Erection date: 17/10/2011
Gordon Pirie, 1931 - 1991, South London Harriers and Coulsdon resident, held 5 world records including the 4 x 1500m relay with local athlete Ralph Dunkley. Gordon also won 5000m Olympic silver, Melbourne 1956.
The Bourne Society
CR5, Brighton Road, 194, Comrades of the Great War Club
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Gordon Pirie
Athletics club. It was formed at a meeting in the Vivian Hotel in Peckham Rye...
Former lecturer and amateur athlete. Birth year approximate. He ran with Gord...
Athlete. Born Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie at 123 Beckett Street, Leeds. BBC...
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Gordon Pirie
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Plaque unveiled by the husband and wife actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales.
English Heritage Louis MacNeice, 1907 - 1963, poet, lived here, 1947 - 1952.
Clayhall Tea House stood near here - a famous place of refreshment in the 18th century. Bow Heritage Trail
City of Westminster Rosa Lewis, 1867 - 1952, chef de cuisine and hotelier, dramatised as 'The Duchess of Duke Street', ruled the Cavendis...
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