I was....but not anywhere near where the terrible killings occurred. Memory is a blur, probably because I tried to block it all out, rightly or wrongly.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr Michael Benjamin" <m...@myray.com> To: "JOHN SYKES" <jsy...@shaw.ca> Cc: "Ian Murray" <ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com>, "LEEDSLIST" <leedslist@gn.apc.org> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:10:47 PM Subject: Re: [LU] Good day for Yorkshire Were you at the Munich Olympics? What do you remember? Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com http://www.myRay.org ------------------------------ Mental Health: http// www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com On 18 May 2013 20:13, JOHN SYKES < jsy...@shaw.ca > wrote: So do I. Eric, I didn't mean to dump on you, but! When I grew up in Ripon, Yorks., I managed to go to Ripon Grammar School, thanks to my grandparents. I played every game offered there...trouble was it was cricket and rugby...no football. Some guy jumped on my back as I ran for a try, and bloody near killed me...that ended the rugby and for some wonderful reason, I took to watching Ripon City Football club play each week, and with trips to my grandparents, games at Elland Road, watching LU. That was in the late 40's-early 50's. I got a great start in cricket, earning a trip to the Yorkshire Nets one season. All of that came to a crushing end when my Dad decided the family wold move to Canada. Not exactly the home of either sport, then or even now. My long career in sports broadcasting enabled me to visit England quite often and of course managed to squeeze in some visits to E.R. and Headingley. Craziest thing was in cricket, Denis Compton was my hero in the early going....try that one when Sir Len should have been my choice. Some of you may have a great love for Leeds United, for LU football, and maybe even England football. Others have a heart large enough to add cricket to their list, just as I do. But for Pete's sake it doesn't have to be just one....sport is so large a territory...embrace it...its not the same today as it once was...when players took to the games because they loved to participate, not simply to fill their bank accounts. When I hit 75 later this year, I can safely say sport has given me a wonderful life as a kid and later as a broadcaster.....the Munich Olympics tragedy, the Montreal Games, Calgary '88...World Curling from all over the place. Nothing would match my watching LU come out onto the pitch, or at the old Fourth Test Match in July at Headingley...seeing Hutton and Washbrook open an England innings. Cheers mates, and no offense Eric.... John "Grampa" Sykes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Murray" < ianjamesmur...@hotmail.com > To: "Eric B" < barl...@gmail.com > Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 10:24:29 PM Subject: Re: [LU] Good day for Yorkshire I don't like Cricket - I love it. Keep it coming Rob. Sent from my iPhone On 18 May 2013 , at 05:41, "Eric B" < barl...@gmail.com > wrote: > can you put cricket in the subj. line so I can delete this. I fucking hate > cricket. > > thanks, > Eric > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Robert Heath < rhe...@asd.edu.qa > wrote: > >> At Edgbaston Yorkshire are well on the way to beating the current >> champions by an innings, even without Root and Bairstow, while at >> Lords those two contribute over a third of England,s runs >> >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
