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Butchers, Robert (bob)
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48 Thistledown Drive, Ixworth, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP31 2NH, UK
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Tel: +44 (0)1359 233077
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Date of Birth:
2.7.24
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Papers:
Daily Mirror
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Career:
Newsboy on Daily Mirror 1946-1985 (retired)
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Racing & riding career:
Rode winners over hurdles & fences. With Tom Masson, George Todd & J V Ranks private stable, prior to volunteering for RAF in 1942
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Prizes for tipping:
Sporting Life & Sporting Chronicle Cup, 6 times; numerous individual awards, tipped 43,440 winners as Newsboy with strike rate of 30-45%
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