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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

When we published this in January 2012 we asked for help in naming the sculpt...

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Lonsdale Belt

Lonsdale Belt

A boxing prize introduced by Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, to be awarded to British boxing champions. A boxer has successfully to defend his title twice before he can retain it. We have found...

Media, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Parker Brothers

Parker Brothers

American owners of the Monopoly game.

Group, Sport / Games, USA

1 memorial
Arsenal Football Club

Arsenal Football Club

Founded by munitions workers in Woolwich, under the name 'Dial Square'. This was the name of the Royal Arsenal complex where they worked, and also explains the team's nickname of 'The Gunners'. The...

Group, Sport / Games

9 memorials
Yosef Gutfreund

Yosef Gutfreund

Wrestling coach. Born Yosef (or Yossef) Gutfreund in Romania. He was part of the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He was awakened by Palestinian terrorists infiltrating the Olympic...

Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania

1 memorial

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Cpl. Herbert Martin Woolley
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Jacob de Isaac Nunes Nabarro

Jacob de Isaac Nunes Nabarro

This person's grave was destroyed by a WW2 bomb. The name is on the south-west face of the pedestal.

Person

1 memorial
Frost Fairs

Frost Fairs

There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...

Event, Commerce, Food & Drink, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
World War 2

World War 2

Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps.  And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

376 memorials
William Lambe

William Lambe

1569-1570 Master of the Clothworkers' Company. Three wives but childless which allowed for his philanthropy. 1564-1577 he financed the rebuilding of the Holborn Conduit which, until its demolition ...

Person, Food & Drink, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

3 memorials