Janie and I talk about he fact that we have played tennis throughout our time together, which is true. We even played tennis of sorts the very day we met:
But in reality, we didn’t play all that much during our first year together. We did occasionally play at Kim & Micky’s place – indeed Janie did that more regularly than I did. But it was very occasional.
I have found a reference in Janie’s diary which is, I think, the first time we went down to Lamas Park and played on the courts there together.
11.30 Tennis. Plus £2.50
That was the start of our regular tennis. Not every week, or even most weeks, at first. But quite quickly it became a very regular thing.
Lamas Park became “the place” for us for six or seven years. Them, around the turn of the century, we switched to Boston Manor Park. But that’s another story.