound to explore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Coombes
Lawrence Percival Coombes (9 April 1899 – 3 June 1988) was a British-Australian aeronautical engineer who served as the first Chief Superintendent of the Australian Aeronautical Research Laboratories from 1938 until 1964. He had previously worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment from 1924, and during World War I had served as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, becoming a flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories. Biography Early life and education Coombes was born in Madras, India, and educated in London. From 1915 he studied engineering at the City and Guilds College in London, but in July 1917 he took leave of absence from his studies in order to enlist in the Royal Naval Air Service. Military career Coombes was assigned to on 22 July 1917 as a probationary flight officer, and attended the training schools at Air Stations Chingford and Cranwell, before being awarded his Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate at Air Station Fairlop on 20 Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
