Unreferenced date December 2009 The PilkingtonCommittee was set up on 13 July 1960 under the chairmanship of United Kingdom British industrialist Harry Pilkington Sir Harry Pilkington to consider the future of broadcasting, cable and the possibility of television for public showing . One of its main conclusions stated that the British public did not want commercial radio broadcasting and it offered criticism of the existing commercial television licensees. PilkingtonCommittee The members were Sir Harry Pilkington H Collison Elwyn Davies Joyce Grenfell Richard Hoggart EP Hudson JS Shields RL Smith Rose Elizabeth Whitley Billy Wright footballer born 1924 WA Wright Professor FH Newark from March 1961 John Megaw resigned 5 January 1961 Peter Hall resigned 27 January 1961 Sir Jock Campbell resigned 2 February 1961 Pilkington Report For Consideration renewal of the BBC Charter television licence Licence Fee funding extending radio hours adult education broadcasting a third television channel colour television on 625 lines local broadcasting and better commercial television regulation. Television conclusions The Report, published on 1 June 1962, recommended the introduction of colour television licences that Britain s third national television channel after the BBC Television Service and ITV , should be awarded to the BBC . BBC2 was launched two years later. It also criticised the populism of ITV by attacking its American originated acquired programming such as Western genre Westerns and crime series. Radio conclusions The Report recommended that the BBC should extend its activities to the creation of local radio stations in order to prevent the introduction of commercial radio. Unintended consequences In deciding that the British public did not want commercial radio, it slammed ... to Britain under that the call sign of Radio Caroline . DEFAULTSORT PilkingtonCommittee On Broadcasting Category British committees on broadcasting Category 1960 in British television Category ... more details
otheruses Infobox Company company name Pilkington Group Limited company logo Image Pilkingtonlogo.PNG ... and a member of NSG group from June 2006, Pilkington is a leader in the global flat glass industry. History Image PilkingtonHeadOfficeStHelens.jpg right thumb 200px The distinctive blue Pilkington ... and is warm enough to support tropical fish making it a popular fishing site. Image Pilkington Floatglas, Halmstad.jpg thumb right 200px Pilkington Floatglas factory in Halmstad Image Pilkington Glass.JPG thumb right 200px Pilkington glass in a Mercedes Benz Image Pilkington.jpg right thumb 200px A Pilkington liveried trailer. The company was founded in 1826 as a partnership by members of the Pilkington ... On the departure from the partnership of the last Greenall in 1845, the firm became known as Pilkington ... Act 1862 as Pilkington Brothers Limited . ref name cc ref Harvnb Barker 1977 p 171 ref Pilkington ... in 1964, still dominates the town s skyline. Between 1953 and 1957, Sir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth ... to grind and polish plate glass to make it clear. ref name cc Pilkington then allowed the Float Process to be used under licence by numerous manufacturers around the world. Pilkington, with its subsidiary .... ref name cc During the 1960s and 1970s, Pilkington used the flow of Float royalties to invest in float .... A Monopolies Commission report in 1967 concluded that Pilkington and Triplex operations ... suited to consumers best interests. ref name cc In late 1985, Pilkington was the subject of an unfriendly take over bid from BTR Industries , a large British based conglomerate group. Pilkington ... www.alacrastore.com storecontent Thomson M&A BTR PLC withdraws offer for Pilkington PLC 13487040 BTR withdraws offer for Pilkington ref On 25 May 1994, the United States Department of Justice filed suit in U.S. District Court alleging that Pilkington, through its technology licence agreements with more ... Act Sherman Act , because Pilkington s patents had expired and any trade secret s which it might have ... more details
The Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee is the United Kingdom British advisory body which issues DA Notice s. The secretary is a former 2 star rank 2 star military officer employed from a Ministry of Defence United Kingdom Ministry of Defence budget and is housed by them although technically independent and the committee is made up of senior civil servants and representatives of national media organisations. In 1993 the committee was renamed from the Defence, Press and BroadcastingCommittee. Membership The committe consists of five government representatives and 16 media representatives. The five government positions on the committee are all ex officio the chairman is always the current Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence. The 2nd Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary , the Permanent Under Secretary of the Home Office and the Deputy Under Secretary from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are the other officers. The Vice Chairman is chosen by the press members from among their number. The media representatives are nominated by the following organisations ref cite web url http www.dnotice.org.uk faqs.htm title Frequently Asked Questions publisher The DA Notice System date 2008 11 27 accessdate 2009 06 18 ref BBC ITV ITN British Sky Broadcasting Sky TV Periodical Publishers Association 2 nominations Newspaper Publishers Association 3 nominations Newspaper Society 2 nominations Press Association Scottish Daily Newspaper Society Society of Editors Book The Publishers Association Google Actions On 25 November 2010, the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee sent DA Notice s to UK newspapers ref name indexcensorship DANotice cite web last Butselaar first Emily authorlink coauthors ... December 2010 DEFAULTSORT Defence, Press And Broadcasting Advisory Committee Category Censorship in the United ... of DA Notices and of the committee Nicholas Wilkinson Secrecy and the Media, The Official History ... more details
William Henry Harry Pilkington, Baron Pilkington born 1905 died 1983. Glass manufacturer and former President of the Federation of British Industries but who is remembered politically as chairman of the controversial Pilkingon Committee that produced the Pilkington Report of 1962. He was also Chancellor of Loughborough University from 1966 to 1980. Pilkington Brothers Ltd This glass manufacturing company became the lone survivor of twenty four glass manufacturers from the 19th century. While other glass manufacturing companies died from competition, the Pilkington company advanced its techniques. In 1967 the company controlled 85 of the glass making business in the United Kingdom and exported its products to over 100 countries. Pilkington Report The Pilkington Report concluded that the British public were not being well served by commercial television due to its American influenced programming such as Westerns . It further concluded that although the British public had not been asked whether they wanted commercial radio, they did not want it. The unintended result of this conclusion resulted in the creation of offshore commercial pirate radio in 1964. External sources http www.npg.org.uk collections search person.php?LinkID mp71743 National Portrait Gallery, London Sir Harry sat for six portraits. http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,837625,00.html Pilkington Shines Again Pilkington Brothers Ltd., glass company. Time magazine, December 15, 1967. http www.referenceforbusiness.com history2 36 Pilkington plc.html Pilkington plc. Company profile. http www.newyorker.com archive 1962 07 14 1962 07 14 067 TNY CARDS 000273769 New Yorker magazine commenting upon the Pilkington Report. http speeches.empireclub.org details.asp?SpeechID 117&FT yes Speech by Sir Harry to the Empire ... Pilkington, Harry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pilkington, Harry Category 1905 births Category 1983 deaths Category Alumni ... more details
Pilkington is a surname, and may refer to Alastair Pilkington Sir Alastair Pilkington 1920 1995 , British industrialist Anthony Pilkington , an association football player for Huddersfield Town F.C. Brian Pilkington footballer Brian Pilkington , English footballer Charles Pilkington, British Mountaineer, and explorer of the Skye Cuillin Danny Pilkington , an association football player for Stockport County F.C. Francis Pilkington ca 1565 1638 , English composer, lutenist and singer George Pilkington born 1981 , English footballer James Pilkington disambiguation James Pilkington may refer to James Pilkington bishop James Pilkington 1520 1576 , Bishop of Durham from 1561 until 1576 James Pilkington director James Pilkington , English film director Karl Pilkington born 1972 , English radio producer and personality Kevin Pilkington born 1974 , English footballer Laetitia Pilkington c. 1709 1750 , British poet Liam Pilkington , Irish activist Lorraine Pilkington born 1975 , Irish actress Peter Pilkington, Baron Pilkington of Oxenford born 1933 , British politician Richard Pilkington 1908 1976 Sir Richard Antony Pilkington 1908 1976 , British Conservative politician Robert Pilkington Robert Rivington Pilkington 1870 1942 , Irish politician surname Pilkington It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname de Pilkington Begriffskl rung ... more details
