Whittle may refer to:
Crafts
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Whittling
Whittling may refer either to the art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife or a time-occupying, non-artistic (contrast wood carving for artistic process) process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood. It is used by many as ...
, the carving of wood with a knife
People
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Whittle (name) Whittle is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alasdair Whittle, British archaeologist specialising in the Neolithic
* Albert Whittle (1877–1917), English cricketer
*Alex Whittle (born 1993), English footballer
*Bill Wh ...
, a surname, and a list of people with the name
Places
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Whittle, Kentucky
Whittle is an unincorporated community located in Russell County, Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. I ...
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Whittle, Derbyshire, a hamlet near
Glossop
Glossop is a market town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is located east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of the county town, Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manches ...
, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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Whittle-le-Woods
Whittle-le-Woods (commonly shortened to Whittle) is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 5,434.
Whittle-le-Woods lie ...
, a village in Lancashire
Companies
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Whittle Shortline
Wooden toy trains are toy trains that run on a wooden track system with grooves to guide the wheels of the rolling stock. While the trains, tracks and scenery accessories are made mainly of wood, the engines and cars connect to each other usin ...
US toy company
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Whittles
Whittles is a coach tour operator based in Kidderminster, England.
History
Whittles was founded in 1926 in Highley taking miners to and from villages to the coal pits, and hauling coal in between shift changes. The founder was J. T. Whittle, an ...
, a bus company in England
TV shows
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Whittle (game show)
''Everybody's Equal'' is a game show that originally aired on ITV from 7 June 1989 to 22 July 1991 and hosted by Chris Tarrant. It was later revived under the name ''Whittle'' and aired on Channel 5 from 31 March to 30 December 1997 with Tim V ...
short-lived UK gameshow from 1997
Aviation
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Gloster Whittle the first British jet aircraft
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Whittle Unit jet engine
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Whittle W1 jet engine
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Whittle W2 jet engine
See also
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Justice Whittle (disambiguation)
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