The Great Billy Butlin Race: The First and only Footrace from John O'Groats to Land's End - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stairwell BooksISBN-13:9781913432089ISBN-10:1913432084UPC:9781913432089Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Europe, History, WalkingBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCZVB3SFR1
How a Russian doctor and Billy Butlin brought Britain to the side of the road
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In 1960, Britain was swept by a craze for marathons, embodied in an eccentric 56-year-old Russian: motorcycle champion, former...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stairwell BooksISBN-13:9781913432089ISBN-10:1913432084UPC:9781913432089Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Europe, History, WalkingBook Topic:Great BritainSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCZVB3SFR1
Richards, Robin: - Robin Richards has self-published two award-winning books, and has over 20 articles or stories in publications as diverse as the Journal of Advanced Nursing, Debut and The Dalesman. In July 2019, the first chapter of The Great Billy Butlin Race (titled The Footsloggers), was shortlisted for the inaugural Writers &Artists Working-Class Writers' Prize, out of 200 + entries.
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