I must have walked past this plaque on Osbourne Road in Jesmond tens or hundreds of times, yet never noticed it! Muriel Robb won the 1902 Wimbledon ladies’ single final in a match which was the longest on record at the time, beating Charlotte Sterry.
This post was filed under: Photo-a-day 2012, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sport.
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