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René Cutforth
René Cutforth (6 February 1909 - 1 April 1984) was a British journalist, television and radio broadcaster and writer. Early life Reynolds Cutforth was born at Swadlincote, Derbyshire on 6 February 1909, and spent his childhood in Woodville, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire. He received his formal education at Denstone College, which he entered in September 1922. His first job was a clerk with the Midland Bank. In World War II he saw active service as a commissioned officer with the British Army in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and fought in the Western Desert Campaign, where he was taken prisoner of war in 1941, spending the remainder of the war in prisoner of war camps in Italy and Germany, Broadcasting career He joined the British Broadcasting Corporation on return to England in 1946, and became a well known broadcaster and travelled the world as a BBC correspondent. He reported on the Korean War. During his television broadcast career he wrote and produced several documentary seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swadlincote
Swadlincote is a historic mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It lies within The National Forest (England), The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, southeast of Burton upon Trent and north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and southwest of Derby. It covers the suburban areas of Church Gresley, Goseley, Midway, Newhall, Derbyshire, Newhall, Oversetts and Woodville, Derbyshire, Woodville and had a population of 34,576 at the 2021 census. History Swadlincote's name is derived from the Old English ', ' being a man's name and ' meaning cottages. Past forms of the name include Sivardingescote and Swartlincote.Lysons & Lysons, 1817, pp. 165–172. Local residents sometimes shorten its name to "Swad". The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded Swadlincote as a small Manorialism, manor. It was part of the parish of Gresley (latterly Church Gresley) until the 19th century.Lewis, 1848, pp. 280–283.Lewis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
