Prior to widespread availability of synthetic materials, such as fibreglass and graphite composites, fishing rods were typically made from split Tonkin bamboo, Calcutta reed, ash wood, hickory, iron wood, maple, lance wood, or malacca cane, as it was necessary that they be made light, tough, and pliable.

During the Grunwick dispute — where workers struck over pay, working conditions and the owner George Ward's refusal to recognise their trade union — there was a split in the Conservative Shadow Cabinet between the conciliatory approach of Jim Prior, the Shadow Employment Secretary, and Keith Joseph.

Prior to the 2010 census, the unincorporated community of Woodbridge was split between the CDP's of North Woodbridge and South Woodbridge.

Prior to the 2010 census, the unincorporated community of Woodbridge was split between the CDP's of South Woodbridge and North Woodbridge.

Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Bridgewater Township had been in state legislative district 16. Based on the results of the 2010 Census, the New Jersey Redistricting Commission has shifted boundaries so that Bridgewater will no longer be split between districts and will be entirely within the 7th district, a change that will take effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.

Prior to the first split of high schools, Hilliard High School won a Boys ' volleyball state championship in 1991.

Prior to the 2009 NASL split several other cities had been mentioned as being locations where future USL-1 franchises might be launched, including St. Louis, Missouri ( led by the current PDL franchise St. Louis Lions ), Orlando, Florida ( with Mexican side Pachuca being rumored as connected to it ), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, Hamilton, Ontario, San Antonio, Texas and Ottawa, Ontario.

Prior to 1995, Kalinga and Apayao comprised a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, until they were split into two to better service the needs of individual native tribes in the provinces.

Prior to 1995, Kalinga and Apayao used to be a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, until they were split into two to better service the needs of individual native tribes in the provinces.

Prior to the split, the Old School Presbyterian Church was the only mainline Protestant denomination to maintain a national unity across sectional lines as late as mid-1861.

Prior to 1867, the ( Daco -) Romanians were part of different statal entities: with the Moldavians and the Wallachians being split off and having shaped separate political identities, possessing states of their own, and with the rest of Romanians being part of other states.

Prior to this reign, WCW split their recognition of a World Heavyweight Champion from the NWA, and Flair was subsequently recognized as the first WCW World Heavyweight Champion, while still being recognized as NWA World Champion.

Prior to the Sino-Soviet split, Soviet faculty members worked at Shandong University.

Prior to the case, lower federal courts had split over whether plaintiffs whose rights were violated were automatically entitled to the statutory minimum damages award of $ 1000, or whether those plaintiffs had to prove that they had suffered at least some actual damage from the privacy breach ( which would then be raised to $ 1000 if their actual damages were less than that ).

Prior to the 2003 split, it had a population of around 600, 000 ( 2002 ).

Prior to the construction of Castle Way, the road was split in 2 at this section.

Prior to the acquisition of the brewing assets by Lion Nathan in 1993, SA Brewing split its brewing assets into " SA Brewing Holdings ", and its diversified operations were formed into a new listed company named Southcorp.

Prior to this, the functions now handled by the GCSB were split between three organisations:

Prior to the split, the band recorded an album's worth of new material, which to date remains unreleased.

Prior to the Lesotho general election, 2012 the party split again with incumbent Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili forming the Democratic Congress and General Secretary Mothetjoa Metsing taking over the party leadership.

Prior to starting, participants must be split into two teams.

Prior to the 1917 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada split into two factions:

Prior to this split, the entirety of eastern and central Massachusetts was assigned to the 617 area code – and callers only needed to dial 7 digits to reach anyone else in that same area.

Prior to the split, the long-standing financial support from the Soviet Union to the Communist Party of Canada was discontinued.

Prior to the separation of the colony of Victoria from New South Wales in 1951, the area was called the Port Phillip District of New South Wales.

Prior to the Central District being created in 1975 the area had historically been called Clackmannanshire and there was strong pressure to resurrect this title rather than hold to the rather bland title of " Central Region ".

Prior to 1900, the area occupied by what would become the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster had been administered by five separate local bodies: the Vestry of St George Hanover Square, the Vestry of St Martin in the Fields, Strand District Board of Works, Westminster District Board of Works and the Vestry of Westminster St James.

Prior to the passage of the amendment, residents of Washington, D. C. were forbidden from voting for President or Vice President as the District is not a U. S. state.

Prior to becoming Delaware County, a large portion of the area was known as the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation.

Prior to the creation of the District in 1999, Strawberry was in the Alto-Richardson Fire Protection District.

Prior to the community's affiliation with Regional School District 19, Willington offered its high school-aged students a choice attending one of the four institutions.

Prior to 1995, Itasca's School District 10 had one PreK-5 elementary school on each side of town: Franzen School on the North Side and Washington School on the South Side.

Prior to 1988, children attended the Reddick School District known better as " RUCE ", an acronym that consisted of the villages that were part of the school district ( Reddick, Union Hill, Campus, and Essex ).

Prior to the American Civil War, some groups worked to establish a Western District of Columbia to include present-day Metropolis and the nearby area of Kentucky.

Prior to the formation of the Central Clinton School District, Grand Mound had its own junior-senior high school, which operated in the same school building as the elementary school.

In a 1984 United States District Court ruling, the court affirmed that the municipal boundary of the City of Prior Lake did include the tribal lands in question.

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Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Bloomingdale Boro had been in state legislative district 26. Based on the results of the 2010 Census, the New Jersey Redistricting Commission has placed Bloomingdale entirely within the 11th Congressional District, a change that will take effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.

Prior to 1923, the Deer Park School District took in Deer Park and Wyandanch.

Prior to the formation of the East Allegheny School District, North Versailles high school age students were able to choose to go to one of several high schools in other districts including: East McKeesport High School ( the Rams ), Westinghouse Memorial High School ( the Wildcats ), Turtle Creek High School ( the Creekers ), McKeesport Area High School ( the Tigers ), and East Pittsburgh High School ( the Shamrocks ).

Prior to the establishment of Northampton County in 1752, the area was part of Bucks County and the land currently occupied by South Whitehall was known as " the back part of Macungie " on the " Heidelberg District.

Prior to Clover's founding, Bethany and Bethel, communities located a few miles west and east, respectively, were primary population centers in northern York District, with well-established Presbyterian churches, post offices and stores.

Prior to the fall of 1999, the Asherton Independent School District served Asherton.

Prior to July 2010, public school students in grades K-8, attended Memorial School in South Hackensack, as part of a sending / receiving relationship with the South Hackensack School District.

Prior to being Mayor, Chiovatero served as Alderman of District 6 for two consecutive three-year terms.

Prior to 1974, it was a village in the Derwent Rural District, which was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Prior to confirmation of the merger, the GN & SR had sought permission to extend its line southwards from the future junction of Kingsway and Aldwych, under Norfolk Street to a new interchange under the Metropolitan District Railway's station at Temple.