FOUGHT KING EDWARD
DOCTOR’S BOYHOOD EXPLOIT Dr. R. W. Henderson, for more than 50 years-captain of the Rickmansworth Fire Brigade, died at Rickmansworth recently at tho age of 88. • .He fought and beat King Edward, then Prince of Wales, when lie was 10 years eld, following a holiday incident at Broadstairs. Young Henderson had built a beautiful sand castlo when another boy came along and destroyed it. He attacked Hip hoy, who was accompanied by an attendant, and they fought until lie had honourably beaten the molester, the attendant not attempting to interfere. He then learned that his opponent- was the Prince of Wales. “Life was erenr, the night was cold, tho ‘‘UNIQUE’’ Rags had all been sold." Chemists now have fresh sunplies. All sizes. Guaranteed not to leak or burst.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 1 August 1929, Page 7
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