RE: [CR]Marguerite Wilson - Berlyl Burton - don't forget EileenSheridan!

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Subject: RE: [CR]Marguerite Wilson - Berlyl Burton - don't forget EileenSheridan!
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:48:36 -0700
Thread-Topic: [CR]Marguerite Wilson - Berlyl Burton - don't forget EileenSheridan!
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Answering my own post, sorry, but it does look like British Pathe are incorrect, "our" Eileen Sheridan is not the same person as the beauty queen of the same name. Here is the Wikipedia entry on Eileen Sheridan, the beauty queen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Sheridan

Mark Bulgier Seattle WA USA
  
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> British Pathe newsreel archive has several on Eileen Sheridan
> - go to http://tinyurl.com/s99we - their system is a bit of a
> hassle, but you can download the newsreels for free.
>
> "HOUSEWIFE CYCLIST" is pretty good, unintentionally funny in places.
> For instance, the announcer says she wins races because she
> has to - to get back home in time to get caught up on her housework.
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> They also list "SPORTING BRITONS - EILEEN SHERIDAN'S RECORD"
> but it doesn't seem to be available for download - says "coming soon"
>
> The funniest though is "Racing cyclist Eileen Sheridan is
> Miss Great Britain 1960". Yes, she (or a namesake?) won a
> regular-old beauty pageant - based on "her
> beautifully-distributed 36-22-36"!! She won £1000, a heck of
> a lot of money in 1960 eh? I suspect Pathe made a goof, got
> two different Eileen Sheridans mixed up - anyone know?
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle WA USA