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Harrogate Ladies' College
Harrogate Ladies' College is a private boarding and day school located in the town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a girls' senior school in 1893, the college includes Highfield Prep School and educates girls from ages 2 to 18 and boys up to age 11. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association and Allied Schools. History The original Harrogate College was a boys' school. Its headmaster, George Mearns Savery, opened a girls' school in 1893, and developed it in collaboration with headmistress Elizabeth Wilhelmina Jones. The boys' school closed after Savery's death in 1903 and the girls' school initially kept the name of Harrogate College. In 1904, the girls' school moved into the present accommodation on the west side of Harrogate. In 1907 the school acquired a panel by sculptor Frances Darlington, depicting ''Sir Perceval's Vision of the Holy Grail'' which was fixed above the fireplace in the reading room. From 1939 to 1945, the school was evacuated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Schools In The United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, private schools (also called independent schools) are schools that require fees for admission and enrolment. Some have financial endowments, most are governed by a board of governors, and are owned by a mixture of corporations, trusts and private individuals. They are independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to State-funded schools (England), state-funded schools. For example, the schools do not have to follow the National Curriculum for England, although many such schools do. Historically, the term ''private school'' referred to a school in private ownership, in contrast to an Financial endowment, endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older independent schools catering for the 13–18 age range in England and Wales are known as Public school (United Kingdom), public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term ''public school'' meant they were then open to pupils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wensleydale
Wensleydale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines. The Dale (landform), dale is named after the village of Wensley, North Yorkshire, Wensley, formerly the valley's market town. The principal river of the valley is the River Ure, Ure, which is the source of the alternative name Yoredale. The majority of the dale is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park; the part below East Witton is within the National Landscape, national landscape of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Nidderdale. Addlebrough, at , dominates the landscape of the upper dale, and Penhill, at , is prominent in the lower dale. The dale lends its name to the Yoredale Series, Yoredale Group of Carboniferous rocks. The dale is famous for Wensleydale cheese, its cheese, with the main commercial production at Hawes. History At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Wensley included two berewicks [a portion of farmland], "one of 4 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottie McGuinness
Charlotte McGuinness (born 2001/2002) is a para powerlifter, who competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Career McGuinness started competing in swimming, having been inspired by the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She was encouraged by Ellie Simmonds to attend the World Dwarf Games. McGuinness took up Paralympic powerlifting in 2019; initially, she could lift . During the COVID-19 pandemic, McGuinness built a gym in a barn next to her home in the Yorkshire Dales. At the 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup, she came third overall and second in the junior event, lifting . In 2023, McGuinness won a silver medal at the World Cup. That year, McGuinness competed at the 2023 World Para Powerlifting Championships, finishing ninth. At the 2024 World Cup event in Tbilisi, McGuinness came fifth with a personal best lift of . Following the event, she qualified for the under-55kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. At the Games, she finished fourth with a best lift of . Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Hickling
Grace Hickling (10 August 1908 – 30 December 1986) was an English ornithologist and naturalist known for studying wildlife on the Farne Islands, in the North Sea off the Northumberland coast. Early life and education Hickling was the only daughter of Adam and Grace Anne Watt, her father being an engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne. She attended Harrogate Ladies' College, and after a period at Armstrong College in Newcastle, studied mathematics and geography at Newnham College, Cambridge from 1928 to 1931. Career Hickling embarked on a teaching career, but was called up to work as an intelligence officer on 1 September 1939, a few days prior to Britain's entry into World War II. Based at the regional war room in Newcastle upon Tyne, she was originally offered the standard salary of £400, until it was discovered that she was a woman and her pay was cut by £100. While working as an intelligence officer, she met Russell Goddard, the curator of the Hancock Museum, who first inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Candlish Henderson
Elspeth Candlish Green (née Henderson; 16 June 1913 – 24 August 2006) was an NCO and officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). She was a plotter during the Battle of Britain, serving at Biggin Hill where she won the Military Medal for her bravery during repeated air raids. After the war, she worked for the British Council and the first Edinburgh International Festival. Early life She was born on 16 June 1913. Her father was Robert Candlish Henderson (1874–1964), the professor of Scots law at Edinburgh University. She was educated at the private school of St. Denis in Edinburgh and then the Harrogate Ladies' College. She then travelled in Ceylon and Europe where she became fluent in French and German. Second World War During the Second World War, she initially worked for the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) as a driver and first aider. In January 1940, she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, was given two weeks of training as a plotter, and then posted to RA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire King
