Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >