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Godley
Godley may refer to: People * Adam Godley (born 1964), British actor * Alfred Denis Godley, known as A. D. Godley (1856–1925), English classical scholar and author of light verse * Alexander Godley (1867–1957), British Army General with the New Zealand and Australian Division at Gallipoli; cousin of the 1st Baron Kilbracken * Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken (1847–1932), British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India; cousin of Alexander Godley * Bill Godley (1879–unknown), English footballer * Charlotte Godley (1821–1907) was a New Zealand letter-writer and community leader; mother of Arthur Godley * Eric Godley (1919–2010), New Zealand botanist and biographer * G. McMurtrie Godley (1917–1999), U.S. Ambassador to Laos and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs * George Godley (1857–1941), British police officer involved in the hunt for Jack the Ripper in 1888 * Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken (1877–1950), Irish nobleman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janey Godley
Jane Godley Currie (20 January 1961 – 2 November 2024), known professionally as Janey Godley, was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress, writer and political activist. She began her stand-up career in 1994, and won various awards for her comedy in the 2000s. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she made a series of voice over clips of politicians and other well known personalities. The following year, she was dropped from a pantomime performance of ''Beauty and the Beast'' after a series of controversial racist tweets emerged, for which Godley later apologised. She was later diagnosed with ovarian cancer, from which she died in 2024. Early life Godley was born Jane Godley Currie, in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, on 20 January 1961. The youngest of four children born to Annie and Jim Currie, she was raised on Kenmore Street in Shettleston, a district in the Glasgow#East End, East End of Glasgow, and attended Eastbank Academy. Living in poverty, which was rife in the East End durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Godley
Adam N. Godley (born 22 July 1964) is an English actor. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards and four Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances on the New York and London stages, including ''Private Lives'' in 2001, '' The Pillowman'' in 2002, '' Anything Goes'' in 2011, and '' The Lehman Trilogy'' in 2019. He made his Broadway debut in 2002 in a revival of Noël Coward's ''Private Lives'', for which he earned a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway debut. In 2011, he returned to Broadway in the musical '' Anything Goes'' for which he earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. In 2021, '' The Lehman Trilogy'' made its Broadway transfer to great critical acclaim, and securing Godley another Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play. Godley's film roles include ''Love Actually'' (2003), ''Nanny McPhee'' (2005), '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), '' Elizabeth: The Golden Age'' (2007), and '' The Theory of Everything'' (2014). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynne Godley
Wynne Godley (26 September 192613 May 2010) was an economist famous for his pessimism about the British economy and his criticism of the British government. In 2007, he and Marc Lavoie wrote a book about the " Stock-Flow Consistent" model, an analysis that predicted the 2008 financial crisis. Dirk Bezemer argues that Godley was notable for predicting the nature of the Great Recession of the late 2000s well in advance, and for doing so on the basis of a formal model. Life Godley was born in London to Hugh Godley, 2nd Baron Kilbracken and his wife Elizabeth Usborn. He was born six years after his older brother, John who was to become John Godley, 3rd Baron Kilbracken. Godley attended Sandroyd School in Wiltshire before attending Rugby School then read politics, philosophy and economics at New College, Oxford where Isaiah Berlin and Philip Andrews, one of the main economists of the Oxford Economic Research Group, were two of his most important mentors. Godley trained to beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changing Faces – The Very Best Of 10cc And Godley & Creme
''Changing Faces – The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme'' is a compilation album that included the hits of 10cc and Godley & Creme, the first album to include both bands. Release and reception The album featured 16 tracks including a newly remixed version of "Snack Attack" by Godley & Creme, that originally featured on their 1981 album '' Ismism''. The track was also issued as a single with an edit of "Wet Rubber Soup" from '' The History Mix Volume 1'' (1985) on the B-side. The single failed to chart. The album was very successful in the UK reaching No.4 and achieving platinum status for selling over 300,000 copies. It was also the catalyst to Polydor conducting market research to see if the public would welcome a new album from the band which eventually resulted in '' ...Meanwhile'' (1992). The cover The cover featured a composite of all the band's faces placed on top of each other - a reference to the famous morphing video for Godley & Creme's " Cry" single from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley & Creme
Godley & Creme were an English rock duo formally established in Manchester in 1977 by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing music as a duo after their departure from the rock band 10cc. In 1979, they directed their first music video for their single " An Englishman in New York". After this, they became involved in the production of videos for artists such as Ultravox, the Police, Yes, Duran Duran, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Huey Lewis and the News and Wang Chung, as well as directing the groundbreaking video for their 1985 single " Cry". The duo split at the end of the 1980s. Both have since been involved in music videos, TV commercials, and sporadic music projects. History Early years and 10cc Kevin Godley and Lol Creme met in the late 1950s and for a brief time were in an amateur band together. In the early 1960s they joined white R&B combo The Sabres (The Magic Lanterns) together. Though they played in different bands, with Godley briefly in The Mockingbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley, Texas
