query: What country are Godiva chocolates from?

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: Godiva Chocolatier Godiva Chocolatier (pronounced "guh-DIE-va") is a Belgian manufacturer of chocolates and related products. Godiva was founded in 1926, and purchased by the Turkish Yıldız Holding in November 2007. Godiva owns and operates more than 600 shops in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia and is available via over 10,000 speciality retailers. In addition to chocolates, Godiva also sells truffles, coffee, cocoa, biscuits, dipped fruits and sweets, chocolate liqueur, shakes, wedding and party favors and other items arranged in gift baskets. Godiva's signature package is the Gold Ballotin (French for "small, cardboard box of chocolates"). Godiva also produces

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: seasonal and limited-edition chocolates for major holidays. Godiva has license agreements for the production of ice cream, cheesecake, coffee pods and liqueur that comes in several chocolate-related flavors. Products are also available in sugar-free and Kosher varieties. Godiva has been involved in controversy over child labor production of chocolate. Godiva was founded in 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, by the Draps family who opened their first shop in the Grand Place in Brussels under its present name, in honour of the legend of Lady Godiva. The first shop outside Belgium was opened in Paris on the Rue Saint Honoré in 1958.

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: Dame Goodyver's Daye in Coventry, England, where a procession through the city's streets includes her representing Lady Godiva riding a horse commented "I think it's very sad. Godiva was a great woman who challenged her husband to stop the terrible things that were happening to the people. I'm sure Lady Godiva wouldn't care for a company which seems to be taking something that wasn't theirs originally and wants to use it for themselves and nobody else. It's about our rich heritage. I would say it's morally wrong". Godiva Chocolatier Godiva Chocolatier (pronounced "guh-DIE-va") is a Belgian manufacturer of chocolates and

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: two factories, one in Brussels, and another in Reading, Pennsylvania, US. Godiva offers a wide range of products such as chocolate strawberries, coffee and cocoa, and wrapped chocolates. Pierre Draps Jr. was born in the Brussels borough of Koekelberg where the first Godiva store opened. Pierre Draps's father, Pierre Draps Sr, who started making the now world famous pralines in 1926. Pierre Jr and his two brothers, Joseph and François, soon joined their father in the business. Pierre Jr. started making chocolates in Brussels, Belgium, for sale to local shops. His shop in Brussels' Grande Place was a success, and

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: over the next decade, several other outlets were opened around Belgium. Pierre Jr. named the company Godiva because he was inspired by the ancient legend of Lady Godiva of Coventry. Godiva still uses recipes developed by Pierre Jr.'s father today. In 2012, Pierre Draps Jr. died at the age of 92. Lawyers of the company have sent a series of letters warning the Lady Godiva public house in Geneva, Switzerland, that they are infringing upon their intellectual property with the latest asking them to cease and desist from using the name. Pru Porretta, MBE, who was behind the revival of

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: chocolate beverages, pastries, and chocolates. The company also has a store in the Harrods Food Hall. Godiva is a participating member of the World Cocoa Foundation and Cocoa Horizons Foundation. The company is a partner of Save the Children, and began The Lady Godiva Program which partnered with FEED Projects in its first year. In 2016, Godiva celebrated its 90th anniversary and opened its 100th store in China. In 2017, the business opened its first store in Australia, inaugurated its Pierre Draps Chocolate Research & Development Centre in Brussels, and opened its North America flagship store in Rockefeller Center. In

title: Coventry Godiva Harriers

text: Coventry Godiva Harriers Coventry Godiva Harriers (CGH) is an athletics club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England and was established in 1879. The club name refers to the notable Lady Godiva of Coventry and the sport of "hare and hounds" cross country running. The club currently competes in various league competitions, ranging from the masters age group down to under 11s. These leagues and the club's most recent 2016 performance are listed below: The club has produced many athletes who have competed at an international level, including the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. The list below shows some of the most

title: Godiva (comics)

text: and the heroes are running from the Amazons, until Godiva is rescued by Canterbury Cricket. The heroes then hide in the bushes and learn Canterbury Cricket's origins, until the Amazons breach their hideout. During this same period, Godiva joins the Grifter's Resistance. After an ambush by the Furies, Godiva rescue Grifter from the Furies member Vixen. While the Resistance head to Westminster, Resistance member Miss Hyde betrays them and contacts the Furies. However, Miss Hyde regains control of the body and fights the Amazons, allowing Godiva and the Resistance to gain the upper hand. Godiva appears in as part of

title: Godiva Procession

text: Godiva Procession The Godiva Procession is an annual procession in the city of Coventry, England, which re-enacts the story of Lady Godiva. They have been held in Coventry since the 17th century. The first written record of the Godiva Processions is in the Coventry City Annals of 1678. These celebrate and re-enact Godiva's legendary naked ride through Coventry, undertaken to persuade her husband to free the people of the city from the burden of oppressive tolls. Although Godiva certainly existed, the historicity of the ride itself is debated. Godiva, or Godgifu, meaning 'God's Gift', was the wife of Leofric, Earl

title: Lady Godiva

text: recorded the song "Lady Godiva's Operation" for their 1968 album "White Light/White Heat". Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show recorded a song, "Hey, Lady Godiva!" written by Shel Silverstein. The song addressed Godiva directly and contained the chorus, "Don't know much about horses, but you sure picked a funny way to ride 'em." Extreme metal band Heaven Shall Burn used the legend of Lady Godiva for the song "Godiva" from their 2013 album "Veto". The band Queen references Godiva in their song "Don't Stop Me Now" with the lyric, “I’m a racing car, passing by like Lady Godiva.” Battle Rapper

title: Lady Godiva

text: Bonnie Godiva created her stage name from a combination of the names of Lady Godiva and Bonnie Elizabeth Parker. In the second episode of season 7 of the television show Charmed, titled "The Bare Witch Project", the main characters meet Lady Godiva and protect her from an evil baron. Lady Godiva Godiva, Countess of Mercia (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission

title: Dan's Chocolates

text: Dan's Chocolates comprises milk, dark, and white varieties. As is currently fashionable among boutique chocolate makers in the United States, its dark products have 60% to 75% cacao content. The Dan's Chocolates boxed chocolates have a Swiss heritage. As such, the truffles have thin shells and are bite sized. The company historically has offered free shipping from Thanksgiving to Christmas Day. Dan's Chocolates posts a social responsibility scorecard on its site, which includes measures to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste products in manufacturing. Since its founding day, a percentage of each sale has been given to one

title: Purdy's Chocolates

text: Influential Women in Business Award in 2005 by the Business in Vancouver publication. Purdy's Chocolates Purdys Chocolatier is a Canadian chocolatier, confectionery manufacturer, and retail operator. The company is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. From its 57,000 square-foot (5,295 m) factory, Purdys produces a variety of different chocolates and confectioneries that are distributed to all of its retail locations. These products include a variety of specialty chocolates; including truffles, hazelnut Hedgehogs, caramels, creams, moulded filled chocolates, caramels and clusters. Many individual outlets also prepare ice cream bars dipped and covered in toppings of

