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Michael Christopher Woodford, MBE (born 12 June 1960) is an English businessman who was formerly president and COO (April 2011) and CEO (October 2011) of Japan-based optics and reprography products manufacturer Olympus Corporation.
Southend-on-Sea (/ ˌ s aʊ θ ɛ n d ɒ n ˈ s iː / ⓘ), commonly referred to as Southend (/ s aʊ ˈ θ ɛ n d /), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, 40 miles (64 km) east of central London.
Southend-on-Sea Borough Constabulary was created on 1 April 1914, split off from Essex Constabulary, controlled by Southend Corporation. [17] The first Chief Constable was Henry Maurice Kerskake who had previously held the same role at Dewsbury Bourough Police. [ 18 ]
Keddies was a small chain of department stores in Essex, England, with its flagship store in a prime location in Southend High Street (originally called the Broadway). The business had a national reputation, being recognised in The Fashion Handbook, [1] appearing on the side of a Matchbox model 17C bus [2] and being one of the retailers that fought to remove Retail Price Maintenance.
The earliest cities (Latin: civitas) in Britain were the fortified settlements organised by the Romans as capitals of the Celtic tribes under Roman rule.The British clerics of the early Middle Ages later preserved a traditional list of the "28 Cities" (Old Welsh: cair) which was mentioned in De Excidio Britanniae [c] and Historia Brittonum.
Coat of arms of Southend-on-Sea City Council Notes Originally granted to Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council on 1 & 2 January 1915. Transferred to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council on 21 May 1974. [25] Crest Issuant out of a mural crown Gules the mast of a ship proper flying therefrom a flag Argent charged with a cross throughout Gules. Escutcheon
James Duddridge, MP for Rochford and Southend East, lives in, and is MP for Thorpe Bay. [citation needed] Mark Foster, lived in Thorpe Bay and was educated at Alleyn Court School. [citation needed] Jim Peters, marathon runner, was a resident of Thorpe Bay until his death on 9 January 1999, aged 80. [citation needed]
Southend (band) The South End, the student newspaper of Wayne State University; Southend Interactive, a video game developer most noted for Deathrow; South End Press, a non-profit book publisher