Founded by boxing trainer Dickie Gunn. Its most famous member was Chris Finnegan.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Hayes Amateur Boxing Club
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Chris Finnegan
Chris Finnegan MBE, 1944 - 2009, professional boxer and olympic champion. 196...
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Thomas William Callinan
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Kenny Sansom
Footballer. Most of his professional career was spent playing for Arsenal Football Club, and until 2011 he was the most capped player for the England team. He went on to play for several other club...
1 memorial
Brian Johnston
"Johnners", For nearly fifty years he was the voice of cricket on BBC television and radio. Born Hertfordshire. Died London.
1 memorial
David Brynmor Chiles-Evans
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. 2022: Geraint Llewelyn has kindly allowed us to use this photo and has provided the following information: The photo was tak...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
David Berger
Weightlifter. Born David Mark Berger in Cleveland, Ohio. He emigrated to Israel, and was chosen to represent the country in their 1972 Olympic team. He was one of eleven members of the Israeli team...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, USA
1 memorial
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St Olave Hart Street - church
Survived the Great Fire but was so badly damaged in WW2 that for the period 1948 - 54 the congregation used a temporary church in Mark Street. Samuel Pepys and his wife Elizabeth are buried here a...
3 memorials
dissolution of the monasteries
In 1534, for reasons not only to do with his marital situation, Henry VIII broke with Rome, the Pope and the Catholic Church. At the time the Catholic monasteries (and abbeys, priories, convents an...
Event, Politics & Administration, Property, Religion, Royalty
4 memorials
Artillery Gardens in Spitalfields
From Bowyers Company: "The word 'artillery' comes from the French 'arc tirer', to draw a bow, and the Artillery Company (later to become the Honourable Artillery Company) was originally a company o...
1 memorial
Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. This was celebrated all year but particularly on the weekend of 4 and 5 June 1977, the following week and the weekend of the Qu...
30 memorials
1 memorial
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