John & Dorothy Larvin
(Johnny Carrington)
(Johnny Carrington)
Description of headstone:
Deep dark grey granite headstone with engraved and painted boxers fighting and roses base.
Location:
Carlton cemetery, Nottingham.
Materials:
Deep dark grey granite headstone
Stonemason:
Marco Paolini
Inspiration for the design:
Johnny Carrington is John Larvin's boxing name, he was a well known Nottingham boxer around 1946 to 1954.
Nottingham's long history of boxing goes back to the bare-knuckle days of Bendigo and Ben Caunt.
And down the years famous names like Wally Swift, Johnny Pritchett, David Needham, the Laing Brothers and, today, Carl Froch have maintained a proud tradition.
But there were dozens more who fought professionally, some in fairground boxing booths. You may recall Young Chen, Frankie Bonser, Tishy Marsden, Johnny Carrington, George Wheatcroft, Liscomb Moreland, Cyril Johnson, George Dickens, Jack Cooling, Billy Strange, Ginger McWard, Banky Cadman, Charlie Keeling, Dick Johnson, Frankie Parkes, Tommy Kirk, Johnny Bartles and Arthur Adkins.
And, under the influence of promoters like Reg King, Nottingham also attracted some of the finest boxers of their day to the city, including Henry Cooper and Joe Erskine.
Inspiration for the design:
Johnny Carrington is John Larvin's boxing name, he was a well known Nottingham boxer around 1946 to 1954.
Nottingham's long history of boxing goes back to the bare-knuckle days of Bendigo and Ben Caunt.
And down the years famous names like Wally Swift, Johnny Pritchett, David Needham, the Laing Brothers and, today, Carl Froch have maintained a proud tradition.
But there were dozens more who fought professionally, some in fairground boxing booths. You may recall Young Chen, Frankie Bonser, Tishy Marsden, Johnny Carrington, George Wheatcroft, Liscomb Moreland, Cyril Johnson, George Dickens, Jack Cooling, Billy Strange, Ginger McWard, Banky Cadman, Charlie Keeling, Dick Johnson, Frankie Parkes, Tommy Kirk, Johnny Bartles and Arthur Adkins.
And, under the influence of promoters like Reg King, Nottingham also attracted some of the finest boxers of their day to the city, including Henry Cooper and Joe Erskine.
Click on the link bellow for Johnny Carrington boxing record and more info
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=56047&cat=boxer
The painting below signed by Bruce Shields 80. With this painting I managed to get the design of the shorts to make it more personalised.
JOHNNY CARRINGTON ON A PAINTING
The painting below signed by Bruce Shields 80. With this painting I managed to get the design of the shorts to make it more personalised.
JOHNNY CARRINGTON ON A PAINTING
Headstone photos
