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W & G Foyle Ltd. (usually called simply Foyles) is a bookseller with a chain of seven stores in England. [1]

58 relations: Air Foyle HeavyLift, Air League, Books in the United Kingdom, Bristol, British Book Awards, Brixton, Brixton Road, Cape Town, Cecil Court, Central Saint Martins, Chain store, Charing Cross Road, Charles de Gaulle, Christina Foyle, Civil Service (United Kingdom), Deputy Lieutenant, Dillons Booksellers, Emperor of Ethiopia, Essex, Foyles Building, Great Marlborough Street, Green Lanes (London), Guardian Media Group, Guinness World Records, Haaretz, Haile Selassie, Harringay, Honourable Company of Air Pilots, Kilburn, London, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, London, London Stadium, London Waterloo station, Manette Street, One New Change, Peckham, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Aeronautical Society, Royal Festival Hall, Selfridges, Shepherd's Bush, Silver Moon Bookshop, St Pancras railway station, The Bookseller, The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Times, Trustee, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, Union of South Africa, ..., Uxbridge Road, Władysław Sikorski, West End of London, Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, White City, London, William Foyle, World War II. Expand index (8 more) »

Air Foyle HeavyLift

For the Australian Cargo Airline see: HeavyLift Cargo Airlines Air Foyle HeavyLift was an aviation company based in Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom.

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Air League

The Air League is a not-for-profit aviation organisation based in the United Kingdom, founded in 1909.

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Books in the United Kingdom

As of 2017, six firms in the United Kingdom rank among the world's biggest publishers of books in terms of revenue: Bloomsbury, Cambridge University Press, Informa, Oxford University Press, Pearson, and RELX Group.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city and county in South West England with a population of 456,000.

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British Book Awards

The British Book Awards or Nibbies are literary awards for the best UK writers and their works, administered by The Bookseller.

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Brixton

Brixton is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Brixton Road

Brixton Road is a road in the London Borough of Lambeth (south London, England), leading from the Oval at Kennington to Brixton, where it forms the high street and then forks into Effra Road and Brixton Hill at St Matthew's church at the junction with Acre Lane and Coldharbour Lane.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Cecil Court

Cecil Court is a pedestrian street with Victorian shop-frontages in London, England, linking Charing Cross Road and St. Martin's Lane.

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Central Saint Martins

Central Saint Martins, often abbreviated to CSM, is a public tertiary art school in London, England.

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Chain store

Chain store(s) or retail chain(s) are retail outlets that share a brand and central management, and usually have standardized business methods and practices.

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Charing Cross Road

Charing Cross Road is a street in central London running immediately north of St Martin-in-the-Fields to St Giles Circus (the intersection with Oxford Street) and then becomes Tottenham Court Road.

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Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France.

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Christina Foyle

Christina Agnes Lilian Foyle (30 January 1911 – 8 June 1999) was an English bookseller and owner of Foyles bookshop.

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Civil Service (United Kingdom)

Her Majesty's Home Civil Service, also known as Her Majesty's Civil Service or the Home Civil Service, is the permanent bureaucracy or secretariat of Crown employees that supports Her Majesty's Government, which is composed of a cabinet of ministers chosen by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as two of the three devolved administrations: the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government, but not the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area: an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county.

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Dillons Booksellers

Dillons was a British bookshop founded in 1932 and named after its founder and owner, Una Dillon.

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Emperor of Ethiopia

The Emperor of Ethiopia (ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings") was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Foyles Building

The Foyles Building at 111–119 Charing Cross Road and 1–12 Manette Street, London, was the flagship store of the Foyles bookshop chain from 1929 to 2014, and at one time, the world's largest bookshop.

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Great Marlborough Street

Great Marlborough Street is a thoroughfare in Soho, Central London.

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Green Lanes (London)

Green Lanes, London, (N16, N4, N8, N13 and N21) is a main road in North London and forms part of a A105 road.

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Guardian Media Group

Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Haaretz

Haaretz (הארץ) (lit. "The Land ", originally Ḥadashot Ha'aretz – חדשות הארץ, – "News of the Land ") is an Israeli newspaper.

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Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I (ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, qädamawi haylä səllasé,;, born Ras Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and emperor from 1930 to 1974.

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Harringay

Harringay (pronounced) is a district of north London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey.

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Honourable Company of Air Pilots

The Honourable Company of Air Pilots, formerly the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN), is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

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Kilburn, London

Kilburn is an area of northwest London, England, situated north-west of Charing Cross.

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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is a practice of architects, urban designers and masterplanners established in 1986 and practicing out of London.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Stadium

London Stadium (originally known as the Olympic Stadium) is a stadium within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford, London, England, at Marshgate Lane in the Lower Lea Valley.

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London Waterloo station

Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, located in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Manette Street

Manette Street is a small street in the Soho area of London, linking the Charing Cross Road to Greek Street.

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One New Change

One New Change is a major office and retail development in London, United Kingdom.

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Peckham

Peckham is a district of south-east London, England, south-east of Charing Cross.

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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Royal Aeronautical Society

The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.

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Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,500-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London.

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Selfridges

Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom, operated by Selfridges Retail Limited.

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Shepherd's Bush

Shepherd's Bush is a district of west London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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Silver Moon Bookshop

The Silver Moon Bookshop was a feminist bookstore on Charing Cross Road in London founded in 1984 by Jane Cholmeley and Sue Butterworth,Redclift and Sinclair (1991) p. vii, its name derived from the two symbols of womanhood from a poem by Sappho.

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St Pancras railway station

St Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and officially since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus located on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.

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The Bookseller

The Bookseller is a British magazine reporting news on the publishing industry.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Trustee

Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another.

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Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) is a trade union in the United Kingdom, consisting of over 433,000 members nationwide.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika, Unie van Suid-Afrika) is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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Uxbridge Road

Uxbridge Road is the name of the A4020 road in West London.

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Władysław Sikorski

Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader.

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West End of London

The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is an area of Central and West London in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.

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Westfield London

Westfield London is a shopping centre in White City, London, United Kingdom, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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Westfield Stratford City

Westfield Stratford City is a shopping centre in Stratford, London, which opened on 13 September 2011.

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White City, London

White City is a district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and forms the northern part of Shepherd's Bush.

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William Foyle

William Alfred Westropp Foyle (1885–1963) was a British bookseller and businessman who founded Foyles bookshop in 1903.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foyles

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