DYK hooks of articles I have written or nominated:
Did you know ...
... that the bus service Coastliner 700 between
Brighton and
Southsea on the south coast of England, has been running for more than 35 years? 2 September, 2011
28
... that the 2012 Preston Passion featured thousands of Preston residents and included Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs from
Handel's Messiah? 20 April, 2012
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... that over 40 now-defunct railroads were part of transportation in Montana in the industrial period of the 19th and early 20th century? 15 October, 2013
1.2k; September 23, 2013
1.6k
... that in 1855 three passengers, believing they had arrived at their destination, fell to their deaths when they stepped from a train that had halted on Dinting Viaduct? 13 October, 2014
9k
... that the 1.85-metre (6 ft 1 in) deck width of the Sisu KB-124(pictured) was agile, but was considered problematic because two standard
pallets could not fit? 20 April, 2015
2.3k
... that the Texan businessman George Neel, Jr. published
western-themed short stories and a novel featuring a Marine in South Korea? 5 May, 2015
2.1k
... that Leeds Civic Trust has created
a trail of rainbow plaques(example pictured) to commemorate individuals, significant places, and events which have contributed to the LGBT+ history of
Leeds? 21 May, 2020
606
... that because of its isolated, moorside location, Wells House,
Ilkley, is the only building by
Cuthbert Brodrick known to have been surrounded by a designed landscape? 15 August, 2020
1.8k
... that the former site of the Majestic Cinema,
Leeds, which was gutted by fire in 2014, will become the national headquarters of
Channel 4? 8 October, 2020
3.6k
... that Primrose Hill Tunnel was the first railway tunnel to be built in London? 9 March, 2021
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