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Infobox football biography 2 playername Kevin Pilkington image caption fullname Kevin William Pilkington ... goals12 0 pcupdate 12 10, 28 January 2011 UTC Kevin William Pilkington born 8 March 1974 in Hitchin ..., citation needed date January 2011 Pilkington played Premier League football for Manchester United ... Manchester United Pilkington started his footballing career at Manchester United F.C. Manchester ... as goalkeeper for the 10 league games in which Schmeichel was absent, meaning that Pilkington was on the substitutes ... just before the start of the 1995 96 in English football 1995 96 season, enabling Pilkington to become United s second choice goalkeeper. Pilkington appeared in one of the most embarrassing games of United ... , Dennis Wise getting the better of Pilkington in the game at Old Trafford . He played a further ... 1996 97 season , but Pilkington s hopes of becoming second choice goalkeeper again were ended by the arrival ... . Pilkington played two games of United s disappointing 1997 98 Manchester United F.C. season 1997 ... Paul Musselwhite in the 1998 99 Port Vale F.C. season 1998 99 season, a young Pilkington played nine ... Town Following a brief spell with non league Aberystwyth Town F.C. Aberystwyth Town , Pilkington ... sport1 hi football teams m man utd 2542489.stm work BBC Sport publisher British Broadcasting Corporation ... work BBC Sport publisher British Broadcasting Corporation date 10 July 2001 accessdate 12 January ... fifty games as the club achieved promotion in third place. Early in the season, Pilkington conceded ... into Pilkington s net from inside of his own half of the field. In a first half to forget, County s Daniel ... teams m mansfield town 2277015.stm work BBC Sport publisher British Broadcasting Corporation date ... the next season , as Mansfield came straight back down. Pilkington played a massive 55 competitive games ... Broadcasting Corporation date 31 May 2004 accessdate 12 January 2011 ref In 2004 05 in English football 2004 05 , Pilkington was busy once again, keeping goal on 46 occasions. At the end of the campaign ... more details
Infobox library library name Pilkington Library name en library logo image PilkingtonEntrance.jpg caption country England type Academic library scope established 1980 ref legal mandate location Loughborough University Campus, Loughborough coordinates branch of num branches items collected book s, Academic journal journals , newspaper s, magazine s, Sound recording sound and music recordings , and manuscript s collection size over 600,000 books 90,000 bound serials and access to over 10,000 e journals criteria legal deposit req to access annual circulation pop served members Loughborough University and some other groups on application budget director Ruth Jenkins Ms. num employees website http www.lboro.ac.uk library phone num 44 0 1509 222360 Image Pilkington Library.jpg thumb Pilkington Library from the West Park side of the building The Pilkington Library is the academic library at Loughborough University , situated in the West Park of the university campus at Loughborough , Leicestershire , in the East Midlands of England . It is named after Harry Pilkington Lord Pilkington , the University s first Chancellor education Chancellor . Built to an unusual design, the building occupies an unusual site in West Park area of the campus, immediately adjacent to Village Park. Being adjacent to the University s Elvyn Richards Cogeneration Combined Heat and Power plant enables otherwise wasted heat to be used to cool the library building. ref name Guardian20060926 http www.guardian.co.uk ... Accessed 26 September 2008 ref The Pilkington opened in 1980 ref name about http www.lboro.ac.uk ... stock was re located to the Pilkington Library. Architecture Image Loughborough University Pilkington Library.JPG thumb left Pilkington Library showing floor arrangement and entrance The building unusually ... Grants Committee the new library was not greatly affected by the Atkinson Report which set ... Library website http apps.facebook.com lborolibrary Pilkington Library on Facebook coord 52.763 ... more details
