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The group was formed in 1966 in Weston-super-Mare, England, by lead guitarist, lead vocalist Des Henly (born 15 July 1947, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset) and bassist, vocalist Mario Ferrari (born 26 January 1947, Weston-super-Mare) under the name of 'The Balloons,' with Sean Mayes on piano, vocals (born 17 March 1945, Stone Allerton, Somerset) and Barry Pike on drums, vocals (born 7 November ...
The Grammar School for Girls, Weston-super-Mare Hugh Gibson, Barry Stevens, Harry Cowie, and Bill Smith. Belfast won 39–33 [112] 23 December 1963 Brownhills High School for Girls, Stoke-on-Trent, won 57-53 Hull Grammar School (boys) [113] A Hull contestant did not know that Ringo Starr was the drummer of The Beatles [115] 26 March 1964
BR Standard 3MT brings the train from Weston-super-Mare into Temple Meads in 1958, where a Castle class will take over to London [i] The route was from London Paddington to Bristol, along the Great Western Main Line, with a stop at Bath. It then proceeded along the Bristol–Exeter line to Weston-super-Mare. [1]
Weston-super-Mare is a tourist destination, with its long sandy beach, Helicopter Museum, [84] Weston Museum, Grand Pier and seasonal Wheel of Weston. [85] A 2009 survey by Visit England placed the Grand Pier in the top ten free attractions in England. [ 86 ]
Weston-super-Mare Pill Humber Boarding Boat: Prototype A-504 18-004 1970 1970–1983 Weston-super-Mare: On display at the RNLI Historic Lifeboat Collection within Chatham Historic Dockyard. A-505 18-005 1970 1970–1971 1972–1974 1975 1975–1987 Eastney Oban Eastney Humber (Boarding boat) 2018, At RW Davies, Saul Junction Marina undergoing ...
When the war ended, Bristol set up a separate helicopter division in the Weston-super-Mare factory, under helicopter pioneer Raoul Hafner. This facility was taken over by Westland in 1960. [1] Other post-war projects included Bristol Cars, which used pre-war BMW designs as the basis for the Bristol 400. [1]
The pier was authorised by the Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. xxx), and given an extension of time by the Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. cxciv). The pier with its original pavilion, prior to the 1930 fire
Weston Rhyn: GWR: 1960 Weston-on-Trent: Midland Railway: 1930 Weston-sub-Edge Halt: Great Western Railway: 1960 Weston-super-Mare (Ashcombe Road) Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway: 1940 Weston-super-Mare, Locking Road: Great Western Railway: 1964 Weston-under-Penyard Halt: GWR: 1964 Westward Ho! Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore ...