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    The I Avon Trophy was a non-championship Grand Prix which was held at the Castle Combe Circuit on 1 October 1955, three weeks after the end of the season...
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    Gold Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 24 September 1955 at the Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire. The race was run over 54 laps of the...
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    The 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix was a Formula One race, held on 23 October at the Syracuse Circuit in Sicily. The race was won by Tony Brooks, in his first...
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  • season. In 1920 the club was renamed Melksham & Avon United as a result of their new ground being owned by Avon Rubber, before reverting to their original...
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    1955 Formula One season Drivers' Champion: Juan Manuel Fangio Previous 1954 Next 1956 Races by country Races by venue The 1955 Formula One season was the...
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  • The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May and June of most years since its inaugural...
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  • of the 306th Bombardment Wing, MacDill AFB, Florida, breaks up over the Avon Park, Florida bombing range. 27 March A United States Air Force Douglas C-124C...
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    Bristol (category River Avon, Bristol)
    West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north...
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    HarperCollins (redirect from Avon Eos)
    HarperNonFiction Thorsons Pavilion Books William Collins William Morrow Avon Avon Red Avon Romance Mischief (digital imprint) Custom House (since 2015, led by...
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    S. market the benefits of a bypass engine over the existing Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet. In 1959 the gas generator of the J79 was developed as a stationary...
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  • Bristol City F.C. (category EFL Trophy winners)
    Ashton Gate Stadium in the south-west of Bristol, just south of the River Avon, since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ground currently has an all-seated...
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    eventual Heisman Trophy winner, Doug Flutie, and over Penn State for the Mountaineers' first defeat of the Nittany Lions since 1955. The 1987 season marked...
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    with Googie Withers appearing as his mother at Stratford on Avon. At the Apollo in June 1955 he played Hector in Tiger at the Gates, appearing in the same...
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    Cathedral twice in its history. William Shakespeare, from nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, may have witnessed plays in Coventry during his boyhood or 'teens', and...
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    annually from 1955 to 2012, with the 1993 addition of the Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy being awarded to the victor. The significance of the trophy resides in...
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    Roland Beamont (category Britannia Trophy winners)
    1956. In 1955 Beamont was appointed flight operations manager. On 4 April 1957 Beamont made the first flight of the P.1B (XA847, fitted with Avon engines)...
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    "Jewel and Serena Williams Help the Avon Foundation Raise Millions for the Fight Against Breast Cancer". Avon. Avon Products, Inc. October 15, 2003. Archived...
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  • Stocks, Scramblers, Road Warriors, Legends, Bandoleros Avon Park Rotary Legends Challenge Florida Avon Park 0.25 miles (0.40 km) Oval INEX Legends, Bandoleros...
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    withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2010 season. Michelin, Cooper Avon and Pirelli showed interest in taking over the role of tyre partner and supplier...
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  • won seven limited overs trophies, notably a 'double double' in 1999 and 2000 (both the Benson and Hedges Cup and the C&G Trophy in both seasons), and the...
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    Taylor Adams (category Copeland Trophy winners)
    McKay, Ben (4 April 2019). "Adams fit for Pies AFL grand final rematch". Avon Advocate. The 25-year-old was the Magpies' best on grand final day, finishing...
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    Murray, Charles Shaar (1981). Bowie: An Illustrated Record. New York City: Avon. ISBN 978-0-380-77966-6. Clerc, Benoît (2021). David Bowie All the Songs:...
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    engines out of production but generating a significant demand for spares Avon (1951), Conway (1960), Dart (1953), Olympus 593 (1976), RB211-22B (1972)...
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    28-match winning streak in the straight-sets final. At the winter series-ending Avon Championships in March, King defeated Virginia Wade in her first round robin...
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  • Jones won the 1984 Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship at Stratford-on-Avon, beating Peter Butler and Ross Whitehead by 3 strokes and winning £3,000...
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    1961 Alveston cutlery, named after his home village, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Alveston cutlery won a Design Council Award in 1965. 1961-4 Alveston tea...
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  • Bitton A.F.C. (category Bristol and Avon Association Football League)
    2007–08 Bristol & District League Division Three champions 1955–56 Gloucestershire Challenge Trophy Winners 2007–08, 2008–09 Gloucestershire Senior Amateur...
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  • Company premiered The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1998. The novel was adapted as a musical production by Adrian Mitchell...
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  • Tokyo Japan Asia $2,000,000 4 February 7 WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Hard (i) Saint Petersburg Russia Europe $600,000 10 April 4 WTA 500 Charleston...
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    durability, equipment and reliability. Each overall victor is presented with a trophy bearing the event's emblem and the logo of the ACO commissioned by the sporting...
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