Matthew Pilkington 1701 1774 was the author of a standard text on painters, what would become known as Pilkington s Dictionary . Biography Pilkinton was born in 1701 at Ballyboy , King s County, Ireland , wrote poetry, studied to be a minister at Trinity College, Dublin , married Laetitia Pilkington Laetitia , moved to London, and became associated with Jonathan Swift and Henry Walpole . The fractious relations with Mrs. Pilkington were published. He took an interest in historical painting and published a collection of biographies as The Gentleman s and Connoisseur s Dictionary of Painters . His work was widely published through many editions, being renamed A Dictionary of Painters in the 1805 and 1810 versions of Henry Fuseli , before becoming commonly known in the nineteenth century as Pilkington s Dictionary . The 1857 edition is available for free download at http www.ebooksread.com authors eng matthew pilkington.shtml Pilkington s contribution to Rapin de Thoyras Impartial History 1784 has been described as, an extreme falsification of his life. ref name Sorensen cite web url http www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org pilkingtonm.htm title Pilkington, Matthew last Sorensen first Lee date 27 November 2000 work Dictionary of Art Historians accessdate 2009 10 23 ref He died in 1774 in Dublin. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Pilkington, Matthew Category Irish biographers ... more details
Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington , 7 January 1920 5 May 1995 Sir Alastair Pilkington and his associate Kenneth Bickerstaff, both of Great Britain, developed the world s first commercially successful manufacture of high quality flat glass using their float glass process. American inventors had tried several times to achieve an improved and lower cost process to replace the costly plate glass , but had not succeeded. His breakthrough, in which the molten glass was floated over a bath of molten tin and manipulated to achieved the required product thickness, enabled the UK based Pilkington Glass company to lead the world market for high quality flat glass for many years. ref cite journal title Review Lecture. The Float Glass Process first L. A. B. last Pilkington journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences volume 314 issue 1516 pages 1 25 url http www.jstor.org stable 2416528 year 1969 doi 10.1098 rspa.1969.0212 ref Starting in the early 1960s, all the world s leading flat glass manufacturers obtained licences to use the float glass process. Pilkington was chairman of Pilkington Glass from 1973 until 1985, prior to which he had been the company s technical director. ref Alastair Pilkington was not a relative of Pilkington Glass founders. ref He was educated at Sherborne School and Trinity College, Cambridge and knighted in 1970. He was also a director of the Bank of England . Footnotes & References references External links http www.pilkington.com about pilkington education sir alastair pilkington.htm Pilkington PLC biography , from the Pilkington Glass website http www.bbc.co.uk history historic figures pilkington alastair.shtml ... Pilkington, Alastair ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 7 January 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 5 May 1995 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pilkington, Alastair Category English inventors ... UK engineer stub glass stub de Alastair Pilkington it Alastair Pilkington ta ... more details
Image Robert Pilkington.jpg right thumb Robert Pilkington Robert Rivington Pilkington 8 February 1870 30 June 1942 was an Ireland Irish politician who sat in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the United Kingdom British British House of Commons House of Commons . Robert Pilkington was born in Dublin , Ireland in 1870. He was educated at Uppingham School Uppingham and Pembroke College, Cambridge , attaining a Bachelor of Arts before being called to the bar at Lincoln s Inn in 1893. ref Venn id PLKN889RR name Pilkington, Robert Rivington ref In 1894, Pilkington emigrated to Western Australia . He practiced law initially at York, Western Australia York in 1895, and then at Perth, Western Australia Perth . He returned to Ireland in 1899, marrying Ethel Longworth Dames there on 13 December they would have one daughter before her death in 1920. After returning to Perth, Pilkington ... 