Strangeways To Art Exhibition at Rainton Meadows Arena

4th March 2017 The Day of my Exhibition

I was booked in to pick up the hire van but when I got there, I had forgotten my driving licence, so I had to return home. This was bad start to the day. My wife accompanied me and helped me organise the exhibition. I feel having a woman's touch was a very good asset to laying out the space well. After setting up the exhibition, which was very tiring, we returned home, got changed into clothes suitable for meeting the public. The picture below was taken before the exhibition opened.

From Left to Right: Tommy Ward (Father of the Ward Fighting Brothers from a Travelling Family, Me in the middle And Danny MacFarlane, a top boxing referree, who has refereed in the 2016 Olympic Games

From Left to Right: Me and Glenn (The Hammer) Foot - Contender for the British Title

From Left to Right: Sean Casey( professional boxing coach), Me, Michael Butler( Professional Physiotherapist)

From Left to Right: Luke McCormack, Me, His twin brother, Matt Mc Cormack (European Champions, Commonwealth Champions and World Champions Amateur Boxers due to turn professional)

From Left to Right: Tommy Conroy(Professional Boxing Promoter), Me, Ernie Baster(Former Professional Boxer and British Champion)

From Left to Right: Me and Carl Robson, boxing coach at Carlsboxingstable

From Left to Right: Me and Simon Vallily (Boxer) First round KO on the night.

My grandson, Farrel Parkin helped take eveything down in the evening.

This exhibition was a learning curve for my up and coming exhibition down at Tooting Leisure Centre, 'On Jeff Gatsby's Road to Spain' Boxing Event on 1st April.