A QUEST FOR SPEED. NOEL BADDOW POPE, 1909-1971. SURBITON’S FORGOTTEN RECORD BREAKER.
Noel Baddow Pope was born in Toxteth, a sub-district of Liverpool, on Christmas Eve, 1909. He moved with his widowed mother to Surbiton before 1926.
Noel Baddow Pope was born in Toxteth, a sub-district of Liverpool, on Christmas Eve, 1909. He moved with his widowed mother to Surbiton before 1926.
The first mission in Kingston upon Thames, mentioned in the Catholic Directory, was St. Raphael’s Church, in Surbiton.
Local historian Tim Everson’s collation of old and new photographs with informative captions…
Alexander Raphael was born in Madras, modern-day Chennai, India, in 1775…
…today’s Eden Street was once called “Heathen Street”…
…the House of Detention in Kingston upon Thames, 1852-1890…
…whether the tradition arose because Biden, in 1852, used unreliable hearsay as his source?
This is the first detailed study of a prison in Heathen Street [modern-day Eden Street] Kingston upon Thames…
Reviews on four books covering Kingston, its suburbs and societies…