Peter Curtin is an Australian television actor. He has been married to Ailsa Piper since 1987.

Peter Roland Cope (7 December 1921 – 4 April 2005) was the last surviving test pilot from the Avro Arrow program.

Born in Croydon, England, Cope signed up for the Royal Air Force in 1939 after graduating from Croydon College with a degree in science and applied mathematics.

In August 1941 Cope was called up for training in the U.S., on the Vultee BT-13 Valiant at Maxwell Field, Alabama with the USAAC.

Cope returned to England in 1942 and flew a variety of aircraft.

Cope attended No. 5 Course at the Empire Test Pilots' School in 1946/1947.

He was hired by Armstrong-Whitworth Company to test the Gloster Meteor

In April 1952 Cope moved to Canada to work for A.V.Roe Canada. Because of his experience in the war he became the unofficial armament development pilot.

Cope was one of four pilots assigned to test fly the Arrow, and flew it five times.

In 1960 Cope left Avro for Boeing, from which he retired in 1986.

Cope died in Bellevue, Washington.

Wingates Band is a brass band based in Wingates, a settlement near the town of Westhoughton in north-west England. It is considered one of the country's finest contesting bands and competes in the championship section (top level) of the British brass band league structure. Its musical director is Andrew Berryman, a trombonist with the Hallé orchestra in nearby Manchester.

Wingates Band was formed in 1873 by members of the local Independent Methodist church's Bible class. Reflecting this origin, the band was originally known as the Wingates Temperance Band. Abstinence from alcohol was a main tenet of church teaching.

Early in the 20th century Wingates rose to become a member of the elite of brass bands. In 1906 it achieved the "double" by winning the British Open brass band championships and the British National championships (the latter staged at the Crystal Palace in London) in the same year. The following year, in 1907, the band repeated its success and retained both titles, completing the first "double double" in the British banding world. The feat was not matched for over 70 years. In total Wingates has won the 'Open' seven times and the 'National' on four occasions. The band won the French Open brass band championship in 2004 and 2006.

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. As of 2011, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine.

King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society Awards, his novella The Way Station was a Nebula Award novelette nominee, and in 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his whole career, such as the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2004), the Canadian Booksellers Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2007) and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America (2007).