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Coordinates. 51°30′48.6″N 0°13′38.5″W. / 51.513500°N 0.227361°W / 51.513500; -0.227361. Opened. 1927. Closed. 1984. White City Greyhounds was the greyhound racing operation held at White City Stadium in London. The venue was regarded as the sport's primary track during its existence.
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( / ˈboʊi / BOH-ee ), [1] was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during ...
Black Shirts Gang (BSG)– London, Ontario based Neo-Nazi group; The Base – International Neo-Nazi white supremacist group; The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan – A branch of the KKK operating in Canada. West End Gang; White Aryan Resistance (WAR) – began recruiting and created chapters in Canada with operation Maple leaf in 1993.
Alfred Henry White (1887–1942), better known as Big Alf White, was an English gangster, who headed the White Family street gang. Biography [ edit ] He was born in Copenhagen Street, Islington , London, to Alfred White, a drinking club proprietor, and Victoria Bayford.
Rock (confectionery) Rock (often known by its place of origin, for instance Blackpool rock or Brighton rock) is a type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint or spearmint. It is commonly sold at tourist (usually seaside) resorts in the United Kingdom (such as Brighton, Southend-on-Sea, Scarborough ...
Dark grey clays and light grey shelly clays overlay the yellow-brown weathering sands of the Upnor Formation. The chalk basin has been infilled with a sequence of clays and sands of the more recent Paleogene Period, then Neogene Period (1.6 to 66.4 million years old). Most significant is the stiff, grey-blue London Clay, a marine deposit which ...
Rock Against Racism (RAR) was a political and cultural movement which emerged in 1976 in reaction to a rise in racist attacks on the streets of the United Kingdom and increasing support for the far-right National Front at the ballot box. Between 1976 and 1982, RAR activists organised national carnivals and tours, as well as local gigs and clubs ...
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they became one of the most culturally influential acts in popular music. The band initiated the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspired many later punk, post-punk and alternative rock musicians ...