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Red, Gold & Green

01 Tuesday Sep 2020

Posted by laurencereade in H

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Claygate Royals, Desborough Island, Football, groundhopping, Hersham, Non League, Surrey Intermediate, Thames

Saturday 22nd August 2020 ko 14.00

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HERSHAM FC 4 (O’Connor 28 Spencer 57 60 Long 86)
CLAYGATE ROYALS 2 (Heagney 48 Pitt 89)

Att c30 at Desborough Island, Walton-on-Thames

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West of London there are no end of small islands in the River Thames, and given how easy it is to maintain privacy on any of them they do tend to be quite exclusive. Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has a houseboat studio “Astoria” moored at Hampton and D’Oyly Carte Island, once home to Richard D’Oyly the original producer of the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas, is close to my destination, Desborough Island. Continue reading →

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