Erection date: 17/10/2011
Gordon Pirie, 1931 - 1991, South London Harriers and Coulsdon resident, held 5 world records including the 4 x 1500m relay with local athlete Ralph Dunkley. Gordon also won 5000m Olympic silver, Melbourne 1956.
The Bourne Society
CR5, Brighton Road, 194, Comrades of the Great War Club
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Gordon Pirie
Athletics club. It was formed at a meeting in the Vivian Hotel in Peckham Rye...
Former lecturer and amateur athlete. Birth year approximate. He ran with Gord...
Athlete. Born Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie at 123 Beckett Street, Leeds. BBC...
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Gordon Pirie
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The small blue plaque is to the left of the ground floor window.
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This building was erected in the 1930s. Actor Angela Lansbury contributed to the 2008 restoration of the clock.
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