1917, Pilkington was elected to the Legislative Assembly Electoral district of Perth seat of Perth ... tactless answer to a questioner I have ever heard . Pilkington returned to England later in 1921 ... External links Hansard contribs mr robert pilkington Robert Pilkington start box s par uk succession ... Smith after Hastings Lees Smith end box Persondata NAME Pilkington, Robert Rivington ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... OF DEATH 30 June 1942 PLACE OF DEATH Wimbledon, London DEFAULTSORT Pilkington, Robert Category 1870 births Pilkington, Robert Rivington Category 1942 deaths Pilkington, Robert Rivington Category Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies Pilkington, Robert Rivington Category People from County Dublin Pilkington, Robert Rivington Category Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Pilkington, Robert Rivington Category Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Pilkington, Robert Rivington Category Burials at Putney Vale Cemetery Category Liberal Party UK MPs Pilkington, Robert Rivington Category UK MPs 1923 1924 Pilkington, Robert Rivington ... more details
Infobox mountain name Mount Pilkington photo photo caption elevation m 3301 elevation ref ref name peakfinder http peakfinder.com peakfinder.ASP?PeakName Mount Pilkington PeakFinder ref prominence m 101 prominence ref map Canada Alberta map caption Location in Alberta and British Columbia map size 200 label position right location Alberta br British Columbia range Park Ranges lat d 51 lat m 43 lat s 24 lat NS N long d 116 long m 55 long s 42 long EW W coordinates ref topo National Topographic System NTS 82N 10 first ascent 1910 J.E.C. Eaton, B. Otto, H. Burnener. easiest route Mount Pilkington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia . It was named in 1898 after Pilkington, Charles. ref name peakfinder ref http www.bivouac.com MtnPg.asp?MtnId 303 Mount Pilkington ref See also List of peaks on the British Columbia Alberta border Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia References reflist Canadian Rockies state collapsed Category Mountains of Alberta Pilkington Category Mountains of British Columbia Pilkington Alberta geo stub BritishColumbia geo stub ... more details
The Pilkington family has its origins in the ancient Township England township of Pilkington ancient township Pilkington in the Historic counties of England historic county of Lancashire , England. After about 1405 the family seat was Stand Old Hall which was built to replace Old Hall in Pilkington. The new hall was built on high land overlooking Pilkington s medieval deer park . Stand Old Hall was replaced ... became a barn. It is possible that Sir Thomas Pilkington had permission to embattle his manor house ... Heritage accessdate 2010 09 30 ref ref name pilkington1912 Harvnb Pilkington 1912 pp 4 ref The Pilkington name is taken from the manor of Pilkington in Prestwich , Lancashire. ref citation title Pilkington Township Map url http www.genuki.org.uk big eng LAN Pilkington ParishMap.shtml publisher genuki.org.uk accessdate 2010 06 27 ref The Pilkington arms consist of an argent cross patonce voided gules . The Pilkington crest has a mower with his scythe and has a legend that an ancestor of the family ... William editor2 last Brownbill editor2 first J. title Pilkington url http www.british history.ac.uk ... Hall near St Helens, Merseyside St Helens , founders of the Pilkington plc Pilkington glass manufacturers . Pilkington of Pilkington The first known is Alexander de Pilkington, who was recorded in 1200 ... of Pilkington and Cheetham on his son Roger giving the remainder to a younger son William. Roger ... between 1363 and 1384 and died in 1407. ref name vchPilk Roger Pilkington and his father, also Roger ... son Sir Roger Pilkington 1325 1407 served under Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster in 1355 ... John Pilkington d. 1421 was granted custody of the manors of Prestwich and Alkrington . He married Margaret ... in Northamptonshire, and Bressingham in Norfolk, on her Pilkington sons, John, Edmund d. about ... Pilkington, his nephew. Thomas was the son of Edmund, and enjoyed the favour of Edward IV . The Pilkingtons ... contribution Pilkington family per. c.1325 c.1500 , gentry subscription required title Oxford ... more details
