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Jean Gehret (10 January 1900, Geneva, Switzerland - 24 May 1956, Paris, France) was an actor and director, appearing in a few films directed by Jean Renoir, including La Chienne (1931) and Madame Bovary (1933).
Meat Market in Gretna, circa 1895. Gretna started shortly after the Burlington Railroad built a short line between Omaha and Ashland in the summer of 1886. [7] Advent of the village of Gretna on this new laid rail line was the cue for the exit of the nearby trading post of Forest City, which had existed since 1856.
Gretna were also runners-up in the 2006 Scottish Cup. Gretna's 3–0 win in the semi-final against Dundee [10] made them the first team from the third tier of Scottish league football to reach the final. [10] Gretna lost to Heart of Midlothian in the final on penalties after a 1–1 draw. [11]
Gretna means "(place at the) gravelly hill", from Old English greot "grit" (in the dative form greoten (which is where the -n comes from) and hoh "hill-spur".. The Lochmaben Stone is a megalith standing in a field, nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the Sark mouth on the Solway Firth, three hundred yards or so above high water mark on the farm of Old Graitney.
Gretna Green is a parish in the southern council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, close to the town of Gretna, [1] on the Scottish side of the English-Scottish border. It is accessed from the A74(M) motorway. [1] Historically Gretna Green was on the Glasgow-Carlisle road, a significant early toll road between England and Scotland.
Gretna is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,267 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Johannes Gehrts (26 February 1855 St. Pauli – 1921 Düsseldorf), brother of Carl Gehrts (1853–1898), was a leading German illustrator whose work appeared in popular magazines such as Die Gartenlaube, in the design of children's books and in works of his friend Felix Dahn.