Surbiton
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Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It is next to the River Thames, 11 miles southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the hi
Victoria Road, Surbiton's high street
Grade-II listed Surbiton railway station. Art deco architecture
Sessions House housed the Municipal Borough of Surbiton before Surbiton became part of Greater London in 1965.
A London double-decker bus and an Abellio Surrey bus in Surbiton
George Best
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George Best was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a right winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A skillful dribbler, he is considered one of the greatest
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…Douglas Walter Belcher – recipient of the Victoria Cross for action in the 2nd Battle of Ypres during WWI. George Best – a retired footballer and TV pundit before his death (having been born in Belfast and lived much of his life in Manchester) Alfred Bestall – illustrator…
Best in 1976
Best grew up on the Cregagh estate, east Belfast. The playing fields in the estate where he played football as a boy, Cregagh Green, is protected for community recreation in perpetuity as a Fields in Trust Active Space.
The United Trinity statue of Best (left), Denis Law (centre) and Bobby Charlton (right) outside Old Trafford
Rear view looking towards the stadium