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the legendary Alfie Shrubb
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- the legendary Alfie Shrubb
- Alfred Shrubb did not always yearn to be a great runner. His running career did not begin until he was twenty years of age. His father had been a farmer, but Alfred wanted to be a carpenter. He took jobs in the building trade and it was while he was a bricklayer on a hospital project in Stammerham, near his home village, that the racing bug bit him. One night, at about 5:00pm, Alfred met a man named F.J.Spence who was then the champion runner of the local athletic club. Spence was on his way to a fire. It looked as if all of the nearby town of Southwater was ablaze and Spence invited Alfred to run over and see the fire with him. Alfred responded that he could not run. Spence insisted and they both ran to the fire scene. Alfred actually beat the fire wagon, and Spence was so impressed he convinced Alfred to join the Horsham Blue Star Harriers Running Club.
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