I picked up a good bet that day,he was a special in the bog
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I picked up a good bet that day,he was a special in the bog
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What a theme song up there with the Great Escape
With a cast like that you know you are getting a quality movie.
Legend is used too many times .
But then there's Ken Rosewall.
Happy birthday to this Aussie tennis legend - Ken Rosewall.
Here's some interesting stats:
Total matches played: 2521
Total matches won: 1811
And he remains the only male tennis player to win Grand Slam singles titles in three separate decades 1950s, 60s and 70s, won 23 major singles titles (8 Grand Slam and 15 Pro Slam titles) and 147 career titles overall.
Australian tennis legend, Ken Rosewall celebrated his 92nd birthday on 2 November.
Affectionately nicknamed "Muscles", the Sydney-born icon has been flooded with tributes from across the sporting world.
But then there's Ken Rosewall.
Happy birthday to this Aussie tennis legend - Ken Rosewall.
Here's some interesting stats:
Total matches played: 2521
Total matches won: 1811
And he remains the only male tennis player to win Grand Slam singles titles in three separate decades 1950s, 60s and 70s, won 23 major singles titles (8 Grand Slam and 15 Pro Slam titles) and 147 career titles overall.
Australian tennis legend, Ken Rosewall celebrated his 92nd birthday on 2 November.
Affectionately nicknamed "Muscles", the Sydney-born icon has been flooded with tributes from across the sporting world.
There was a time when nurses had a strict uniform and behaviour code and lived in
the nurses’ quarters under curfew.
A nurse’s life was completely controlled by the matron who ruled the hospital with an iron fist in those days.
Nurses were strictly supervised at all times and were required to be in their quarters every night by 10 pm.
the nurses’ quarters under curfew.
A nurse’s life was completely controlled by the matron who ruled the hospital with an iron fist in those days.
Nurses were strictly supervised at all times and were required to be in their quarters every night by 10 pm.
rumble in the jungle
Vic Rd & White Bay power station 70s
Taken by former Age photographer, Bruce Postle, the photo emphasises the affinity between man and horse like no other.
"...He looked at Reckless and Reckless looked at him and without a word his big stallion dropped down and put his head on Tommy's chest. He reached up and tickled him under the neck and the horse closed his eyes and that was it. I took two pictures, that was it." — Bruce Postle
𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘦, 𝘚𝘺𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘊𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 2𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬.
TOMMY WOODCOCK was born in 1905, the son of a Cobb & Co driver and was therefore close to horses from childhood. He was apprenticed as a jockey at the age of fourteen, moving from the north coast of NSW to Randwick, where he won three of his first four starts.
In 1929, trainer Harry Telford asked him to care for Phar Lap full-time. The pair became inseparable. Tommy often slept beside the horse and the story goes that ‘Bobby’ would not accept food from anyone else.
