Henry Blofeld Comes To Chipping Sodbury
Article Date: 30th May 2006
As part of Chipping Sodbury's annual festival Henry 'Blowers' Blofeld is coming to Chipping Sodbury Town Hall on Thursday 15th June at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £12.50.
In his inimitable style Cricketer Henry Blowers puts on a Quintessentially English evening, with anecdotes about life in and out of the commentary box.
He talks about the origins of his family including the best known of all, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, through his school years, at Sunningdale and Eton and how he first became interested in cricket.
Then comes his semi-disastrous two years at Cambridge…
He goes on to describes his first match as a reporter for The Times, at Gravesend in 1962 and how he lied through his teeth to get his first broadcasting job and became a member of the Test Match Special team.
Outside of cricket Blowers talks about his meetings with the blind pianist George Shearing, Clive Dunn (Corporal Jones) and several others he has come across including the redoubtable Noel Coward.
Ring 01454 318949 for tickets.
