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  John Kettley: Wild Weather's Meteorologist of the Month for October, 2000
In addition to his broadcast duties John was featured in a punk anthem by the band the Tribe of Toffs which peaked on the charts at number 21 in the 1988.
Kettley is adored by the British public and has even been named the "housewife's favorite" by the British media.
John Kettley has loved his work for the past 15 years but in recent months the thrill was gone.
www.wildweather.com /mom/kettley.htm   (476 words)

  
 John Kettley - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Kettley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
John Kettley - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Kettley.
John Graham Kettley (born July 11 1952 in Halifax, Yorkshire) is a freelance weatherman.
His status as a cult figure was confirmed in 1988 when a band called A Tribe of Toffs released the song "John Kettley is a Weatherman", which also namechecked other TV weather presenters of the day including Michael Fish, Bernard Davey, Bill Giles, Ian McCaskill and Wincey Willis.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/John-Kettley.html   (167 words)

  
 BBC - Weather Centre - About BBC Weather - Biographies - John Kettley
John Kettley was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and attended Todmorden Grammar School and Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry where he obtained a BSc (Hons) in Applied Physics.
John and Ian McCaskill were given a make-over by the BBC Daytime Show 'Style Challenge' in October 1996.
In November 1988, the group "Tribe Of Toffs" released the "John Kettley Is A Weatherman" song, which spent five weeks in the British charts, peaking at No 21 on December 24 1988.
212.58.224.86 /weather/bbcweather/forecasters/johnkettley.shtml   (299 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | FUNNY OLD GAME | Why I love...cricket
John Kettley has a secret ambition to merge his two greatest loves.
Kettley, brought up in the small town of Todmorden in Yorkshire, learnt his cricket "on the street".
Kettley may have made the correct career choice, but still enjoys a regular game of his favourite sport.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/funny_old_game/1243791.stm   (636 words)

  
 The Scotsman - UK - Weatherman's formula for perfect barbecue days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The equation, devised by BBC weatherman John Kettley, could mean burger-hungry barbecuers are no longer casting anxious glances towards changing skies.
Kettley sifted through ten years of weather data to devise the index, which he believes can help predict what the perfect day for a barbecue.
Kettley’s Index is calculated by assigning a score of between 0 and 5 for various weather conditions.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=771582003   (364 words)

  
 Soaring Sales For BBQ Burgers This Summer As John Kettley Predicts Another Scorching Summer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Weatherman John Kettley has predicted that this year, the UK is set to enjoy a repeat of the scorching summer of 2003.
Kettley was commissioned by Ross to create a formula to help the company predict sales of frozen burgers by identifying weather patterns that are most likely to see consumers break out the BBQ.
By combining the formula with weather forecasting data, Kettley has shown that not only will 2004 be another stunning year for BBQ weather, but that the trend of improving weather will continue for the foreseeable future.
www.forrelease.com /D20040603/1077901.html   (804 words)

  
 surprise.ca - John Kettley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
John Kettley: Wild Weather's Meteorologist of the Month for October,
A Tribe of Toffs had a massive hit in 1988 with John...
John Kettley Is A Bloody Weatherman Buy Toffs albums with your credit card - HERE NOW...
www.surprise.ca /John-Kettley/reference/fullview/wikipedia/462509   (148 words)

  
 John Kessel - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Kessel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
John Kessel - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation John Kessel.
John Kessel is a American author of science fiction.
He won a Nebula Award in 1982 for his story "Another Orphan." Kessel currently teaches in the Creative Writing Program at North Carolina State University.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/John-Kessel.html   (110 words)

  
 Ananova - John Kettley gets us singing in the newsroom
John - sadly missing from our TV screens - has made headlines predicting a severe cold snap for next weekend.
None of us could remember who sang it, though we all knew the words - "John Kettley is a weatherman, a weatherman, a weatherman.
For those of you scratching your heads, one-hit-wonders Tribe Of Toffs sang the 1988 classic, it was in the charts for five weeks and made it to number 21.
www.ananova.com /about/story/sm_187561.html?menu=   (181 words)

  
 Weather man's silver lining - This Is Lancashire
That turning point saw John begin to make his mark as a regular presenter, so much so that in 1988 a young, unknown band called Tribe Of Toffs hit the charts with the now-immortal pop tune John Kettley Is A Weather Man.
It came at a time when he was beginning to enjoy the limelight but John, who now lives in sleepy Hertfordshire, says that his editor was shocked by the single.
John said: "I used to think they were so slick but now I would consider myself to be as good, if not better, than them."
archive.thisislancashire.co.uk /1998/04/22/803047.html   (754 words)

