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SANDS V. TURPIN

... SANDS V. TURPIN Dick Turpin, Leamington, coloured holder of the Burrl‘:ish and Empire middle-weight championships, will defend his Empire title against Dave Sands, the Australian triple tmeégoxderfi at 6 Harringay Arena, London, on mber 6. Thismc;ate was ...

Published: Wednesday 10 August 1949
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Heal Dick Turpin

... The Heal Dick Turpin I expect, writes Derek Hudson IX-lener, that most you have the same idett of Dick Turpin I used to have—that he was daring fellow who rode lilack Bess non-stop from London to ork, made a habit of jumping toll-gates, and generally ...

Published: Tuesday 18 July 1939
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 282 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

A WOULD-BE TURPIN

... A WOULD-BE TURPIN. FALKIRK MAN'S ADVENTURE. A Dalkeith labourer, named John Henney, on Tuesday emitted a declaration before the Sheriff on a charge of assault and robbery, committed the public roadway between Dalkeith and Cowden Sunday. The gentleman ...

Published: Thursday 01 February 1900
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 252 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TURPIN WANTS RETURN

... TURPIN WANTS RETURN Dick Turpin, Leamington, who lost his Empire middle-weight title to Dave Sands, Australian champion, on a first-round knockout on Tuesdaly;, is seeking a return fight with the Australian, “anywhere, any time.” : Ezzard Charles has ...

Published: Friday 09 September 1949
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 84 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

ACTING DICK TURPIN

... ACTING DICK TURPIN. Mr Martin Harvey, the celebrated actor, tells in Tit-Bita of a curious experience he had when rehearsing for the films. The subject was •• Dick Turpin, in which was feTred the famous ride to ,York, which so folk say never could ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1929
Newspaper: Montrose Standard
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 534 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

DICK TURPIN'S WORSHIPPERS

... DICK TURPIN'S WORSHIPPERS STAND AND DELIVER. By Elizabeth Villiers. Stanley Paul: 12s 6d. The glamour of romance which is popularly associated with the adventurous careers of the highwaymen who in the years that followed the Civil War were the terror ...

Published: Monday 11 March 1929
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 448 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CERDAN TO MEET TURPIN

... CERDAN TO MEET TURPIN Marcel Cerdan, French holder of the world middle-weight title, will fight Dick Turpin, British and Empire champion, over ten rounds at 11 st. 8 lb. at Earl's Court, London, on Tuesday, March 29. Mr Jo Longman, the French promoter ...

Published: Friday 25 February 1949
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 104 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

EMPIRE TITLE FOR TURPIN

... EMPIRE TITLE FOR TURPIN New Zealander K.O. in First Round DICK TURPIN, twenty-eightyea r-old coloured Leamington middleweight, caused the boxing sensation of the year before 30,000 spectators at Coventry City football ground last night when knocked out ...

Published: Wednesday 19 May 1948
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TURPIN BEATS AMERICAN

... TURPIN BEATS AMERICAN Randolph Turpin, the coloured Leamington middle-weight, smashed his way to victory in four rounds over Pete Mead, the tough American boxer. Mead retired at the end of the fourth round, and it was announced that he was suffering from ...

Published: Wednesday 16 November 1949
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 125 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DICK TURPIN'S PARISH.'

... DICK TURPIN'S PARISH.' At South Mimms, the Hertfordshire village, where there has not been a wedding for a year, some of the oldest parish registers in England = are presorved. A friend, who has recently turned over the faded parchment pages, tolls me ...

Published: Thursday 19 April 1928
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 115 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Turpin Tops The Bill

... Turpin Tops The Bill By ICLKT CLARE Eighteen-year-old R. Turpin, of the Royal Navy, British amateur middleweight champion, who. I think. is • splendid proposition, tops the bill at Helenvale Park. Glasgow, on June 19 against lan Watson, Scottish list ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1946
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 259 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

TURPIN VICTORY BOOED

... TURPIN VICTORY BOOED , Dick Turpin, the coloured Leamington retained his British and Empire noddle-weight championship against Albert ''inch (Croydon), when he outpointed him over 15 rounds before 30.000 people on the 'rmingham City football ground last ...

Published: Tuesday 21 June 1949
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 286 | Page: 5 | Tags: none