Good morning, I am trying to make contact with former Lisburn boxers, or their relations, who plied their trade in the 1940s and '50s. I do appreciate that most of them have passed on, but as their were 100s of boxers from Lisburn, some of them are probably still around.

Thanking you,
Brian Madden

Beano
Poor wee Dickie. Somebody wrote about time standing still when you leave 'home'. It is certainly true for me. I remember sitting up on top of a wall with Dickie, a 'visitor' to our area, and another boy, Willie, when I was about twelve, and Willie saying to me; " I bet you couldn't fight HIM!" Dickie, to my everlasting gratitude, said, "Leave him alone"; and to me, " Somebody is always trying to get us to fight."
I would have been slaughtered, but would have been stupid enough to try.