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E. C. Semmons100121Nov 1947Jan 19480y 2m
 
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Ximenes competitions
1948 (1)
66CHRISTMAS PIE or TURKEY CARPETVHCYoung Miners’ Leader got £100,000 out of it: a profitable corner indeed, and he’s smug about it!cryptic def.; ref. Arthur Horner, first Gen. Sec. of NUM, 1946, and “Little Jack H. sat in a corner… pulled out a plum… what a good boy am I”; plum = £100,000

 
HCs awarded to E. C. Semmons
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Ximenes competitions
 
1948 (1)
  67 SURFEIT (DLM)
 
1947 (2)
  63 STILETTO
 


Annual Honours record of E. C. Semmons
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1948 (1)0 1 1
1947 (2)0 0 1