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claire100
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bare knuckle fighting in herefordshire
« on: Saturday 26 September 09 11:43 UTC (UK) »
hello
i am looking into a relative who was a bare knuckle fighter between 1881 and 1959 in herefordshire. i have googled this subject but cannot trace anything about my relative. would anyone know any where else i could look?
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Re: bare knuckle fighting in herefordshire
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 26 September 09 11:52 UTC (UK) »
Whats his name?
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Re: bare knuckle fighting in herefordshire
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 26 September 09 11:58 UTC (UK) »
Tried Prize Fighters (with and without a hyphen, and also just one word) ?
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Re: bare knuckle fighting in herefordshire
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 26 September 09 14:34 UTC (UK) »
his real name was sidney sherwood not sure if he had a stage name
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Re: bare knuckle fighting in herefordshire
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 01 October 09 11:24 UTC (UK) »
hi
dont know where you are located but todays Hereford Times has a short bit about a bare knuckle boxer in herefordshire, admittedley in the early 1800s
are you sure of your dates, i thopught bare knuckle boxing was made illegal long before the 1904 war


regards mazi's oh
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Re: bare knuckle fighting in herefordshire
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 01 October 09 12:09 UTC (UK) »
from mazi's oh
what a mess i made of that   should be         thought  should be 1940 war
h times phone no is 01432845873  article on page 26  headline "Recalling legends of bare knuckle boxer

regards mazi' oh
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