Sowerbutt had not expected Coach Marigold’s answer when he asked his old friend
whether much had happened during his recent weeks away in
Wales and Ireland. The gymnasium in King George’s Hall on East India Dock Road
had always been the same since he started boxing there as a boy. The two men
always laughed at the Coach’s usual reply, “the only change is that we are
getting older, Jimmy”.
Coach would never admit it
openly but he was pleased to see the hard-faced businessman back in Poplar. His
view was shared by many local families; no-one standing in their corner. Coach blurted out: “We’ve started ballet
lessons, Jimmy.”
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