Godley is a city in northwestern Johnson County, Texas, United States, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is on Texas State Highway 171, Farm Roads 2331 and 917, and the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway northwest of Cleburne. The population was 1,450 in 2020, up from 1,009 in 2010. History Godley was established in 1886 and named for R. B. Godley, a Cleburne lumber merchant who donated an tract for a townsite and of land as a right-of-way to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. A station was constructed in 1886. By 1888, when the post office opened, Godley had a gristmill, three cotton gins, and two dairy-processing plants. Four years later it had two general stores. By the mid-1920s, the population was 613. In 1930 it was 378, and twenty-two rated businesses operated locally. In the 1940s, the town had a population of 317 and twenty businesses. By 1956, it had a population of 424 and sixteen businesses, and by 1990 it had 569 people and twelve bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley Independent School District
Godley Independent School District is a public school district based in Godley, Texas (USA). In 2010, the school district was rated " Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. SchoolsGodley High School(Grades 9-12)Godley Middle School(Grades 7-8)Godley 6th Grade Campus(Grade 6)Legacy Elementary School(Grades K-5)Pleasant View Elementary(Grades PK-5)RB Godley Elementary(Grades PK-5)LINKS Academy(ALT School) Students Academics Local region and statewide averages on standardized tests typically exceed the average scores of students in Godley. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 70% of students in Godley ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas. The average SAT The SAT ( ) is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Since its debut in 1926, its name and Test score, scoring have changed several times. For much of its history, it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley, Illinois
Godley is a village in Grundy and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 566 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Godley has a total area of , of which (or 99.91%) is land and (or 0.09%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 566 people, 281 households, and 189 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 239 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 91.17% White, 0.88% African American, 0.53% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.12% from other races, and 5.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.59% of the population. There were 281 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.64% were married couples living together, 21.71% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.74% were non-families. 26.33% of all households were made up of indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley Hundred
Godley was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. Egham, Thorpe, Chertsey and Chobham are all mentioned in the Chertsey Abbey charter of 673 AD due to a donation by Frithuwold. Chobham manor needed to be large to have a reasonable economic importance as it covered very poor quality heathland. Most of the population of the hundred would have settled on the more fertile alluvial soil bordering the River Thames. Godley appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Godelie''. Godley was a hundred (these are not marked on the Surrey map, which shows only Domesday manors) an administrative area, where local leaders met about once a month. It included the manors of Chobham, Egham, Thorpe, Chertsey, Pyrford and Byfleet. Pyrford is within the Godley hundred but unusually lies within the Woking parish. The hundred was probably bounded to the west by the River Blackwater and to the north by the River Thames. To the north was the Land of '' Sunningas''; to the south Woking (hundred) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley Reservoir
The Godley Reservoir is a reservoir in Godley, Greater Manchester, Godley, Hyde, Greater Manchester, Hyde, Greater Manchester. It was completed in 1851, as a critical part of the Longdendale Chain project that brings fresh water to Manchester. The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. cciii) gave permission for the construction of the Woodhead Reservoir, Woodhead, Hollingworth Reservoir, Hollingworth and Arnfield Reservoir, Arnfield reservoirs, and the construction of a masonry aqueduct to convey drinking water from Arnfield and Hollingworth to a service reservoir at Godley. Water was captured from the River Etherow and stored in the great reservoirs and then flowed through the six-foot bore Mottram Tunnel to Godley. At Godley the water was filtered by passing it through straining frames made of oak and fine wires. It was Water chlorination, chlorinated to remove bacteria and then entered Manchester's water distribution network. This method was successfully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley Railway Station
Godley railway station serves the Godley area of Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. It is east of Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchest ... on the Manchester-Glossop Line. It was built to replace the original Godley Junction station. It is placed above a bridge, hence the narrow platforms. Unlike most stations built on the line (with the exception of Flowery Field), it is built on wooden stilts, unlike the stone platforms built for the Woodhead Line. Services There is a half-hourly daily service (including Sundays) to Manchester Piccadilly and Hadfield, with an hourly service in the evenings and extra trains during the weekday business peaks. Additionally the 17:26 service from Hadfield to Piccadilly is the only service not to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godley East Railway Station
Godley East was a railway station on the Woodhead Line; it served the Godley area of Hyde, in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. Early history On 17 November 1841, Godley was the temporary terminus of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway's (SAuLMR) Woodhead Line from Manchester Store Street. The station was located close to the Hyde and Mottram Road and was sometimes referred to as ''Godley Toll Bar''. It closed on 11 December 1842 when the line was extended to . A permanent station was opened after the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) opened the Stockport, Timperley and Altrincham Junction Railway as far as on 1 February 1866 and the SAuLMR, by now renamed the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), opened a line from to Godley via Apethorne Junction. The station, which was named ''Godley Junction'', had four platform faces: two on the Manchester line and two on the CLC route. The CLC platforms were only ever used lightly. The stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
