[Leica] IMG: Dickie Harris and me

[Douglas Barry]

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
>>
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