  
 WOII Clifford Kettley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Warrant Officer II Clifford John Vosper Kettley was born in 1920 and was from Mission City, British Columbia.
John, or "Jack" as he was called, was a wireless operator/air gunner on a Halifax II bomber with 405 Sqn R.C.A.F. This was a pathfinder squadron, operating out of Grandsen Lodge.
W/O Kettley is buried at Ten Boer Protestant Cemetery.
www.basher82.nl /Data/tenboer/kettley.htm   (1106 words)

  
 John Kettley. A Tribe of Toffs had a massive hit in 1988 with John Kettley Is A Weatherman. Their deep and meaningful ...
In the beginning, 'the bloody Kettley record' as we like to refer to it, had only two verses and was written by us simply as another song for the 'Fruitbats' album.
Andy Crane was on Children's BBC in the broom cupboard and John Kettley was, as he continues to be 10 years on, a regular weather presenter.
I can conclusively state that John is a thoroughly nice bloke and went along with everything in good spirits, with a smile upon his face.
www.monocle.org /toffs/johnkettley.htm   (1415 words)

  
 icHuddersfield - Kettley's `soft' ground
WEATHERMAN John Kettley predicts that the ground at Aintree on John Smith's Grand National day will have softened up and he expects the venue to see around 20 millimetres of rain before Saturday.
Kettley believes the Liverpool track could endure periods of heavy rain every day between now and the National.
The BBC man, a keen follower of racing, is regularly consulted by Aintree clerk of the course Andrew Tulloch and also helps the likes of Cheltenham's Simon Claisse with up-to-date weather forecasts.
ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15373729&method=full&siteid=50060&headline=kettley-s--soft--ground-name_page.html   (292 words)

  
 Everton or Derek?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
John Kettley is a weatherman, a weatherman, a weatherman.
John Kettley is a weatherman and so is Michael Fish.
Oh how I used to annoy my mum and dad by singing this at the top of my voice when I was little.
clique2.7.forumer.com /a/everton-or-derek_post86.html   (83 words)

  
 Coventry University news - Coventry Students To Reunite - 30 March 2000
Weatherman and former Coventry student John Kettley will be coming to the city in the summer to meet up with old friends at Coventry University's first reunion.
John, who has been one of the BBC's most famous weathermen since he was the subject of a hit song in the 1980s, studied physics in Coventry in the mid-seventies.
He will be returning to his former stamping ground at a reunion dinner at the Hotel Leofric as the highlight of the weekend's activities.
www.cwn.org.uk /education/coventry-university/2000/03/000330-student-reunion.htm   (367 words)

  
 Society Fresh : Article 'Michael Fish'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
However, the storm was not officially classed as a hurricane and the storm has been widely recognised as a freak incident that would have been impossible to predict.
Much like his colleague, John Kettley, Fish has obscurely featured in popular music - he appears prominently in The Prodigy's Weather Experience on their first album.
Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting.
www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle446885.html   (652 words)

  
 Fellows
WAX info Ltd, a knowledge management and distribution company in Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences and Member of IEEE.
Dr John Henderson, Senior Research Fellow at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Stucture, is a specialist in late medieval and early modern Italy.
John Naughton is Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University and Director of the Wolfson Press Fellowship Programme.
www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk /fellows/fellows   (6376 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
I met John Kettley while I was on my Rescue Michael Fish from Meteorological Slavery Mission.
I'm not sure whether he is a fish-oppressor or fish-sympathasiser, he's a cagey one, is that John Kettley.
After much debate and soulsearching, John finally relented and released his captive fish into the brine.
members.lycos.co.uk /chazndave/philandfish.html   (491 words)

  
 The Gallery - John Kettley and others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
A picture exposing the John Kettley sweat-beer scam.
John, in the middle, is having the sweat drained off his face for fermentation.
To the left, in the distance, Steven Winn is smashing a barrel over the head of Jonathan Ricketts.
www.tombell.net /gallery/johnbeer.html   (79 words)

