BBC football commentator: "some people are on the pitch...they think it's all over....it is now!". Born Lancashire. Bomber pilot in WW2, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar for 100 successful missions. Died Torquay.
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Kenneth Wolstenholme
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BBC Television Centre - Kenneth Wolstenholme
Kenneth Wolstenholme DFC and Bar, 1920 - 2002. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
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Jim Belcher (or Jem)
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Sam Bartram
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England Football Team
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Sir Henry Segrave
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Kehat Shorr
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