Boxer. Born in Leeds. She fought (and won) her first bout at the age of thirteen. She won several medals in her career, before becoming the first woman boxer to win a medal in the 2012 Olympic Games - the first Olympics to include women's boxing.
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Nicola Adams
Greyhound. Born in Killeigh, Ireland. In a career of only three years, he won 61 races, (nineteen of them in a row), including two English Greyhound Derbys. His winning streak ended after suffering...
Founded in 1856, for the purpose of winning medals at The Henley Royal Regatta, and is regarded as one of the most exclusive and successful rowing clubs in Britain.
Their website. Old Deer Park has been the club's headquarters since 1864.
Football player and manager. Born in Kiveton Park, near Rotherham. He played for a variety of clubs before becoming one of the most successful managers in English football. He managed Arsenal F.C. ...
A horse race course built by entrepreneur John Whyte. It was not a success partly because the clay ground was not suitable and partly because the local population (slum-dwellers, basically) unlike ...
{The portrait image is a mosaic of photos of people (presumably members of the Youth Centre) with a hand over one of their eyes.} {The p...
17 year-old Olatunji was killed by a car while cycling across a pedestrian crossing. The driver, Barry Normah, aged 28, sped through a red light, drove off after the collision and then dumped the ...
Both our photos, taken at the protest "die-in" on 9 February organised by Stop Killing Cyclists, are from Roadcc and are by Tom Kearney.
Born in Morley, Yorkshire. Prime Minister 1908 to 1916. 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Died Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire. The Suffragettes' enemy. Film director Anthony Asquith was his son and La...
