By: percy

percy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:06:13 +0000

John, I also remember seeing Jimmy White play, he came to our sports & social club when he was just seventeen to play an exhibition match against John Spencer…needless to say Jimmy blew John away…
I also have memories of Alex Higgins time in his second home…Manchester…where he was a regular at my local snooker club…
Happy Days..
RIP Alex “The Hurricane” Higgins….the George Best of the Green Baize…. Snooker will never be the same.

By: John Blake

John Blake — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:18:17 +0000

Good photos and true words about Alex and his close friend Jimmy White.
The great games that these snooker legends played kept millions up watching the box until way after midnight.The tension sometimes being almost unbearable as the ball roll-in or out of the pocket.
Jimmy is from Tooting(me too) and I met him around the early 70s when he often went with his family to a social club in Tooting Bec. Back in those days he was just a young boy and several times I watched him playing on the snooker table that was in a room above the club. On one occasion he asked me if I fancied a game but I wasn’t of the generation that was brought up on snooker and I told Jimmy that I would watch him pot the balls. He was very enthusiatic and had his own style when potting but I never imagined that I was in the company of someone who would reach SIX world finals and become famous around the world. I’m very happy that Alex has been given a great farewell by the public and his fans. He was magic and a fantastic champion.

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