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Thornleigh Salesian College
Thornleigh Salesian College is a Roman Catholic secondary school in the Astley Bridge area of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. History Thornleigh College was originally a boys school founded in 1925 by the Salesians of Don Bosco at the request of the Clergy of Bolton. The school uniform (blazer) was brown with the school badge picked out in yellow on the breast pocket. It became a direct grant grammar school catering for a wide area in Lancashire. In 1980, following the reorganisation of Catholic schools in Bolton to a comprehensive system, Thornleigh joined with St Anne's High School, to form a six form entry Voluntary Aided Mixed Comprehensive School with a Sixth Form Centre to serve the needs of all Catholic Sixth Form pupils. Catholic Secondary Schools in Bolton reorganised again in 1986, and Thornleigh combined with St Cuthbert's school, which had been founded in 1963, to form a new seven form entry Voluntary Aided Mixed Comprehensive School with a Sixth Form centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Language
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italy (geographical region), Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Even after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, fall of Western Rome, Latin remained the common language of international communication, science, scholarship and academia in Europe until well into the 18th century, when other regional vernaculars (including its own descendants, the Romance languages) supplanted it in common academic and political usage, and it eventually became a dead language in the modern linguistic definition. Latin is a fusional language, highly inflected language, with three distinct grammatical gender, genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter), six or seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports College
Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education. United Kingdom Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist schools programme, Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The programme enabled Secondary education#England, Wales and Northern Ireland, secondary schools to Specialist school, specialise in certain fields, in this case, Physical education, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully applied to the Specialist Schools Trust and became Sports Colleges received extra funding from this joint private sector and government scheme. Sports Colleges act as a local point of reference for other schools and businesses in the area, with an emphasis on promoting sports within the community. The Specialist Schools Programme ended in 2011 after the change of government. Despite this, schools can still become Sports Colleges through the Local government in England#Funding, Dedicated Schools Grant or Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Jones
Daniel Alan David Jones''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984–2005'' (born 12 March 1986) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who is one of the lead vocalists and the lead guitarist for pop-rock band McFly. Jones's fellow band members are Tom Fletcher (rhythm guitarist and vocals), Dougie Poynter (bass and vocals), and Harry Judd (drums). Jones is married to former Miss England, Georgia Horsley. McFly McFly rose to fame in 2004, partly due to their association with Busted; McFly supported Busted on their A Present for Everyone Tour. Jones met Fletcher when he auditioned for the "boy band" V (he mistakenly perceived V as similar in style to the future Busted). Fletcher, who was filming the auditions for Island Records, later approached Jones. The two conversed and discovered common interests, leading to a songwriting session between Fletcher, Jones and Busted's James Bourne. When they finished writing projects for Busted, Fletcher and Jones beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Ryan
Jenny Alexis Ryan (born 2 April 1982) is an English quizzer, singer and television personality, best known as one of the six chasers on the ITV game show '' The Chase''. In 2019, she competed in the ITV competition series, '' The X Factor: Celebrity'', in which she placed third. Career Ryan's first quiz show appearance was on ''University Challenge'', helping the University of Leeds to reach the semi-finals in 2003. She also appeared on ''Mastermind'' in 2006, choosing the American television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' as her specialist subject, and featured in both series of ''Are You an Egghead?'' in 2008 and 2009. She found success on ''Only Connect'' as a member of the team The Gamblers, who won the third series of the show in 2010. Additionally, she has made appearances on ''Fifteen to One'' and ''Weakest Link'', and worked as a QI Elf. Ryan wrote questions for game shows. She joined ''The Chase'' as a chaser in 2015, making her debut appearance on 2 September. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Madeley
Ruth Madeley (born 1987) is a British actress known for her roles in '' Years and Years'' and '' The Rook''. She was born with spina bifida and has worked with the charity Whizz-Kidz for much of her life. She was nominated for a television BAFTA in 2016 for her work in ''Don't Take My Baby''. Early life Madeley was born in Westhoughton, and was diagnosed with spina bifida six weeks before she was born. She has an older sister named Liz. Her father worked in customer services and her mother was a nurse. When Madeley was 5 years old, the charity Whizz-Kidz provided funding for a custom wheelchair for her. Madeley actively volunteered for Whizz-Kidz throughout her childhood and was part of the Kidz Board youth panel. As part of her work with Whizz-Kidz, at age 13, she visited Cherie Blair at 10 Downing Street to discuss fundraising and awareness. At age 14, she received another wheelchair from the charity. At age 13, while a student at Mount St. Joseph, Farnworth, she was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Mason (referee)
