by wcslingsby | Oct 14, 1966
JOHN (JACK) PANCOTT by Meg Warren Jack was born in Farnborough Hampshire. At the age of 16 he joined the army. His basic training included gymnastics in the form of floor and vaulting. It wasn’t until he joined the Army School of Physical Training that he started to...
by wcslingsby | Oct 13, 1966
MAGGIE BELL by herself Many people were to have a big impact on my life, and in later years contributed to my gymnastic success. I returned to Penge, south east London where my old school had moved from Melvin Road into new premises called Rockhills. (Previously I had...
by wcslingsby | Nov 24, 1961
MONICA PHELPS(NEE RUTHERFORD) by herself I began participating in gymnastics by chance. My P.E. teacher started an after school club at the secondary school which I attended. My Dad encouraged me to join, telling me that he opened the first gym club in Sunderland...
by wcslingsby | Oct 14, 1956
NIK STUART by Jim Prestidge Company Sergeant Major Instructor Wray Stuart, MBE, alias “Nik” became a gymnastics legend during the fifties and sixties. He first came to prominence quite suddenly during the 1955 British Championships. Favourites in those championships...
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