Sunderland

A self-styled strongman, Samson’s hobby was collecting and lifting mangles.

George Besford started out as a shipbuilder, but went on to become a cinema manager.

Henry Charles Deamster Hornsby was a wireless engineer and amateur radio enthusiast, who served with the Royal Air Force in the Middle East.

Willy Lyons worked as a milk roundsman and subsequently as the driver of the funeral hearse. He was a sportsman earned money as both a professional footballer and a professional sprinter.