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Jim Cobb

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Jim Cobb

Rower. Putney Town Henley Wyfold IV's finalist [twice: 1957 & 1958].

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Jim Cobb

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Putney Town Rowing Club

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Sam Bartram

Sam Bartram

Goalkeeper and football manager. After school he became a miner, and played in non-league football. In 1934, he was spotted by a scout from Charlton Athletic and was offered a place on the team, pl...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Walter Clopton Wingfield

Walter Clopton Wingfield

Born at Rhysnant Hall, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Served in the 1st Dragoon Guards, and saw action in China and India. In the late 1860s he began experimenting with an outdoor version of real tennis. ...

Person, Armed Forces, Food & Drink, Sport / Games, China/Hong Kong, India, Wales

1 memorial
Kenneth Wolstenholme

Kenneth Wolstenholme

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 succ...

Person, Sport / Games, TV & Radio

1 memorial
Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson

Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson

Co-founder National Sporting Club. Born Arthur Frederick Bettinson at 8 Edward (now Aquila) Street, Marylebone. Brought up in Hampstead. Keen sportsman. 1882 became the British Amateur Boxing Assoc...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Bella Burge

Bella Burge

Bella was married to boxer (and bank robber, see OldTimeMusicHall) Dick Burge.  They took on the lease of the Surrey Chapel, an ex-chapel which had become a boxing ring in 1910.  Renamed "The Ring"...

Person, Commerce, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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Jon Bannenberg

Jon Bannenberg

Born Australia, came to London in the mid-50s and worked in music, antiques and interior design.  Then in the 1970s moved into yacht design and designed vessels for the rich and famous. We can't f...

Person, Craft / Design, Australia

1 memorial
Thomas Fust

Thomas Fust

Burnt at the stake in Ware (his home town) for his Protestant beliefs. Was associated with Harwood. Condemned by Bishop Bonner.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial