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Blackburn, city (1991 pop. 109,564) and district, Lancashire, NW England. It was formerly a great cotton-weaving center, noted especially for calicoes. Textiles are still important; other industries produce engineering equipment, electronic components, beer, felt, and carpets. Blackburn is also an agricultural market. The city's textile industry started very early—Blackburn checks (a linen product made of Irish flax) were well known about the middle of the 17th cent. When James Hargreaves Hargreaves, James (här`grēvz), 1720?–1778, English engineer. ..... Click the link for more information. invented (c.1765) the spinning jenny nearby, the manufacture of cotton goods received a new impetus. The completion of the Leeds-Blackburn-Liverpool Canal in 1816 substantially aided Blackburn's 19th-century economic growth. The English statesman John Morley Morley, John, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 1838–1923, English statesman and man of letters. ..... Click the link for more information. was born in Blackburn. Blackburn 1. a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop.: 105 085 (2001) 2. Mount. a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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My first introduction to the teacher's resource guide entitled Pastoral Guidelines to Assist Students of Same-Sex Orientation (Education Commission, Ontario Bishops, 2003) came from a Catholic New Times article written by Michael Arbour and 'gay' activist Barry Blackburn called "Good News for gay and lesbian kids" (June 4, 2006). Blackburn gained access to the tapes, now owned by a private collector, and decided to use them to write a book without, as she says, trying "to establish order in this chaos. Blackburn's is under the direction of hotel and entertainment industry veteran Kevin Rouse, his business partner Gerald Blackburn and executive chef Rodney Taylor. |
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