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Chris Lloyd, the landlord of the Free Press and Cambridge Blue for almost 30 years and well known in the rowing community, has died after a short illness, aged 83. His wife Debbie said that for a “private person”, Chris had made “a huge impact on the public” in the licensed trade as well as rowing and rugby circles. Chris was born in Aylesbury in 1941, educated at St Faith’s School, and rowing was part of his life from a young age. “He was a very successful oarsman at Oundle School and he was stroke of a crew that rowed at Henley in 1959,” said Debbie. “He was a member of Cambridge ’99 in his …

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