The death last week of Derek Shackleton brought back memories of when County Cricket still mattered. Back then, I could recite the names of the entire Yorkshire team as I followed their rivalries with Lancashire and Surrey on the back page of the Hull Daily Mail. When Yorkshire played their annual game in Hull at the Circle ground (now the KC Stadium) men used to take one of their precious day's holidays to watch their heroes.
Of course it was all an illusion spun by the newspaper columnists with their elegant prose, and radio commentators such as John Arlott with his memorable voice. Nevertheless, along with warm beer it was still part of the fabric of English life in the early 50s.
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Long retired from earning a living I spend most of my time in the garden - sometimes working, sometimes sitting and thinking and sometimes just sitting.
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