* Rum-running in Windsor

Rum-running became common, and three speakeasies, one called " The Bucket of Blood " operated nightly.

Rum-running and border jumping thrived along Blaine's shared coastline with British Columbia, due in part to the area's largest whiskey still being located on Texada Island, which is located in the northern Strait of Georgia offshore from the city of Powell River, British Columbia.

It first achieved notoriety as a Rum-running port during prohibition.

Rum-running, also known as bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting ( smuggling ) alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law.

In June 1917, when the Royal Family stopped using their German names and titles and adopted the more British-sounding " Windsor ": Prince Louis of Battenberg became Louis Mountbatten, and was created Marquess of Milford Haven.

The organization became international on 12 March 1920, when the first club in Canada was established in Windsor, Ontario.

His earliest American ancestor was John Rockwell ( 1588 – 1662 ), from Somerset, England, who immigrated to America probably in 1635 aboard the ship Hopewell and became one of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut.

Edward and Mrs Simpson married and became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, but while Edward was a Royal Highness, George VI withheld the style from the Duchess, a decision that Elizabeth supported.

In 1917, he became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment.

The relationship began when Catherine lived at Windsor Castle, and she became pregnant with their first child there.

In 1924, the 42, 195 meters long Marathon became the standard that is today, based on the distance for the 1908 London Marathon from Windsor Castle to the White City stadium in London.

The new platform sets were known by nicknames-the two platforms added for suburban services in 1878 were the ' Cyprus Station ', whilst the six built in 1885 for use by trains on the Windsor line became the ' Khartoum Station '.

He was reared at Windsor with Henry VIII's illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and they became close friends and, later, brothers-in-law.

Through a contact made while working at Windsor, he became interested in the design of theatre scenery, and in 1831 obtained a commission to design the sets for the production of a new opera called Kenilworth at Covent Garden.

By the early 1980s, the neighborhood became a mecca for upper-class black families, along with neighboring View Park, Windsor Hills and Baldwin Hills.

In 1698, Edwards became the first minister for the settlers on the east side of the river and his church was built on Main Street ( in present-day South Windsor ).

The castle declined subsequently, much stone being removed to renovate Windsor Castle, but it became a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War.

Portions of the township were taken to form Hightstown borough ( March 5, 1853, within East Windsor ; became independent c. 1894 ) and Robbinsville Township ( March 11, 1860, and known as Washington Township until 2007 ).

They were neighbours of Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and soon became close friends with them.

York Castle formed a key part of the city defences, with a military governor ; rural castles such as Goodrich could be used a bases for raiding and for control of the surrounding countryside ; larger castles, such as Windsor, became used for holding prisoners of war or as military headquarters.

Other rooms on the second floor are mostly bedrooms, which include the Chinese Room ( directly above the Tyrconnel Room ) with its original hand painted 18th century Chinese wallpaper, the Yellow Room ( directly above the Blue Room ), and the Windsor Bedroom ( directly above the School Room ), so called following its use by King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, who became the Duke of Windsor after the abdication crisis of 1936.

Reynolds was the son of a baker from Windsor in Berkshire, and became a clerk, or chaplain, in the service of Edward I.

White's brother Windsor, who was a management talent, joined the business venture, followed by their brother Walter, who became instrumental in the sales, promotion and distribution of the product.

When the Duke married Wallis in France on 3 June 1937, she became the Duchess of Windsor, but, much to Edward's disgust, his brother issued letters patent the week before that denied her the style of Her Royal Highness.

After his abdication he became known as the Duke of Windsor.

From then on, the House of Windsor became the royal house of multiple countries, a number that shifted over the decades, as some Dominions became republics and Crown colonies became realms, republics or monarchies under a different sovereign.

There are three very famous royal chapels and one chapel-like Abbey which show the style at its most elaborate-King's College Chapel, Cambridge ; St George's Chapel, Windsor ; Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey and Bath Abbey.

In summer, daily lows and highs are typically 30-40 degrees F apart in land, with highs for Petaluma, Cotati, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Windsor, and Sebastopol typically being in the very low 80s F and lows at or near.

The newspaper with the highest circulation overall is the Toronto Star, while the newspaper with the highest readership per capita is the Windsor Star ( with the Calgary Herald running a very close second ).

Verro's surviving decorative work in England can be seen at Burghley House, Chatsworth, Reigate Priory, Chelsea Hospital, Christ's Hospital, Ham House, Hampton Court Palace, Moor Park, Powis Castle, Snape Castle ( although in very bad condition ) and Windsor Castle.

Falstaff arrives in Windsor very short on money.

In the early modern era, Sandhurst parish was a small farming community on the very edge of Windsor Forest, Sandhurst Walke being an important forest division subject to forest laws.

The CASO operated very few trains of its own-the majority of traffic on the line consisted of New York Central Railway trains transiting between Windsor, Ontario ( and the tunnel to Detroit ), and one of two bridges over the Niagara River located at Niagara Falls and Fort Erie.

These very panels upon which Windsor Blue used to cover fully became the canvases Karabekian would prime back to pure white and use for his last work locked within his potato barn.

There were over 29 inns in Windsor to provide accommodation, some very large.

Northern Ireland Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Carál Ní Chuilín, the first senior Sinn Féin representative to attend an international at Windsor Park, commended " the very real efforts that have been made by the IFA to tackle sectarianism at their matches " after a match in August 2011.

On Monday 31 August, the very day when the death warrant arrived from the court in Windsor setting Friday 4 September as the date for his execution, Sheppard escaped.

In the UK, it is the name of a type of dress worn by male members of the Royal Family ( and very senior courtiers ) at Windsor Castle.

Normally Windsor / Cow Creek would be a few yards wide, and in very dry weather ( during a dry summer, or in the depth of a dry winter ) it can become a trickle between stagnant pools of water.

In 1949 the Windsor Dam was completed, but this dam silted up very fast and was not an effective means of flood control.

The 335 series, although sharing the same bore spacing and cylinder head bolt pattern, was very different internally from the somewhat similar-looking Windsor series.

Ernest had been so visibly deteriorating in appearance as a result that Sarah Lyttelton, a lady-in-waiting of Queen Victoria, observed at Windsor in 1839 that he was " very thin and hollow-cheeked and pale, and no likeness to his brother, nor much beauty.

In the 1990 film adaptation of Presumed Innocent, there is a skyline view of Detroit very early in the film which clearly shows the Renaissance Center, filmed from across the river in Windsor, Ontario.

Windsor was a great hunter and woodsmen and he was very beneficial to the expedition.

There are a very large number of industrial and commercial developments contained in the area to the north of the railway bounded by the Prospect Highway, Abbot Road to the north, Old Windsor Road to the west and Blacktown Creek to the south.

For many years, Foodarama operated very a small ShopRite Garden Center on Route 130 in East Windsor, New Jersey.

Windsor said: " We were very close.

It is located very close to both the historic towns of Windsor and Eton, as well as Slough and Dorney Lake, the rowing venue for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The Hills Private Hospital on Windsor Road ( near the corner of Merindah Road ) includes Emergency for private patients and has a very large Maternity Ward.

Other notable early works included an opéra bouffe, Windsor Castle ( 1865 ), with music by Frank Musgrave, and punny burlesques, including the very successful The Latest Edition of Black Eyed Susan ( which played for 800 performances in London in seasons from 1866 into the 1870s and was revived and toured extensively ) and Helen, or, Taken from the Greek, in 1866.