axletree


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a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve

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But this year large projects have gotten under way at Milwaukie High School and the Northwest Housing Alternatives campus, both just blocks away from the Axletree site.
until / Its Wheels do crack, or Axletree complain." He fantasizes
Tonight brings the last chance to catch the enthralling production of Hansel and Gretel staged by the exciting young Operamus company which has captured hearts around the region (Stuart Bathurst School, Axletree Way, Wednesbury, 7.30pm' details on 0121 472 5342).
"Rail," similarly to the "axletree" of a wheel ("side by side" 12, 13) and "dumbbell," is a linguistic metaphor for what is happening on stage, the parallel course of "tapes" of memory and time.
Not for nothing would one of his North American correspondents describe Hartlib as at 'the Hub of the Axletree of Knowledge'.
It follows a burglary at Next in Axletree Way, Wednesbury, overnight on October 7.
He knows what happens when an axletree breaks or when a team of straining horses tumbles into a river.
There is a repeat performance at the venue on Saturday at 4pm, followed by visits to Netherton Arts Centre, Northfield Road, Dudley on Tuesday (7.30pm) and Stuart Bathurst School, Axletree Way, Wednesbury next Thursday at 7.30pm (same telephone number).
The public will have also the opportunity to try a range of different sports, including rock wall climbing, a surf simulator, rugby challenge, speed cage at the Axletree Way Retail Park store.
200 YEARS AGO: As the Duke of Portland was returning home on Sunday afternoon from the Marquis of Bute's in Hill Street the axletree of his carriage broke, and the hind wheel coming of it turned opposite.
Cops discovered the ring after they saw Tung Le Nguyen acting suspiciously on the B&Q car park in Axletree Way, Wednesbury, in February.
100 YEARS AGO: Last night John Maybury (16), of Great Western Road, Wednesbury, the third person who was scalded in the boiler explosion at the Monway Works, belonging to the Patent Shaft and Axletree Company, died in the West Bromwich District Hospital from the injuries he received.
Sandwell councillors have agreed to put their Unitary Development Plan (UDP) on hold for proposals to open a sports store in Wednesbury's Axletree Way.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the new Currys store on Axletree Way, in Wednesbury, just before 8.25am yesterday.