Those were nice. It's amazing how the image of boxing has changed over the years.
Oh, Bob, I'm not surprised at all that your clam to fame involves stepping on someone's foot. On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > A legendary & much-loved British sporting hero, Henry Cooper, has died. Some > excellent pictures from his career are on the BBC website: > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8182447.stm> > > I met him once, in Starbucks down by Charing Cross arches of all places. > Maybe 5-10 years ago I was waiting to buy some coffee and I stepped > backwards into someone queuing behind. I turned round to see this gigantic > man looming above me, and it was Our 'Enery. I said hello, apologised for > stepping on his foot, and asked him to go in front of me, which he kindly > accepted. That's my claim to fame. He was a real gentleman. > > B > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
