Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running show
Edward Turner was an English motorcycle designer. He was born in Camberwell in the London Borough of Southwark, on the day King Edward VII was proclaimed King. In 1915, Turner had his first ride on a
Gillian Lynne
…at school, and dancing to blot out the tragedy of the violent death of her mother on 8 July 1939 in Coventry (as a result of a car crash along with Edward Turner's first wife), when Lynne was just 13 years old. Lynne's gift for dancing was discovered by a doctor. She had been underperforming at school, so her…
Turner, on the occasion of his retirement in 1967, at a private function for BSA Triumph executives
Close-up of a 1932 Ariel Square Four 4F 600 cc engine
Close-up of a 1938 Triumph Speed Twin 500 cc engine