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Kenrick Reginald Hijmans Johnson, better known as Snakehips in Marlow

Born in British Guiana, his father was a Doctor and his mother a professional nurse. He played violin as a child and had an early interest in dancing which was discouraged by his parents who wanted him to enter into the medical profession. He was sent to Britain aged 15 in 1929 to finish his schooling at Borlase. Arriving too soon, before the term started, the boarding accommodation was not ready and he spent a couple of weeks lodging at the Clayton Arms in Quoiting Square. Ken was outstanding at sports, and the pictures above show him as goalkeeper in the school football team, and, some years later, returning to play cricket for the “Old Borlasian” 11.

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