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Encyclopedia > Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road (B325) [pronounced GLOSS-ster] is a street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of London. It runs north-south between Kensington Road (at which point it is known as Palace Gate) and Old Brompton Road at the south end. At its intersection with Cromwell Road is Gloucester Road tube station, close to which there are several public houses, eating establishments, and a good many hotels. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London, created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Kensington Road is a short section of road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea forming part of the A315. ... The junction connecting Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... Cromwell Road is a major road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, and is designated part of the A4. ... District line building Piccadilly line building Gloucester Road is a London Underground station in Kensington, near the intersection of Gloucester Road and Cromwell Road. ...


The Wiki project Open Guide to London contains more information about Gloucester Road.


Gloucester Road (13 songs for the damned)


Album released in 2005 by the Italian nationalist musician/producer Viking (musician) (Francesca Ortolani). The album contains 13 hymns of freedom, against mental constraints and corruption of political parties. Other themes are the importance of technology in helping people, the loss of passions/love and ideals. The album includes the infamous songs "London Trains", "Pro Aeterna Paganitate", "Towards the light", "Under the Train" and a pair of Jethro Tull (band) classics.
"Ideals are like trains: when they are too old they got to be upgraded. Let my thoughts live revolutionary days, London Trains, London Trains"
"I want to be in love. I fight because I love. I live because I fight."
(AshTree Records ATR003 2005)
Gloucester Road Site Viking (Francesca Ortolani) Italian female nationalist/heathen songwriter/producer/engineer. ... Jethro Tulls fourth album, Aqualung Jethro Tull is a progressive rock band that was formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s. ... AshTree Records Label founded in 2002 by (Francesca Ortolani), aka Viking (see Viking (musician)), now based partially in Italy and in USA. Links AshTree Records Viking Categories: Folk music | Rock music | Pagan rock | Neo-Nazi music ...


Gloucester Road (Chinese: 告士打道) is also a road in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, China. It connects to Harcourt Road at its western end, and the Island Eastern Corridor (via Victoria Park Road) and the Cross Harbour Tunnel at its eastern end. It forms part of Hong Kong's Route 4. A Chow Sang Sang jewelry shop, aged over 40 years Tai Yau Arcade in Wan Chai Old-fashioned shops in Wan Chai squatters are typical examples of modern Lingnan architecture, compared to those found in Guangzhou and Taipei. ... Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... Harcourt Road is a major road on the north side of Hong Kong Island running through the Wan Chai District. ... The area around the entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in the 1970s. ...


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Gloucester: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (2049 words)
Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter in 681.
Gloucester was incorporated by King Richard III in 1483, the town being made a county in itself.
Gloucester gained notoriety in 1994 with the arrest of Fred West and his wife Rose West for the abduction and murder of more than a dozen young women between 1967 and 1987, including one of their daughters.
Ross-on-Wye - Gloucester Road (2178 words)
Gloucester Road, Ross-on-Wye, (origionally known as New Gloucester Road) was not built until 1825 after controversy between King George IV and the town in 1821.
When Gloucester Road was built, embankments were built over this and it was filled in make the slope much shallower and this presumably resulted in some buildings along Gloucester Road needing steps down to their entrances at the original ground floor level.
This is a postcard view of Gloucester Road (published by Frith and Co. Ltd - no. 67703) taken from the junction with Cantilupe Road in the early 1900's and the differences in the road are quite marked.
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