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"He Is 'Trapped' in the Jewel Tower"
London turned out to give Yuri Gagarin another storming welcome today (13-7-1961) – and the enthusiasm of it kept him a prisoner in the Tower of London for ten minutes. Gagarin had to stay in the Jewel Tower until care arrived because the excited ...
Daily Mirror
"Cheers! Johnny is Home" It's smiles all round as Johnny Haynes, a 26-year-old England and Fulham captain, arrives back in London last night (28.6.62). But it was a journey to remember for Johnny, six days after he was injured in a car crash. From...
Daily Mirror
A clear winner! An across the course shot of the finish of the race, showing Psidium a clear winner.
Daily Mirror
"Quare Times" with the Mud-spattered Irish Jockey
"Quare Times" with the mud-spattered Irish jockey P. Taaffe up, being led in by his owner, Mrs. W. H. E. Welman after he had won the Grand National.
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100,000 Sing in the Rain as the Spurs Bring F. A. Cup Home
"100,000 Sing in the Rain" This was the fantastic scene, in Tottenham yesterday (6-5-62) as the super Spurs came home.... with the F. A. Cup. More than 100,000 people lined a three-mile route for the team's victory drive. The Spurs, who on Saturda...
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A rider streaks ahead leaving behind him the gap he made in the hurdle. And the field closes in to take advantage of the breach. The incident occurred during the Egham Novices Hurdle race at Kempton Park on Thursday.
Sunday Times Sports Page
Actress and Avid Reader — Suzanna Leigh
"Restful Eyeful!" The eye-catcher catching up on her reading is sixteen-year-old actress Suzanne Leigh. Suzanne likes to read for hours at a stretch — which is why she is stretched out with her book at her home in Chelsea. Lovely-legged Miss Leigh...
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A panoramic view of the field in the recently run Grand National on the famous Aintree course, taking the first jump the first time round.
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Tottenham Hotspur beat Burnley 3-1 in the F. A. Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday (5-5-62) to win the cup for the second year running. PS: Danny Blanchflower, Spurs Captain, shakes hands with the Queen before she presented the Cup.
Daily Mirror
Former Miss Yugoslavia — Tania Velia
"A Plot, Says Taniya" Singer Tania Velia, former Miss Yugoslavia, who is in London to appear in cabaret, said she believed she had foiled a plot to get her back behind the Iron Curtain. Tania, 24, escaped from Yugoslavia in 1955 while at an intern...
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