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Africa Hinterland was an overland travel company set up in the UK in the early 1980s to smuggle arms into South Africa for the military struggle against the apartheid system. It was founded by exiled members of the African National Congress and made over 40 trips into South Africa by truck, carrying up to a ton of weapons on each trip hidden in ...
A branch in Castleford in 'Wilkinson' branding in 2010 Interior of a Wilko branch in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The first Wilkinson store was opened by James Kemsey Wilkinson and his fiancee Mary Cooper at 151 Charnwood Street, Leicester in 1930, and a second store was opened in Wigston Magna, near Leicester, in 1932. Nine branches were ...
African textiles also have significance as historical documents, offering perspectives in cases where written historical accounts are unavailable: "History in Africa may be read, told and recorded in cloth." [33] Western African demand for cotton textiles fueled early South-South exchange during colonial times. [34]
An illustration of how to darn linen, from the Encyclopedia of Needlework (1884) by Thérèse de Dillmont. A French armoire with home linens arranged in a traditional manner, with embroidered dust covers over the shelves. The earliest known household linens were made from thin yarn spun from flax fibres to make linen cloth.
Boyoma Falls (Swahili: Maporomoko ya Maji ya Boyoma, French: chutes de Boyoma, Dutch: Boyomawatervallen), [2] formerly known as Stanley Falls (French: Chutes Stanley; Dutch: Stanleywatervallen), is a series of seven cataracts, each no more than 5 m (16 ft) high, extending over more than 100 km (62 mi) along a curve of the Lualaba River between the river port towns of Ubundu and Kisangani (also ...
A chute, also known as a race, flume, cat, or river canyon, is a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly. Akin to these, man-made chutes, such as the timber slide and log flume, were used in the logging industry to facilitate the downstream transportation of timber along rivers.
Brett Wilkinson (born 29 November 1983) is a South African born rugby union coach and former player. He is currently scrum coach at Ealing Trailfinders. Previously, he was Head Coach for HKU Sandy Bay in the Hong Kong Premiership and scrum coach for the Hong Kong national team and Global Rapid Rugby side the South China Tigers.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. British Lions & England international rugby union player Rugby player Jonny Wilkinson CBE Wilkinson in September 2015 Birth name Jonathan Peter Wilkinson Date of birth (1979-05-25) 25 May 1979 (age 45) Place of birth Frimley, England Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 196 lb; 14 st 0 lb ...