| Title: | * BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex * |
| Notice: | BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why |
| Moderator: | COMICS::CORNEJ |
| Created: | Wed Jul 27 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Question: Who was John Arlott ... and what did he do to deserve a mention on the login to this conference? Just curious. ...Les...
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 686.1 | Shame on you !! | KERNEL::ADAMS | Brian Adams CSC-Viables '833-3026 | Wed Sep 08 1993 21:50 | 15 |
re .-1
Shame on you Les.
Have you never heard of CRICKET and the BBC.
Apart from being an author, and a BBC radio commentator on ye olde
sporte of leather on willow, he lived hereabouts as well.
Talk to Ian McGaughrin/Richard Hough or any member of the team that
just returned the Crescent Ashes back to this building.
/Brian/
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| 686.2 | (-: | AUSSIE::GARSON | nouveau pauvre | Wed Sep 08 1993 23:01 | 1 |
...well I suppose the Crescent Ashes are better than none | |||||
| 686.3 | Well ... | DECUK::les | The Software Lifeguard | Thu Sep 09 1993 09:38 | 7 |
> Have you never heard of CRICKET and the BBC. Sorry ... cricket bores me stupid and I hardly ever listen to the BBC I was just wondering. ...Les... | |||||
| 686.4 | More on the Great Man | SAC::BARKER | Pretty Damn Cosmic | Sat Sep 11 1993 11:38 | 10 |
John Arlott was an interesting guy even aside from the cricket commentary stuff. He was a policeman for about ten years before the war & among other highlights of his life were fielding as 12th man for Hampshire, writing poetry, producing poetry programmes on the radio just immediately post war & being a friend of Dylan Thomas. He was also a renowned wine connoisseur & wrote on the subject for The Guardian. He was born in Basingstoke, lived much of his life nearby in Alresford & moved to the Channel Island of Alderney on his retirement. Nigel | |||||