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Yorkshireman keeps 500 lawnmowers in his conservatory
Enforced self-isolation has put lawnmower enthusiast Stan Hardwick’s plans to grow his impressive collection on hold.
The 80-year-old retired golf club greenkeeper keeps around 500 vintage mowers in his Filey home, with many taking up the conservatory and some still in their original boxes in the loft.
Stan travels around the country in pursuit of rare models that come up for sale, even taking the ferry to Ireland with his wife Margaret to acquire one of the few surviving Elwood Maguire mowers.
Unfortunately, the lockdown has prevented the couple from making their May pilgrimage to the annual gathering of The Old Lawnmower Club at Milton Keynes Museum.
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Stan began collecting mowers around 30 years ago, and also enjoys restoring them. The rarest model in his possession is a Shanks that dates back to 1861, which he paid £250 for.
Chris Pennell Football lockdown haircuts
The closure of hairdressers across the world has led to some interesting trims in the world of football. So, it was inevitable that many Premier League footballers returned to training with some far from ideal haircuts - and all in front of the watching eyes of club photographers.
“The fans bring the intensity. They give you the pressure and the pressure sometimes brings out wonderful moments in sport. If you had no fans there, I don’t know if you would have the same excitement and the same butterflies as when you’ve got an amphitheatre there with 20,000 or 30,000 people up at one hole.” Stephen Gallacher, part of Europe’s winning team at Gleneagles in 2014, says tournaments wouldn’t be the same.
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“I’ve found out that I’m not as good a teacher as I thought I would be and maths isn’t my strong point.” Bournemouth AFC manager, Eddie Howe, spoke about home schooling his sons.
“Sports people have a lot, a lot of pull, and I think we don’t even realise how much it really is. We start trends.” American tennis player Frances Tiafoe says athletes do not always appreciate the influence they have.
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“I think it’s going to be a case of it needs to take as long as it needs to take for those guys to be at the lowest level of risk of injury, because if things go wrong in those positions, they can go drastically wrong.” Worcester full-back Chris Pennell says he is pleased rugby union is taking time to decide when to resume playing.
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“Covid-19 allows you permission to try things a little bit differently. You have to be as creative as you possibly can when you are playing behind closed doors.” European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley wants players to wear television microphones to enhance coverage of events played behind closed doors.
“That is Jurgen Klopp in a nutshell, that’s why everybody loves him. He’s the ultimate people person. Brendan Rodgers was here three years and still doesn’t know his name.” Jurgen Klopp recently left ‘The Voice of Anfield’ speechless when he introduced himself.
“I don’t trust you, I think you have been playing games behind my back, you have used me as a bit of a pawn in your game of chess, I can’t put my boots on and play for you every week. I can’t respect you, I think you are a bit of a snake.” Sam Burgess recently revealed what he said to then- Bath coach Mike Ford during England’s dire 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign.
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