title: Purdy's Chocolates

text: Purdy's Chocolates Purdys Chocolatier is a Canadian chocolatier, confectionery manufacturer, and retail operator. The company is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia on the west coast of Canada. From its 57,000 square-foot (5,295 m) factory, Purdys produces a variety of different chocolates and confectioneries that are distributed to all of its retail locations. These products include a variety of specialty chocolates; including truffles, hazelnut Hedgehogs, caramels, creams, moulded filled chocolates, caramels and clusters. Many individual outlets also prepare ice cream bars dipped and covered in toppings of ones choice in full view of customers. Purdys began expanding outside of British

title: Godiva (comics)

text: the resistance in London. Godiva (comics) Godiva is the name of three DC Comics characters. One is a superhero, the others are supervillains. Godiva first appeared in "Super Friends" #7 and was created by E. Nelson Bridwell. Dorcas Leigh is a beautiful socialite from the United Kingdom with the power to control her hair's movement. Her first mission was to assist the Elongated Man in dismantling a bomb near London. Later on, she helped Wonder Woman find the Queen Bee. She later helps Jack O'Lantern in the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and assists Superman in a confrontation with Toyman. Around

title: Godiva (comics)

text: Godiva (comics) Godiva is the name of three DC Comics characters. One is a superhero, the others are supervillains. Godiva first appeared in "Super Friends" #7 and was created by E. Nelson Bridwell. Dorcas Leigh is a beautiful socialite from the United Kingdom with the power to control her hair's movement. Her first mission was to assist the Elongated Man in dismantling a bomb near London. Later on, she helped Wonder Woman find the Queen Bee. She later helps Jack O'Lantern in the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" and assists Superman in a confrontation with Toyman. Around this time she is

title: Lady Godiva

text: been claimed, but all the published accounts are 18th-century or later. According to an 1826 article submitted by someone well-versed in local history and identifying himself as W. Reader, there was already a well-established tradition that there was a certain tailor who had spied on Lady Godiva, and that at the annual Trinity Great Fair (now called the Godiva Festival) featuring the Godiva processions "a grotesque figure called Peeping Tom" would be set on display, and it was a wooden statue carved from oak. The author has dated this effigy, based on the style of armour he is shown wearing,

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: 2018, Godiva opened its first café in Brussels, the birthplace of the brand. In February 2018, Godiva took out a full-page ad in the Nihon Keizaki Shimbun financial newspaper, suggesting the retirement of the giri choco practice. In Japan, as part of the giri choco practice, women are expected to buy chocolate for their colleagues, friends, bosses and sometimes family members on Valentine's Day. The public's reaction to the ad was generally seen as favorable. In 2016, Godiva had approximately 650 retail stores throughout the world. Godiva's global presence increased rapidly, especially in countries like China and Japan. Godiva has

title: Godiva device

text: damage. On 3 February 1954 and 12 February 1957, accidental criticality excursions occurred causing damage to the device, but only insignificant exposures to personnel. This original Godiva device, known as "Lady Godiva", was irreparable after the second accident and was replaced by the "Godiva II". Godiva II was constructed inside a concrete building with walls and roof in a canyon a quarter-mile (400 m) away from the control room. In 1959, Los Alamos agreed to make Godiva II available to DOD contractors free of charge for 2 days each month, acknowledging its unique facility for radiation tests. Godiva's success in

title: Godiva quadricolor

text: white central stripe. Specimens from Western Australia differ significantly in colour and may represent another species. "Godiva quadricolor" preys on hydroids and on other nudibranchs. Its egg ribbon is a globular mass of white zigzags. Godiva quadricolor Godiva quadricolor is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. This species was described from St. James, False Bay, South Africa. It occurs on the South African coast from the Cape Peninsula to East London, intertidally to 20 m. It has also been reported from the Mediterranean, off western Australia and West Africa. "Godiva

title: Godiva Procession

text: dwindled and eventually ceased. However, in 1997 the Godiva procession was revived and in 2000 Coventry Carnival returned with arts group inspired costumes and tableaux. In 2003 the two combined to become the Godiva Carnival Procession which is associated with the three-day Godiva Festival held in Coventry's War Memorial Park. Godiva Procession The Godiva Procession is an annual procession in the city of Coventry, England, which re-enacts the story of Lady Godiva. They have been held in Coventry since the 17th century. The first written record of the Godiva Processions is in the Coventry City Annals of 1678. These celebrate

title: Godiva Festival

text: Boomtown Rats supported by Space. The Saturday headline was The Charlatans supported by Mystery Jets. The Sunday headline was Scouting for Girls, who were supported by The Pigeon Detectives. The weekend saw Godiva Festival visited over 148,000 times and was the most successful festival to date. The 2015 Godiva Festival took place from 3 to 5 July. The headline act for Friday was Fun Lovin' Criminals, Saturday The Wombats and Sunday Embrace. The 2014 Godiva Festival took place from 4 to 6 July. The headline act was the Happy Mondays. The 2013 Godiva Festival took place from 5 to 7

title: Godiva (horse)

text: Godiva (horse) Godiva (1937–1940) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning two Classics in 1940. The filly won six times from eight races in a racing career which lasted from 1939 until June 1940. After winning three times as a two-year-old she was unbeaten in 1940, winning the 1000 Guineas over one mile at Newmarket and a wartime substitute Oaks over one and a half miles at the same course a month later. Godiva died within five months of her final race. She has been described as one of the best British racemares of the 20th century. Godiva

title: What Planet Are You From?

text: Santa Clarita, California; and in Culver City, California on the Sony Pictures Studio lot. Shandling filmed this movie during a hiatus from filming the troubled production of "Town & Country" (2001) with Warren Beatty. "What Planet Are You From?" opened theatrically on March 3, 2000, in 2,248 venues, earning $3,008,746 in its first weekend and ranking fourteenth in the North American box office. The film ended its run, having grossed $6,291,602 domestically and $7,854,075 overseas for a worldwide total of $14,145,677. Based on a $60 million budget, the film was a box office bomb. The film received mixed reviews from

title: Butlers Chocolates

text: Lad Lane, Ms. Bailey-Butler developed a range of handmade chocolates. In 1959 the company was purchased by Mr. Seamus Sorensen and in 1984 the Butlers Irish Chocolates brand was born. It was named in memory of Ms. Marion Bailey-Butler. Five years later, in 1989 Butlers Chocolates first retail outlet opened in Grafton Street in Dublin City Centre. Since then retail outlets have opened up all over Ireland. Butler's have also expanded into the market in the United Kingdom with the opening of the company's first UK cafe in Westfield London and their chocolates are now widely available in most major

