Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jim, I'll tell her. Douglas On 07/09/2017 03:29, Jim Nichols wrote: > My congratulations to your wife.? It's a great shot! > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 9/6/2017 7:45 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> We went on holiday for a few days to my brother's place in Kilkee, >> Co. Clare last weekend. >> >> One of the local heroes is the late actor Richard Harris - Camelot, A >> Man called Horse, Dumbledore in Harry Potter. etc., etc. - who won >> the Tivoli Cup for a record four years in a row from 1948 to 1951. >> The Cup is for racquetball and has been played for since 1935, while >> this local variant of racquetball - possibly the original - has been >> played here on the beach since the 19th century, and is reputed to >> have been codified for the first time in Kilkee. The games are held >> on the beach when the tide is out, and each summer, sections of the >> high sea wall are painted white and used as courts. Harris who was >> also a brilliant schools rugby player, apparently dominated all in >> his day, and his achievement has never been equalled. >> >> Harris who kept a house in Kilkee for most of his life, had a statue >> erected in his honour after his death. Personally, I don't think the >> statue does him justice as the resemblance is poor. >> >> Anyway, as it is on the side of the scenic cliff walk overlooking the >> Atlantic, it attracts all types - including old fat men. Here is one, >> being photo-bombed as his wife takes a photo of him. I have no idea >> who the child is. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Kilkee+2017+Harris.jpg.html >> >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information