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Greenford is a large suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, UK. [1]

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A40 road

The A40 is a major trunk road connecting London to Goodwick (Fishguard), Wales, and officially called The London to Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) in all legal documents and Acts.

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A40 road in London

The A40 is a major trunk road connecting London to Fishguard, Wales.

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Academy (English school)

Academy schools are state-funded schools in England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control.

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Allied Domecq

Allied Domecq PLC was an international company, headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom, that operated spirits, wine, and quick service restaurant businesses.

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Aniline

Aniline is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NH2.

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Associated British Foods

Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company whose headquarters are in London.

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Blanche Bingley

Blanche Bingley Hillyard (née Bingley; 3 November 1863 – 6 August 1946) was an English tennis player.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Bonded warehouse

A bonded warehouse, or bond, is a building or other secured area in which dutiable goods may be stored, manipulated, or undergo manufacturing operations without payment of duty.

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British Bakeries

British Bakeries is the bread making arm of Rank Hovis McDougall, manufacturing Hovis, Nimble and Mothers Pride as well as supermarket's own brand bread for shops such as Tesco and Asda.

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C. J. Allen (sculptor)

Charles John Allen (1862–1956) was a British sculptor, a figure in the New Sculpture movement.

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Cadby Hall

Cadby Hall was a major office and factory complex in Hammersmith, London which was the headquarters of pioneering catering company Joseph Lyons and Co. for almost a century.

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Central line (London Underground)

The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from, Essex, in the north-east to and in the west.

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Charing Cross

Charing Cross is a junction in London, England, where six routes meet.

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Charles Kean

Charles John Kean (18 January 1811 – 22 January 1868), was born at Waterford, Ireland, the son of the actor Edmund Kean.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Doug Sandom

Douglas Sandom (often misspelled Sanden; born 26 February 1930) is an English drummer who was the second drummer for the rock band the Who.

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Ealing

Ealing is a district of west London, England, located west of Charing Cross.

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Ealing and Hillingdon (London Assembly constituency)

Ealing and Hillingdon is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

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Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)

Ealing North is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Stephen Pound of the Labour Party.

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Edison Lighthouse

Edison Lighthouse were an English pop band, formed in London in 1970.

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Election

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.

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Electoral district

An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.

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Elyar

Elyar Afshari (Elyar Əfşari; born 15 July 1995), better known by his stage name Elyar (previously Elyar Fox) is an Azerbaijani-English pop singer, musician and songwriter.

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Freddie Frinton

Freddie Frinton, born Frederick Bittiner Coo,According to the NDR, and the General Record Office (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Frinton's birth name was Coo.

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George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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Grand Union Canal

The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system.

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Great Western main line

The Great Western main line is a main line railway in England, that runs westwards from London Paddington to.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Great Western Railway (train operating company)

First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise.

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Greenford

Greenford is a large suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, UK.

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Greenford branch line

The Greenford branch line is a Network Rail suburban railway line in west London, England.

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Greenford Park Trotting Track

Greenford Park Trotting Track was a trotting track, Motorcycle speedway and a short lived greyhound racing track in Greenford, London Borough of Ealing, west London.

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Greenford station

Greenford is a London Underground and National Rail station in Greenford, Greater London, and is owned and managed by London Underground.

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Greenford Urban District

Greenford Urban District was an urban district of Middlesex, England from 1894 to 1926.

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Hammersmith

Hammersmith is a district of west London, England, located west-southwest of Charing Cross.

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Hanwell

Hanwell is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, west London, England.

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Harrow, London

Harrow is a large suburban town in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, England.

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HM Customs

HM Customs (His or Her Majesty's Customs) was the national Customs service of England (and then of Great Britain from 1707, the United Kingdom from 1801) until a merger with the Department of Excise in 1909.

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Horsenden Hill

Horsenden Hill is a hill and open space, located between the Perivale, Sudbury, and Greenford areas of London, UK.

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Hovis

Hovis Ltd is a British company that produces flour and bread.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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J. Lyons and Co.

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J. Lyons and Co., Greenford

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Jack Good (producer)

Jack Good (7 August 1931 – 24 September 2017) was a British television producer, musical theatre producer, record producer, musician and painter of icons.

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Jason Roberts (footballer)

Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE (born 25 January 1978) is a Grenadian former professional footballer who is now employed by BBC Sport as a football pundit.

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Jourdan Dunn

Jourdan Sherise Dunn (born 3 August 1990) is a British model and actress.

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KBR (company)

KBR, Inc. (formerly Kellogg Brown & Root) is an American engineering, procurement, and construction company, formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton.

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Keith Moon

Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English drummer for the rock band the Who.

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Kenton

Kenton is an area in northwest London, England, partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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Light infantry

Light infantry is a designation applied to certain types of foot soldiers (infantry) throughout history, typically having lighter equipment or armament or a more mobile or fluid function than other types of infantry, such as heavy infantry or line infantry.

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List of bus routes in London

This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London, England, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches).

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List of night buses in London

The London Night Bus network is a series of night bus routes that serve Greater London.

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Local government in the United Kingdom

Local government in the United Kingdom has origins that pre-date the United Kingdom itself, as each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has its own separate system.

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London

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

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London Assembly

The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.

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London Borough of Ealing

The London Borough of Ealing is a London Borough in west London, England, and forms part of Outer London.

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London Buses route 105

London Buses route 105 is contracted by Transport for London in London, England.

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London Docks

The London Docks were one of several sets of docks in the historic Port of London.

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London Motorcycle Museum

London Motorcycle Museum opened in May 1999 at Oldfield Lane South, Greenford, Middlesex.

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London Tigers F.C.

London Tigers Football Club is a football club based in Greenford, in the London Borough of Ealing, England.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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Lyons Maid

Lyons Maid was a brand of ice-creams and ice-lollies created in 1925 as a spin-off from the J. Lyons and Co. retail organisation.

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Mary of Teck

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King George V. Although technically a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, she was born and raised in England.

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Mauveine

Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was the first synthetic dye.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.

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Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.

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Municipal Borough of Ealing

Ealing was a local government district from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Ealing which formed part of the built up area of London until 1965, where it officially became part of Greater London.

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New Sculpture

The New Sculpture was a movement in late 19th-century British sculpture.

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Non-League football

Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country.

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North Greenford United F.C.

North Greenford United Football Club is a football club based in Greenford in the London Borough of Ealing, England.

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Northolt

Northolt is a historic town in west London, England, west-northwest of Charing Cross and within the London Borough of Ealing, England.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Onkar Sahota

Onkar Sahota is a British Labour Party politician who has been the member of the London Assembly for Ealing and Hillingdon since 2012, when he became the first Labour candidate to be elected in Ealing and Hillingdon.

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Organic compound

In chemistry, an organic compound is generally any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Osterley

Osterley is an affluent district of the historic parish of Isleworth in west London approximately west south-west of Charing Cross and is part of the London Borough of Hounslow.

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Panavision

Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Perivale

Perivale is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, west of Charing Cross, central London.

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Piccadilly line

The Piccadilly line is a London Underground line that runs between in suburban north London and in the west, where it divides into two branches: one of these runs to Heathrow Airport and the other to in northwest London, with some services terminating at.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Ready Brek

Ready Brek (sometimes written Ready brek) is an oat-based breakfast cereal produced by Weetabix Limited.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rockware Glass

Rockware Glass is a UK company manufacturing glass containers.

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Royal Mail

Royal Mail plc (Post Brenhinol; a' Phuist Rìoghail) is a postal service and courier company in the United Kingdom, originally established in 1516.

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South Greenford railway station

South Greenford railway station is in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, and is on the Greenford branch in Travelcard Zone 4.

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Southall

Southall is a large suburban district of west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Ealing.

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St Mary with St Richard, Northolt

St Mary the Virgin is a 13th-century Anglican parish church in Northolt, London.

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Stephen Pound

Stephen Pelham Pound (born 3 July 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North since 1997.

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Sudbury Hill tube station

Sudbury Hill is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line.

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Sudbury, London

Sudbury is a suburb in the London Boroughs of Brent and Harrow, located in northwest London, United Kingdom.

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Television producer

A television producer is a person who oversees all aspects of video production on a television program.

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Texaco

Texaco, Inc. ("The Texas Company") is an American oil subsidiary of Chevron Corporation.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Cardinal Wiseman School

The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, commonly known as The Cardinal Wiseman School, is a Catholic school comprising a comprehensive secondary school and The Cardinal Wiseman School Sixth Form located in Greenford, London, England.

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The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.

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The Little Prince (1974 film)

The Little Prince is a 1974 British-American fantasy-musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe.

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The Monkees

The Monkees were an American rock and pop band originally active between 1966 and 1971, with reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed.

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The Nolans

The Nolans are an Irish girl group who formed in 1974 as The Nolan Sisters, before changing their name in 1980.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Ward (electoral subdivision)

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.

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Wembley

Wembley is an area of northwest London, England, and part of the London Borough of Brent.

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West Coast Main Line

The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow.

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Western Avenue, London

Western Avenue, some 10 miles (16 km) in length, is one of the major roads leading out of London, England.

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White Plains (band)

White Plains were a British pop music group, that existed from 1969 to 1976.

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Willesden Junction station

Willesden Junction is a National Rail station in Harlesden, north-west London, UK. It is served by both London Overground and London Underground services.

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William Henry Perkin

Sir William Henry Perkin, FRS (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline.

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William Perkin Church of England High School

William Perkin Church of England High School is a co-educational secondary free school located in Greenford in the London Borough of Ealing, west London, established in September 2013.

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William Thornton (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir William Thornton KCB (1779–1840) was a British Army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

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Wincanton plc

Wincanton plc is a British provider of logistics with its origins in milk haulage.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Yeading

Yeading is an area in London.

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Great Greenford, Greenford Broadway, Greenford Green, Greenford Trotting Park, Greenford, London, England, Greenford, Middlesex, Greenford, United Kingdom, North Greenford, Ravenor Primary School.

References

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

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