Leonard Pilkington 1527 1599 was an English academic and clergyman. A Marian exile , he became Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Master of St John s College, Cambridge at the start of the reign of Elizabeth I . In his subsequent church career, he followed the way opened when his brother James Pilkington bishop James Pilkington became Bishop of Durham . Life He was born at Rivington , Lancashire , and graduated B.A. at St John s College in 1544. He became a Fellow there in 1546, and graduated M.A. in 1547. When Mary I of England came to the throne, he was deprived of his college positions, and left the country. While in exile he married. ref Venn id PLKN544L name Pilkington, Leonard ref ref name Pilk http www.mylesstandish.info Pilkington 20& 20Nightingale.htm ref He returned to England and was restored to his fellowship at St John s, his wife having died. He became Master there in 1561, replacing his brother James and initiating a period of divisive governance and an effort to reform the college by replacing Catholic associations with the Protestantism of Geneva. He brought in William Fulke as Fellow, and ensured the succession of Richard Longworth Cambridge Richard Longworth , and then resigned as Master. He became a canon of Durham Cathedral in 1567. ref name Pilk ref http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 66654 ref ref http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 53050 ref Notes reflist start box s aca succession box before James Pilkington bishop James Pilkington title Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge years 1561 1562 after Matthew Hutton Archbishop of York Matthew Hutton succession box before James Pilkington bishop James Pilkington title St John s College, Cambridge Master of St John s College, Cambridge years 1561 1564 after Richard Longworth Cambridge Richard Longworth end DEFAULTSORT Pilkington, Leonard Category 1527 births Category 1599 deaths Category Masters of St John s College, Cambridge Category 16th century English ... more details
For the glass manufacturer Pilkington plc Pilkington Refimprove date October 2008 As of 14 September 2010, the 150 year old Dorset Woolliscroft brand was acquired by leading tile manufacturer Original Style after Pilkington s Tiles Ltd went into administration on 14 June 2010. Pilkington s Group Plc is a UK based manufacturer and supplier of wall and floor coverings and building materials. The group has a history in ceramic tile manufacturing with the head office located in Clifton Junction , City of Salford Salford , Greater Manchester , England . History Pilkington s Group was established in 1891. In the early 1900s, Pilkington s Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles was formed as a result of an amalgamation of the skills of Pilkington 27s Lancastrian Pottery 26 Tiles William Burton .281863.E2.80.931941.29 William Burton and the company s team of artists and designers from Minton Hollins and Wedgwood . In 1913 the company was awarded the Royal Warrant , and Royal Lancastrian Pottery was created. By 1938 the company began to specialise in ceramic wall tiles. The Group was previously known as Pilkington s Tiles Group Plc. As of Monday 14th June 2010 Paul Flint and Brian Green of KPMG LLP were appointed joint administrators of the Pilkington s Group Plc, Pilkington s Tiles Ltd and Quiligotti Access Flooring Ltd. The affairs, business and property of the companies are being managed by the joint ... the Pilkington s Group business. Pilkington s Ceramic Tiles Ceramic tiles were first produced by Pilkington s in 1893. The biscuit fired tiles tiles which have been fired once , were taken for glazing ... and phased growth and brand development. Citation needed date November 2009 Pilkington s still ... of the Pilkington s ceramic tile ranges are manufactured at the group s manufacturing facility in Clifton ... links http www.pilkingtons.com Official Pilkington s Group site http www.pilkingtons lancastrian.co.uk ... history.htm Early history of the Pilkington s Tile and Pottery Company http www.tta.org.uk Tile Association ... more details
