Morganton is located in central Burke County in the Catawba River valley in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Interstate 40 passes through the southern part of the city, leading east 19 miles (31 km) to Hickory and west 54 miles (87 km) to Asheville.
Sir Alexander Fleming - Biographical. Questions and Answers on Sir Alexander Fleming. Sir Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield near Darvel in Ayrshire, Scotland on August 6th, 1881. He attended Louden Moor School, Darvel School, and Kilmarnock Academy before moving to London where he attended the Polytechnic.
In a 1956 letter to Fleming, Boothroyd was critical of Bondâs favorite pistol, the .25 Beretta. Impressed by the expertise imparted in Boothroydâs fan letter, Fleming decided to re-arm his secret agent using Boothroydâs recommendations as guidelines.ccording to Andrew Lycett writing in the biography, Ian Fleming, the Man behind James Bond, Fleming was unable to get an export permit for a Smith & Wesson. However, it is not impossible that one of Flemingâs east coast friends could have obtained a Centennial Model for him.