title: Lady Godiva

text: Lincolnshire, was her brother. (See Lucy of Bolingbroke.) After Leofric's death in 1057, his widow lived on until sometime between the Norman Conquest of 1066 and 1086. She is mentioned in the Domesday survey as one of the few Anglo-Saxons and the only woman to remain a major landholder shortly after the conquest. By the time of this great survey in 1086, Godiva had died, but her former lands are listed, although now held by others. Thus, Godiva apparently died between 1066 and 1086. The place where Godiva was buried has been a matter of debate. According to the "Chronicon

title: Lady Godiva

text: They had one known son, Aelfgar. Godiva's name occurs in charters and the Domesday survey, though the spelling varies. The Old English name Godgifu or Godgyfu meant "gift of God"; Godiva was the Latinised form. Since the name was a popular one, there are contemporaries of the same name. If she is the same Godiva who appears in the history of Ely Abbey, the "Liber Eliensis", written at the end of the 12th century, then she was a widow when Leofric married her. Both Leofric and Godiva were generous benefactors to religious houses. In 1043 Leofric founded and endowed a

title: Godiva (comics)

text: claims to be the offspring of a Chinese prince and an African princess, Godiva is a mercenary who works in espionage, assassination and theft. Her base of operations is in the Swiss Alps. The New Teen Titans first encountered Godiva in France after she kidnapped John and Cherie Chase, Danny Chase's parents. The Chases had information on a spy satellite that Godiva planned to steal and sell to the highest bidder. Danny eventually saved the Titans, but Godiva escaped. As a result of Danny's actions and his powers, he was allowed to stay with the Titans. Godiva clashed with the

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: entered into an agreement to sell Godiva to Yıldız Holding based in Istanbul, Turkey, which is the owner of Ülker group and the largest consumer goods manufacturer in Turkey. The acquisition was completed in March 2008, for $850 million. Godiva continues to own and operate more than 450 shops worldwide. The company issues six seasonal mail-order catalogs a year in the US and also accepts online and telephone orders for their products. Godiva chocolate is also sold in local malls and mini shops. Godiva opened (May 2012) Café Godiva in London's Harrods department store. The 40-plus table venue features Godiva's

title: Mario Godiva

text: Mario Godiva Mario Godiva (born May 30, 1982) is a fitness expert, food coach, and media spokesperson who has appeared on "The Tyra Banks Show", "The Steve Harvey Show", "The New York Times", "The Today Show", ABC News, "Weekend Today", "Nightline", BET: Business Today, "Time Out", New York, "W Magazine", "New York Daily News", and many other local and state publications. Mario Godiva grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin and struggled with childhood obesity. After the loss of his mother at a young age, Godiva realized the epidemic of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes afflicting the African American community. Godiva

title: Godiva Festival

text: July to Sunday 4 July. The 2009 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 3 July to Sunday 5 July, headlined by Scottish alternative band Idlewild. The 2008 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 4 July to Sunday 6 July, headlined by the Coventry band The Enemy. The 2007 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 13 July to Sunday 15 July with headliners Super Furry Animals. It was also the 10th year for the festival. The 2006 festival took take place from Friday 14 July to Sunday 16 July with headliners Mercury Rev. The 2005 festival took place Friday 8 July

title: Godiva (horse)

text: made odds on favourite. In the race, Godiva raced on the opposite side of the course from the main group and moved up to dispute the lead with Golden Penny two furlongs from the finish. Despite swishing her tail as she galloped (regarded as a sign of temperament), Godiva quickly went clear and won very easily by five lengths from Golden Penny, with Allure four lengths further back in third. Her time was more than two seconds faster than Djebel's winning time in the 2000 Guineas two days earlier. On her next appearance, Godiva was moved up in distance and

title: Godiva quadricolor

text: Godiva quadricolor Godiva quadricolor is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. This species was described from St. James, False Bay, South Africa. It occurs on the South African coast from the Cape Peninsula to East London, intertidally to 20 m. It has also been reported from the Mediterranean, off western Australia and West Africa. "Godiva quadricolor" is a slender pale-bodied nudibranch with many cerata striped in bands of blue, yellow and orange. Its head is orange with rugose orange rhinophores and has a pair of orange oral tentacles with a

title: William Dean Chocolates

text: in the world of hand-crafted chocolates" that has won more than 60 national awards including best in show at the New York Chocolate Show and 11 gold medals at the San Francisco International Chocolate Salon. Whoopi Goldberg is a fan and helped publicize the startup. William Dean Chocolates' coconut and lemongrass truffles are pictured in a scene of "The Hunger Games". William Dean Chocolates William Dean Chocolates is an artisan chocolate maker in the Belleair Bluffs section of Largo in Pinellas County, Florida. Their chocolate truffles are hand-painted in delicate designs including the marble swirl of purple, bronze and red

title: Godiva (horse)

text: underwent an operation as a result of which she contracted septicaemia and died. In their book, "A Century of Champions", based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Godiva a "great" winner of the 1000 Guineas and Oaks and the fifth best British-trained filly of the 20th century. Godiva (horse) Godiva (1937–1940) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning two Classics in 1940. The filly won six times from eight races in a racing career which lasted from 1939 until June 1940. After winning three times as a two-year-old she was unbeaten in 1940,

title: The Godiva Affair

text: Fox arrives, and falls into the arms of Corporal Jones. Somebody has stolen the Lady Godiva costume from her at the town hall. Fraser disappointedly notes that they won't get to see a Lady Godiva after all. Just then Pike announces that a Godiva is going down the high street. It is assumed that Mrs Pike has stolen the costume and Mainwaring chides Wilson "can't you keep that woman under control?". However, when it is revealed that it is instead Mrs Mainwaring who has taken the part, a distraught Mainwaring faints into the arms of Jones. The Godiva Affair The

title: Lady Godiva (song)

text: "My Way", "Lady Godiva" was also recorded by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ("Sounds Like...") and Young-Holt Unlimited ("On-Stage") with both the last-named versions being instrumentals. Lady Godiva (song) "Lady Godiva" is a 1966 single recorded by British pop duo Peter and Gordon. The song is a music-hall style number which frivolously references the legend of Lady Godiva, reimagining the legend in the modern day: a director from Hollywood witnesses her legendary ride (with "her long blonde hair" obscuring her breasts and other private parts) and recruits the lady to star in his films, but he turns out to

title: Lady Godiva (song)

text: Lady Godiva (song) "Lady Godiva" is a 1966 single recorded by British pop duo Peter and Gordon. The song is a music-hall style number which frivolously references the legend of Lady Godiva, reimagining the legend in the modern day: a director from Hollywood witnesses her legendary ride (with "her long blonde hair" obscuring her breasts and other private parts) and recruits the lady to star in his films, but he turns out to be a director of pornographic films. A drastic stylistic shift for Peter and Gordon who had specialized in melancholy love songs, "Lady Godiva" in its music-hall style

