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John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1 , broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.
Headstone of John Peel in the churchyard of St Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, UK. Peel was born at Park End, near Caldbeck, Cumberland; his family moved a short time after to the Greenrigg farm. [1] He was baptised on 24 September 1777, but most sources suggest he was born the previous year. Peel married in 1797 to Mary White. [1]
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The Peel Memorial is a public statue by Edward Hodges Baily, ... including Baily, Carlo Marochetti, John Henry Foley and William Calder Marshall. [10]
The Peel Monument in August 2022. The Peel Monument at Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, England, is one of two monuments in the area erected in memory of Prime Minister and founder of the police force Robert Peel, who was born in Bury. [1] [2] It is on Harcles Hill near Ramsbottom, 1100 feet (335 metres) above sea level. [3]
Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis has revealed that the John Peel Stage has been renamed after almost 20 years.. The news arrives at the same time as the remaining headliners for the 2023 festival were ...
Elton John knows how he wants to be best remembered after he dies.. As he was honored as TIME's Icon of the Year, the singer, 77, reflected on fatherhood and how his role as a dad is his most ...
John Peel (born 1954) is a British writer, best known for his TV series tie-in novels and novelisations. He has written under several pseudonyms, including "John Vincent" and "Nicholas Adams". He lives on Long Island, New York. While his wife is a US citizen, Peel continues to travel under a British passport.