Until the opening of the Suez Canal, the islands used to be an important refuelling and provisioning station for ships from Europe to the Indian Ocean.

Until further information is derived from the bidding, assume that a typical opening hand by partner contains 7 losers, e. g., has 7 losers ( 1 + 2 + 2 + 2

Until the formal opening of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 1 October 2009, life peers created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act were known as " Lords of Appeal in Ordinary " or in common parlance " Law Lords ".

Until the opening of the bridge, built to the east of the two tunnels, the crossing was known as the Dartford Tunnel.

Until 1974 the crown jewels were also displayed at the opening of the Riksdag ( Parliament ).

Until the opening of the Thames Barrier in 1984, a portable building near the north of the tunnel was used as a flood control headquarters for the Greater London Council.

Until the 1980s there was a branch of Lloyds Bank, with limited opening hours towards the end.

Until the opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow on 27 March 2008, Heathrow Express also served Terminal 4, but this has now been discontinued and Terminal 4 is now the terminus for the Heathrow Express Terminal 4 ' shuttle ' ( Mondays to Saturdays ) and the Heathrow Connect instead.

Until the opening of the Port of Fremantle in 1900,

Until the opening of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge in 1911, this was the lowest bridging point on the Tees.

Until the end of the 1990s, the company operated only in Slovenia, but then it started to spread on other markets by opening new hypermarkets in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

Until the opening of the Forth Replacement Crossing in 2016, the M90's most substantial engineering feature shall remain the Friarton Bridge in Perth, a tall concrete pillared structure which traverses the River Tay.

Until the opening of the CBC Regional Broadcast Centre in the 1970s, the offices and broadcast studios of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Vancouver bureau were on the mezzanine floor of the hotel, overlooking the corner of Hornby and Georgia.

Until the opening of the National School in Hawridge in 1874 education was provided in the village by a straw plaiting school also mentioned in a Select Committee report of 1819.

Until around the time of the arrival of the Cheshire Lines Committee railway and the opening of Irlam railway station, in 1873, Irlam remained a largely undeveloped village, on the southern edge of the peat bog known as Chat Moss.

Until the opening of the colliery in 1952, the greatest social change in Calverton ’ s history had been arguably the parliamentary enclosure of 1778-80.

Until March 13, 2004, it covered 393 km between its two termini ; however, with the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen on March 13, the section between Yatsushiro and Sendai was transferred to the third-sector Hisatsu Orange Railway Company.

Until the opening of the new motorway in June 2010, Kells stood as a busy junction town on the old N3 road with over 18, 000 vehicles passing through the town each day.

Until the opening of the Canberra Theatre Centre in 1965, the Albert Hall was home to a large number of prominent organisations, including the Canberra Orchestral Society ( later the Canberra Symphony Orchestra ) founded in 1950, a new Canberra Philharmonic Society ( for musical theatre, 1951 ) and the Canberra Choral Society ( 1952 ).

Until the opening of the airport in Yangyang County, Sokcho had its own airport, linking the city to Seoul.

Until the freeway is complete, US 31 follows a stretch of Napier Avenue, which was upgraded in conjunction with the St. Joseph Valley Parkway opening to that point, westward to I-94.

Until 1968, the price was fixed only once a day, when a second fixing was introduced at 3 p. m. to coincide with the opening of the US markets, as the price of gold was no longer under control of the Bank of England, a result of the collapse of the London Gold Pool.

Until the opening of the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in 1952 it was the main airport of Helsinki and all Finland.

Until the 1970s it was one of the theaters where major Broadway producers would premiere their shows before opening in New York.

Until 1810, there was also a Corn Cross, but this was taken down and replaced by a pump.

Until that time, the only access to the Piccadilly Line was indirect, either via the Victoria Line station or via what was for many years called King's Cross Thameslink and is now the Pentonville Road entrance, and sometimes at peak hours was possible in one direction only.

Until the 19th century one such stream flowed from Brockley Cross crossing Tanners Hill before joining at Deptford Creek.

Until the mid-20th century an ancient stone cross was present on this route at " Park an Grouse " ( The Field of the Cross ), this cross was one site of veneration of the Cornish sea deity Bucca, ( others were the beaches of Newlyn and Mousehole ) the name ' Bucca ' has often been used as a nickname for people resident in Newlyn: the location of the cross is now unknown.

Until September 28, 1998, the Canadian Red Cross was responsible for all blood services in Canada.

Until the new island flag was registered, the Island's team at events such as the International Island Games used only the Union Flag, or on occasion St George's Cross.

Until the early nineteenth century, Clay Cross was a small village, but increasing demand for coal and other minerals trebled the population by 1840.

Until the start of the nineteenth century the Cross was used as a market-place ; but the increased population of the city requiring a more extensive area for that purpose, a large and convenient market-house was, about the year 1807, erected in the North-street ; on the completion of which, it was proposed to take down this Cross, then considered as a nuisance.

Until January 2009, a weekly half-hour regional current affairs program, State Focus, was produced at Southern Cross Broadcasting's television production facilities in Canberra for each broadcast market.

Until 2006, he was the only recipient of the Victoria Cross whose exact resting place was unknown.

Until 2006 Shout's medals, including his Victoria Cross, remained in the possession of his family — at the time, the only one of the nine VCs won by Australians at Gallipoli not in the collection of the Australian War Memorial.

Until 1960, the Roman Rite also had on May 3 another Feast of the Cross, denominated the Invention ( i. e., the Finding ) of the Holy Cross ( see General Roman Calendar of 1954 ).

Until 2008 their replacement was the existing route 285 which added a short detour to serve the station forecourt ; passengers for terminal 4 were advised to change at Hatton Cross ( which is in the Heathrow free travel zone with free travel between Hatton Cross and all terminals ).

Until the building of the railway, Cross Gates was a quiet village.

Until 1972, 81 members of the Canadian military ( including those from Newfoundland ) and 13 Canadians serving in British units had been awarded the Victoria Cross.

Until 1994, he mixed his stage roles with supporting roles on television in episodes of Boon, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Covington Cross, Lovejoy, and Between the Lines.

Until 2007, U. S. law only protected the Red Cross, and only permitted its use by the ARC and U. S. armed forces ; though its use by non-U. S. organizations would normally be implied by the ARC's membership in IFRC and the standard protocols of the military and the Red Cross & Red Crescent movement, the ARC's withholding of IFRC dues from 2000 to 2006 over the Magen David Adom ( MDA ) issue raised concerns.