title: Butlers Chocolates

text: Butlers Chocolates Butlers Chocolates is an Irish owned manufacturer of luxury chocolate and chocolate products which operates from a custom built production facility in North Dublin. Founded by Ms. Bailey-Butler in 1932, Butlers Chocolates has been owned by the Sorensen family since 1959; it produces a wide range of confectionery products including chocolate assortments, truffles, fudge, toffee, chocolate bars and seasonal novelties. The company has also created a chain of Butlers Chocolate Cafes. The name should not be confused with the medieval Irish noble family, the Butler Dynasty. Butlers chocolates was founded in 1932 by Ms Bailey-Butler. Based in Dublin's

title: Godiva Procession

text: of Mercia. Apart from references to her donations of land and gifts, there are no mentions to Godiva in contemporary chronicles. The first mention of the ride was over 150 years after her death, and appeared in Wendover's Flores Historiarum in 1190, though this survives only in a fourteenth-century manuscript. In 1217/18 Henry III granted the Charter for the Great Fair in Coventry, the event with which the Godiva Procession came to be associated. The charter stated that the fair was to begin on the feast day of the Holy Trinity, and continue for eight days. Such a fair would

title: Godiva device

text: creating intense bursts spurred development of similar pulsed reactors, which also suffered accidental excursions, for example: 28 May 1965 at the 1965 White Sands Missile Range (parts were thrown 15 feet); and 6 September 1968 at the Aberdeen Proving Ground (middle melted, disks warped and bolts stretched). In December 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it was to move its TA-18 testing equipment including the Godiva burst machine from the LANL to the Device Assembly Facility (DAF) at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Godiva device The Lady Godiva device was an unshielded, pulsed nuclear reactor originally situated at the

title: La Godiva

text: sponsored by SOS Children's Villages in Jihlava (Czech Republic), and the Salford Music Festival, close to Manchester (UK). Her music has been picked up and aired at different radio channels (e.g. Paul FM Dance Music Radio ( www.paulfmradio.com ), Salford City Radio, EDM Radio Productions, Regina Radio, etc. ). La Godiva La Godiva is the stage name of the Swedish DJ, producer, singer and songwriter Teresa Nova (born 8 May 1992). As revealed in an interview in the Czech "Good Morning TV Show", the stage name comes from the legend of Lady Godiva, as they both share the same trait:

title: La Godiva

text: La Godiva La Godiva is the stage name of the Swedish DJ, producer, singer and songwriter Teresa Nova (born 8 May 1992). As revealed in an interview in the Czech "Good Morning TV Show", the stage name comes from the legend of Lady Godiva, as they both share the same trait: long strawberry blonde hair. She won the 2014 Indie Music Channel Songwriter Award for "Best Dance Songwriter" with the song "Break". She also performed at the Baltic Song Contest in 2014, representing the Czech Republic. She has also been going on international tours, performing live on festivals and concerts,

title: Godiva (horse)

text: successes. As a grand-daughter of the broodmare Simon's Shoes, Godiva came from the same branch of Thoroughbred Family 5-h which later produced the notable stallions Sadler's Wells and Nureyev. Godiva was sent into training with William Rose "Willie" Jarvis at his Egerton House stable in Newmarket, Suffolk. Godiva was a temperamental and difficult filly who often gave trouble at the starting gate, but she formed a strong bond with her teenage exercise rider Douglas Marks. When Jarvis's stable jockey John Crouch was killed in a flying accident in June 1939, it was decided that Marks would ride the filly in

title: Godiva Procession

text: procession, led for the first time by a nun, with 23,000 school children in the parade, and hundreds more dressed as various historical characters. In 1919, Lady Godiva appeared in the full dress robes of a Saxon countess, with even her horse wearing trousers. This was Miss Gladys Mann, the first Coventry girl to act the role. The first time a non-actress rode in the procession was in the Coventry Hospital Pageant in 1929, when Muriel Mellerup from Gloucestershire was Lady Godiva. The first Post war Godiva pageant was in 1951 for the Festival of Britain. There were sixty tableaux

title: Godiva Procession

text: feathers. After 1862 processions were held less frequently and did not reach the earlier level of notoriety. For a long time, the names of the women who impersonated Lady Godiva were not made public and by the beginning of 20th Century, an actress was usually employed. Godiva processions were held every three to seven years, and were sometimes organised to celebrate special occasions. In 1902, in the procession marking the coronation of Edward VII, Vera Guedes, from the London Hippodrome, rode as Godiva. To celebrate the coronation of George V in 1911, the actress Miss Viola Hamilton rode in the

title: Lady Godiva

text: Lady Godiva Godiva, Countess of Mercia (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was an English noblewoman who, according to a legend dating at least to the 13th century, rode naked – covered only in her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend in which a man named Thomas watched her ride and was struck blind or dead. Godiva was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia.

title: Godiva device

text: Godiva device The Lady Godiva device was an unshielded, pulsed nuclear reactor originally situated at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), near Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was one of a number of criticality devices within Technical Area 18 (TA-18). Specifically, it was used to produce bursts of neutrons and gamma rays for irradiating test samples, and inspired development of Godiva-like reactors. The radiation source within the Godiva device was a fissile metallic mass (usually highly enriched U), about in diameter. This was located at the top of a high metal tower. The burst of radiation was produced when a

title: Godiva (comics)

text: Titans a second time, assassinating a British spy who was taking refuge at a secret agent retirement home. Godiva got away yet again by distracting the Titans with an explosion that appeared to kill Nightwing and by dropping the British agent to his death. Another Godiva appeared in "Superman/Batman" #2 as a member of an alternate universe team of villains called the Axis of Evil. She willingly chooses to go into battle unclothed. This Godiva had the ability to fascinate anybody and hold them to her will, regardless of sexual orientation. In the alternate timeline of the "Flashpoint" event, Godiva

title: Godiva (comics)

text: The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Godiva's alter-ego has been adjusted to Dora Leigh. Godiva is one of the members of the relaunched Justice League International, with her hair apparently restored in the wake of "Flashpoint". She is appointed to the team by UN director Andre Briggs, who uses her to win the favor of a high-ranking British politician. Upon joining the League, Godiva begins to flirt with Booster Gold. Godiva is a foe of the Titans who first appeared in "The New Teen Titans" vol. 2 Annual #3 (1988). This Godiva is vain beauty who

title: Godiva Procession

text: of James Swinnerton took the part of Lady Godiva in this procession, and a medal was later struck to commemorate the event. By 19th century the Godiva procession was firmly attached to the eight-day-long Coventry Fair. The Coventry Mercury in June 1824 described the mayor, magistrates and Charter Officers, as well as numerous societies and children following Godiva in procession. The scale of the procession grew in the following years, and by 1829, the programme describes the order of the procession: led by city guards, St George, bugles and city banners, then Lady Godiva, followed by the civic leaders and

