Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fun! Amities Philippe > Le 7 sept. 2017 ? 02:45, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > > 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