> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > 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. >
especially someone who could have knocked out Clay / Ali... > 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. -- 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.