title: Lady Godiva

text: then to be offered to Coventry. The painting now hangs in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum. American sculptor Anne Whitney created a marble sculpture of Lady Godiva, now in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas. Godiva Chocolatier is named after Lady Godiva, and features a stylised rendition of her ride as its logo. Paul Jones recorded the song "Lady Godiva" for his 1966 album "My Way". The duo Peter and Gordon recorded a cover version the same year, which became a Top 10 single in the US. The New York-based rock group The Velvet Underground

title: The Godiva Affair

text: The Godiva Affair The Godiva Affair is the fourth episode of the seventh series of the British comedy series "Dad's Army" that was originally transmitted on Friday 6 December 1974. As the town is still £2,000 short of the sum it requires for the purchase of a Spitfire, the platoon decide to drum up support by performing a morris dance at the fund-raising carnival. It is the identity of the Lady Godiva figure, however, that ends up grabbing the most people's attention. The platoon are practising their morris dance in the church hall. Mainwaring notes that Corporal Jones is not

title: What Planet Are You From?

text: critics, currently holding a 42% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's consensus states: "Though "What Planet Are You From?" has some laughs, it's too inconsistent and bland for critics to give it their recommendations." Metacritic reports a 41 out of 100 rating based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". What Planet Are You From? What Planet Are You From? is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Michael Leeson, Garry Shandling, Ed Solomon, and Peter Tolan based on a story by

title: Todos Santos Chocolates

text: pepper, burn caramel, and red chile-tangerine", enclosed in "ornate" and "colorful" packaging. Todos Santos Chocolates Todos Santos ("All Saints" in Spanish) is a chocolate shop opened by Hayward Simoneaux in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1999. He began shaping his confections in the shape of Milagros, "small charmlike silver and gold offerings made to saints" in traditional Hispanic cultures, using custom molds and coatings of silver and gold leaf. Simoneaux's skills with the materials were refined as a fine art framer. Todos Santos chocolates are Valrhona-based, though fine packaged chocolates such as Knipschildt and Michel Cluizel originating elsewhere are also

title: Todos Santos Chocolates

text: Todos Santos Chocolates Todos Santos ("All Saints" in Spanish) is a chocolate shop opened by Hayward Simoneaux in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1999. He began shaping his confections in the shape of Milagros, "small charmlike silver and gold offerings made to saints" in traditional Hispanic cultures, using custom molds and coatings of silver and gold leaf. Simoneaux's skills with the materials were refined as a fine art framer. Todos Santos chocolates are Valrhona-based, though fine packaged chocolates such as Knipschildt and Michel Cluizel originating elsewhere are also sold. The store also offers its own truffles "in flavors like black

title: Chocolates El Rey

text: cacao prices are concerned by favoring the export of the cacao grain. The company is forced to abandon its exporting efforts and to focus exclusively on the domestic market. 1989 - After a stable but limited growth period, Chocolates El Rey, C.A. quickly reacts to a new government initiative: to lead the country along the path of a market economy. A second transformation in foreign trade takes place in the country; this time, it is based on the comparative advantages of Venezuelan cacao in an effort to become competitive within a regional and world economic integration scheme. 1995 - Inauguration

title: Lady Godiva in popular culture

text: as part of the Godiva Festival. The wooden effigy of "Peeping Tom" which, from 1812 until World War II looked out on the world from a hotel at the northwest corner of Hertford Street, Coventry, can now be found in Cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre. It represents a man in armour and was probably an image of Saint George. Nearby, in the 1950s rebuilt Broadgate, an animated "Peeping Tom" watches over Lady Godiva as she makes her hourly ride around the "Godiva Clock". From the mid-1980s a Coventry resident, Pru Porretta, has adopted a Lady Godiva role to promote community events

title: Urney Chocolates

text: Urney Chocolates Urney Chocolates is a confectionery business now based in County Kildare, Ireland. The brand is now operated by L.C. Confectionery Ltd. Urney Chocolates was established in 1919 by Eileen and Harry Gallagher at their home, Urney House, in the parish of Urney, County Tyrone. Harry Gallagher (born 1879) was Crown Solicitor for County Donegal. Sweet-making was one of a number of local industries started by Eileen Gallagher based in the back garden of their house in an effort to stem the tide of emigration from the area. The original factory burned down in 1924 and they moved production

title: Butlers Chocolates

text: opened a further 15 Butlers Chocolate Cafés – in Dublin, Cork and Galway (Ireland), Wellington, Auckland & Paraparaumu (New Zealand), Karachi & Lahore (Pakistan), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dubai (UAE) and Dammam & Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Butlers plans to expand internationally using the franchise model, excluding Ireland and the UK. Butlers Chocolates Butlers Chocolates is an Irish owned manufacturer of luxury chocolate and chocolate products which operates from a custom built production facility in North Dublin. Founded by Ms. Bailey-Butler in 1932, Butlers Chocolates has been owned by the Sorensen family since 1959; it produces a wide range of confectionery products including

title: Godiva Fire Pumps

text: in a vehicle called "The Green Goddess". These were extensively used by the military and called upon to relieve the firemen's strikes in the 1970s and 1980s. Godiva Fire Pumps Godiva Fire Pumps was an offshoot from Coventry Climax, directed by Charles Pelham Lee, son of Leonard Pelham Lee. Godiva Fire Pumps modernised the fire pump initialised by the design team at Coventry Climax and with the aid of many skilled toolmakers, craftsmen and women continued to provide parts for the Coventry Climax forklift truck at a factory on the northern outskirts of Leamington Spa. The fire pumps where mainly

title: Godiva Fire Pumps

text: Godiva Fire Pumps Godiva Fire Pumps was an offshoot from Coventry Climax, directed by Charles Pelham Lee, son of Leonard Pelham Lee. Godiva Fire Pumps modernised the fire pump initialised by the design team at Coventry Climax and with the aid of many skilled toolmakers, craftsmen and women continued to provide parts for the Coventry Climax forklift truck at a factory on the northern outskirts of Leamington Spa. The fire pumps where mainly exported to United States and used to fight forest fires, but many were also bought by the Ministry of Defence. One of the more famous being housed

title: Lady Godiva (song)

text: if some record company press hack dreamed that one up or if it was real. I [just] read [about] it". In Australia "Lady Godiva" by Peter and Gordon reached #1 on the chart dated October 29, 1966 remaining at #1 for a total of three weeks. "Lady Godiva" also afforded Peter and Gordon a #1 hit in Canada and a moderate hit in the Netherlands (#30), South Africa (#18) and Sweden (#19). Peter and Gordon would return to the US Top 40 with two singles subsequent to "Lady Godiva": "Knight In Rusty Armour" and "Sunday for Tea"; however "Lady Godiva"

