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TarBoush is a Mediterranean restaurant on Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood. [1] Alex Frane of Willamette Week wrote, "Housed in a vintage Victorian home, the Lebanese restaurant TarBoush caters to diners of all diets, with a broad menu of vegan , vegetarian and omnivore Middle Eastern dishes."
Thornhill stood for the Watford constituency in the parliamentary elections on 7 May 2015 as the Liberal Democrat candidate. She won 10,152 votes compared to the Labour candidate's 14,606 and the Conservative candidate's 24,400. On 21 October 2015, she was created a life peer as Baroness Thornhill, of Watford in the County of Hertfordshire. [9]
The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It operates the sub-brand of Lloyds No.1 bars, and 56 Wetherspoon hotels. [ 3 ] Wetherspoon is known for converting unconventional premises, such as former cinemas and banks, into pubs – part of its wider engagement with local history. [ 4 ]
A fez. The fez (Turkish: fes, Ottoman Turkish: فس, romanized: fes), also called tarboosh/tarboush (Arabic: طربوش, romanized: ṭarbūš), is a felt headdress in the shape of a short, cylindrical, peakless hat, usually red, typically with a black tassel attached to the top.
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Watford being drawn at home against Milton Keynes Dons. [88] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Plymouth Argyle. [89] On 28 August, Watford drew against the prior season's Premier League champions Manchester City in an away clash at the Etihad Stadium. [90] [91]
Watford General was formed at the foundation of the National Health Service utilising buildings which were formerly the Watford workhouse and, from 1929, Shrodells Public Assistance Institution. [2] The facility also incorporated the Peace Memorial Wing from 1965 when management of the Peace Memorial Hospital was transferred to the Shrodells site.
Watford tube station is the terminus of the Watford branch of the Metropolitan line. It is on the north-western part of the London Underground in Zone 7 and the next station towards south-east is Croxley .
Watford's first elected council was a local board established in 1850, prior to which the town had been administered by the parish vestries. [4] Such local boards were converted into urban district councils in 1894. Watford Urban District was granted borough status in 1922, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [5]