Left-handed cricketer. Has played for Middlesex County Cricket Club and has captained England.
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Fred Perry
Lawn tennis and table tennis player. Born Frederick John Perry at 33 Carrington Road, Stockport. Table tennis was his first sport and he became world singles champion in 1929. Between 1933 and 1936...
Hayes Amateur Boxing Club
Founded by boxing trainer Dickie Gunn. Its most famous member was Chris Finnegan.
Kehat Shorr
Shooting coach. Born in Romania. An expert marksman, he moved to Israel in 1963, training many young marksmen. He also trained the national team for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where along wi...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania
St Jude's Institute Football Club
Boys' football club, based at the St Jude's Institute, a mission hall founded by the Reverend Stanley Bolt, vicar of the local church. The club merged with the Christ Church Rangers, to form the Qu...
Mark Slavin
Wrestler. Born in Minsk, Belarus SSR. Winner of the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling middleweight junior championship in 1971. He moved to Israel to join their Olympic team. Murdered by Palestinian ter...
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Wynkyn de Worde
EC4, Stationers’ Hall Court
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E. H. Shepard - NW1
NW1, Kent Terrace, 10
E. H. Shepard, 1879 – 1976, painter and illustrator lived here. English Heritage
Sir Wiliam Fairbairn
Born Kelso. Structural engineer. Worked in shipbuilding and boiler design. Died at a relative's house at Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey.
Johnson statue
WC2, Fleet Street
This bronze statue is placed close to St Clement Dane's church, the one that Johnson attended. Reverend Pennington, the rector at St Clem...
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