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 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...
by wcslingsby | Nov 2, 1949
FRANK TURNER taken from the Gymnast Magazine 1959 In 1932 a very special little boy aged 10 ½ years was given special permission to join the Broad Street Lads Club where his two big brothers were already members. Within 3 months he had amazed his fellow members by...
by wcslingsby | Oct 14, 1928
ARTHUR WHITFORD by Walter Walsh Arthur Whitford was first introduced to gymnastics at the Sketty Church Lads’ Club in the suburb of Swansea where he still resides. He started off in the new September season, a very thin little lad with a lot of confidence. When the...
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