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Our latest member I’m pretty sure must be our popular newscaster Sophie Raworth?
Handson

Hi All He's Peter Fedotovich Krylov a Russian athlete (1871 - 1933). What a pair of arms of 18 1/4" at a height of 170cm or 5' 6" old terms and bodyweight 88 kg or just under 14 stones. Apparently the magazine 'Hercules' in 1914 published an article Krylov with a description of his training which I ...

Does anyone have any information about the Greenwich Weightlifting Club -its location; any prominent members; its dates of operation &c.? Greenwich isn't very far from the old Camberwell Club and whilst there is quite a lot of information about the latter I haven't thus far found anything at all abo...

Hi Kevin
I've sent you a PM.

Regards

Handson

Professional quality bands such as those by Coresteady [on Ebay &c] are a worthwhile alternative to springs which is probably the main reason the latter are going out of fashion. There are some serious poundages in the range and as the loops are the same size for the different poundages they can be...

Hey Peter
It would be good to see some of your rare items.
Regards
Handson

The purchase price, carriage and other charges can be horrendous. For example in the case of this pair of titchy vintage Weider dumbbells [see attached] the carriage and import charges amounted to almost the same as the purchase price itself. Will probably have to be satisfied with making up this se...

It is with a very saddened heart that i have to inform that my very dear friend and our wonderful HOPC illustrator Chris [Sticks] Bostick passed away early this morning. I have just received the news from his sister Diane. Chris has been an integral member of the HOPC family for many years and has ...

This guy was no slouch of course too. Newspaper quality photos are a bit fuzzy but there's no doubting the powerful arms. Handson This comment was meant to be in relation to David’s remarks of 24 April praising the Saxons (quite rightly) but I misplaced it, sorry. ;) I’ve always considered Gorner t...

Hi Peter There was some resentment from one of the competitor cocoa firms & in particular one of them took Sandow to court over his use of the phrase "health & strength" in describing his [Sandow's] cocoa. It seemed and still seems a somewhat petty case and that was the conclusion of the judiciary....