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TVR is a British specialist sports car company producing 'Super Cars'. TVR was established in 1947 by Trevor Wilkinson producing special cars using the drivelines from existing production cars, tuned and installed in a lightweight chassis of TVR's own making with minimal bodywork so as to maximise the agility and power-to-weight ratio of the finished vehicle. Until the early 1990's, TVR used engines from other manufacturers in their cars, albeit retuned by TVR. In 1995 TVR produced their V8 engine - the Speed Eight or AJP8 as iyt was also known - which became the world's first racing engine to be de-tuned and installed in a road car: the TVR Cerbera, which as a result could go from standing till to 100 mph in nine seconds. All TVR cars are hand-built in Blackpool to the customer's specifications.
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Matthew White Ridley (Viscount Ridley) was an English politician. He was born in 1842 at London and died in 1904. He sat in the House of Commons first as the member for Northumberland, and then for the Blackpool division of Lancashire from 1886 to 1900. He was appointed Home Secretary, with a seat in the cabinet in 1895, a position he held until 1900, when he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Ridley. He was under-secretary for the Home department from 1878 to 1880 in Lord Beaconsfield's government of 1874 to 1880, and financial secretary in the first Salisbury ministry of 1885 to 1886.
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Sir Stanley Matthews is an English Association Football player. He was born in 1915 at Hanley. The son of boxer Jack Matthews. Stanley Matthews started as a sprinter switching to Association Football and playing for Stoke City where he had worked as ground staff since he left school, as a winger in 1931. He left Stoke City to play for Blackpool in 1947, leaving Blackpool and returning to Stoke City in 1961. He played in 701 league and 86 FA Cup matches and played 54 times for England.
Stanley Matthews was an American politician. He was born in 1824 and died in 1889. He commanded a brigade at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain in the American Civil War. He represented Ohio in the US Senate as a Republican from 1877 to 1879. He was a Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1881 to 1889.
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David Thewlis is an English actor, writer and film director. He was born in 1963 at Blackpool, Lancashire.
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Jacqueline Leonard is an English actress. She was born in 1967 at Blackpool, Lancashire.
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Janet Munro was an English actress. She was born in 1934 at Blackpool, Lancashire and died in 1972 of acute myocarditis.
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Zoe Ball is an English television presenter. She was born in 1970 at Blackpool, Lancashire.
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Bhaji on the Beach is a comedy starring Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin, Sarita Khajuria, Akbar Kurtha, Mo Sesay and Lalita Ahmed in a story about a group from a women's centre in Birmingham taking a day trip to Blackpool, pursued by the abusive husband of one of the group. Bhaji on the Beach was directed by Gurinder Chadha in 1993.
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Funny Bones is a comedy starring Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis and Lee Evans in a story about a wannabe comedian who goes to Blackpool in an attempt to make a success. Funny Bones was directed by Peter Chelsom in 1994.
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The Manchester-Blackpool is an 83 km long English road walking race held annually since 1909, except in the world war periods. The race is organised by the Lancashire Walking Club.
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