Comments on: Jenny Todd http://www.haroldlarwood.com The Official Website - Since 2002 Mon, 17 May 2010 22:03:02 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: rickporgera http://www.haroldlarwood.com/the-family/jenny-todd/comment-page-1/#comment-32 rickporgera Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:42:50 +0000 http://www.haroldlarwood.com/?page_id=18#comment-32 My father was from Nottinghamshire and we, as kids, always played a game of backyard cricket in Toowoomba every weekend (c.1959), with Dad mimicking his best "Larwood" style with a tennis ball coming at us 7 or 8YO's at an alarming pace. We didn't appreciate the irony of it then, but we are still passing this on to our kids nowadays. I live in Cairns, and my 10YO daughter refuses to face me when I start the "Larwood" run-up at her, armed usually with a 20gram plastic/fairy ball in my hand....She runs off, screaming, to her Mum. Harolds' legacy lives on through the generations. I have a bat signed by himself and Jack Hobbs (and a few other, sadly unidentifiable players) that takes pride of place right next to my Steve Waugh autographed-bat behind my bar at home here. It's not a new bat, but it's more coveted, by a long shot. Cheers, and thank you for the great personal insight into a dedicated English sportsman. Rick Brittain Cairns, Qld, OZ. My father was from Nottinghamshire and we, as kids, always played a game of backyard cricket in Toowoomba every weekend (c.1959), with Dad mimicking his best “Larwood” style with a tennis ball coming at us 7 or 8YO’s at an alarming pace. We didn’t appreciate the irony of it then, but we are still passing this on to our kids nowadays. I live in Cairns, and my 10YO daughter refuses to face me when I start the “Larwood” run-up at her, armed usually with a 20gram plastic/fairy ball in my hand….She runs off, screaming, to her Mum.
Harolds’ legacy lives on through the generations.

I have a bat signed by himself and Jack Hobbs (and a few other, sadly unidentifiable players) that takes pride of place right next to my Steve Waugh autographed-bat behind my bar at home here.

It’s not a new bat, but it’s more coveted, by a long shot.

Cheers, and thank you for the great personal insight into a dedicated English sportsman.

Rick Brittain
Cairns, Qld, OZ.

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