TAFF - pg 50
and as such is not thought terribly high of. We all like Alan Too.
I was quite surprised in your quick summing-up of the people you met.
It didn't take long to take Peter West's measure, for instance!
Brian Burgess, could quickly have antagonized many people, and
Norman G. Wansborough is rather a difficult one to estimate. You
came thro' with flying colours.
In fact another surprise you gave me was your familiar use of
names quite new in the field, and quite new to us; there would
naturally be many names and people you met known to you previously,
but I noticed you only needed to be told of a name and a face once.
I can't do this myself -- I'm shocking when it comes to meeting
folks and being intro'ed to more than three people at once. I for-
get the lot! A handy talent for a TAFF man to have! Moreover when
I produced a few old-time names out of the hat (Quagliano, Michel,
among others,) you were able to give me quite detailed information
on their histories.
Finally, I must admire your constant alertness after what must
have been a pretty debilitating run of parties, London, Cheltenham,
then Liverpool, all late nights. It demands something in the way
of stamina -- and politeness, to have roudy parties revolving around
you for a solid week! and to treat it all with the same air of
freshness, and participation. Congratulations. And pleased to
have met you -- truly.
Incidentally it was quite a twist having you and Dave Kyle in
Liverpool together.
John Roles
Saturday, April 23, 1960
Slept until 11 am. Must have been tired out. Norman took me
into Liverpool where I did some shopping for Terry Anne. She'd
wanted me to bring her back a blouse. It wasn't easy to find her
particular size and I compromised by getting a knit pullover. We
shopped in some of the department stores and Norman got some cheese
for the coming week-end. I got more film and we looked over the
Liverpool clubrooms. A nice layout and in the heart of town. There,
I signed the wall like I'd done at Cheltenham. They did have one of
the largest collections of empty beer. cans that I'd seen for a long
time. What use they'll put them to, who knows?
With what shopping I could do over with, we went back to Norman's
house and found Eric Bentcliffe there. I wanted to mail a parcel
of dirty clothes back home, so I'd have some room in my suitcase
and also cut down on the weight. Linda, Roy and Janet volunteered
to show me where the Post Office was located and we went there via
a nearby park and playground. Afterwards we sampled the ice cream,
where the owner said, "You 3 back again!"
By the time we returned, Alan Rispin was there. Norman, John,
Rispin, Eric, and myself then headed for downtown Liverpool TO meet
Dave Kyle who was coming in at 7pm. He was taking the same circuit
I had made. We stopped at a Chinese Restaurant near the Lime Street
Station. However, as we were walking in downtown Liverpool there
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