In the summer of 1974 , the 61st edition of the Tour de France – one of cycling’s Grand Tours – took place. The race officials decided it was time for some real innovation, so they scheduled one stage in the UK near Plymouth, England. The stage and the race was won by the favourite,… Continue reading Tour de France
Month: October 2019
Meeting the Barefoot Contessa – Ava Gardner – in Harrods 1975
When my wife and I came to live permanently in London in 1973, we took teaching positions at the American Community School (ACS). We were in separate divisions of the same institution, she as principal in the small elementary school in Hampstead, and myself as the science head of the high school branch, which was… Continue reading Meeting the Barefoot Contessa – Ava Gardner – in Harrods 1975