title: Dan's Chocolates

text: of the charities which customers designate at checkout. Dan's Chocolates became part of Hauser Foods in 2017. Dan's Chocolates Dan's Chocolates is a Burlington, Vermont chocolate maker. It was founded in 1999 by Dan Cunningham, whose title is now Chief Chokolada. It was established as a subsidiary of the BlueMountain.com greeting card site and spun off as an independent venture in 2000. The company operates both a factory direct boxed chocolates business as well as a business selling all-natural chocolate bars and truffles via retail grocery stores such as Price Chopper and Whole Foods. It produces unique combinations of chocolate

title: Urney Chocolates

text: to Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin. By the 1960s Urney Chocolates and its subsidiaries were employing almost 1,000 workers. At that time it was considered one of the largest chocolate factories in Europe. The New York-based company, W & R Grace bought Urney's out in 1963 and sold it on as a going concern to Unilever in 1970. Unilever soon changed the name to HB Chocolates. They ceased production in 1980. The former factory became a DIY store. Urney Chocolates Urney Chocolates is a confectionery business now based in County Kildare, Ireland. The brand is now operated by L.C. Confectionery Ltd.

title: Zahor Chocolates

text: Zahor Chocolates Zahor Chocolates was a Spanish professional cycling team that was active between 1985 and 1989. The team was led primarily by Miguel Moreno Cachinero, who led the team for four years. They were primarily supplied bikes by Macario, with the exception of the first season in 1985. The team's most successful race was the Vuelta a España, where they won a total of four stages. For the 1987 Giro d'Italia the team was renamed Zahor Chocolates-Tokke, when Tokke became a co-sponsor. The team was also briefly renamed to Zahor Chocolates-Pralin for the 1988 Giro d'Italia, with the acquisition

title: Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad

text: Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad The (or LGMB) is a student-run band within the University of Toronto Engineering Society. The LGMB is notable for its open membership policy and sometimes audacious appearances at events. The Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad was founded circa 1950, by A.J. Paul La Prairie while he was a student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. Originally called The Lady Godiva Band, it was soon renamed to the Lady Godiva Memorial Band, a name suggested by the University of Toronto Engineering Society president Bill Walker. They have since become the Lady Godiva Memorial

title: Godiva Chocolatier

text: In 1966, the company's products reached the United States, where they were sold at shopping centers. The following year, it was purchased by the Campbell Soup Company. In 1972, the first Godiva shop in North America was opened on New York City's Fifth Avenue. By 2007, Godiva had annual sales of approximately $500 million. In August of that year, Campbell Soup Company announced it was "exploring strategic alternatives, including possible divestiture, for its Godiva Chocolatier business"; the company said the "premium chocolate business does not fit with Campbell's strategic focus on simple meals". In December 2007, Campbell announced that it

title: Mario Godiva

text: With Godiva's help, the company collectively lost more than the goal of 1,000 lbs. His success has been attributed to his personality, for which he has been described as a "strongly charismatic leader with a big heart and a tower of strength to those he touches with his message and support". Godiva is a stage IV cancer survivor. Mario Godiva Mario Godiva (born May 30, 1982) is a fitness expert, food coach, and media spokesperson who has appeared on "The Tyra Banks Show", "The Steve Harvey Show", "The New York Times", "The Today Show", ABC News, "Weekend Today", "Nightline", BET:

title: Mario Godiva

text: began to exercise so that he could lose weight and live a long and healthy life. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. While studying, Godiva began teaching dance and aerobics classes and encouraging others to live healthier lives through exercise. After graduation, Godiva moved to Chicago, Illinois and became an aerobics instructor and a personal trainer. She moved to New York City and became a celebrity personal trainer and has worked with Jillian Michaels, Vanessa Marcil-Giovanazzo, Lauren Holly, the cast of , Wicked Fit, and JaQuin Allen of The Biggest Loser and others. Godiva was first introduced to Kangoo

title: Godiva Procession

text: be of great economic benefit to the city and was usually celebrated with a parade by the civic authorities. However, it was over four centuries later that a representative of Godiva was introduced to this procession. The Coventry Corporation records provide the earliest record of the Godiva Procession: In this year (1677-8), in the Mayoralty of Mr Michael Earle, there was a new show on the summer, or Great Fair, of followers- that is boys sent out by the several companies, and each Company having new Streamers, and Lady Godiva rode before the Mayor to proclaim the Fair. The son

title: Lady Godiva

text: along with four others, was given to the cathedral at Hereford before the Norman Conquest by the benefactresses Wulviva and Godivausually held to be this Godiva and her sister. The church there has a 20th-century stained glass window representing them. Her signature, "Ego Godiva Comitissa diu istud desideravi" [I, The Countess Godiva, have desired this for a long time], appears on a charter purportedly given by Thorold of Bucknall to the Benedictine monastery of Spalding. However, this charter is considered spurious by many historians. Even so, it is possible that Thorold, who appears in the Domesday Book as sheriff of

title: Old Kentucky Chocolates

text: did not succeed until he added salt. Now they are one of the store's most popular items, followed by chocolate covered strawberries and grapes. Old Kentucky only used Jim Beam Bourbon exclusively after Beam personally invited him on a tour of his distillery and asked him to use his bourbon. Old Kentucky sells its own products, and non-chocolate candies made by other companies, as well as gift sets and fundraising candy bars which he sells to schools and other various civic groups. Old Kentucky Chocolates Old Kentucky Chocolates Old Kentucky Chocolates, LLC. is a chocolate retail store founded by Don

title: Godiva Festival

text: taken place. Bands who played include: Godiva Festival The Godiva Festival is a free three day music festival held each year in the War Memorial Park, Coventry, England, named after the city's famous former inhabitant Lady Godiva. It first appeared as a day-long event in 1997 and became a 3-day event the following year in 1998. It is the largest free family music festival in the UK, and is made up of two fields; a Main Field and a Family field, which each offer a different experience. The modern three-day music festival is a non-profit making event organised by Coventry

title: Godiva Festival

text: Godiva Festival The Godiva Festival is a free three day music festival held each year in the War Memorial Park, Coventry, England, named after the city's famous former inhabitant Lady Godiva. It first appeared as a day-long event in 1997 and became a 3-day event the following year in 1998. It is the largest free family music festival in the UK, and is made up of two fields; a Main Field and a Family field, which each offer a different experience. The modern three-day music festival is a non-profit making event organised by Coventry City Council. It is widely marketed

