Football manager. He founded Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, and was nicknamed 'Pa', because of his paternalistic attitude to his team players, and, we're only guessing, perhaps the players found "Lorraine" lacked a certain, necessary, masculinity?
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Lorraine Wilson
{Large plaque:} Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson 1865 - 1924 founder of Dulwich Hamlet Fo...
Founded as 'The City of London Rowing Club'. It was a pioneer in women's rowing.
The museum contains exhibits from the club's beginning in 1895, when they were called the Thames Ironworks FC. Pride of place is taken by memorabilia from the 1966 World Cup final, when three membe...
Weightlifting coach and wrestler. Also known as Yakov, he was born in Poland. During WW2Â he took part in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Along with ten other team members, he was murdered by Palestinia...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
Boxer. Born London. Won the WBC Heavyweight championship in 1995.
Campaigner and community activist. Daughter of Sir Alan Herbert, she lived in Islington for almost 50 years. In the 1960s her house overlooked the City Road Basin and she led the campaign to save i...
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