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Turkey Smart was born in 1830 on the banks of the Old Bedford River. ... aged 22, he married Susan See, also a 22-year-old agricultural labourer from Welney. They had 11 children (George, Robert, Emma, Henrietta, Harriett, Hannah, William, James, Joseph, Frederic and Mary Ann) of whom only one - James (born 1865) - became a skater. Read more

Turkey Smart - Wikipedia This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Turkey Smart’s reign as champion of the Fens began in 1854 when, in a 2-mile race at Welney, he took the title from Larman Register of Southery. An editorial in the Times, written 26 years after Turkey Smart’s death and looking back to the golden age of Fen skating in the last decades of the nineteenth century, described him as "a glorious has-been". HA Winter 1994 The Welney division: a history of the Smart family, speed skating champions in the golden age of Fen skating.

Turkey Smart. William "Turkey" Smart (1830-1919) was a champion speed skater and the first of a dynasty of skaters from the small village of Welney, on the Norfolk / Cambridgeshire border in the centre of the Fens, England.. Early life and marriage . Turkey Smart was born in 1830 on the banks of the Old Bedford River Old Bedford River