My boxer, Wally Yardley

Upon reading the Observer (April 13 and 20th) concerning Wally Yardley the Kingstanding boxer and champ. I knew him in 1952, met him at the local dance held at the King Charles pub on the Monday nights. Nights he was training, I didn’t see him, but I recall my dad telling me “Wally Yardley’s fighting tonight on the telly.” We were lucky to have one, although it was only a nine inch TV. All us girls liked Wally, but he chose me, but then I became 18 years old and did shift work on the buses and lost him to his wife Lil. Now Wally and his wife have passed on, but I have lovely memories of my boxer.