Jayne Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed; 10 January 1962) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' since 1989, and as Karen Betts in '' Bad Girls'' from 2000 until 2004. She has appeared in the fourth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2006, '' Safari School'' in 2007, and ''Celebrity Big Brother 14'' in 2014. She also played Erica Holroyd in ''Coronation Street'' from 2014 until 2017. Early life and early career King grew up in Harrogate with her brother and sister. King attended Harrogate Ladies College, and as a punk chose a career in the music business, as a disc jockey in a Leeds nightclub. She then managed, sang and played keyboards in the Alternative Pop group ''Fidei'' and later ''To Be Continued'' as lead singer. Career In 1987, King played a role in the film ''Eat the Rich''. In 1988, King appeared in an episode of ''Wish Me Luck'' as a cinema usherette. In 1989, she appeared in the film ''Cold Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joolz Denby
Joolz Denby (born Julianne Mumford, 9 April 1955) is an English poet, novelist, artist and tattooist based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Early life Born to an Army family at Colchester Barracks in Essex, England, Julianne Mumford moved with her parents to Harrogate, North Yorkshire at age 11. While a pupil at Private School Harrogate Ladies' College, she started to hang around with local bikers at age 15, although she was more interested in the mechanical side of motorcycles than becoming a 'biker-chick'. In 1975, at age 19, she married Kenneth Denby, who wanted to be a "prospect" or probationary member of the Bradford chapter of the Satans Slaves Motorcycle Club. In an interview with the BBC in 2005, she described her time as a Satan's Slave associate thus: "It was very difficult. We didn't have a very good relationship with the police. If anything happened you knew you would immediately get the blame. There were only certain places you could go. We had a lot of power on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Carr (Rita Brunstrom)
Jane Carr (born Dorothy Henrietta Brunstrom; 1 August 1909 – 29 September 1957) was the stage name of English stage and film actress Rita Brunstrom. Biography Born in the Northumberland seaside town of Whitley Bay, Carr attended Harrogate Ladies College. Her first husband was James Bickley, a civil engineer, the eldest son of a farmer and wheelwright, born on 4 October 1896 at Wythall, Warwickshire, to whom she was married on 14 September 1931 at the Register Office, Marylebone, London. According to ''The Times'' dated 2 December 1936, Jane was engaged to Major A. J. S. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O., M.C., the only son of Colonel and Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh of The Hermitage, Powick, Worcester. However she subsequently married John Donaldson-Hudson, the grandson of Charles Donaldson-Hudson, from Cheswardine Hall, Shropshire on 7 January 1943 at the Registry Office, Westminster. John Donaldson-Hudson was one of the partners in John Logie Baird Ltd, and Jane Carr's face appeared a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Burnford
Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (11 May 1916 – 20 April 1984) was a Scottish writer. She is best known for her novel '' The Incredible Journey'' about two dogs and a cat traveling through the Canadian wilderness. Life and work Burnford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and lived in Ayrshire during her teenage years. She attended St. George's School, Edinburgh, and Harrogate Ladies College. She also attended schools in France and Germany. In 1941 she married Dr. David Burnford, with whom she had three children. During World War II, Burnford worked as a volunteer ambulance driver. In 1951 she emigrated to Canada, settling in Port Arthur, Ontario. Burnford is best remembered for '' The Incredible Journey'', published by Hodder & Stoughton with illustrations by Carl Burger in 1960. The story of three animal pets traveling in the wilderness won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award in 1963 and the ALA Aurianne Award in 1963 as the best b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genevieve Barr
Genevieve Barr (born 12 December 1985)Dehn, Georgia ', 24 June 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2010. is an English actress and writer of stage and screen. She played the lead role in the BBC award-winning series ''The Silence''. Having grown up speaking orally, Barr learned sign language for this role. Further credits include roles playing psychopathic Lisa in '' Shameless'', BAFTA award-winning '' The Fades'', ITV's '' True Love'' alongside Jane Horrocks, ''Call the Midwife'', ITV's '' Liar'', BBC's ''Press'' and the Netflix film ''Been So Long''. Personal life Barr was born deaf into a hearing family with no hereditary record of deafness,Press Packs: The Silence: Genevieve Barr (Amelia) 7 July 2010, www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2010. and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst (; Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the women's suffrage, right to vote in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Great Britain and Ireland. In 1999, ''Time (magazine), Time'' named her as one of the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating that "she shaped an idea of objects for our time" and "shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back". She was widely criticised for her militant tactics, and historians disagree about their effectiveness, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. Born in the Moss Side district of Manchester to politically active parents, Pankhurst was 16 when she was introduced to the women's suffrage movement. She founded and became involved with the Women's Franch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English Reform movement, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night. Recent commentators have asserted that Nightingale's Crimean War achievements were exaggerated by the media at the time, but critics agree on the importance of her later work in professionalising nursing roles for women. In 1860, she laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