Infobox person name Karl Pilkington image Mr Pilkington.JPG caption Pilkington in 2007 birth date Birth ... Pilkington born 23 September 1972 is an English podcast er, author and former radio producer . He is best ... Pilkington s behaviour as a well executed deadpan routine. ref Heffernan, V. 2006 . ref Early life and education Karl Pilkington was born and raised in Manchester , ref http www.imdb.com name nm1797453 Karl Pilkington IMDb ref but spent much of his childhood in Porthmadog , Wales , because of his father s job. ref Pilkington, K. Producer & Merchant, S., Gervais, R. Presenters . 2002, 9 February ref He was also educated in Manchester. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant contacted Pilkington s school ... he achieved an E grade. ref Pilkington, K. Producer & Merchant, S., Gervais, R. Presenters . 2002, 2 March ref Pilkington was surprised and upset at this as he recalled sitting through several ... for his lack of other grades. ref Pilkington, K. producer & Merchant, S., Gervais, R. presenters ... Famous fan Karl Pilkington Manchester United Official Web Site publisher Manutd.com date 2008 05 08 accessdate 2011 01 19 ref Early career In December 2005, Pilkington stood in for two BBC 6 Music ... BBC Radio 2 Radio 2 show. Celebrity As a result of The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts, Pilkington has ..., described Pilkington as a phenomenon who had made Internet history . ref cite web date August 2004 ... Bacon TV presenter Richard Bacon s Radio 5 Live afternoon show surprised Pilkington with an on air phone call. This led to a conversation where Pilkington, who claimed to have been interrupted while ... entertainment arts 11815230 work BBC News title Ricky Gervais makes a surprise call to Karl Pilkington date 22 November 2010 ref Pilkington has worked independently of Gervais and Merchant on a number ... 4 initiative 3 Minute Wonders . Merchant and Gervais themselves have repeatedly denied claims that Pilkington ... radio station . ref Pilkington, K. Producer & Merchant, S., Gervais, R. Presenters . 2005 ... more details
BLP sources date March 2008 Infobox person name Lorraine Pilkington image image size 256px caption Lorraine Pilkington birth date birth date and age mf yes 1975 4 18 birth place Dublin, Ireland death occupation Actress residence years active 1990 Present partner Simon Massey Lorraine Pilkington born 18 April 1975 is an Ireland Irish actress from Dublin , who is best known for her role as Katrina Finlay on Monarch of the Glen . Trained at the Gaiety School of Acting , Pilkington began her career at the age of 15 when she appeared in The Miracle 1991 film The Miracle directed by Neil Jordan . She appeared onstage in the plays The Plough and the Stars and The Iceman Cometh . At age 18 she moved to London where she was given a part in a Miramax film which eventually fell through. After returning to Dublin, Pilkington appeared in various films like Human Traffic and My Kingdom , a retelling of King Lear . In 2000, she was cast as Katrina Finlay, a schoolteacher in a Scottish village in the BBC television series, Monarch of the Glen TV series Monarch of the Glen . After leaving the show at the beginning of the Monarch of the Glen TV series Series 3 third season , she appeared in various other television productions such as Rough Diamond BBC TV series Rough Diamond and Outnumbered . She married Simon Massey , the director of Monarch of the Glen , in 2001. They have three sons, Milo ref http www.independent.ie entertainment news gossip diamond in the rough 121015.html Diamond in the rough ref Luca and Inigo. Filmography 1991 The Miracle 1991 film The Miracle 1996 The Last of the High ... as Barbara References Reflist External links IMDB name id 0683455 name Lorraine Pilkington Use dmy dates date August 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pilkington, Lorraine ... DEFAULTSORT Pilkington, Lorraine Category 1975 births Category Living people Category Irish television ... Pilkington fr Lorraine Pilkington fy Lorraine Pilkington ... more details
BLP sources date July 2010 Infobox GAA player code Hurling sport Hurling image name Johnny Pilkington irish Se n Pilineach fullname Johnny Pilkington placeofbirth Birr countryofbirth County Offaly dob ... icyears 1989 2001 icapps points icprovince 4 icallireland 2 allstars 1 clupdate icupdate Johnny Pilkington ... GAA Offaly inter county team in the 1990s and 2000s. Early life Johnny Pilkington was born ... popular hurlers ever to play for Offaly GAA Offaly . Playing career Club Pilkington played his ... Leinster club hurling title. Pilkington won a second county medal in 1994, before later ... at club level. In 1999 Pilkington won his fourth county title and his fourth Leinster title. The following two seasons were hugely successful for Pilkington as he won back to back county, Leinster ... such a record. Pilkington won three further county medals in 2003, 2005 and 2006, bringing his medal tally to ten. Inter county Pilkington