Welcome to the Goldings Guest Book ** We APPROVE all messages before they are posted ** Add a message : back to Goldings.org : Search There are now 5745 messages in our guestbook. <<< 1 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 1149 >>> Viewing messages 4586 to 4590. Alan Dearman | alan.dearman@ntlworld.com Hi Everone, I went to the Pub again on Sunday afternoon and for the second week running, bumped into Bob Bone ( before I continue, He is now known as Bob Jorden ) We spent two hours talking about our experiences at Goldings. During our chat we got on to the subject of Wimbledon. As many will know, Bob was a Centre Court ball boy in 1956 - 57 and 58. He told me a couple of stories. One interesting and one humorous. The interesting one was regarding Althea Gibson, who was the first black player to win Wimbledon when she won the lady's title in 1957. In 1958 she reached the final again and as a jesture, Dixie Deane was selected to ball boy in the final which was again won by Althea Gibson. As Bob told me, not many know that. On the humorous side, he recalled the story about the Rev Corbett, who we all know, was a strong disciplinarian. As most will know, the outside courts were divided by a green canvas partition. If the Rev Corbett saw a ball boy slacking or leaning against the canvas, he would creep up behind the canvas and place his boot up the offenders backside. On one occasion he got it wrong and booted the backside of a line judge in error!! Great stories ay ? 3 December 2007 - Nottingham the kidder isn't it sweet how kids light up our lives. "YES,THATS BECAUSE THEY NEVER SWITCH OFF THE LIGHTS?? 30 November 2007 - switching off the fuse box robinson hill did you hear about bob macnamara,he was that hungry marooned on a island in the caribbean he ate his dictionary I said to him "DON'T BREATHE A WORD TO ROMA" 30 November 2007 - cairns bob and roma it must be the shed at the bottom of the garden, not the light's.mel keep's putting the light's on for you when you shout from the bottom of the garden.and the other good thing in walsall is the road to tamworth snow dome of which you know. and now getting ready for the snow this xmas 29 November 2007 - over the pond Made in Walsall One of the top three records over xmas. Connie Talbot from Walsall sings, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" Connie,a pupil at Blackwood Primary school, switched on Walsall Christmas Lights.So along with Jerome K Jerome who wrote "Three Men in a Boat,Noddy Holder from Slade and Dave from Goldings "with the Echoes"...more talent flows out of Walsall?? 27 November 2007 - Please no sarcastic comments <<< 1 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 1149 >>> You can search this guestbook by: Message : - Name : - All : Please type some text: - Guest book sponsored by PC Home Help (01922) 626 366 - http://www.pchomehelp.net -