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Tag: Harry Clasper

Jun 16, 2025Jun 15, 2025HTBS

Hadaway Harry: Lessons of History, Barriers to Access and the Future of British Rowing – Part II

May 29, 2025May 28, 2025HTBS

Back To The Future

May 3, 2025May 2, 2025HTBS

Putney Embankment: From A Shed To A Row – Part II

Apr 12, 2025Apr 14, 2025HTBS

Hadaway Harry: Lessons of History, Barriers to Access and the Future of British Rowing – Part I

May 30, 2024May 29, 2024HTBS

The Coombes Monument: Four Heads Are Better Than None

Mar 26, 2024Mar 25, 2024HTBS

Building a Winning Blue Boat in 1907

Nov 15, 2022Nov 18, 2023HTBS

Pocock 8: Searching for Your You of You’s…

May 7, 2022May 6, 2022HTBS

The Feathers: A Forgotten Centre of Early British Rowing. Part III: Decline

May 6, 2022Jun 6, 2022HTBS

The Feathers: A Forgotten Centre of Early British Rowing. Part II: The Salters and the Glory Years

Apr 19, 2022Apr 24, 2022HTBS

John Hawks Clasper, His Father’s Son. Part I: The Professional Oarsman

Mar 19, 2022Mar 18, 2022HTBS

Ed Waugh’s New Play: “Wor Bella”

Mar 15, 2022Mar 14, 2022HTBS

Hadaway Harry Will Return

Mar 14, 2022Mar 13, 2022HTBS

Invention: One Mother (Necessity) But Many Fathers

Mar 7, 2022Nov 18, 2023HTBS

Gordon Bennett!*

Feb 15, 2022Feb 14, 2022HTBS

More Pieces of Eight

Aug 21, 2021Mar 18, 2022HTBS

Three Great Geordie Heroes

Jul 15, 2020Jul 14, 2020HTBS

Putting Rowers on a Pedestal

Jul 12, 2020Jul 11, 2020HTBS

150 Years Since the Death of Rowing Legend Harry Clasper

May 25, 2020May 24, 2020HTBS

Fixed Seat Reading III: Thames and Tyne Tideways

Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020HTBS

One of My First Rowing Books

Mar 7, 2020Mar 6, 2020HTBS

Hadaway Harry is Coming Back to London RC

Feb 26, 2020Feb 25, 2020HTBS

New Play by Ed Waugh – Carrying David

Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019HTBS

Back To The Futures

Aug 27, 2019Sep 8, 2019HTBS

When The Crimson Met The Blue

Apr 3, 2019Apr 2, 2019HTBS

Crewcial Collectables: A Nice Pair – Part I

Mar 7, 2019Mar 7, 2019HTBS

RRM@21 – 8: Five Fours to Fathom

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018HTBS

Keeping it in the Family

Apr 7, 2017Apr 6, 2017HTBS

“J. Hopper” is Donated to the River and Rowing Museum

Feb 25, 2017Feb 25, 2017HTBS

Harry Clasper Honoured with Blue Plaque on Newcastle Quaside

Feb 20, 2017Feb 20, 2017HTBS

Hadaway Harry: The Knot Retied

Feb 17, 2017Feb 17, 2017HTBS

Hadaway Harry’s Oars Found?

Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017HTBS

Harry Gets a Blue Plaque

Feb 2, 2017Feb 1, 2017HTBS

Putney and Fulham Embrace ‘Hadaway Harry’

Jan 16, 2017Jan 15, 2017HTBS

“Hadaway Harry” is Coming to Putney

Nov 4, 2016Nov 6, 2016HTBS

Rowing’s Marvellous Mo Bros

Sep 24, 2016Sep 28, 2016HTBS

Book – Liquid History: The Thames Through Time

Aug 9, 2016Aug 8, 2016HTBS

Newcastle United Fans Pay Tribute to ‘Hadaway’ Clasper

Aug 3, 2016Aug 2, 2016HTBS

Borne by Liquid History, Part II

Apr 3, 2016Apr 3, 2016HTBS

New Website Celebrates the Great Harry Clasper

Mar 22, 2016Mar 22, 2016HTBS

Breeding Racehorses

Mar 5, 2016Mar 5, 2016HTBS

A Reappraisal of the Importance of the River Lea

Oct 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015HTBS

BBC Documentary on Harry Clasper

Jul 14, 2015Jul 14, 2015HTBS

Hadaway Harry and Doggett have their day

Jun 24, 2015Jun 24, 2015HTBS

On ‘Hadaway Harry’

May 22, 2015May 21, 2015HTBS

Are You Related to Famous Oarsman Harry Clasper?

Mar 23, 2015Mar 22, 2015HTBS

Harry Clasper: Still a Hero on Tyneside

Feb 24, 2014Apr 26, 2014HTBS

The Bonny* Boats of Newcastle

Feb 11, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

19th-Century ‘Champion of the World’ Joins Steve Redgrave’s Boat at RRM

Jan 9, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

Painting of Oarsman Edward Hawks will be Auctioned by Bonhams

Jan 4, 2013Apr 23, 2014Ellen

The Passing of a Gentleman

May 16, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

The Putney Embankment – London’s ‘Boathouse Row’, Part 3

May 7, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Henley 1851

Mar 23, 2011Apr 25, 2014Ellen

Harry Clasper Monument

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