Results tagged “Sparks”

AA-sep17-BGC17.jpgWest Ham fans need to be realistic about what the club can achieve according to one of the Hammers' all-time greats.

Sir Geoff Hurst, who enjoyed a glittering domestic and international career in 13 years at Upton Park, thinks the Irons are heading in the right direction under Gianfranco Zola.

Wharfer heading to Pole

By Simon Hayes on October 16, 2008 9:00 AM |

aa-oct16-pauline southam3.jpgSOME people will go to any lengths to escape from the financial meltdown.


One Wharfer is getting away from it by trekking to the Geomagnetic North Pole to help study a different kind of meltdown - that of the polar ice cap.

But Blackwall resident Pauline Southam will also be making history. Not only will the 50-year-old become part of the first all-female team to make the 300 mile trek, she will also become the oldest woman to achieve the feat.

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