[jaysay]

Catching up on the papers last night I saw an article about Snooker Star Paul Hunters funeral. In this article there were a few pictures of snooker players, one of which was of Alec Higgins. As some of you may be aware Alec has been suffering with cancer over the last few years and boy is it showing, he's 57 and he looks 97. Its a far cry from the days when Alec first came on the scene in the sixties, when he lived in a flat above a shop on Catlow Hall Street in Ossy. I used to see him quite a lot walking down Rhyddings Street or waiting for the Accy bus on Union Road. In those days his manager also lived on Calwow Hall, in fact the last time I actually saw Alec was with this same guy in Ossy Con one Staturday lunch. They had called in on their way to Accrington Golf Club, there were about 6 of use having a game and he stayed for a couple of hours and played a frame with all the lads, or should I say we fielded out for him. Its now such a shame that a guy with so much natural talent is now in such poor health.