Sam Bailey
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Wikidata WikipediaSamantha Florence Bailey (born 29 June 1977) is an English pop singer who won the tenth series of The X Factor in 2013. Following her win, her debut single, a cover of Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" was released on 15 December 2013, achieving the Christmas number one on 22 December 2013. She was the first X Factor winner in three years to gain the Christmas number one spot. On 24 February 2014, Bailey supported Beyoncé on one of the dates of her UK leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, as well as performing on The X Factor Live Tour. Her debut album, The Power of Love, was released in March 2014 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. The album was re-issued in December 2014 as The Power of Love (The Gift Edition). The re-issue featured five new tracks—including three Christmas covers and a reworking of original song "Treasure". In support of the album, Bailey went on her first headline tour in January and February 2015.
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The Old Hall Inn. This is the oldest dwelling in the Borough of Morecambe and Heysham for it was built in 1598 by Robert Edmondson Senior and his son Robert Edmondson Junior. The old Manor House, Heysham Hall, was once part of the Hornby Castle Estate. The Edmondson family held the Hall until the latter part of the 17th century, the next tenant being Sam Bailey of the 9th Light Dragoons. Eventually, after many changes of ownership, Reverend C. T. Royds took the Hall in 1888 and carried out much needed renovations. During the alterations, a Priest Hole was discovered with a passage between the inner walls and beneath the floor. A secret opening was also discovered in the floor of the West wing. It communicated with the left chimney breast of the huge fireplace and also with the interior of a buttress outside the home. This gave a hidden stairway up into attics and it also afforded entrance to an underground passage leading out of the grounds. This fine Elizabethan House was sold to Mitchell Barker, a brewer of Lancaster, whom remodelled the interior and converted the premises into a hotel. All the alterations, purchase and transfer of the license covered a period of three years and was eventually opened in
Middleton Way, Heysham, United Kingdom where they lived