“On a starting grid Eric Oliver was there for one reason only – to win.”
May 03, 2018
4 minutes
Born on April 13, 1911, Eric Staines Oliver grew up on Sunningdale Farm, Crowborough, Sussex, though the 1911 census lists a Benjamin Boaz Oliver (the only Oliver in Crowborough), his wife Ella Alice and six-year-old son Benjamin (it’s widely reported Eric had an older brother Ben) at a different address in Crowborough, so perhaps the family moved after Eric was born.
Life on the farm meant Eric was expected to milk two cows and do a milk round every morning before school, then repeat the process in the evening, though there was plenty of opportunity for fun and
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