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This book titled "Sultan Khan" for sale on ebay caught my eye: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/398319599368 Contrary to the seller's description, I think this is a copy of Coles' book and is signed by the owner of the book, M.T. Bolan (not N.T. Balan), rather than the author. M.T. Bolan must surely be th...

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 08, 2026 1:33 pm

Now living and coaching in China.

There is a video of him on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=863881246730237

You can read Williams' second book, Horae Divanianae (Divan Hours?), courtesy of Google books: https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qae1IBjJ58QE9HUoMCY-1Z2OQlOKhg8VmQJwxzqFLriSoYoFnpMhaD6Gg_h66qhTnOicrARlbPHFSSEHamHcxvubLE7txMcLERj8f_Y6-AzDtHzXiy8O-h1FGRDwpIdcjI9nFxzEPUjcYhfFkFZ...

Just in case anyone is interested, Gilbert Johnston (1902-1974) lost that fight against Frank Kenny and never fought again.

John Townsend wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 06, 2026 8:29 am

What does the middle initial "L" stand for? (as seen in the birth index entry quoted above)

I haven't been able to find out what the "L" stands for, but since both his father and paternal grandfather were named Leslie, I think that's quite likely.

A nice picture of a 30 year old Martin from his brother's wedding day in 1983.

Yes, that's him John: https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/PFKG-QTW I think he had three siblings (all alive as far as I know). He might have lived with one of his brothers. Edit: I was misremembering - it was one of Martin's brothers, Robert Newbury, who sells books from his home in ...

He was great company on the incredibly long car journeys to county matches.

Oh, that's great news! I take back everything I wrote or implied - Mark Hebden is clearly still more than capable of giving these sub-2100 rabbits a good hiding.

In the 50+ section, England 1 are struggling to overcome the much weaker "Philidor Brothers".

Mark Hebden is currently heading for a loss:
https://lichess.org/broadcast/european- ... G/1RqXqT2s
At the age of 68, perhaps he should be in the 65+ team?