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Death of the man Billie Jean beat

... Death of the man Billie Jean beat Former Wimbledon tennis champion Bobby Riggs, famed for his ‘‘battle of the sexes™ tournament with Billie Jean King, has died at the age of 77 John Riggs said his twice divorced younger brother died at his California ...

Published: Thursday 26 October 1995
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 213 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Barley water and mustard on sale menu

... However, it is immediately selling on the Robinsons soft drinks business — whose b;;l:{ water is the official dri at the Wimbledon tennis championships — to Bass. Unilever is payin Reckitt & Colman £258 million for the mustards, drfi sauces and Robinsons soft ...

Published: Monday 01 May 1995
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 239 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

Clashes as pair fined over strike

... conductor, 75; Jonathan Dimbleby, broadcaster/TV presenter, 50; Geraldine Chaplin, actress, 50; Evonne Cawley, former Wimbledon tennis champion, 43; Marina Mowatt, daughter of Princess Alexandra, 28. Y& ...

Published: Saturday 30 July 1994
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 215 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

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... letters and circle them The words can run in any direction — up, down, diagonally, even backwards. The words to find are: WIMBLEDON, TENNIS, CHRIS LLOYD, JOHN MCENROE, JO DURIE, KATHY JORDAN, STEVE DENTON, BILLIE JEAN KING, HANA MANDLIKOVA, RICHARD LEWIS Send ...

Published: Wednesday 29 June 1983
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 298 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

ALBION IN BENNETT CAMPAIG

... The directors are also unani- We don't want him to leave other miserable day for Oxford CLUBS Slazenger LTA Of rectal Wimbledon Tennis Balls £l3 per dozen 1 g IN pe that It is not too le him to chage his I would be very Drdon go. He loves get on extremely ...

Published: Friday 10 March 1989
Newspaper: Sandwell Evening Mail
County: West Midlands, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 271 | Page: 70 | Tags: none

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... sea. . was predicted British author, H G Wells. gzw.oummdoflials it was that women would be allowed to wear shorts at Wimbledon tennis that year. 17. An explosion at a mine near m. Belgium, was feared to have killed 42 miners. Then 17 rescuers were killed ...

Published: Friday 15 January 1999
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 321 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

Tough start for Midland hopefuls

... May 29. Winner of the Express and ¢tar sponsored Staffordshire Open in 1965, Alan Smith (Walsall) elashes with former Wimbledon tennis champion, Bob Falkenburg, the American Who now lives in razil. - BAndrcw Forrester (Brand Hall) who began defence of ...

Published: Wednesday 17 May 1967
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 300 | Page: 41 | Tags: none

IN TERROR SHOP RAID

... IN TERROR SHOP RAID A VETERAN Wimbledon tennis champion was beaten to the ground by a gang wielding a sledgehammer during a raid at his Wolverhampton post office today and his wife was threatened. Ken Jones, aged 62, was attacked as the robbers smashed ...

Published: Wednesday 22 January 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 341 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEEKEND SO ATV

... From 7.30 p iwivt 22 am. Radio 1 joins Radio Light Programme (1,500 metres) \'('('ltT throughout the afternoon . wcludng Wimbledon tennis cricket Test match, golf, racing from sandown Park, and Henley Roval flogaita. 6.30. Those Were The Days sepies): old-ume ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1970
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 309 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

COMMENT

... game as much as I used to. It’s all power, not enough subtlety.” Broadcaster Max Robertson, 79, who commentated on the Wimbledon tennis championships for 40 years. “Summer is not only a good thing from the contentment point of view. It’s also seriously ...

Published: Saturday 24 June 1995
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 350 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

... TELEVISION exciting events aswell . . . SPECIALISTS ® RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SINCE 1937 @ FIRST TEST MATCH ® ASCOT RACING ® WIMBLEDON TENNIS o B ‘\“ -,,:.-f:‘; :. i ‘\\o qE 13 Og 7 i s ” ,:‘V;&g 3 r R = “’.;;;.:' » & “ -. b 5 -V‘ > 5 E IS ‘-. ¢ = I | 7 \'/ ...

Published: Friday 07 April 1950
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 369 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

EXPRESS AND STAR, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1965 29 FRED STOLLE VICTORY LAID FOUNDATION FOR LAWN TENNIS SUPREMACY ..

... blamed for Spain’s failure to win. ‘ Countess De La Valdene, who as Lili de Alvarez, represented Spfl.lni ‘in three pre-war Wimbledon tennis finals, said: “ Frankly our players have a psychosis about grass. We are only accustomed to hard courts —and that goes ...

Published: Tuesday 28 December 1965
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 364 | Page: 29 | Tags: none