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  2. Miles Fleetwood - Wikipedia

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    Fleetwood was the son of Sir William Fleetwood (died after 1610) of Ealing and Cranford, Middlesex, who was receiver-general of the court of wards and liveries until he was sequestered from this office in 1609. Fleetwood was admitted to Gray's Inn on 9 January 1588. In 1602 he was knighted in Dublin by Lord Blount, the Lord Deputy of Ireland.

  3. Cranford (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson. The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1858: Cranford, My Lady Ludlow and Mr Harrison's Confessions. "The Last Generation in England" was also used as a source.

  4. Children (composition) - Wikipedia

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    Miles gave two inspirations for the writing of "Children". One was as a response to photographs of child Yugoslav war victims that his father had brought home from a humanitarian mission in the former Yugoslavia; [5] and the other, inspired by his career as a DJ, was to create a track to end DJ sets, intended to calm rave attendants prior to their driving home as a means to reduce car accident ...

  5. Return to Cranford - Wikipedia

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    Return to Cranford (known in the United Kingdom as the Cranford Christmas Special) is the two-part second season of a British television series directed by Simon Curtis.The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was based on material from two novellas and a short story by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1863: Cranford, The Moorland Cottage and The Cage at Cranford.

  6. Cranford - Wikipedia

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    Cranford, an 1853 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell; Cranford, a 1972 BBC television adaptation of Cranford; Cranford, a 2007 BBC television adaptation of Cranford and other works by Elizabeth Gaskell Return to Cranford, a 2009 two-part second season Christmas special of the 2007 TV series; Cranford may also refer to the following places:

  7. Eileen Atkins - Wikipedia

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    Dame Eileen June Atkins DBE (born 15 June 1934) [a] is an English actress. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Cranford.

  8. Roger Bannister - Wikipedia

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    Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place.

  9. Bessie Carter - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, the three appeared in the BBC series Cranford (Carter was Captain Brown, Staunton was Miss Octavia Pole and Bessie was the maid, Margaret Gidman). [5] [6] [7] She initially attended Francis Holland School before moving to Camden School for Girls, a posh state school, where she completed her A Levels. [1]