| Description | Tracks 1-8: Charles Parker interviews Mr and Mrs Wally Smith about boxing, including fighting a man he likes, training, retirement, money, going middleweight; Mrs Wally Smith tells how she met her husband
Track 9: Recording set-up and silence
Track 10-15: Mrs Wally Smith talks about meeting her husband, injuries, family history and courting, going out with Wally, marriage, Wally not liking her going to fights, listening to his fights on the television and radio, how she feels when he wins or loses, how Wally feels during training and before a fight
Track 16: Recording set-up and silence
Track 17-25: Wally Smith talks about boxing including pay and how long his boxing career will last; he would encourage his sons to go into boxing, corruption in boxing, he says women shouldn't go to boxing matches, meeting other boxes and their wives, what he'll do when he finishes boxing, women's attitude to boxing, the one sport that women don't do, boxing before and after the Board of Control; Charles Parker asks Mrs Wally Smith what will happen when Wally retires.
Total: 54.01 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0489880 |