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The hotel was named the Westward Ho!-tel, and the adjacent villas were also named after the book. As further development took place, the expanding settlement also acquired the name of Westward Ho! [3] [4] The exclamation mark is therefore an intentional part of the village's name. It is the only such place name in the British Isles; [5] Saint ...
[1] [2] "Ho!" is an interjection or a call to attract passengers, without a specific meaning besides "hey!" or "come!" [3] The title is also a nod towards the play Westward Ho!, written by John Webster and Thomas Dekker in 1604, which satirised the perils of the westward expansion of London. [1] The full title of Kingsley's novel is Westward Ho!
Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (also known as Westward Ho) is a 20-by-30-foot (6.1 m × 9.1 m) painted mural displayed behind the western staircase of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol Building.
Westward Ho!, a silent film based on the novel of the same name; Westward Ho, starring John Wayne; Westward Ho!, a British public information film; Westward Ho, one in a series of western films known as The Three Mesquiteers
"Worstward Ho" is a work of prose by Samuel Beckett. Its title is a parody of Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho!. Written in English in 1983, it is the penultimate novella by Beckett. In 2001 a water artwork has been installed by Job Koelewijn in the Westersingel, Rotterdam titled Formule B.
European Voluntary Workers (EVW) was the collective name given to continental Europeans invited by the British government to work in the UK in the immediate Post-World War II period, to help people who have become homeless during the war and to support labor shortages in industry.
Westward Ho (or Ho!, or Hoe) is an early Jacobean-era stage play, a satire and city comedy by Thomas Dekker and John Webster that was first performed circa 1604. It had an unusual impact in that it inspired Ben Jonson , George Chapman and John Marston to respond to it by writing Eastward Ho , the famously controversial 1605 play that landed ...
The old signal box in use as the Westward Ho! bus station snack bar. Westward Ho! had two platforms of 320 feet length and one foot above rail level, [4] platform lighting, a passing loop of 8 chains allowing three coach trains to pass, [4] a ticket office with waiting rooms and toilet, an 8-lever signal box and a 2-lever ground frame; a waiting room, refreshment room, bookstall, level ...