  
 July > Forecasting Cookout Weather | NACS Online
LEEDS, UK -- Weather can have a big impact on the demand for certain foods, so Tesco and Ross Frozen Burgers have joined forces with BBC Radio 5 Live Weather Presenter John Kettley to create a formula to predict perfect cookout weather.
By forecasting the perfect cookout weather, Ross and Tesco hope to be able to plan tactical marketing activity and stock levels.
The accuracy of modern forecasting techniques and the wide availability of data means that companies can be much more confident in weather forecasting as a component of sales forecasting."
www.nacsonline.com /NR/exeres/0000504egcjvnzmnrgadsxng/NewsPosting.asp?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=/NACS/News/Daily_News_Archives/July2003/nd0716038.htm&NRNODEGUID={C07857B3-B93A-4113-A5DF-B3C61E871D7B}&NRQUERYTERMINATOR=1&cookie_test=1   (411 words)

  
 Robert Price - John Kettley Is From Eastbourne
OK, well John Kettley isn't really from Eastbourne.
However, someone called Stephen is, and he was in a band called Tribe of Toffs who had a hit with the song John Kettley Is A Weatherman back in 1988.
I was having a look for this song online as it suddenly came into my head for some reason.
www.robertprice.co.uk /robblog/archive/2003/8/John_Kettley_Is_From_Eastbourne.shtml   (175 words)

  
 » John Kettley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The weather today was dire, and I was extremely hacked off as I had 3 loads of washing ready to hang out as soon as I got up.
Amusing moment - B was plaing with geomags, he tipped the box upside down to empty them on the floor… we keep them in a metal box!
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 Rising Slowly - The UK Weather Blog: John Kettley: avoid East Anglia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The weather forecasters of East Anglia have had their turn at giving forecasting old-timer John Kettley a slap with a wet fish, for his unexpected outburst at the end of last week (what do you mean, you missed it?)
I think John Kettley is being a bit mean and unfair.
And Rising Slowly is a great respecter of you too, John.
www.risingslowly.com /archives/2005/02/john_kettley_av.html   (131 words)

  
 SPS Annual Report 1997-1998
Mr Ray Jobling has resigned his lectureship in Sociology to take up a full-time position as Senior Tutor in St John’s College.
These have proved to be very successful occasions on which we inform each other about the very diverse research that is carried out within the Faculty and discuss research issues.
John Sutcliffe [1993] (Dr S. Mazey) Subnational actors and the European Union: the case of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
www.sps.cam.ac.uk /annualreports/Annual_Report_97_98.html   (5713 words)

  
 British Weather Services - John Kettley page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
If you would like John to endorse or promote your product or service (particularly if you have a weather sensitive company) - or if you would like John to speak at a function, or to simply open your fete or attraction, then please feel free to send us an email, providing full details.
In the meantime, this is for all those who can recall this line from the famous 80's ditty -
"John Kettley is a weatherman, a weatherman, a weatherman, John Kettley is a weatherman and so is Michael Fish." (but it's John whose available to you through British Weather Services !)
www.britishweatherservices.co.uk /JohnKettley.htm   (136 words)

  
 All About Symbian Forums - John Kettley on your Smartphone! Your smartphone!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
View Thread : John Kettley on your Smartphone!
Ok, maybe not John Kettley per se, but AccuWeather (http://www.accuweather.com), who provide detailed weather information to those who want more than seaweed in the back yard accuracy, is to develop, along with Summus (http://www.summus.com), a wireless weather application offering access to radar maps and images with enhanced up-to-the-minute weather reports.
The application will also be built to run on J2ME and Symbian platforms and available to carriers supporting these platforms.
www.allaboutsymbian.com /archive/t-9251   (129 words)

  
 b3ta.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
John Kettley is a weather man, a weather man, a weather man
not meaning to not fucking hummus or anything, but is that john kettly
google John kettley and you get nice pics of him, that's Michael Fish, and TrishaFisha and someone else
www.b3ta.com /board/1345639   (414 words)

  
 Weatherman John Kettley Quits Met Office after 15 years on TV
Weatherman John Kettley Quits Met Office after 15 years on TV Things to do at wtps.co.uk
But he is not leaving under a cloud" - Met Office spokesman Colin Donnelly, quoted in the BBC [...
I choose the top stories from Britain's online newspapers every morning to help you make up your own mind about the day's news.
www.whatthepaperssay.co.uk /archive/stories/2000/02-11-2000-5909.cfm   (147 words)

  
 Eastbourne Homepages of Debbie and Stephen - Forums - General Discussion - John Kettley Video...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 11:05 pm Post subject: John Kettley Video...
John Kettly is my hero, and as such the video link needs to be reinstated.
Eastbourne Homepages of Debbie and Stephen, was designed using PHPNuke by Stephen Cousins.
monocle.org /ftopic18.html   (607 words)

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