Post by Administrator on Aug 17, 2011 20:16:19 GMT
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> > From: John Pharaoh <john@johnphara,,,
> > Date: 13 August 2011 17:52:35 GMT+01:00
> > To: John Hyam <john.hyam1@
> > Subject: Pete Wigley - a Wimbledon favourite
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> > By the by,a little story,which might interest you: We moved down to Rustington,W.Sussex,from Tooting Bec in about 1994,and after trying in vain to get work as a traffic engineering technician on various local councils down here,I had to resort to working as a delivery postman at nearby Goring-on-Sea. I used to see a fairly regular visitor to the offices there of a tall, white-haired bloke,who always seemed cheerful (unusual occurence at Royal Mail) and who was somehow familiar to me.
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> > He was obviously an RM employee who was visiting from HQ so I eventually asked our manager who he was. And then it was SO obvious:none other than Pete Wigley,of Wimbledon fame. Next time he came in I made myself known to him,and thenceforth,we often chatted,and I subsequently got in touch with Peter Oakes at 'Speedway Star', with Pete's blessing,to suggest him for a "'where are they now?"'-type piece in the Star, which PW told me got him interested again in the veteran riders social gatherings.
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> > Unfortunately,I seem to have lost touch with him again now,for he was subsequently transferred to another area of work,and has quite likely joined me now,as a retired Post Office employee. Last time I actually spoke to him must have been twp or more years back when I bumped into him and Christine in Tesco's car park in Littlehampton when he was just as cheerful as ever.
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> > When I subsequently myself transferred to work in Littlehampton Delivery Office and mentioned Pete to some of the senior posties there a number of them fondly remembered him from his early days as a postie. Apparently,he was renowned for his ability to pull a wheelie on his delivery bike!
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> Incidentally his renowned Tommy Cooper impression has now been succeeded by his passing resemblence to Bill Clinton no less.
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