Fantastic reading thank you Hughie. Sr Don surely would be pleased with your portrayal of him. It seems likely his relationship with journalists may have been different had he met you earlier. Thanks for another great story.
You reminded me Hugh, in your fabulous essay on Bradman, when you confronted famous fast bowler, Ray Lindwall , that I too had the honour of interviewing Ray at home with his wife on their verandah where the mosquitoes were almost too much for the fair skin of this young Pommy journo . I was writing a series A Family Affair for the Courier Mail and it was more about husband and wife working together in the florist shop than cricket! Anyway the point is Ray was very nice despite my slapping and scratching and brought out the calamine and told me he had heard Viramin B was very good to deter mossies. (BTW my Dad back in
the Old Dart was gobsmacked...an d this long before the Chappell ice cream saga!)
That was the wonderful thing but Lindwall marryig a Queensland girl and moving here! We got to meet him. He even came to Gregory Terrace to coach us cricket -- and I had the honour of him correcting mya ction in the nets.
Although a book called Lost for Words is hard to beat as is Over the Top with Jim...great titles. Book titles fascinate me...only a few words to sum up a whole book
Being a Legend and having a Museum established in your honour, does not protect your reputation from being poached or hard-boiled. The Bradman Museum is a case in point. It is set in the beautiful town of Bowral, complete with a wistful Cricket Oval, captivating Statue, and landscaped gardens, much like the Roy Emerson Museum at Blackbutt, which Hugh helped develop. (Well worth a visit)
Kerry Packer's ghost stands astride the museum, with beautiful modern galleries telling how Kerry hit the Bradman lead establishment for Six! With day-night cricket.
Fantastic reading thank you Hughie. Sr Don surely would be pleased with your portrayal of him. It seems likely his relationship with journalists may have been different had he met you earlier. Thanks for another great story.
Don was too famous to like journalists.
You reminded me Hugh, in your fabulous essay on Bradman, when you confronted famous fast bowler, Ray Lindwall , that I too had the honour of interviewing Ray at home with his wife on their verandah where the mosquitoes were almost too much for the fair skin of this young Pommy journo . I was writing a series A Family Affair for the Courier Mail and it was more about husband and wife working together in the florist shop than cricket! Anyway the point is Ray was very nice despite my slapping and scratching and brought out the calamine and told me he had heard Viramin B was very good to deter mossies. (BTW my Dad back in
the Old Dart was gobsmacked...an d this long before the Chappell ice cream saga!)
That was the wonderful thing but Lindwall marryig a Queensland girl and moving here! We got to meet him. He even came to Gregory Terrace to coach us cricket -- and I had the honour of him correcting mya ction in the nets.
Hugh
Wow...he really bowled you over Hugh. You should write a book called "Famous people who have known me".
If I wrote a book with that title writers would really hate me Maureen!
Hugh
Although a book called Lost for Words is hard to beat as is Over the Top with Jim...great titles. Book titles fascinate me...only a few words to sum up a whole book
Only because they didn't think of it first or had no sense of humour.🤣
The other writers I mean
Being a Legend and having a Museum established in your honour, does not protect your reputation from being poached or hard-boiled. The Bradman Museum is a case in point. It is set in the beautiful town of Bowral, complete with a wistful Cricket Oval, captivating Statue, and landscaped gardens, much like the Roy Emerson Museum at Blackbutt, which Hugh helped develop. (Well worth a visit)
Kerry Packer's ghost stands astride the museum, with beautiful modern galleries telling how Kerry hit the Bradman lead establishment for Six! With day-night cricket.
It's thanks to people like you Peter that our sporting greats are honoured -- so that peope can visit the sites and remember them.