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  2. David Quayle - Wikipedia

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    Quayle was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire and went to school at Brighton College in 1950. He returned to the school to be a governor in the 1990s. [3]Quayle worked in the Marley Tile company in the 1960s and together with his brother-in-law Richard Block started the B&Q retail chain in 1969 in Southampton.

  3. B. B. & Q. Band - Wikipedia

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    The B. B. & Q. Band was a studio concept created in 1979 by the businessman Jacques Fred Petrus.After the success with Change in 1980, and also with Macho and the Peter Jacques band in the late 1970s, Petrus and his close co-worker Italian Mauro Malavasi decided to launch a new project, named after the three boroughs in New York City that the band members came from.

  4. List of companies named after people - Wikipedia

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    B&Q – Richard Block and David Quayle; Babolat – Pierre Babolat (1842–1892) Bacardi – Facundo Bacardi; Baedeker's – Karl Baedeker; Bajaj Auto – Jamnalal Bajaj, India; Baker Curb Racing – Gary Baker and Mike Curb; Baker International (to Baker Hughes) – Reuben C. Baker; Baldwin Locomotive Works – Matthias W. Baldwin; Balenciaga ...

  5. List of companies of the United Kingdom A–J - Wikipedia

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    In 1982 the English subsidiary Woolworths Ltd including B&Q was acquired by Paternoster which became Kingfisher plc and remains the owner of B&Q. In 2022 its revenue was £3.8 billion, with a net income of £603 million. Babcock International Group plc — is a defence and engineering company headquartered in London.

  6. List of companies of the United Kingdom K–Z - Wikipedia

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    Kingfisher plc – is a multinational retail company with subsidiaries including B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. It was established in 1982 as Paternoster Stores in order to buyout the British Woolworths chain after which it became Woolworth Holdings. Its acquisition of Woolworths Ltd included B&Q.

  7. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy O-5 class - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Burlington and Quincy O-5 was a class of 36 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1930 and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) between 1936 and 1940 and operated by the CB&Q until the late 1950s.

  8. Ambient music - Wikipedia

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    She performed all parts on the album, with diverse instrumentation including percussion, marimba, gong, reed organ, bells, ocarina, vibraphone, piano and glass Coca-Cola bottles. [ 47 ] Between 1988 and 1993, Éliane Radigue produced three hour-long works on the ARP 2500 which were subsequently issued together as La Trilogie De La Mort .

  9. Strood - Wikipedia

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    By 1865 he was a wholesaler specialising in zinc, iron, tinplate and locksmithery. By 1870, he and his partner Stace took over the Pelican Foundry and manufactured structural ironwork, toilet cisterns and manhole covers. [18] Thomas Aveling built his traction engines at the Invicta Works next to Rochester Bridge from 1861. Later the works were ...