Formed at the Half Moon Hotel in Putney. In 1929 it moved to the small boathouse underneath the Dukes Head Hotel, Putney, which remained its headquarters until 1986 when it moved to an empty boathouse at Mortlake. 1992 this building was destroyed in a fire but, with Lottery funding, the club replaced it with a purpose-built clubhouse.
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Putney Town Rowing Club
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Putney Town Rowing Club
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Copenhagen Running Grounds
Former athletics track in Garratt Lane, at Althorp Lodge. Opened by Robert Sadler as the New Surrey Pedestrian Ground. Renamed in 1861, presumably to reflect the different types of competitions tak...
1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Stuart Townend, O.B.E., M.A.
Athlete, headmaster and politician. Born Henry Stewart Townend. In his youth he participated in athletics, and was a schoolboy hockey international. Retired from the army, as Lieutenant-Colonel, ...
Person, Armed Forces, Education, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Switzerland
1 memorial
1 memorial
James (Jim) Selby
Stage coachman. Lived at 7 Edgware Road. On 13 July 1888, he established a record by driving “The Old Times” coach from Hatchett's Hotel to the “Old Ship” at Brighton and back - 108 miles in 7 ho...
1 memorial
Ted 'Kid' Lewis
Boxer. Born Gershon Mendaloff at 56 Umberston Street, St George-in-the-East, Aldgate. One of many young Jewish men who took up boxing as a means of escaping the poverty of the east end of London. H...
1 memorial
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