Richard Wilson also won Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1994, and Annette Crosbie was nominated for the same award in 1994.

At its peak, ten thousand tons of salt was harvested and railed from Lake Crosbie, Lake Becking and Lake Kenyon to the nearby town of Linga.

The United Lodge of Theosophists, or ULT, was founded in 1909 by a Theosophical Society member, Robert Crosbie ( 1849 – 1919 ).

Mr. Crosbie was a Boston Theosophist during the time of William Q.

Crosbie was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, to Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actor.

Crosbie was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services to drama.

The personnel changes would continue as Sean Greenhalgh was moved to Buffalo and Ian Llord moved to Calgary in a deal that brought the Wings Jason Crosbie on offense and former Defenseman of the Year Taylor Wray on defense.

Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Other guest stars, both comedy and straight, have included: Steven Berkoff, Geoffrey McGivern, John Bluthal, Kate Isitt, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nigel Planer, Griff Rhys Jones, Hattie Hayridge, Alistair McGowan, Tamsin Greig, Katherine Parkinson, Colin Baker, Brian Murphy, Rebecca Front, Mary Tamm, Jim Bowen, Peter Davison, Maureen O ' Brien, Lysette Anthony, Mark Caven, Lorelei King, Geoffrey Beevers, Annette Crosbie, Rae Baker Doreen Mantle, Charlie Brooks, Maureen Lipman, Paul Blackthorne, Jimmi Harkishin, and Bill Bailey ( who was also pencilled as the original Jonathan Creek ).

Joe Clark's leadership was successfully challenged, and in the 1983 PC leadership convention, members endorsed Brian Mulroney who rejected free trade with the United States as proposed by another right-wing candidate, John Crosbie.

Another member of the Trench family was Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, Governor of Hong Kong from 1964 to 1971.

Robert II granted the old Crosbie estate to the Fullartons in 1344 and by the 18th century the old castle was partly demolished and converted into an ice house for Fullarton House, with a doocot nearby.

The cemetery dates from circa 1240 and was held in secular times by Fullarton of Crosbie in the 14th century after being passed on from relatives.

The ' Wrack Road ' was the Fullarton Estate estate road used by tenants who took their carts down to the shore to collect seaweed or wrack as fertilizer and it was the main road from Troon for funerals going to Crosbie.

Janet McFadzean was buried in Crosbie cemetery in 1761 and the front of her tombstone reads: Here lyes the corps of Janet McFadzean, Spous of William McFadzean, Quarter-Master Sergean in Lovetenan General Homs Regiment of Sol., who died August 22, 1761, aged 27 years.

Smallwood's leadership bid was successful and Crosbie, along with a number of young Liberals, defected to the Progressive Conservatives.

In the Wyrd Sisters animated adaptation, Granny Weatherwax was voiced by Annette Crosbie and in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation she was played by Sheila Hancock.

The show was based on the concept from the BBC series One Foot in the Grave, starring Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie.

Crosbie ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1969, losing to Smallwood, and was also a candidate in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's 1983 leadership election, placing third.

As a Cabinet minister under Mulroney, Crosbie was known to be outspoken and controversial.

Crosbie ’ s early education was in St. John's and at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario.

Crosbie first entered politics as a member of the St. John's City Council, he served on council until he was appointed to the provincial cabinet of Liberal Premier Joey Smallwood in 1966.

Crosbie was sworn in as Minister of Municipal and Housing, and soon after won a seat in the House of Assembly.

Eight graduates from Dalhousie have also served as Lieutenant Governors across Canada, including John Crosbie, Myra Freeman, Clarence Gosse, John Keiller MacKay, Henry Poole MacKeen, John Robert Nicholson, Fabian O ' Dea, and Albert Walsh.

Crosbie has also appeared in A Touch of Frost.

Crosbie also took another dig at a fundraising dinner in Victoria, British Columbia in 1990 by saying she made him think of the song lyrics, " Pass the tequila, Sheila, lay down and love me again!

John Crosbie, who had been Clark's Minister of Finance in 1979, was also an attractive candidate for the party's pro-business wing, and attempted to distinguish himself by adopting what he called a continentalist platform, i. e., free trade with the United States of America.

The likes of Rohinton Mistry, Camilla Gibb, Lynn Crosbie and many other notable names in Canadian literature have been published in the HHR during their university years. HHR also regularly organizes literary events which feature established and emerging members of the writing and publishing world.

Crosbie Castle ( also known as Crosbie Towers ) lies to the north west on the outskirts of West Kilbride.

Currently the castle lies at the centre of a caravan park also called Crosbie Towers.

A lifelong supporter of free trade with the United States, Crosbie actively promoted the agreement in the that year's federal election, which was primarily fought on the issue.

Finance Minister John Crosbie touted the budget as " short term pain for long term gain.

A few years later, Crosbie made a similar impact as another Queen, Victoria, in the ITV period drama Edward the Seventh ( 1975 ), for which she won the 1976 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress.

Crosbie has lectured on and written about visual art at the AGO, the Power Plant, and OCAD University ( where she taught for six years.

He announced his retirement in 1969, only to change his mind and run for the leadership against John Crosbie.

In the ensuing contest, Smallwood would send Cabinet ministers to delegate selection meetings with notebooks, detailing who voted for which slate of delegates and who would bring Crosbie delegates to his residence, forcing them to sign affidavits supporting Smallwood's leadership.

Smallwood defeated John Crosbie for the leadership.

When Crosbie became the front runner to succeed him as leader, Smallwood decided to run for the leadership.

In 1967, Crosbie became Minister of Health and was instrumental in creating the Newfoundland Medicare Commission and the framework for the Newfoundland Medicare Plan.

However when Crosbie, who had resigned from caucus, became the apparent front runner to succeed him as leader Smallwood decided to run for the leadership of the party.

He presented a tough budget that included tax increases in what Crosbie quipped was " short term pain for long term gain.

A leadership convention was called for later that year and Crosbie announced candidacy.

" Crosbie finished his career as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and did not run for re-election in 1993.

As Lieutenant Governor Crosbie drew sharp criticism for wearing a sealskin coat to several official events during the Royals ' visit to Newfoundland in November 2009 and for saying that the coat was a statement in support of the annual seal hunt.

He finished fourth and urged his supporters to vote for John Crosbie, rather than Brian Mulroney.

With no resolution and matters between directors Tony Betteridge and Don Crosbie being taken to court the town had no senior club playing non-league football for the 2010 – 11 season.

John Crosbie announces he will not return to politics, ending speculation he would stand for the new Conservative party in Avalon, NL.

( The yard of the derelict St Nicholas School adjacent to the warehouse was still used by the Company for rehearsals of crowd scenes and stage fights as late as the early 1960s, notably for John Hale's productions of Romeo and Juliet starring the Canadian actor Paul Massie and Annette Crosbie, a former student of the School, and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac with Peter Wyngarde.