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Troy Lennon has been writing histories for the Daily Telegraph since 1990 and has been editor of the history page since 2003.

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**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window** Manly Sea Eagles RL player Bob Fulton who spent most of his playing career with the Manly Warringah rugby league club. He represented both NSW and Australia and following the end of his playing career turned to coaching and sports commentating.

How footy legends got their nicknames

With the passing of rugby league immortal Bob “Bozo” Fulton, we take a look at some of the most iconic and creative nicknames given to some of our footy greats in the early years.

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Prince Philip of Greece, later Duke of Edinburgh, as a toddler, July 1922. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Philip’s early life without a phone or fridge

When Prince Philip was born, most people didn’t have phones, fewer owned cars, and barely anybody had a fridge.

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Sir Richard Burton, British soldier & explorer who risked his life to open up African continent, visited Mecca disguised as pilgrim & trekked across unspeakable terrain to discover Lake Tanganyika, born 1821, died 1890 P/R Historical

Acting triumph of the other Richard Burton

It was a great acting triumph, Richard Burton acted the part of a pilgrim on the way to Mecca so that he could write about what he saw. Not Burton the Welsh actor but Burton the 19th century linguist and adventurer

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‘Animal heroes’ who served alongside Aussie soldiers in wartime

‘Animal heroes’ who served alongside Aussie soldiers in wartime

On Remembrance Day we honour the people who served by wearing a red poppy, but many also commemorate the animals who were wounded or died in action by wearing a purple poppy.

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Australia’s fight to the death against ravages of disease

As the world lives in dire fear of a global pandemic starting from cases of coronavirus in China, we can still take some lessons from past outbreaks of disease.

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Artist Salvador Dali with comedian Harpo Marx after giving him the Christmas gift of an artwork of a harp with barbed wire strings. Circa 1936-37 Out of copyright

History’s most unusual Christmas presents

From a barbed wire harp to an elephant, these are some of the gifts you won’t find under the tree this week.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 3/12/19 Young dancers from GB Dance Co. in Chipping Norton pictured in the foyer of the new

Ancient history behind Sydney’s ‘epic’ Coliseum theatre

Sydney has a brand new entertainment venue at Rooty Hill. But as new as it is, the Sydney Coliseum owes some of the inspiration for its name to Rome’s legendary Colosseum.

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Copypic of undated pic of Keith Miller batting - history sport cricket action f/l

Rebel cricketer told officer to ‘Get stuffed’

As dashing in uniform as he was on the cricket pitch Keith Miller was never one to bow to authority

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Original Charlie’s Angels trio dismissed as ‘jiggle TV’

They were smart, professional and stylish and part of an action series with a comic edge that helped pave the way for women crime busters on television

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Jockey turned gangster torched the races

Jockey turned gangster torched the races

Notorious gangster Squizzy Taylor was one of the many dedicated fans of racing, but after trying a career as a jockey his trackside dealings all turned crooked.

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