West Indies
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| Originally published | 1990 |
| Authors | Ron Ramdin |
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| ID | 1816141 |
About West Indies
Surveys the climate, geography, history, agriculture, industry, religion, culture, and other aspects of the West Indies.
Brixton village: How the 'Oxford Street of South London' evolved
... In the two decades that followed, almost half a million people moved from Commonwealth countries to the UK, many of them coming from the West Indies and settling in Brixton...
Bishan Singh Bedi: Indian cricket legend dies aged 77
... He made his debut against West Indies in 1966 and played his last Test against England at The Oval in 1979...
2028 Olympics: 'Cricket in Los Angeles will expand the game'
... But former West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite says the Olympics has to take priority, as it would be huge for the greater good of the game...
Can India cricketers win World Cup for a billion fans?
... Since the heydays of the West Indies and the first three World Cups from 1975, there have not been absolute favourites, although Australia won thrice in a row at the turn of the century...
Cricket World Cup: A quick guide to the 2023 tournament
... West Indies, who won the first ever edition in 1975 haven t qualified this time...
Charlie Gladstone: Rishi Sunak is completely wrong on slavery
... That ancestor, John Gladstone, was the father of 19th Century Prime Minister William Gladstone and one of the largest slave owners in the British West Indies...
Antoinette Sandbach: Ex-MP asks to be removed from slavery research
... The Liverpool merchant had a stake in plantations in the West Indies...
Gladstone family urged to pay slavery reparations to Jamaica
... John Gladstone - the father of William Gladstone, one of the UK s most revered prime ministers - was one of the largest slave owners in the British West Indies...
Autograph book found in dusty garage fetches £11k at auction
An autograph book found in a dusty garage, featuring signatures from the " golden age" of cricket, has sold for £11,600 at auction.
The item smashed its pre-sale valuation of £800-£1,200 when it went under The Hammer in Derby on Saturday.
Auctioneer Richard Madley found it in a cobweb-covered suitcase in Bath. It came from The Estate of John Douglas , who played with the likes of WG Grace.
Letters written by WG Grace sold in a separate lot for £1,000.
The autograph book contains The Names of cricketers from around The Time of the 1900s, including touring sides from Australia and the West Indies .
" I found it in a dusty garage in an old suitcase covered in cobwebs in Bath, from The Estate of John Douglas , who played with WG Grace and his son and that is a rarity.
" It contains autographs from The Golden Age Of cricket, " said Mr Madley after the auction.
Meanwhile, handwritten letters from WG Grace, which were found in a chest of drawers in a farmhouse near Bristol, also went under The Hammer on Saturday.
The Letters , written More Than 120 years ago, came from The Estate of a cricket lover and were bought by a collector.
" The Discovery of The Letters in a farmhouse in an old chest-of-drawers gave it The Discovery element and it is unusual to find letters of that period, still grouped together, by one of The Most celebrated figures in the history of English cricket.
" What's so nice about these is that they relate to WG Grace talking to Edward, Lord Somerset, about life in Bath, Bristol, playing cricket, hunting and shooting, so they've got a lot of resonance to people in The West Country, " said Mr Madley.
Source of news: bbc.com