first came to prominence as e member of the Offaly GAA ... Championship All Ireland medals at minor level. He later joined the senior team. In 1989 Pilkington ... GAA Laois . That year Pilkington claimed his first Leinster medal as a full member of the team, however, his side were defeated in the All Ireland semi final. There was some consolation as Pilkington ... National Hurling League title at the beginning of 1991. Pilkington won another Leinster title in 1994 ... few minutes. Offaly had snatched victory away from Limerick and Pilkington had claimed his first All ... sport hurling where are they now johnny pilkington former offaly hurler 2200490.html title Where are they now? Johnny Pilkington former Offaly hurler date 3 May 2010 work The Independent ... 1914. Three years later in 1998 Offaly and Pilkington claimed another All Ireland title over Kilkenny ... semi final Pilkington decided to retire from inter county hurling. References Reflist External links ... All Stars Use dmy dates date August 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pilkington ... more details
No footnotes date June 2010 Francis Pilkington c. 1565 ndash 1638 was an England English composer , lutenist and singer . Pilkington received a B.Mus. degree from Oxford in 1595. In 1602 he became a singing man at Chester Cathedral and spent the rest of his life serving the cathedral. He became a minor canon in 1612, took holy orders in 1614 and was named precentor of the cathedral in 1623. Although he was a churchman, Pilkington composed largely secular music Air music ayre s, madrigal music madrigal s, and lute song s. He died in Chester . Sources Brief biographical sketch of Francis Pilkington in the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, 1994, Oxford University Press. External links ChoralWiki IMSLP id Pilkington, Francis WIMA idx Pilkington Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH c. 1565 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1638 PLACE OF DEATH Chester DEFAULTSORT Pilkington, Francis Category 1560s births Category 1638 deaths Category English composers Category Renaissance composers Category Baroque composers Category People of the Tudor period Category English lutenists Category Alumni of the University of Oxford Category 16th century English people Category 17th century English people UK composer stub it Francis Pilkington ja ... more details
Use dmy dates date February 2011 Infobox military person name Liam Pilkington born birth date 1894 6 ... Image Replace this image male.svg caption nicknames William Pilkington br Billy Pilkington allegiance ... Civil War awards laterwork Catholic priest General Liam Pilkington 2 June 1894 26 March 1977 , also known as William Pilkington and Billy Pilkington , was born in Sligo, Ireland . Pilkington served in the Irish Republican Army IRA during the Irish War of Independence . Pilkington served the IRA as General ... of the Irish War of Independence Pilkington joined the Anti Treaty IRA ref cite web last Sammon ... unsuccessful. After the disillusionment of the Irish Civil War , Pilkington became ... and died in Liverpool , England . Early life Pilkington was born in Sligo on 2 June 1894. He received ... War of Independence began the College was closed and Pilkington was forced to return to Sligo ... Farry 1992 , p. 59. ref Military career Several notable incidents occurred in Pilkington s military ... O C William Pilkington. ref cite book last Hopkinson first Michael title The Irish War of Independence ... IRA unit under Liam Pilkington took the Dromhaire barracks, in County Sligo, because the Free State ... Griffith in Sligo was proclaimed by local Anti Treaty IRA divisional commander, Liam Pilkington. Pilkington ... minute, Pilkington backed down and the meeting went ahead. ref Hopkinson 1988 , p. 76. ref Political career On 27 August 1923, Pilkington ran unsuccessfully in the general election for the 4th D il ... IRA Pilkington was a prominent member of the Anti Treaty IRA for many years, but his most important ... , Liam Pilkington replacing Liam Lynch Irish republican Liam Lynch , Sean Hyde, Sean Dowling, Bill ... Seamus Robinson . Frank Aiken was elected Chief of Staff and an Army Council of Aiken, Pilkington ... by nine votes to two. ref Hopkinson 1988 , p. 256. ref Catholic priest Pilkington became ... . He joined the Redemptorist Order and became known as Father William Pilkington Congregation ... more details
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