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Ball, Captain Albert VC
Bendigo
Birch, Rob
Blower, Tom
Boot, Sir Jesse
Booth, General William
Bowden, Sir Frank
Bowles, Peter
Byng, Douglas
Byron, Lord John
Clarke, Rt Hon. Kenneth
Clough, Brian OBE
Coates, Eric
Cole, Andy
Cranmer, Thomas
Dance, Sir George
Dwight, Roy
Flowers, Wilfred
Fothergill, Watson
Hallam, Nick
Hewson, Sherrie
Hitchcock, Alma Reville
Hood, Robin
Howe, Lord Admiral Richard
Howitt, T. Cecil
Karno, Fred
Khaliq, Jawaid
Knight, Dame Laura
Larwood, Harold
Lawrence, DH
Lee, Alvin
Lindsey, Robert
McCarthy, Dennis
Meadows, Shane
Mee, Arthur
Owen, Greg
Player, John
Pollard, Su
Randall, Derek
Reynolds, John
Russell, Graham
Sillitoe, Allan
Smith, Paul CBE
Slater, Colin MBE
Stardust, Alvin
Torvill, Jayne MBE & OBE
Trease, Geoffrey
Walker, Chris
Watson, Dave
Westwood, Lee |
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The BBC Nottingham website was honoured with the
job of naming one of Nottingham's 15 new trams that are going into
service shortly.
We asked you to help us.
Some of our favourite suggestions included Frank Robinson (aka Xylophone
Man), the castle (although we didn't think it would move very fast),
the Hooded Tram and just simply Duck.
From the 100s of entries we came up with a shortlist of four having
been told that the tram must be named after a real person of history.
These were the choices...
Watson Fothergill
Fothergill was the son of a wealthy lace manufacturer and merchant.
He developed a distinctive picturesque style, influenced by the
European Gothic architecture he saw on his many visits to the continent.
Harold Larwood
Harold Larwood was born in Nuncargate. A bowler of great speed combined
with considerable control, it made him a force to be reckoned with
in the years between 1926 and 1933.
DH Lawrence
Lawrence is undoubtedly one of the most important English writers
of the 20th century. His novel 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' is one
of the most notorious books to have been published.
Sir Frank Bowden
In 1887 Frank Bowden was told he had only months to live. Rather
than accept hs fate, he chose to follow the advice of his doctor
who told him to take up cycling to save his life. To improve his
health, he went to Raleigh Street, where he found 12 men in a small
workshop producing three cycles a week. Bowden then decided to buy
the workshop and the Raleigh Cycle Company was founded.
In the event DH Lawrence won the day with 39% of
the vote.
Sir Frank Bowden recorded 28%, Harold Larwood 18%
and Watson Fothergill 15%.
Thank you for voting.
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