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"Essex Fast Bowler Barry Knight for MCC Tour"
"Fast Bowler Knight for MCC Tour" Essex fast bowler Barry Knight, on the England short-list during the recent Test series, has been chosen for the MCC side to tour India, Pakistan and Ceylon this winter. The side, of 16 players, is headed by Ted D...
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"New Style British Dinghy for 'Ditched' Airman"
Scientific assistant Ann Wakely demonstrates a new type of single seat dinghy at the British Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough, England. The dinghy, which has its own built-in survival canopy, is designed to afford maximu...
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"Spider's Web" Saves British Seahawk Fighter
This dramatic picture — taken during an actual emergency landing on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean — shows how a nylon elastic barrier, aptly name the "Spider's Web", saved a British Seahawk jet fighter that was unable to lower its arres...
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Britain's Newest Cable Ship to Lay United States-Bermuda Cable
Britain's newest cable ship, "Retriever", pictured here at Surrey Commercial Docks, London, England, is being prepared for her first working voyage, when she will lay the shore ends of a new telephone cable between the United States and Bermuda. T...
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British Team Wins European Soccer Cup
"British Team Wins European Soccer Cup" Danny Blanchflower, captain of London, England's Tottenham Hotspur football team, holds the European Cup high as he is carried round Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Holland, following the British Club's victor...
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Cyclist Simpson at the Herne Hill
"Cyclist Simpson Shows "Tour" Form During Easter Meeting" British professional cyclist Tommy Simpson is pictured at the Herne Hill cycling track in London, England, where he won the 5,000 metres pursuit race against the Dutchman J. De Haan in 6 mi...
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Duke Of Kent Meets Sierra Leone Tribal Chiefs
The Duke of Kent, who is representing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Independence celebrations in Sierra Leone, shakes hands with chiefs of the tribes of Sierra Leone at a garden party held at Government House in Freetown, the capital. Sier...
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Duke of Kent Meets Sierra Leone Government
The Duke of Kent, representing Queen Elizabeth II at Sierra Leon's independence celebrations, posing with members of the Government of Sierra Leone at a garden party at Government House, Freetown, the day before Independence Day, April 27th. Left ...
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When a director of a British precision engineering company was asked by his nine-year-old son to make him a pedal car, he decided to design and build a go-kart which would not only stand up to hard wear but would also incorporate special safety fe...
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John Caldwell – Winner of the World Bantaweight Title
"Briton Wins World Bantaweight Title" John Caldwell of Belfast, Northern England, kisses his trophy after winning the World Bantaweight Boxing Championship by beating Alphonse Halimi of France on points at Wembley Stadium, London, England, recently.
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