Boxer Born Pimlico. Worked as a bricklayer building King's Cross Station. Became the first "world champion" boxer. Defeated only once, in a fight that lasted 61 rounds. His 1860 fight with the American John Heenan lasted 37 rounds at the end of which his arm was found to be broken. The fight was declared a draw.
Died at the home of a friend in Camden High Street. His burial at Highgate Cemetery is said to have been attended by ten thousand people, and his dog Lion, whose statue appears on the grave.
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Tom Sayers
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The Round Table
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Pete Reed
British Olympic rower., Gold Medal winner, three-times Olympic gold medallist. Born in USA but brought up in the UK, in Gloucestershire. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
Bill Kenwright
Born Liverpool. West End theatre producer and chairman of Everton Football Club.
Thomas William Callinan
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Pickwick Bicycle Club
The oldest surviving cycling club in the world was founded at Downs Hotel, during the craze for the newly evolving bicycle, just 2 weeks after Charles Dickens died. The founding members honoured hi...
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Amelius Richard Mark Baron Lambourne
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Swinburne House
E2, Roman Road, Swinburne House
Apart from the architect the names on this plaque are the same as those on the Diss Street plaque.
Streatham Bus Garage - WW1 plaque
SW16, Streatham High Road, Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre
This close-up photo comes from the London Transport Museum Collection. From that photo we'd guess that the plaque has about 10 - 15 names...
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William III's arrival and George III's health
EN2, Bulls Cross, Myddelton House Gardens
There are so many issues with this memorial, it's difficult to know where to begin. We take the main part of the inscription to mean tha...
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