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6 unusual facts about Dick King


Dick King

Attached to a boat, the tethered horses swam alongside the boat to the bluff, from where King and Ndongeni escaped.

In reverend Francis Owen's company he met Zulu chief Dingane, and also got acquainted with captain Allen Gardiner.

Dick King-Smith

The Queen's Nose (1995–2003): TV Series based on The Queen's Nose

Babe: Pig in the City (1998): film sequel using King-Smith characters

Martin Honeysett

He has illustrated several books including Sue Townsend's The Queen and I and Dick King-Smith's H.Prince, but is arguably best known for his illustrations in Ivor Cutler's poetry books Gruts, Fremsley and Life in a Scotch Sitting Room.

NGR Class K 0-4-0ST

Circa 1896 two of the locomotives were either sold or leased to the Harbour Board of Natal for use as harbour shunters at Durban Harbour, where they were named Andy and Dick King.



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