[Leica] IMG: Dickie Harris and me

[Jim Nichols]

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
>
>
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