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Whatever Happened to Miss Martindale?

Gustav Temple recalls a near encounter with by far The Chap’s most singular columnist. 2004 was a busy year for The Chap, then five years into publication. The Sheridan Club held its very first meeting at the Wheatsheaf in Fitzrovia, a letter from Captain Rosco ‘Biscuits Fruit’ van Noote won the best letter competition in… … Keep Reading

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The Belle of Brooklands

Muriel Annie Thompson, the girl from the Granite City who broke records on tarmac at Brooklands and still found time to become a decorated War heroine. Born in 1875 in the Granite City of Aberdeen to Scottish aristocracy, Muriel Anne Thompson was schooled and raised in London where she and her brothers, Walter and Oscar,… … Keep Reading

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