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  2. Nipper Read - Wikipedia

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    He also learned to box, winning his first medal in 1937. He later joined the Grundy boxing club, where he was nicknamed "Nipper". Read had hoped to attend Nottingham High School and passed the entrance exam, but his father could not afford the uniform and fees for books. He left school at 14 and later in life regretted not being able to stretch ...

  3. Fred Dibnah - Wikipedia

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    Fred Dibnah was born on 28 April 1938. [3] He was the son of Frank and Betsy Dibnah (née Travis), [4] who were initially both employed at a bleach works.His mother later worked as a charwoman at a gas works. [5]

  4. Joseph R. Grundy - Wikipedia

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    Grundy had a summer home on the Neshaminy Creek called Walnut Grove and one in the city of Bristol Borough. Grundy was a member of the Five O'Clock Club of Philadelphia. Grundy was the founder and President of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association and a strong advocate of protectionism. [1]

  5. Bob Greaves - Wikipedia

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    Robert Morgan Greaves (28 November 1934 – 14 March 2011) [3] was an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as a long-serving reporter, presenter and producer for Granada Television for 35 years.

  6. Lee Smith (fiction author) - Wikipedia

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    Lee Smith (born November 1, 1944) is an American fiction writer who often incorporates her background from the American South in her works. She has received many writing awards, such as the O. Henry Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, and the North Carolina Award for Literature.

  7. Solomon Grundy (nursery rhyme) - Wikipedia

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    The words of a French version of the rhyme were adapted by the Dada poet Philippe Soupault in 1921 and published as an account of his own life: . PHILIPPE SOUPAULT dans son lit / né un lundi / baptisé un mardi / marié un mercredi / malade un jeudi / agonisant un vendredi / mort un samedi / enterré un dimanche / c'est la vie de Philippe Soupault [3] [4]

  8. Funeral home - Wikipedia

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    A funeral home in Findlay, Ohio. A funeral home, funeral parlor or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the dead and their families. These services may include a prepared wake and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for the funeral.

  9. Solomon Grundy (character) - Wikipedia

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    Solomon Grundy (Cyrus Gold) is a supervillain and occasional antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.He was originally depicted as a murder victim brought back to life as a corporeal revenant or zombie, though subsequent versions of the character have occasionally depicted a different origin.