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Mail Online: Actress, 99, says she will chain herself to a tree to stop Wimbledon from carrying out £200million expansion, declaring 'let them arrest me'

Mail Online | 16 October 2024 | Lettice Bromovsky

Mail Online: Actress, 99, says she will chain herself to a tree to stop Wimbledon from carrying out £200million expansion, declaring 'let them arrest me'

"An actress has declared that she will chain herself to a tree to prevent the All England Club from carrying out a £200million expansion on the tennis courts at Wimbledon.


Thelma Ruby, who has appeared in Coronation Street and on stage alongside Orson Welles and Judi Dench, has lived in a penthouse flat on Wimbledon Hill Road for over three decades.


Thelma Ruby, who has appeared in Coronation Street and on stage alongside Orson Welles and Judi Dench, has lived in a penthouse flat on Wimbledon Hill Road for over three decades.

But now the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has had plans approved to build 39 new courts and an 8,000-seater stadium in the park outside her home, with the 99-year-old claiming that she will 'chain' herself to a tree in protest."...read more about "Mail Online: Actress, 99, says she will chain herself to a tree to stop Wimbledon from carrying out £200million expansion, declaring 'let them arrest me'"



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