What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: William Thompson (Bendigo) 1811-1880 All-England champion bare-knuckle prize-fighter reformed drunkard turned evangelist retired to a cottage on this site Recorded plaque organisation: Beeston and District Civic Society, Southern Broxtowe Blue Plaque Group.
William Thompson, known as "Bendigo," was a renowned 19th-century bare-knuckle prize-fighter who became the All-England champion; later in life, he reformed his ways, becoming an evangelist and abstaining from alcohol.
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