British Boxers

Tony Bellew

British Boxers supply good quality clothing – I am a customer. Another British boxer is Tony Bellew. He has more titles than Prince Charles and he has made a small but significant difference to the lives of Bellews living in England.

When I went to Malta earlier this year I found the place-names impossible to pronounce. When I moved to London in 1976 I found that nobody could pronounce Bellew. The main variations were Bellow, Be-lieu and Bay-lieu. Now thanks to Tony everybody gets Bellew right. I noticed this when I was in Charing Cross Hospital last year and the x-ray technician said that he is a fan of Tony. I heard him on the Today programme yesterday and the interviewer pronounced Bellew perfectly.

I owned up to being a codeine junky a few days ago. I’ve stuck to the plan for eight days and hope not to return to Solpadeine. But I do have another addiction: Backgammon on the internet. If you fancy a game my monicker is the Bellew motto – tout d’en haut. Here’s what the app looks like.

It is playing for fun, not money. I play with strangers but welcome a board or two, if that’s the right expression, with any readers. It’s stupid …