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Forfar

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Forfar (fôr`fər), town (1991 pop. 12,652), Angus, E Scotland. Textiles, processed foods, iron goods, and farm tools are produced. Royalist in the civil wars, Forfar had its charter destroyed by Oliver Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver , 1599–1658, lord protector of England. Parliamentary General


The son of a gentry family, he entered Cambridge in 1616 but probably left the next year.
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 in 1651. It was reissued in 1665 by Charles II, who gave the town a tower that still stands.
Forfar
a market town in E Scotland, the administrative centre of Angus: site of a castle, residence of Scottish kings between the 11th and 14th centuries. Pop.: 13 206 (2001)


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FORFAR 2 ANNAN 1 MARTYN FOTHERINGHAM hit a wonder winner to rescue Forfar's promotion hopes then set his sights on the play-offs.
FORFAR old boys Barry Sellars and Paul Tosh handed out a football lesson to their former employers to clinch Angus derby bragging rights.
Byline: By Malcolm Pratt Gretna became the last side in Britain to concede an unbeaten record when they were surprisingly defeated by lowly Forfar Athletic in the Scottish League Second Division at Raydale Park on Saturday.
 
 
 
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