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Marjorie Foster
Marjorie Elaine Foster (20 June 1893 – 30 March 1974) was a British rifle shot and poultry farmer. In 1930 she became the first woman to win the prestigious King's Prize for shooting. Life Foster was born in Hampstead in 1893 and when she was eight her father encouraged her to join a shooting club. Her father, Lancelot Henry William Foster, made syphons and her mother was Mary Aldridge (born Leetham). She later recalled that her parents had encouraged her to give up shooting at the age of fourteen, so as to concentrate on her school-work. When the First World War started Foster was working as a sculptor. She joined the Women's Legion of Motor Drivers, where she acted as a driving instructor and ambulance driver. She met Blanche Badcock, a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps, Army Service Corps, and after the war they set up a poultry farm and home together. Around 1925, she visited Bisley Camp, Bisley, where she met George Edmonton Fulton, George Fulton, the winner of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampstead
Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the London Borough of Camden, a borough in Inner London which for the purposes of the London Plan is designated as part of Central London. Hampstead is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical, and literary associations. It has some of the most expensive housing in the London area. Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.Wade, David"Whatever happened to Hampstead Man?" ''The Daily Telegraph'', 8 May 2004 (retrieved 3 March 2016). History Toponymy The name comes from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon words ''ham'' and ''stede'', which means, and is a cognate of, the Modern English "homestead". To 1900 Early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
