Boxer. Born at 2 St Laurence Close, Cowley, Middlesex. In 1966 he became Amateur Boxing Association middleweight champion. Won gold in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. In 1971 and again in 1975 he was British and Commonwealth light heavy-weight champion, and European light heavy-weight champion in 1972. Died in Hillingdon Hospital.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chris Finnegan
Chris Finnegan MBE, 1944 - 2009, professional boxer and olympic champion. 196...
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Spanish football club. In full, 'Real Madrid Club de Fútbol'. 'Real', Spanish for 'royal', was granted by King Alfonso XIII in 1920, along with the crown in the club's emblem.
Golfer. Born Thomas Henry Cotton in Holmes Chapel, (then known as Church Hulme), near Congleton, Cheshire. He won the Open Championship in 1934, 1937 and 1948, becoming the leading British player o...
See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
Harringay Arena was a sporting and events venue. Built in 1936 by Alfred Critchley who had, in 1927, built the open-air Harringay Stadium, a major greyhound racing and motorcycle speedway venue. Th...
Building, Animals, Music / songs, Religion, Sport / Games, Theatre
Built by the GLC, the Pepys Estate was opened by Earl Mountbatten. The section to the east of Grove Street stands on the site of the Royal Victoria Victualling Yard. The excellent Municipal Dreams...
Lt-Cdr Roy S. Kerridge, 1903 - 1940, who died attempting to defuse a parachute mine on this site. London Borough of Islington
This plaque is on the last but one southern pier of the southern building.
The plaque was stolen some years ago. In 1994 (300th birthday) the Voltaire Foundation got it put back.
From RBKC: "Avondale Park, at the top of Pottery Lane, was created in 1892 when the area that had been a huge fetid pool known as "the oc...
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