Holder of land and water speed records. Born Chislehurst, Kent. He broke the land speed record for the first time in 1924 and went on to break it a further nine times (five at Daytona Beach, Florida). His highest water speed record was 141.74 m.p.h. in 1939. Died at Reigate, Surrey.
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Malcolm Campbell
Plaque unveiled by Don Wales, grandson of Sir Malcolm and nephew of Donald.
101 Farm Lane This site was first developed in the 1890s as a horse bus compa...
Egerton Lowndes Wright was born on 15 November 1885 in Lytham, Lancashire, the second of the four children of Henry Lowndes Wright (1854-1940) and Alice Maud Wright née Eckersley (1861-1914). His W...
From London Gardens On-line: "... Tibberton Square until the 1890s when the west side with Wontner's Villa was purchased for new public baths, after the Baths and Wash-Houses Act of 1846-7, which r...
The joint (along with Scotland) oldest national football team in the world. Its greatest success was winning the 1966 World Cup Championship - something it has been struggling to repeat ever since.
Body builder and artists' model who posed for a number of statues on display in London. Rothwell was brought to our attention by Broderick D.V. Chow in this Londonist article. This, together with ...
Holocaust survivor and British Olympian (1956 and 1960) who knew the murdered Israeli athletes.
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Derek Ogilvie Sword was born on 30 November 1971 in Dundee, Scotland As a teenager, he played tennis for ...
Built to control the water level in the former Surrey Docks.
Nurse, statistician, author. Born in Italy (go on, guess which city) while her parents were on the grand tour. Her sister was born one year earlier in Naples, and named Frances Parthenope, the Gree...
Former prison on Forbury Road in Reading. Designed by George Gilbert Scott. Its most famous inmate was Oscar Wilde, who wrote 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' whilst he was here. It housed prisoners of...
Previously known as the Performing Rights Society. They have also erected plaques to Squeeze, Jethro Tull and Blur.
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