Author: Sarah Elizabeth Cox

The Prince and The Prize-Fighters

Mar 27—2019

Boxing, Jack Wannop, Jem Smith, John Sullivan

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“Uncompromisingly bad men decisively bested in the final scene by unimpeachably good heroes”

Mar 14—2019

Burlesque, Jack Wannop, Jem Mace, Music Hall, Theatre, Tom Thompson

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Who was The Cross-Buttocker? An Introduction to Walter Armstrong

Mar 13—2019

The Cross-Buttocker, Walter Armstrong

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“It was worth all the journey to New Cross…”

Mar 6—2019

Jack Wannop, New Cross House, Wannop’s Gymnasium

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“Boys, I’m with you”

Mar 3—2019

Amersham Hall, Tom Thompson

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21 March 1887: Jack Wannop fills the New Cross House with fancy dogs

Feb 25—2019

Jack Wannop, Wannop’s Gymnasium

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Poor Steve The Donkey

Feb 23—2019

Jack Wannop, Steve the Donkey, Tom Thompson, Wannop’s Gymnasium

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“A man of great renown in the stormy, strenuous days of hard fighting and severe wrestling…”

Feb 22—2019

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