The Fat Boy of Peckham
John Trundley, or sometimes, Trunley (1898 - 1944), known as the Fat Boy of Peckham appearing in The Tatler magazine in 1903 when he was aged five and already weighed 10 stone, 4lb. Unable to walk to school, London County Council proposed to run a tramway an additional 400 yards to Reddin's School so that John could receive an education, a decision criticised by Lord Northcliffe. Trundle lived into adulthood, married and had children, but died in an air raid in 1944
Picture No
10587505
Media ID
46692582
Size
2700px x 6353px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Tatler, 16 December 1903
Date
1903
