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    The Workington Opera House, or The Opera as it was known, is a purpose built theatre located in Workington, Cumbria, England. Originally built as the Queen’s...
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    R Dixon Ltd Workington is home to three theatres: the Carnegie Theatre, Theatre Royal and Workington Opera House. In the past Workington was a big town...
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  • (now Hollywood Nightclub), Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, 1937 Workington Opera House, Workington, Cumbria, 1930 Bournemouth Daily Echo building, 1932 Immanuel...
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    Kathleen Ferrier (category 20th-century British women opera singers)
    winning the gold cup at the 1938 Workington Festival, Ferrier sang "Ma Curly-Headed Babby" in a concert at Workington Opera House. Cecil McGivern, producer of...
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  • of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit in the House of Lords:...
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  • Speech), pneumonia. 1 October Wilf Billington, 93, English footballer (Workington, Blackburn Rovers). Eve Bunting, 94, Northern Irish-born American author...
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  • composer and bandleader (Jabula). Wilf Billington, 93, English footballer (Workington, Blackburn Rovers). Nikolai Bulgakov, 63, Russian football player (Iskra...
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    He did this legitimately in the Church of Our Lady and St Michael in Workington, Cumbria, where the underside of one of the seats in the choir stalls...
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  • the House of Lords (since 2008) (b. 1948). 17 January Jackie Fisher, English footballer (Millwall, Bournemouth) (b. 1925). Jennifer Toye, opera singer...
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    league, born 1957), rugby league footballer of the 1970s for Wigan, and Workington Town Jack Burke Sr. (John Burke, 1888–1943), American golfer Jack Burke...
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    2006 when Cumberland Pencils moved production from Keswick to Lillyhall, Workington, only the Derwent Pencil Museum remaining at the old site. At the beginning...
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    Barrow-in-Furness railway station provides connections to Whitehaven, Workington and Carlisle to the north, via the Cumbrian Coast Line, and to Ulverston...
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  • Jonathan Darlington (Hatfield) – conductor and Music Director of Vancouver Opera Howard Davies (Cuths) -– theatre and television director Bryan Ferry – Roxy...
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  • re-occurring guests, including decorator/publisher Lynda Colville-Reeves (of House & Home magazine), pediatrician Dr. Diane Sacks, psychic C.J. Johnson, cookbook...
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  • [PA430/6(1-4)] Workington Moss Bay Hill, design for a pair of houses & terrace type house, 1941 [PA437/10(1-9)] Solway terrace houses type A2, plans &...
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  • English-born Canadian physicist (b. 1922). Jack Vitty, English footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion) (b. 1923). Ian Wallace, ornithologist (b. 1933)...
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    civil engineering aspects. In May 2017, the Crosthwaites family, whose house is sited opposite the East Stand, launched legal proceedings in the form...
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    Carlisle Dalston Wigton Aspatria Maryport Flimby Workington Harrington Parton Whitehaven Corkickle St Bees Nethertown Braystones Sellafield Seascale Drigg...
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  • English footballer (Workington, Rotherham United) and football manager (Cardiff City). Sir Peter Jonas, 73, arts administrator and opera director. 23 April...
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  • of the Isthmian League, are elected to the Football League in place of Workington in the Fourth Division. 20 June Anglia Television broadcasts the fake...
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  • Singh, 76, Indian politician. Keith Skillen, 65, English footballer (Workington A.F.C.), motor neurone disease. William Stack, 76, British Olympic boxer...
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  • May – Tye Easington Colliery explosion leaves 83 people dead. 2 June – Workington F.C. are elected to the Football League in place of New Brighton A.F.C...
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  • businessman, CFO of Mytel, shot. Jack Vitty, 98, English footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion). Ian Wallace, 87, British ornithologist. Claude...
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  • silver medallist (1976). Harry Archer, 86, English rugby player (Workington RFC, Workington Town). Janet Arnott, 63, Canadian curler, world champion (1984)...
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    Coast at Beckfoot, Maryport, Burrow Walls (near to the present town of Workington) and Moresby (near to Whitehaven). These forts have Hadrianic inscriptions...
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  • influential composer who lived in Hotham Park house Hans Müller Veteran actor Victor Olaotan is dead Ex-Workington Comets star Taffy Owen dies Décès de l’ancien...
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  • Grand Council of Vaud. Garry Purdham, 31, English rugby league player (Workington Town), shot. Ri Je-gang, 80, North Korean politician, First Deputy Head...
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  • Weston-super-Mare, Winchester, Wigan, Winchester, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Workington, Worthing, Yeovil, St David's, Bangor, Newport, Aberaeron, Aberavon, Aberbargoed...
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  • American physicist. Harry Beverley, 74, English rugby league player (Workington Town, Fulham RLFC, national team). Melanie Clark Pullen, 46, Irish actress...
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  • team), COVID-19. Gerard Stokes, 65, New Zealand rugby league player (Workington Town, national team) and coach (Canterbury Bulls), brain cancer. Sudjati...
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