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3 days ago · The Scottish 100m hopeful Allan Wells came under direct pressure from Margaret Thatcher’s government not to go. “Margo and I were getting letters from 10 Downing Street saying we dinnae want you to go,” Wells told. Costello some 44 years later (Margo being Wells’s wife and coach). But in the end they pushed too hard.
5 days ago · Olympic and Commonwealth gold medallist Alan Wells visited the Inverness leisure centre, chatted to the local people and also showed his medals to the crowd. Here you can see Alan showing his...
2 days ago · Aided by the absence of American opposition, Allan Wells beat Cuban Silvio Leonard to become the first Briton since 1924 to win the Olympic 100 metres race. Gerd Wessig, who had made the East German team only two weeks before the Games, easily won the gold medal with a 2.36 metres (7 ft 9 in) high jump. This was 9 cm higher than he had ever ...
5 days ago · Allan Wells defied Thatcher govt after they sent him dead baby photo. Not everyone is loving this summer of sport. My mother has spent the last month moaning at me about the fact that football and ...
23 hours ago · So, what we are shooting for is a complete relief well system," said Seymour. "This is the opportune time. If we are chasing this, we should make the attempt to make this levee as strong as it was in 1940. The only thing we are lacking is 85-year-old relief wells." Meetings to dive deeper into the issue could start in the next two to three weeks.
23 hours ago · Eligibility A heroes' welcome for Welsh Olympians and Paralympians at the Senedd building, 2012. As the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United Kingdom, the British Olympic Association (BOA) membership encompasses the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), plus the three Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey), and all but ...
5 days ago · Jul. 11—Outgoing chair of the Kutztown University Council of Trustees Robert Grim, Esq., recently reflected on carrying on the Grim family legacy: "Education is the key to success." "People that ...
