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APT No.370 003/006 at Crewe Heritage Centre. Built by British Rail (BR) the 1970s and 1980s, this Class 370 Advanced Passenger Train (APT) is the only surviving APT-P set. Numbered 370 003/006, it is open at all times with an occasional cafe run from the original buffet car (selected days only).
Banking in the United Kingdom can be considered to have started in the Kingdom of England in the 17th century. The first activity in what later came to be known as banking was by goldsmiths who, after the dissolution of English monasteries by Henry VIII, began to accumulate significant stocks of gold.
Crewe (/ k r uː / ⓘ) is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England.At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120.
John Bowler, MBE (14 February 1937 – 16 February 2022) was an English businessman and the chairman of Crewe Alexandra Football Club.Elected chairman in 1988, he resigned in March 2021 following criticisms of him and the club in the Football Association's inquiry into sex abuse in English football.
After significant industrial growth, largely following the construction of the railway station which had opened in 1837, [2] Crewe became a municipal borough in 1877. [3] In this context, civic leaders decided to procure municipal buildings: the site chosen on the north side of Earle Street had been occupied by a row of commercial properties with an old corn exchange located behind them.
Crewe is a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,262 at the 2020 census. [3] History. This section needs additional citations for ...
Basford Hall Yard is a railway marshalling yard near the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England.The yard, which is 0.93 miles (1.5 km) south of Crewe railway station, was opened in 1901 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
Woolstanwood falls in the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, [7] which has been represented by Kieran Mullan since 2019, [8] after being represented by Laura Smith (2017–19), Edward Timpson (2008–17) and Gwyneth Dunwoody (1983–2008).