title: Lady Godiva in popular culture

text: engender school spirit. By the mid-20th century, the practice of engineering organizations associating themselves with Lady Godiva was well established in the United States. A particular tradition associated with this is that of drinking songs, which make reference to Lady Godiva, particularly Godiva's Hymn. Historically, certain college organisations staged an annual "Godiva Ride" in which a naked female (or a costumed male) rode a horse across campus. This practice may have declined with the advent of modern feminist attitudes. Several popular songs make contemporary usage of the Lady Godiva image. These include: Lady Godiva in popular culture Lady Godiva was

title: Godiva Festival

text: from The View and The Pigeon Detectives. Sunday evening was scheduled to link in with the arrival of the Olympic Torch Relay and the lighting of the Olympic Beacon in the park. The festival was cancelled by Coventry City Council on 29 June 2012, owing to the recent 'bad weather conditions causing unstable ground'. The Olympic Torch procession continued unaffected. The 2011 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July. The headline acts were Heaven 17 and Athlete, attended by a record breaking crowd of 120,000 people. The 2010 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 2

title: Lady Godiva

text: year a lad from the household of James Swinnerton enacted the role of Lady Godiva. The English "Dictionary of National Biography" ("D.N.B.") gives a meticulous account of the literary sources. The historian Paul de Rapin (1732) reported the Coventry lore that Lady Godiva performed her ride while "commanding all Persons to keep within Doors and from their Windows, on pain of Death" but one man could not refrain from looking and it "cost him his life"; Rapin further reported that the town commemorates this with a "Statue of a Man looking out of a Window." Next, Thomas Pennant in "Journey

title: Chocolates El Rey

text: Chocolates El Rey Chocolates El Rey is a Venezuelan chocolate manufacturer. The company uses only premium-grade, locally grown raw material in the formulation of all its products. El Rey’s family-run business is one of oldest chocolate manufacturers in Venezuela. El Rey offers consumers gourmet chocolate made from fairly traded cacao beans direct from small and large-scale growers in Venezuela. El Rey has managed to eliminate all kinds of middlemen, otherwise known as “coyotes”, who pay lowest possible price to growers by establishing Aprocao a democratically run cooperative that pays above market price for its cacao beans. Their trading partners are

title: Godiva (comics)

text: The robot manages to tangle up Godiva's hair with an extending arm. Metamorpho shape-shifts into scissors and cuts the arm. Godiva stresses her hair is her life and to not approach her with scissors again. Later, she and the Olympian, a future romantic interest, use her hair to help stop the now-damaged robot from falling on nearby people, who were too enthralled with the Guardians to notice the battle. Sumaan Harvajarti, the brother of the man Queen Bee deposed, makes a move to take control of Bialya. Several fired members of the League had infiltrated the country and were confronting

title: Lady Godiva in popular culture

text: the Order of The British Empire "for services to the city of Coventry community and tourism services". The image of Lady Godiva on horseback is also the corporate symbol of the Coventry Building Society, appearing on letterheads, statements, passbooks and other documents. In 2010 an arts project, "Godiva Awakes", involving a 10 metre tall puppet-version of Lady Godiva, powered by 50 bicycles, leading a procession from Coventry to London, was proposed by the independent company Imagineer productions (best known locally for reviving the Coventry Mystery Plays and reimagining the Coventry Carnival as the Godiva Festival). This proposal went on to

title: What a Country!

text: What a Country! What a Country! is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 27, 1986 to May 23, 1987. It was based on the 1977-1979 British sitcom "Mind Your Language". The series was intended as somewhat of a showcase for comedian Yakov Smirnoff, whose catchphrase provided the show's title. "What a Country!" is set in a class of recent immigrants to the United States who are trying to pass the citizenship test. Their teacher, Taylor Brown (played by Garrett M. Brown) is an American English language teacher, while the students include Nikolai (a Russian taxi driver), Laszlo

title: What Planet Are You From?

text: What Planet Are You From? What Planet Are You From? is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Michael Leeson, Garry Shandling, Ed Solomon, and Peter Tolan based on a story by Leeson and Shandling. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, and John Goodman. A denizen (Garry Shandling) of a faraway planet occupied only by highly evolved males is ordered by his superior, Graydon (Ben Kingsley), to find a female human, impregnate her and bring the baby back to the planet. The visitor

title: Ernest Hillier Chocolates

text: in mid-2015 and as of March 2016, was still producing chocolates from it's Coburg North factory. Ernest Hillier Chocolates Ernest Hillier Chocolates is an Australian chocolatier. Founded in 1914, it is Australia's first chocolate manufacturer, and the oldest privately owned chocolatier still in operation. The company's product range includes over six hundred chocolate products. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. Ernest Hillier moved from England to San Francisco, California, United States, in the early 1900s to learn the confectionery and soda trade. There, he and his Australian-born wife, Magdalen May, opened several restaurants; however, the majority of their establishments

title: The Godiva Affair

text: which reach the ears of Mrs Mainwaring. The same evening Mainwaring is giving a lecture in the office, when they become curious about what is happening in the adjoining church hall. They enter to find the Vicar, Verger, Chief Warden and Town Clerk are holding trials for a Lady Godiva to ride at the head of the coming Spitfire Fund procession. While Mainwaring is outraged and appalled, Hodges tells him not to be so 'Victorian'. Mrs Fox meanwhile persuades Mr Gordon to use his influence to allow her to play the part. The choice of Mrs Fox causes quite some

title: Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad

text: train. One of the remaining students then pulled the emergency power switch. This event interfered with regular service for more than five hours. The LGMB has been accused of causing this disruption; however, their involvement is not verified. The next year, the LGMB produced their first of six albums to date, "Lady Godiva Memorial Band at the Mighty Cannonball" (1962). Also produced by the LGMB were "The Lady Godiva Memorial Band Strikes Back!!" (1964), "Lady Godiva Memorial Band Blows" (1967), "Band With the Runs" (1977), "Never Mind the Football Game", "Here's the Lady Godiva Memorial Band" (1989), and "Let Go

title: Lady Godiva in popular culture

text: Lady Godiva in popular culture Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, covering herself only with her long hair, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. Because of the growth of the legend, Lady Godiva has since entered popular culture in a number of countries. The Godiva Procession, a commemoration of the legendary ride, was instituted on 31 May 1678 as part of Coventry fair and was celebrated up to the 1960s. The part of Lady Godiva was

title: Haigh's Chocolates

text: aspects of the business, and went to learn about chocolate manufacturing with Lindt & Sprüngli in Switzerland to bring new techniques back to Australia. In the 1950s and 1960s, Haigh's chocolates were sold in cinemas by "Tray Girls" and "Tray Boys". When cinema attendance fell, Haigh ventured to Melbourne to expand his already popular business. Haigh's Chocolates have six stores in South Australia, three are located in the Adelaide city centre, including the Beehive Corner store in Rundle Mall, Adelaide Central Market Arcade and Adelaide Arcade. The Visitor Centre store also conducts viewing tours of the Parkside factory site that

title: Godiva (horse)

