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Edward George White (21 August 1910 – 1994) was a British composer of light music, [1] whose compositions including "The Runaway Rocking-Horse" (1946), "Paris Interlude" (1952), "Puffin' Billy" (1952) and the signature tune for The Telegoons (1963), became familiar as radio and television theme tunes.
Puffing Billy Tournament, a board game convention focusing on train games; Puffin' Billy, a famous piece of light music by Edward White; Puffing Billy, military jargon for the M67 Immersion Heater; Puffing Billy, a short lived comic strip in The Beano about a fat boy called Billy; Puffing Billy, a vacuum cleaner constructed by Hubert Cecil Booth
Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, [1] [2] constructed in 1813–1814 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United Kingdom.
In September 2014, a full-scale replica of Percy was built which is also a dummy unit. Before Percy's introduction, Thomas' original face was replaced in April 2014 with an animatronic CGI -style face allowing the mouth to open and close and speak pre-recorded dialogue through a voice speaker . [ 24 ]
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Until a thorough examination of Wylam Dilly and Puffing Billy was undertaken in 2008, it was thought that Wylam Dilly was the oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world. The research results, released in late 2008, showed that Wylam Dilly was built after Puffing Billy , incorporating improvements on the locomotive's design that were not ...
A handcuffed inmate whose fatal beating by correctional officers last year sparked outrage died by homicide, according to findings of an autopsy report a lawyer for the man's family shared Wednesday.
Clematis Puffing Billy Railway station Clematis station and platform, January 2022. General information Coordinates 37°55′42″S 145°25′25″E / 37.92831°S 145.42354°E / -37.92831; 145.42354 Line(s) Gembrook Distance 49.77 km (30.93 mi) from Flinders Street Platforms 1 Tracks 2 Other information Status Unstaffed History Previous names Paradise Valley; Paradise Services ...