Lee Mason (born 29 October 1971) and biography: Official website. is a retired from , . From 2006 until 2021, Mason was on the list of |
Paul Mason (journalist)
Paul Mason (born 23 January 1960) is a British commentator and radio personality. He was Culture and Digital Editor of ''Channel 4 News'',Josh Hallida"BBC Newsnight's Paul Mason joins Channel 4 News" ''The Guardian'', 5 August 2013 becoming the programme's Economics Editor on 1 June 2014, a post he formerly held on BBC Two's ''Newsnight'' programme. He is the author of several books, and a visiting professor at the University of Wolverhampton. Early life and education Mason was born in Leigh, Lancashire.Paul Mason ''BBC '' His father, John Mason (1927–86), was a lorry driver for Ward & Goldstone Ltd. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hester
Edmund Dominic Hester (born 23 August 1967) is an English educator and former first-class cricketer. Hester was born at Radcliffe in August 1967. He was educated at Thornleigh Salesian College, before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1989, making five appearances. Playing as a left-arm medium pace bowler, he took 11 wickets at an average of 52.00 and with best figures of 4 for 100. After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolteacher. He is the current headmaster of Princethorpe College Princethorpe College is a Catholic independent day school located in Princethorpe, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Princethorpe College opened in September 1966 after the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSCs), purchased the site to use as .... References External links * 1967 births Living people People from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester Cricketers from Greater Manchester Sportspeople fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovejoy (novel Series)
''Lovejoy'' is a series of picaresque novels by John Grant (under the pen name Jonathan Gash) about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia. A less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue, Lovejoy has a reputation in the antiques trade as a "divvie", meaning one with an almost supernatural talent for recognising exceptional items as well as for distinguishing fakes or forgeries from genuine antiques. Lovejoy's first name is never mentioned in the books. In the TV series based on the novels, he insists on being addressed by all solely as "Lovejoy". Television adaptation ''Lovejoy'', a television adaptation of the books starring Ian McShane, aired from 1986 to 1994 for a total of 73 episodes in total. The first series, aired in 1986, adapted many plots and characters from the books, while new material created for the TV show was added from the second series onwards. Series * ''The Judas Pair ''The Judas Pair'' is a crime novel by Jonathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Grant (novelist)
John Grant (born 1933), professionally known under pen name Jonathan Gash, is a British doctor and writer, best known as the author of the Lovejoy series that was adapted to television by Ian La Frenais He has also written under the name of Graham Gaunt. Biography Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Grant was educated at St Peter and St Paul's Primary School, then Thornleigh College, before studying medicine and qualifying as a doctor. He served in the British Army, attaining the rank of Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and has also worked as a general practitioner and as a pathologist. Between 1971 and 1988 he was director of bacteriology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the University of London. Grant won the John Creasey Award in 1977 for his first Lovejoy novel, ''The Judas Pair''. He is also the author of a series of medical thrillers featuring the character Dr Clare Burtonall, and a novel, ''The Incomer'', as Graham Gaunt. He has also published wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badly Drawn Boy
Damon Michael Gough (born 2 October 1969), known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gough chose his stage name from a character in the show ''Sam and his Magic Ball'', which he saw on TV at a party in Trafford, Greater Manchester, in 1995. Before he thought of using this name he made some business cards, each one unique, with a printed picture of a drawing by his nephew and a small collage by Gough. A chance meeting with Andy Votel at the Generation X bar in Manchester, where Gough's friends Scott Abraham and Damon Hayhurst were contributing to an exhibition by the Space Monkey Clothing Company and Votel was DJing, led to the foundation of Twisted Nerve Records. In 2002, '' Q'' magazine named Badly Drawn Boy in their list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die", although this was as part of a sub-list of "5 Bands That Could Go Either Way" on account of Gough's tendency to talk and tell stories for extended period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Finch
Brian Finch (25 July 1936 – 27 June 2007) was a British television scriptwriter and dramatist. His longest relationship was with the ITV1 soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', for which he wrote 150 scripts between 1970 and 1989. He also helped the development of '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''The Tomorrow People'', and '' Heartbeat''. He contributed several episodes to the British detective programmes ''The Gentle Touch'', ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'', '' Bergerac'' and ''The Bill''. It was for his work as a writer on '' Goodnight Mr Tom'', a bittersweet drama starring John Thaw, for which he received a BAFTA. Early life and education Brian Finch was born in Standish, Lancashire, a descendant of Charles Dickens his father was a miner. He was educated at St. Joseph's School and then Thornleigh Salesian College. At 15 years old he was a cub reporter for the local evening newspaper Westhoughton Journal. Career His National Service was with the RAF at NATO's Fontai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