text: beat Drawing Prize to win the Oaks Trial Plate over ten furlongs at Hurst Park. With Epsom Downs Racecourse out of use, the Derby and Oaks of 1940 where scheduled to be run at Newbury Racecourse, but a late change of plan saw the races being switched to the Newmarket July Course. In the "New Oaks" on 13 June, Godiva was made 7/4 favourite against thirteen opponents. She behaved poorly before the race was left many lengths behind at the start. Marks steadily made up the ground until he drew level with the leaders three furlongs from the finish. Godiva

title: Godiva (horse)

text: was a bay mare bred by her owner Esmond Harmsworth who later became better known as Lord Rothermere. In 1938 Harmsworth sold off most of his bloodstock interests, but kept three horses, one of which was the yearling filly later named Godiva. One of the horses he sold was Godiva's pregnant dam Carpet Slipper. The foal being carried by Carpet Slipper was Windsor Slipper, the 1942 Irish Triple Crown winner. Godiva was from the second crop of foals sired by the 1933 Derby winner Hyperion, the first of whose six Sires' championships in 1940 was largely due to the filly's

title: Mario Godiva

text: Jumps at a fitness expo in 2008. She worked as a national spokesperson for Kangoo Jumps, introducing them to a larger audience. Mario now works for Equinox Fitness, creating WERK and RIDE. Mario Godiva Green works to find innovative ways to encourage people to lose weight and live healthy lives. She develops effective exercises for people with all types of health issues, from chronic knee pain to scoliosis and has helped people shed hundreds of pounds. Godiva worked with Diapers.com and Soap.com to create a The Biggest Loser style competition and wellness initiative to encourage staff members to lose weight.

title: Gertrude Hawk Chocolates

text: son David took over from him. Gertrude Hawk Chocolates Gertrude Hawk Chocolates is a chocolate company based in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. The company was started by Gertrude Jones Hawk in 1936. Hawk began her career at the age of 12 after the death of her father. She took a job in a candy shop and later began making chocolates in the kitchen of her home in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Following World War II, her son Elmer Hawk invested his service pay in the fledgling business enabling the family to purchase mechanical chocolate making equipment. The family also used their products in fundraising

title: Gertrude Hawk Chocolates

text: York. Gertrude Hawk manufactures Frangos, and inclusions for several companies such as Ben and Jerry's and Turkey Hill Dairy. In February 2008, the company produced a limited edition ice cream flavor with Turkey Hill called Gertrude Hawk Box of Chocolates which featured three different Gertrude Hawk produced chocolates in milk chocolate flavored ice cream. The company also supplies chocolates and confections to Frango, The Hershey Company, Nestle and Fannie May. Elmer Hawk died on October 18, 2013, at 89 years old after coming down with an illness. He was the CEO of the company from 1979 until 1992, when his

title: Zahor Chocolates

text: of the sponsor Pralin. 2 stages in the Vuelta a Murcia (1 stage in 1985, 1 stage in 1987) Zahor Chocolates Zahor Chocolates was a Spanish professional cycling team that was active between 1985 and 1989. The team was led primarily by Miguel Moreno Cachinero, who led the team for four years. They were primarily supplied bikes by Macario, with the exception of the first season in 1985. The team's most successful race was the Vuelta a España, where they won a total of four stages. For the 1987 Giro d'Italia the team was renamed Zahor Chocolates-Tokke, when Tokke became

title: Whetstone Chocolates

text: brother also developed machines used on the production line and holds U.S. and foreign patents for designs involving chocolate and toy combinations. According to Hank Whetstone, "The chocolate and toy combination products represent an enormous opportunity and we intend to develop this area with partners in the industry." Whetstone Chocolates Whetstone Chocolates in St. Augustine, Florida was founded in 1967 by Henry Whetstone and Esther Whetstone. The chocolate manufacturer merged with Oakleaf Confections of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Niagara Chocolates of Buffalo, New York to form SweetWorks in 2002 before selling all of its stock holdings in the umbrella company

title: Whetstone Chocolates

text: Whetstone Chocolates Whetstone Chocolates in St. Augustine, Florida was founded in 1967 by Henry Whetstone and Esther Whetstone. The chocolate manufacturer merged with Oakleaf Confections of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Niagara Chocolates of Buffalo, New York to form SweetWorks in 2002 before selling all of its stock holdings in the umbrella company in 2004. At the same time it initiated a plan to close its national product line and lay off an estimated 41 employees, while continuing as a manufacturer and retailer in St. Augustine. It started out as a family operation out of a home kitchen and a small

title: Butlers Chocolates

text: Chocolate cube range, Butlers Chocolate Café ice cream as well as Take Home Ice Cream amongst others. Also in collaboration, Butlers Chocolates launched a range of chocolates with Irish Fashion designer, Orla Kiely. Butler Chocolates, now over 75 years old, is still based in Dublin and Mrs Bailey-Butler's original recipes and chocolate making techniques have been handed down to the present generation. The company was the proud recipient of the Frontier Award Supplier of the year in 2009, for excellence in supply to duty-free markets. The first Butlers Chocolate Café opened in Dublin in 1998 and since then, they have

title: Godiva (horse)

text: a weight of 127 pounds, three pounds below the top-rated filly Golden Penny. Godiva made her three-year-old debut in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. The outbreak of World War II led to strict restrictions on the sport. Many racecourses were closed, leading to important races being either abandoned or relocated. In 1940, the "New 1000 Guineas Stakes" was switched from its traditional home on Newmarket's Rowley Mile to the adjoining July Course. Godiva and the virtually unknown Marks started at odds of 10/1 in a field of eleven fillies, with Golden Penny, ridden by the champion jockey Gordon Richards being

title: Lady Godiva (film)

text: criticism mostly focusing on its script and direction. Rob Daniel of "Sky Movies" wrote that 'all involved should be sent straight to the glue factory', Ellen E Jones of "Total Film" advised that viewers 'Avoid like you would a naked nutter bouncing down the street', Hannah Forbes Black of "Film4" described it as 'relentlessly awful to the point of unintentional comedy, this Godiva would do well to get off the horse and put her clothes back on' and "Total Film" highlighted 'clunky direction' and a 'hokey script'. Lady Godiva (film) Lady Godiva is a 2008 British romantic comedy film written

title: Lady Godiva (film)

text: Lady Godiva (film) Lady Godiva is a 2008 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Vicky Jewson. The film, starring Phoebe Thomas, Matthew Chambers, and Natalie Walter, was shot in 2006 but went unreleased for two years. Based on the historic tale of Lady Godiva, it was set in modern-day Oxford. Jemima Honey, a teacher, needs to raise funds for her local creative arts centre. To do so, she accepts the challenge of businessmen and love interest Michael Bartle to ride through the streets of Oxford naked. The film was universally panned by both critics and audiences alike, with