Torquay

American

[tawr-kee] / tɔrˈki /

noun

formerly a borough in SW England: incorporated 1968 with Torbay.

Torquay British

/ ˌtɔːˈkiː /

noun

a town and resort in SW England, in Torbay unitary authority, S Devon. Pop: 62 968 (2001)

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Neil Warnock, at 77, also returned for a short spell in charge of his old club Torquay United, between the sacking of Paul Wootton and the appointment of Jimmy Ball.

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The 70-year-old food, along with a letter from E M Elliot detailing that it came from the house of Mike Westmacott, a British mountaineer from Torquay who was also a member of the expedition, were sold for £500 at Bearnes Hampton Auctioneers in Exeter.

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Ex-Leicester, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Nottingham Forest manager Martin O'Neill, 74, is currently in his second interim spell in charge of Celtic, while Neil Warnock, 77, was recently named caretaker boss at National League South side Torquay United.

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Born in Torquay, Devon, in 1890, she died in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, aged 85 in 1976.

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A year after the incident he was moved to a rehabilitation centre in Torquay which bought both anger as well as opportunity.

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